How do I bring Project Venture to my community?
Project Venture provides training and technical assistance to programs around the country and abroad. Learn more by visiting our Training page.
Project Venture works with children beginning in 4th grade and through high school. Our Alumni often return to work as Peer Mentors.
Project Venture serves primarily Indigenous youth but is effective for all youth. Please contact us to learn more.
National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project is now Project Venture, also the name of our flagship model. Project Venture has been in existence since the very beginning and has been refined, adapted, and implemented in 25 states, 8 Canadian provinces, along with Hungary and Jamaica. More than 9,000 Indigenous youth have participated in our life-changing Project Venture programs.
First, check in with your child’s school or youth program to see if they’re affiliated with Project Venture. There’s no cost to join Project Venture.
If there’s no PV in your community, learn more by visiting our Training page.
Project Venture can be easily adapted to various communities. PV has operated in urban areas like Los Angeles, as well as diverse environments, including Hawaii and Alaska. We can help you tailor your program to meet the needs of children in your community with wilderness-based adventures and field trips.
Contact us here to learn more about openings.
We're so glad you're interested! Project Venture depends on financial support from our communities to continue our work. The easiest way is to donate. Gifts of any size are appreciated. Project Venture is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and all donations are tax-deductible.
That's wonderful. We appreciate your generous support. Please contact us and we'd be happy to assist you.
Project Venture Social Media Terms of Use
Project Venture established social media accounts as a way to inform our communities about events & projects occurring at our organization. These social media sites include Facebook and Instagram. Project Venture encourages members of the respective social media communities to share the information through these accounts.
The guidelines below will help to establish a place where all users and members of the community feel welcome. By posting any content on any social media account maintained by Project Venture, users accept these Terms of Use.
Project Venture shall reserve the right to remove and/or block any person or entity that posts inappropriate material, as determined by the staff, on or to a Project Venture social media platform account. This material includes, but is not limited to:
- Posts that include offensive or contains inappropriate language.
- Comments not related to the original topic;
- Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, or national origin;
- Defamatory or personal attacks;
- Threats to any person or organization;
- Solicitation of commerce, including but not limited to advertising of any business or product for sale. This includes other online pages or organizations asking for donations.
- Conduct in violation of any federal, state or local law;
- Encouragement of illegal activity;
- Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the Project Venture community;
- Content that violates the right to privacy;
- Repetitive content.
Bottom line, please be respectful. It is very important to us that everyone on this page is treated with dignity and respect.
Customer Support: Want to contact the Project Venture staff directly? Call 505-554-2289 or email info@niylp.org and we will direct your question or comment to the appropriate person.
Terms of Service: All activity on Project Venture social feeds is subject to the respective policies of the social media service providers:
Facebook Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
Instagram Terms of Service: https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870