South Carolina · Nonprofit
VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION
VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,500 to it, the largest being ALBEN F & CLARA G BATES FOUNDATION ($16,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $140k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $108k
What Venture Unknown Foundation does
Mission
We are a steadfast beacon of stewardship, committed to preserving the heart of our natural world. As a nonprofit 501c3 organization, our mission is crystal clear: we exist to be guardians of our outdoor and overland community, guided by the principles of exploration, education, and encouragement. In a world where our beautiful public lands are at risk of neglect, our foundation stands as a champion for their preservation and conservation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Venture Unknown Foundation held its 2nd annual spring clean event on march 22, 2025. This year's event saw volunteers in both north carolina and georgia. In total, 43 volunteers dedicated their time to remove 8,430 pounds of trash from two locations in a single day of stewardship within our national forests. Together, they successfully removed 8,430 pounds of trash. Continuing our work in the communities impacted by hurricane helene, Venture Unknown Foundation provided supplies and financial aid to support the ongoing recovery efforts throughout the spring of 2025.
$361 spent3% of program spendingThe Venture Unknown Foundation held its sweep up the southeast 2025 event on december 12, 2025. We had 13 teams across 8 states, and together, in one weekend, we collected a total of 60,250 pounds of trash, including 614 tires, and cleared 205.2 miles of fsrs!
$7,164 spent61% of program spendingBeginning in june of 2025 and each month thereafter, the Venture Unknown Foundation provided volunteers, supplies, and equipment to restore and clean up campsites and public areas along two forest service roads as part of our adopt-an-fsr initiative. The impact on darnell creek and nimblewill roads includes over a dozen restored campsites that future generations will now enjoy.
$4,315 spent36% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,840.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $34k to $113k (+232%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Sean Clark
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,065 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION?
- VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $16,500 to it, the largest being ALBEN F & CLARA G BATES FOUNDATION ($16,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $16,500 in grants to VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION?
- ALBEN F & CLARA G BATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VENTURE UNKNOWN FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing