What Digicel Foundation does

Digicel Foundation is the corporate social responsibility arm of Digicel Group, a Caribbean telecommunications company, operating as a private non-profit charitable foundation across three jurisdictions: Haiti (founded 2007), Jamaica (2004), and Trinidad & Tobago (2012). The Foundation delivers programs across four pillars — Education, Community Development, Special Needs, and Staff Engagement — through country-specific operating entities that share a common programmatic blueprint but execute independent grant cycles.

Its core programs include a school construction program that has delivered approximately 200 earthquake- and hurricane-resistant schools in Haiti serving more than 60,000 children; a Professional Development track (PARCCSEQ) that has trained 1,521 teachers and 198 school directors in school governance and pedagogy; annual competitive community grant programs — Konbit Pou Chanjman in Haiti (US$12,000 grants, 10th edition in 2026), EPIC in Trinidad & Tobago (TT$100,000 grants, co-sponsored with Shell), Build Jamaica, and Mek A Muckle; Innovation Labs providing VR, smart boards, assistive devices, and high-speed internet to Special Needs schools in T&T; and a Staff Engagement program that grants each Digicel employee one paid volunteer day per year.

The Foundation does not operate a technology product or sell services commercially. It is funded by Digicel Group's corporate contributions, supplemented by co-funding from partners including Shell Trinidad & Tobago, Hope For Haiti, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Cumulative investment exceeds US$90.9M in Haiti, US$51.6M in Jamaica, and US$9.4M in Trinidad & Tobago, with over 2.5 million lives positively impacted across the three countries. Application intake is multi-channel — country-specific websites, social media (Facebook, Instagram), and Digicel retail stores — and selection combines competitive application review with field visits, jury presentations, training, and in some cases public voting.

Name

Digicel Foundation

Legal name

Digicel Foundation

Website

https://digicelfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Digicel Foundation is the non-profit CSR arm of Digicel Group, delivering school construction, teacher training, community grants, and Special Needs programs across Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago. It is funded by Digicel Group corporate contributions and co-sponsors, having invested over US$150M cumulatively and impacting more than 2.5 million lives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Philanthropy / Charitable Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE)

Keywords

• Corporate philanthropy
• Community development grants
• School construction programs
• Special needs education
• Teacher training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston

HQ country

Jamaica

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Foundation Grants and Social Investment: Digicel Foundation is a corporate philanthropy entity funded by Digicel Group. It distributes grant funding to community organizations, schools, and special needs institutions through structured competitive grant programs (e.g., Konbit Pou Chanjman, EPIC, Mek A Muckle). It also funds school construction, teacher training, and staff engagement programs. Revenue is not generated commercially; the Foundation operates as a charitable giving vehicle with an annual social investment budget drawn from Digicel's corporate contributions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Digicel Foundation is a corporate charitable foundation that distributes grant funding to community-based organizations, schools, and special needs institutions across Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago. It funds school construction, teacher and school director training, community development projects through competitive grant cycles, and technology equipment for special needs schools. Programs include Konbit Pou Chanjman (Haiti), EPIC (Trinidad & Tobago), Build Jamaica/Mek A Muckle (Jamaica), and Innovation Labs.

Product overview

Digicel Foundation is a corporate foundation operating across Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago with a focus on education, community development, special needs support, and staff engagement. The organization offers a portfolio of four core programs: School Construction (building earthquake-resistant schools), Professional Development/PARCCSEQ (teacher training and school governance), Grants/Konbit Pou Chanjman (community project funding), and Staff Engagement (employee volunteering). Regional variations include EPIC Grants in Trinidad & Tobago offering TT$100,000 for community projects with Shell co-sponsorship, Innovation Labs providing technology equipment for special needs schools, Build Jamaica Grants with Salute 21 initiative, and Mek A Muckle grants in Jamaica. The foundation also runs supplementary programs including Influencer Contests and Poetry Contests. Total cumulative investment exceeds US$90 million across Haiti alone, with 197 schools built serving over 60,000 students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EPIC Grant: Extraordinary Projects Impacting Communities - grant program in Trinidad & Tobago offering TT$100,000 to community-based organisations.
• Mek A Muckle
• Build Jamaica Grants
• Konbit Pou Chanjman
• Innovation Labs

Products and services

• School Construction Program A comprehensive school construction initiative that builds earthquake and hurricane-resistant educational facilities across Haiti. Since 2007, the program has built nearly 200 schools providing learning environments for over 60,000 children, with each school including classrooms, administrative offices, sanitation facilities, and playgrounds.
• Professional Development (PARCCSEQ) Teacher training, school director coaching, and community involvement in school management. The PARCCSEQ program supports schools in setting up effective participatory structures and developing social enterprises for sustainability, having trained 1,521 teachers and 198 school directors in Haiti.
• Konbit Pou Chanjman Grants Annual grant program supporting community-based organizations across Haiti. Provides funding for projects in education, livelihoods, culture, accessibility, inclusion, and environment. Since 2017, over 164 projects funded with over US$1.7 million invested, with 10th edition offering ten grants of US$12,000 plus a 10 million gourdes flagship grant.
• Staff Engagement

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1.3 million lives positively impacted in Haiti, 858,165 in Jamaica, and 299,103 in Trinidad & Tobago
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Shell Trinidad and TobagoflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Shell Trinidad and Tobago is a co-sponsor of the EPIC (Extraordinary Projects Impacting Communities) grant program in Trinidad & Tobago. The partnership is a 3-year joint investment of TT$3.8 million supporting community projects across Trinidad and Tobago. This is a flagship co-development partnership where both companies jointly fund and promote community grants.
• BanjcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Banj (Haiti's largest coworking space and entrepreneurial hub) partnered with Digicel Foundation for the DevExpo Challenge 2026 — AI for Social Impact. Digicel Foundation is providing over 5 million gourdes in innovation funding, including a top prize of 2 million gourdes, to support AI-driven solutions in education, healthcare, agriculture, financial inclusion, governance, and environment. Winners join a six-month incubation program. This partnership extends the Foundation's reach into technology and innovation.
• Salesians of Don Bosco (Haiti)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024École Nationale Fondation Vincent, operated by the Salesians of Don Bosco in Cap-Haïtien, was selected as the beneficiary of the Foundation's 200th school construction project. The school has served approximately 2,500 students since 1955 across academic and vocational tracks.
• Filles de la Sagesse (Daughters of Wisdom Congregation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with the Daughters of Wisdom Congregation to reconstruct Institution Notre Dame du Perpétuel Secours in Port-de-Paix, the 197th school. This 150-year-old school, the first founded by the Daughters of Wisdom in Haiti, is undergoing reconstruction to double its capacity from 6 to 12 classrooms.
• Archdiocese of Cap-HaïtiencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Digicel Foundation collaborated with the Archdiocese of Cap-Haïtien to build Collège Jean XXIII – Annexe at Calvaire Sainte Thérèse. Investment of approximately US$600,000 funded eleven classrooms, administrative offices, a kitchen, and modern sanitation facilities to support the Archdiocese's educational mission in northern Haiti.
• Hope For HaiticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Hope For Haiti co-funded the reconstruction of two schools (Collège Frères Unis de Ravine Sable and École Paul VI de Vieux Bourg) in the South department of Haiti, part of the earthquake reconstruction effort following the August 14, 2021 earthquake. Investment supported school reconstruction alongside Digicel Foundation.
• Special Olympics HaitiflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Digicel and the Foundation have supported Special Olympics Haiti since 2006. In 2023, they provided $50,000 funding for the Haitian delegation to participate in the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, covering travel expenses for six athletes competing in equestrian, athletics, and table tennis. The Foundation also supports Special Olympics athletes through its special needs programs.
• Ministry of Education (Haiti)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023In 2019, the Foundation launched the PARCCSEQ program (Project to Support the Strengthening of School Communities for Quality Education) in collaboration with the Haitian Ministry of Education. The partnership aims to support school communities in setting up effective participatory structures and improving school performance and sustainability.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Tigo / Millicom Foundation: Corporate foundation of Millicom (Tigo), a major Latin American and Caribbean telecom operator. Directly comparable as a telecom-affiliated corporate philanthropy vehicle operating across overlapping emerging markets in the Caribbean and Latin America.
• Flow Foundation (Cable & Wireless Communications): Corporate foundation of Flow/Cable & Wireless, Digicel's principal Caribbean telecom competitor. Comparable in mission, geographic footprint, and structure as a telecom-corporate social investment entity in the same Caribbean markets.

Broad incumbents

• Vodafone Foundation: Global corporate foundation of Vodafone Group focused on digital inclusion, education, and disaster response in emerging markets. Comparable in mission and corporate-foundation structure, though operating at global scale.
• Mastercard Foundation: Large-scale education-focused global foundation with programs in Africa and emerging markets. Comparable in deploying large grant capital for educational access, though at much greater scale and broader geographic scope.
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Largest multilateral development financier in Latin America and the Caribbean. Overlaps as a major funder of education and community development across the same geographies where Digicel Foundation operates.

Regional players

• NCB Foundation (National Commercial Bank Jamaica): Corporate foundation of Jamaica's largest bank. Operates in the same Jamaican geography with comparable education and community development programs, serving overlapping beneficiary populations.
• Sagicor Foundation: Caribbean-headquartered foundation of Sagicor Financial, focused on education and community development across Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and other Caribbean states. Highly comparable in regional focus and education/community grant programs.

Emerging players

• Globe Telecom Foundation (Philippines): Corporate foundation of Globe Telecom, a major Philippines mobile operator. Comparable in operating model as a telecom-corporate foundation running education and community development programs in an emerging market.
• Intercorp Foundation / Banco de Alimentos (Latin America): Latin American corporate foundations focused on education, food security, and community development. Comparable in emerging-market philanthropy approach, though geographically focused on Latin America rather than the Caribbean.

Others

• UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Area Office: UN agency operating across the Caribbean on child education, protection, and welfare. Operates in overlapping geographies and beneficiary populations (children, schools, vulnerable communities) with comparable grantmaking and program delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/fondationdigicelhaiti
• Xx.com/DIGICELJamaica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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