ICCIC

What ICCIC does

Fundació CIC (also referenced as ICCIC and previously known as Institució Cultural del CIC) is a private non-profit educational foundation legally constituted in 1984 under the tutelage of the Generalitat de Catalunya, with educational activities dating to 1950. It operates six schools in Catalonia spanning the full academic lifecycle: Thau Barcelona and Thau Sant Cugat (concertada K-12 from P3 through ESO), CIC Batxillerats (four baccalaureate modalities plus Batxibac and American High School Dual Diploma), CIC Cicles Formatius (vocational training), CIC Idiomes (language school with 50+ years of operation), and Virtèlia Escola de Música (music education integrated since 1995). Supporting initiatives include FIRTEDU (EdTech R&D), THAU TV (educational media), Revista Segell (institutional magazine), and the SOC-subsidized CIC Formació platform for adult vocational training.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring concertada tuition fees (private and publicly subsidized private schooling) from preschool through secondary education, complemented by SOC-funded subsidized training courses for employed and unemployed adults. The foundation's six schools span Barcelona, Sant Cugat del Vallès, and Mataró, and the organization celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2025. Governance is led by a Patronat (Board of Trustees) chaired by Joaquim Triadú, with Carles Duarte as Director General and Carles Duarte is Director General of the foundation with Carles Duarte as Director General, Jordi Riera as Vice President (appointed July 9, 2025), and Josep Maria Mominó as President of the Pedagogical Commission. Customer base is highly distributed across individual families and adult learners, and a February 2025 preferential partnership with Hospital Sant Joan de Déu signals strategic interest in healthcare-adjacent educational collaboration.

Name

ICCIC

Legal name

Fundació CIC

Website

https://fundaciocic.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fundació CIC is a Barcelona-based non-profit educational foundation operating six schools across Catalonia, providing K-12, baccalaureate, vocational, language, and music education to students, families, and adult learners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International/Global Curriculum Schools (IB, Cambridge, etc.) (EDAJABAG)

Keywords

• Private education services
• Concertada schools
• Vocational training programs
• Language instruction
• Music education

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. School tuition fees: Revenue from private and concertada (publicly subsidized private) school education spanning from preschool (3 years) through secondary education, baccalaureate, vocational training, languages, and music education.
2. Subsidized vocational training courses: SOC-funded training courses for employed workers and unemployed persons, offered through the Fundació CIC Formación platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ICCIC (Fundació CIC) is a Catalan non-profit educational foundation that delivers private and concertada (subsidized) education through a portfolio of schools: Thau Barcelona and Thau Sant Cugat (infant, primary, and compulsory secondary), CIC Batxillerats (post-compulsory baccalaureate), CIC Cicles Formatius (vocational training), CIC Idiomes (language courses), and Virtèlia (music school). The foundation's offering covers the full learner journey from early childhood education through adult continuing education and includes an in-house R&D unit (FIRTEDU) for educational innovation.

Product overview

Fundació CIC is a private educational foundation created in 1984 that operates six schools in Catalonia: Thau Barcelona, Thau Sant Cugat, CIC Batxillerats, CIC Cicles Formatius, CIC Idiomes, and Virtèlia. The foundation offers a comprehensive educational portfolio spanning from early childhood education (P3) through secondary education, high school (baccalaureate), vocational training, language courses, and music education. Additionally, CIC Formació provides subsidized professional training courses through the SOC (Servei d'Ocupació de Catalunya) system for both employed workers and unemployed persons. The foundation also maintains research initiatives (FIRTEDU), media content (THAU TV), and institutional publications (Revista Segell and Memòria Institucional). Founded in 1950 by Maria Rosa Farré, the foundation celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Thau Barcelona Concertada school in Barcelona delivering infant, primary, and compulsory secondary education (ESO) under the Generalitat de Catalunya's subsidized private school framework; for families seeking private-school education with public subsidy.
• Thau Sant Cugat Concertada school in Sant Cugat del Vallès offering infant, primary, and compulsory secondary education under the same concertada framework as Thau Barcelona; for families in the Vallès area.
• CIC Batxillerats Post-compulsory baccalaureate (batxillerat) program preparing students for university entry; for students completing ESO within or outside the foundation.
• CIC Cicles Formatius Vocational training cycles (cicles formatius) offering professional qualifications in technical and service occupations; for secondary and post-secondary students pursuing employment-ready skills.
• CIC Idiomes Language school delivering foreign-language courses for children, teens, and adults; for learners seeking accredited or general language proficiency.
• Virtèlia (music school) Music school providing instrumental training and music education programs; for children, youth, and adult learners pursuing musical study.
• CIC Formació Subsidized training platform offering publicly funded continuing-education and vocational programs; for working-age learners and job seekers accessing Generalitat-funded training.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hospital Sant Joan de DéucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Fundació CIC and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu established a preferential association to promote educational, scientific, solidarity, and innovative activities aimed at complementing the training programs of the Foundation's schools and contributing to the hospital's healthcare and scientific development.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Escola Pia de Catalunya: Catalan K-12 network of concertada schools rooted in the Piarist order, operating multiple centers across Catalonia with a similar faith-based, comprehensive education model. Directly comparable as a multi-school concertada foundation serving families from early childhood through secondary education.
• Benjamin Franklin International School: Private international K-12 school in Barcelona offering American curriculum and IB programs to a similar premium family segment. Comparable as a Barcelona-based private school operator competing for the same internationally-oriented families that CIC Batxillerats' Dual Diploma targets.
• Escola Suïssa de Barcelona (Swiss School): Private international K-12 school in Barcelona offering multi-curriculum pathways (Swiss Maturité, Spanish baccalaureate, IB). Comparable to CIC's premium track at the same end of the Barcelona private school market, particularly the international baccalaureate programs CIC Batxillerats offers.
• La Salle Catalunya: La Salle Brothers' K-12 network operating concertada schools across Catalonia, including centers in Barcelona and surrounding areas. Comparable as a multi-school religious foundation serving the same demographic with similar subsidized-private economics.
• École Française de Barcelone (Lycée Français): French state-lycée in Barcelona offering the French baccalauréat track to Franco- and Spanish-resident families. Comparable to CIC Batxillerats' Batxibac (French baccalauréat) program, serving overlapping demand for French-curriculum secondary education in Barcelona.
• Jesuïtes Educació: Jesuit educational network operating multiple K-12 schools in Catalonia (Col·legi Sant Ignasi, Kostka, etc.) under a foundation structure. Closely comparable as a multi-school concertada foundation with a strong pedagogical identity, alumni network, and values-based positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Cognita Schools: Large international operator of premium private K-12 schools across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with schools offering IB and national curricula. Comparable as a multi-school private education operator at scale, though operating for-profit and across geographies rather than a single region.
• Nord Anglia Education: Global operator of premium international K-12 schools, including in Spain, offering IB and other international curricula to globally mobile families. Comparable to CIC's premium international track at the high end of the private school market.

Others

• Escola Pia Llars Mundet / Xarxa Llars: Adjacent social-education services operated by Escola Pia foundation in Catalonia. Comparable as a non-profit educational foundation providing complementary youth services in the same Barcelona ecosystem.
• ESADE (Universitat Ramon Llull): Private university and business school in Barcelona with roots in a Catalan educational foundation tradition. Thematically comparable as a higher-education institution descended from Catalonia's non-profit educational ecosystem, though operating at a different stage of the educational journey.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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