Northwest Venture Communities Inc. (NVCI) is an organization that originated in spring of 2002. It was formed to coordinate a "grassroots" regional effort to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in an eight county area of North Dakota. This includes Burke, Bottineau, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville, Ward Counties and Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold of North Dakota.

Mission Statement
Northwest Venture Communities Inc. is a non-profit organization working to build prosperity through the reduction of poverty in Northwestern North Dakota.
NVCI will accomplish its mission by:

• Developing collaborations to reduce the duplication of efforts
• Maximizing the use of limited resources
• Increasing the awareness of existing programs
• Providing assistance in the development of model projects that may be duplicated in other rural areas