Project Alianza

Name

Project Alianza

Legal name

Project Alianza

Website

https://projectalianza.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Education Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB)

Keywords

• Rural education programs
• Literacy learning apps
• Community educator training
• Girls education support
• School construction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters, including monthly giving program (The Schoolhouse) and special campaigns.
2. Foundation and Corporate Grants: Funding from foundations such as VoLo Foundation, David Weekley Foundation, McNulty Foundation, AllPeopleBeHappy Foundation, and corporate partners.
3. Coffee Industry Partnerships: Partnerships with coffee companies (Lifeboost, Tinker, San Victor) who sponsor schools, scholarships, and literacy programs as part of their supply chain sustainability initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Project Alianza is a nonprofit organization that delivers primary school education to children of coffee farmworkers in rural Central America. It provides school construction, teacher training of local women as community educators (Educadoras), scholarships, and an AI-supported offline literacy mobile app (AnGo) built on the Teach-at-the-Right-Level methodology. The organization operates programs in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador, supported by individual donations, foundation grants, and coffee industry partnerships.

Product overview

Project Alianza is a nonprofit that transforms rural education in Central America through a multi-component approach centered on its mobile literacy app AnGo. AnGo is a free, AI-supported, offline reading application co-designed with local teachers using the Teach-at-the-Right-Level methodology. Supporting infrastructure includes the VoLando Community Educator Initiative that trains local women as educators, the Community Allies Program (CAP) for holistic support, and the Cash Conditional Transfer Program for financial assistance. Additional offerings include Katie's Fund scholarships for girls, the Aprende dónde estás radio literacy program for areas without electricity, school construction in remote regions, and gender-equity summer camps. The Teach-at-the-Right-Level approach groups students by literacy level rather than age to accelerate learning gains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VoLando: The Community Educator Initiative named in honor of VoLo Foundation's support, translating to 'soaring' in English. Supports the professional growth of local women as community educators (Educadoras).
• Katie's Fund
• AnGo
• Community Allies Program (CAP)
• VoLando

Products and services

• AnGo Literacy App A free, AI-supported, offline reading app for children in rural Central America. Co-designed with local teachers using the Teach-at-the-Right-Level approach, AnGo works without WiFi and supports literacy development on basic phones and smart devices. Reached 20,000+ learners in rural Central America in one year.
• VoLando Community Educator Initiative Training program that upskills local women as professional community educators (Educadoras) using the Teach-at-the-Right-Level pedagogy to teach reading, health, and mentorship to children in remote villages. Includes college scholarships and professional credentials.
• Katie's Fund Scholarship Program Scholarship fund honoring co-founder Katie Basbagill, providing cash assistance to girls' families to cover education costs such as supplies and transportation, along with mentorship from local women.
• Community Allies Program (CAP) Women-led, evidence-based approach that includes literacy instruction, life skills, climate change understanding, and gender equity. Reduces primary school dropout and grade repetition.
• Aprende dónde estás (Radio Literacy Program) Low-tech literacy accelerator delivered as an interactive radio series, enabling children without electricity or internet to practice reading from home using battery-operated radios. Includes interactive workbooks. Reached 9,000+ learners across 38 communities.
• Cash Conditional Transfer Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% of scholarship students advance to next grade (vs 27% peer retention rate)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MendixcoreTechnology or IntegrationLow-code development platform supporting development of the AnGo offline literacy app, enabling innovation for rural education technology.
• BarriletecoreTechnology or IntegrationEdTech company partnered to develop and implement interactive radio literacy program and mobile app for children without electricity.
• Lifeboost CoffeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCoffee company that provided grant to build a new safe school in Nicaragua for over 200 children. Team members visited Escuela La Bailadora.
• Tinker CoffeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRoaster supporting origin communities with literacy programs and scholarships across Nicaragua.
• San Victor CoffeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSupports scholarship programs for children on their farm and launched programming in Guatemala.
• Aspen Global Leadership NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal community of visionary leaders where Founder Kristin Van Busum received leadership training.
• University of California BerkeleyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with team from UC Berkeley to provide long-term emergency evacuation and safety planning for communities affected by hurricanes.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pencils of Promise: Nonprofit that builds schools and runs literacy programs in developing countries with a localized teacher-training model; directly comparable to Project Alianza's school construction in coffee-farming communities and Educadora training model.
• Room to Read: International literacy and girls' education nonprofit operating across multiple developing countries with a focus on foundational reading and secondary school support for girls — directly aligned with Alianza's TaRL literacy and Katie's Fund gender-equity programs.
• Curious Learning: Nonprofit that deploys free offline reading apps for children in low-resource settings without reliable internet — the closest tech analog to AnGo's offline, AI-supported mobile literacy application.
• Pratham Education Foundation: Originator and global practitioner of the Teach-at-the-Right-Level methodology for foundational literacy; highly comparable in pedagogy, evidence-based measurement, and community-led delivery model, though focused on India rather than Central America.
• Evidence Action: Nonprofit that scales evidence-based literacy and health interventions (e.g., in-line with the TaRL approach used by Alianza) across developing countries; comparable in rigorous impact-measurement approach and donor-funded delivery model.
• World Reader: Provides digital reading content via mobile devices to children in low- and middle-income countries; comparable to AnGo's offline-first mobile literacy distribution strategy in underserved geographies.

Emerging players

• Pueblo Nuevo EdTech / All Here: EdTech nonprofits focused on education access for Latin American and migrant learners using adaptive mobile content; partial overlap with AnGo's adaptation to low-connectivity rural classrooms.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children: Global humanitarian nonprofit with extensive education-in-emergencies and girls' education programs; overlaps with Alianza's child-literacy and gender-equity programs but operates much more broadly across all humanitarian sectors.
• UNICEF: UN agency with the world's largest portfolio of education-in-development programs; comparable at the strategic/programmatic level on rural literacy and girls' education, but vastly broader in scope, geography, and funding.

Regional players

• Líderes Educativos / Enseña por México: Regional nonprofit training local educators and community leaders in Latin America to improve K-12 outcomes in underserved areas; close peer on the women-led, community-educator-training component of Alianza's model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/projectalianza
• Facebookfacebook.com/projectalianza
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/project-alianza
• Instagraminstagram.com/projectalianza
• Xx.com/ProjectAlianza

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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