America Solidaria

What America Solidaria does

America Solidaria is a nonprofit civil society organization founded in 2002–2003 in Santiago, Chile, that operates as a federated network of independent national chapters across at least eight countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Haiti, Mexico, and the United States). Its mission is to enable children, adolescents, and youth in vulnerable conditions across Latin America to develop life skills, exercise leadership, and design community projects, organized through a proprietary three-axis framework: Yo Puedo (self-esteem and leadership), Yo Soy Parte (sense of belonging), and Yo Actúo (project creation and action). The organization delivers programs through professional volunteers (paid monthly stipends of $600,000–$650,000 CLP in Chile), youth volunteers, and university interns, executing continental programs (Accionadores, Concausa, Niñez en Juego, Generación AA, Accionadoras) in schools, community centers, and partner NGOs. Its proprietary technology asset is the Plan 12 digital learning platform, co-developed with UNICEF and the Concausa Network, which delivers e-learning on transferable skills (empathy, creativity, critical thinking) across the region; a separate volunteer platform (sumate.americasolidaria.org) handles recruitment.

The organization generates no revenue from product sales; rather, it is funded through individual recurring donations (monthly tiers from $10,000 to $50,000 CLP in Chile, with tax benefits under Chilean donation laws 19.885 and 21.440), corporate partnerships (Falabella Financiero, Coca-Cola, Tienda Mía, and others), institutional grants (Fondo de las Infancias, Pedro de Valdivia Foundation), and co-financing from international organizations (UNICEF, CEPAL/ECLAC, GlobalGiving). Go-to-market is community-led: programs are delivered directly through volunteer field operations in vulnerable territories and through institutional partnerships with government agencies (INAU Uruguay, INJU Uruguay) and NGOs (Hogar La Huella, CLAYSS, Fundación Voz). The reported scale includes 23,000+ children, adolescents, and youth reached annually in Chile alone, 4,500 reached through the Semillero de Socios Territoriales in Colombia, and a volunteer workforce that included 164 volunteers as of 2020.

Name

America Solidaria

Legal name

Fundación América Solidaria

Website

https://americasolidaria.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development and Children's Rights Nonprofit Services

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Education Access & Quality (International Development) (BPAGABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB), NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC), Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN), Education, Skills & Workforce Development Aid Programs (BPADABAE)

Keywords

• Youth empowerment programs
• Nonprofit foundation network
• Volunteer driven field operations
• Children's rights education
• Community development projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monthly or one-time donations from individual supporters ('socios') who contribute financially to fund programs for children and adolescents across Latin America. Chile offers tax benefits under laws 19.885 and 21.440.
2. Volunteering: Professional volunteers receive monthly stipends ($600,000–$650,000 CLP in Chile) funded by the organization, sourced from donations and institutional partnerships.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate volunteering programs and program financing partnerships with companies such as Falabella Financiero, Coca-Cola, and others, providing both funding and employee engagement opportunities.
4. Corporate Donations (Uruguay): Corporate donations from companies listed on the Uruguay page, supporting specific programs and territorial operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

America Solidaria operates a network of youth-development programs that empower children and adolescents across Latin America through volunteer-led field interventions and digital learning. Its core methodology is built on three axes — Yo Puedo (self-esteem and leadership), Yo Soy Parte (community belonging), and Yo Actúo (project creation) — delivered via flagship programs such as Accionadores, Concausa, Plan 12, Niñez en Juego, Generación AA, and Accionadoras. Programs are funded through individual donations, corporate partnerships, and institutional alliances, and reach more than 23,000 children and youth per year in Chile alone.

Product overview

America Solidaria is a non-profit organization operating as a platform of interconnected social programs focused on children, adolescents, and youth across Latin America. The organization offers multiple programs including Accionadores (youth empowerment and project development), Concausa (adolescent-led initiatives with UNICEF/ECLAC), Plan 12 (online learning platform), Niñez en Juego (children's participation), and regional projects like Generación AA (environmental leadership in Colombia) and Accionadoras (women's entrepreneurship). All programs operate through three integrated axes: Yo Puedo (self-development), Yo Soy Parte (community belonging), and Yo Actúo (action and transformation). The organization leverages volunteer professionals and partnerships with international organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Accionadores: Program that empowers children and adolescents who have ideas to transform their communities and the world through formative spaces promoting participation and adolescent leadership.
• Concausa
• Plan 12
• Niñez en Juego
• Generación AA

Products and services

• Accionadores A continental youth empowerment program that promotes formative spaces enabling children and adolescents to lead community-transformation initiatives, addressing concerns such as youth emigration (64% of youth 16–24 would leave their country) and climate anxiety (45% believe the future will be worse).
• Concausa A program co-developed with CEPAL and UNICEF that highlights and strengthens adolescent-led initiatives across the Americas, enabling adolescents to influence their realities aligned with Agenda 2030.
• Plan 12 An online e-learning platform providing educational resources on 12 transferable life skills (including empathy, creativity, and critical thinking) for adolescents and adults working with youth across Latin America and the Caribbean, aligned with UNICEF's framework.
• Niñez en Juego A children's rights program that uses recreational activities to enable children to learn about and exercise their rights — including participation, identity, family life, and a life free of violence.
• Generación AA (Agua y Alimentos) An environmental leadership project in Colombia focused on mobilizing children and adolescents around water care through recreational workshops and bringing safe drinking water to rural areas in Bogotá.
• Accionadoras A program focused on self-care and entrepreneurship for women — particularly women heads of households — providing tools and workshops to help them carry out their own ventures.
• Professional Volunteer Program A structured 5-month (July–November) professional volunteer placement program (in Chile, with monthly stipends of CLP 600,000–650,000) recruiting young professionals from disciplines such as Education, Psychology, and Social Work to deliver programs in schools and vulnerable communities across Latin America.

Quantifiable outcome

• 23,000+ children and adolescents reached annually (Chile alone)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNICEFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNICEF is a key strategic partner co-developing the Concausa program and the Plan 12 educational platform with América Solidaria and CEPAL. UNICEF provides programmatic support, participates in joint events, and offers expertise on child and adolescent rights and life skills development.
• CEPAL (ECLAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEPAL (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) co-impulses the Concausa program alongside América Solidaria and UNICEF, contributing regional economic and social development expertise to youth empowerment initiatives.
• INAU (Instituto del Niño y Adolescente del Uruguay)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINAU (National Institute for Children and Adolescents of Uruguay) is a government partner co-implementing programs including Concausa Territorio Uruguay and Niñez en Juego, operating through CAFF (Centros de Acogimiento y Fortalecimiento Familiar) and youth centers.
• GlobalGivingminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobalGiving is used as a donation platform for América Solidaria's projects in the United States and Haiti, enabling international donors to contribute to specific initiatives.
• Tienda MíaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTienda Mía has partnered with América Solidaria for multiple campaigns including toy donations (2023 Christmas campaign) and book donations (2023 International Book Day campaign), reaching children in Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. Provides logistics support through partner shipping companies.
• Puentes AbroadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPuentes Abroad collaborates with América Solidaria to facilitate international internship and exchange programs. Pasantes from Puentes Abroad joined América Solidaria Argentina, contributing to the Generación AA project. Organizations share a common goal of creating positive social impact.
• CLAYSS (Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLAYSS and América Solidaria Argentina have renewed their alliance to promote 'aprendizaje-servicio' (service-learning) as a method for giving voice and action to children's and adolescents' ideas and proposals in Argentina and the continent.
• Otra VueltaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNueva alianza para construir propuestas de financiamiento e implementación de actividades de formación en gestión de proyectos de impacto around the Accionadores educational program.
• Fundación VozminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Voz collaborates with América Solidaria Argentina on youth empowerment and civic engagement, particularly around the Accionadores program and voter education for young people.
• Sumando ArgentinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSumando Argentina partners with América Solidaria to support youth civic engagement, voter education campaigns (Ley 26.774 'Voto Joven'), and co-implementation of the Accionadores program.
• Hogar La Huella (Asociación Civil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsociación Civil Hogar La Huella is a strategic territorial partner in Uruguay's Las Piedras, Canelones. Since 2019, the partnership has implemented multiple programs including 'A jugar aprendemos juntos', 'Villa Ilusión Comunidad que Cuida', 'Niñez en Juego', 'Espacio Adolescente', and 'Accionadoras' for women entrepreneurs.
• INJU (Instituto Nacional de Juventud - Uruguay)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerINJU (National Institute for Youth) is a Uruguayan government partner listed among América Solidaria Uruguay's institutional allies.
• Red ConcausacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRed Concausa is a youth network co-created with América Solidaria and UNICEF as part of the Concausa initiative, enabling adolescents from across Latin America to develop and scale community projects aligned with Agenda 2030.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity Latin America and the Caribbean: Habitat for Humanity LAC operates a volunteer-driven housing and community development model across Latin America. Comparable in its volunteer mobilization, multi-country Latin American operations, and partnership-based delivery model, though focused on housing rather than youth life skills.
• Plan International: Plan International is a global NGO headquartered in the UK with a strong Latin American presence focused on children's rights, gender equality, and youth empowerment. Comparable to America Solidaria in mission and beneficiary base but operates at significantly larger scale with global donor infrastructure.
• SOS Children's Villages: SOS Children's Villages is a global nonprofit providing direct care and family-strengthening services for children without parental care or at risk of losing it. Comparable beneficiary focus (vulnerable children/adolescents) and multi-country Latin American footprint, though operating larger institutional care programs.
• Save the Children Latin America: Save the Children is a major international NGO with significant Latin American operations focused on child rights, education, and emergency response. Comparable mission and beneficiary population to America Solidaria, with substantially larger institutional capacity and global brand.
• World Vision Latin America: World Vision is a global Christian humanitarian organization with extensive Latin American programming focused on child sponsorship, education, and community development. Shares America Solidaria's donor-funded model and child-centered mission but operates at substantially greater scale.

Direct peers

• Junior Achievement Americas: Junior Achievement Americas delivers entrepreneurship, work readiness, and financial literacy education to youth across 30+ Latin American countries. Highly comparable to America Solidaria's Accionadores program in targeting adolescent life skills and project creation, with similar corporate partnership and school-based distribution.
• TECHO: TECHO is a Latin American youth volunteer-driven NGO operating across 19 countries that builds transitional housing and runs social inclusion programs. It shares America Solidaria's volunteer-stipend model, pan-regional footprint, and focus on poverty alleviation for vulnerable populations in Latin America.
• Enseña por Chile (Teach For All affiliate): Enseña por Chile is part of the Teach For All network placing young professionals in vulnerable schools across Chile. Comparable volunteer-driven model, beneficiary focus on disadvantaged youth, and stipend-based structure, though focused specifically on classroom education rather than life skills.

Emerging players

• Ashoka Latin America: Ashoka is a global network identifying and supporting leading social entrepreneurs, with strong Latin American operations focused on youth-led changemaking. Comparable in its youth-empowerment philosophy and content-based programming, though primarily a fellowship/incubator rather than a direct service provider.
• CLAYSS: CLAYSS (Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario) is the Latin American Center for Service-Learning, explicitly allied with America Solidaria Argentina. Operates in the same service-learning and youth civic engagement space with comparable methodology for adolescent protagonism.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/planconcausa
• Facebookfacebook.com/americasolidariaperu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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