Help Argentina

What Help Argentina does

Help Argentina (legal name: Portal for Investment in the Latin American Social Sector / HelpArgentina, also operating under the sub-brand PILAS — Portal para la Inversión Social en Latinoamérica) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit founded in 2002 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a registered US office in New York. The organization operates a digital donation platform that connects individual and corporate donors — primarily in the United States — with a network of more than 250 vetted member NGOs across Argentina and Latin America. Its core product is the online donation platform (helpargentina.org), which supports secure contributions with US tax-deductible receipts under its 501(c)(3) status, enabling Help Argentina to act as a fiscal agent for cross-border giving. Supporting modules include Convocatorias (a structured call-for-proposals and NGO vetting process), Proyectos Personalizados (customized social-investment projects for corporate partners), and Servicios para Empresas (corporate giving, employee-giving, and advisory services). Donations are organized across six thematic areas: Education, Environment, Human Rights, Social Economy, Health and Nutrition, and Arts and Culture; a dedicated thematic vehicle, the Fondo Educación HelpArgentina, has been launched within this structure.

The business model is a transaction-fee / fiscal-agent model: Help Argentina does not earn conventional product revenue but retains a portion of donation flows as fees and earns income from corporate social-investment engagements. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer for individual donors via the website, email newsletter, and social media, complemented by an event/partnership-driven motion through strategic alliances with local partners across Latin American countries. Customer segments are three-sided: (1) US-based individual donors seeking trusted, tax-deductible channels to Latin American causes; (2) corporate donors seeking CSR, employee-giving, and branded social-investment programs; and (3) member NGOs seeking international visibility and funding. The organization is led by co-founders Julian Bedel and Lloyd Nimetz (who also serves on the board of directors), operates with 1–10 employees, and has no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, or institutional investors.

Since inception, Help Argentina has facilitated more than USD 25 million in donations to 250+ NGOs and projects. The technology footprint is intentionally light: a website platform, email communications, social media presence, and a stated digital donation infrastructure, with no disclosed app, API, SDK, patents, or AI/ML capabilities. Geographic reach spans LATAM (with Argentina as primary market) and North America (United States for donor acquisition and fiscal intermediation). The organization is privately held as a nonprofit entity and is governed independently.

Name

Help Argentina

Legal name

Portal for Investment in the Latin American Social Sector (HelpArgentina)

Website

https://helpargentina.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Help Argentina is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit connecting individual and corporate donors, primarily in the US, with vetted NGOs across Argentina and Latin America. It serves as a fiscal agent enabling tax-deductible cross-border donations to a network of 250+ member organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Donation Intermediary

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Charities & Grantmaking Intermediaries (BPAGAKAE), Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Sponsors (BPAGAKAF), Donor Coordination & Aid Effectiveness (BPADAOAA)

Keywords

• Charity donation platform
• Nonprofit fiscal intermediary
• Cross-border philanthropy
• Corporate social investment
• NGO due diligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations Processing: Help Argentina facilitates donations from US donors to Argentine and Latin American NGOs, acting as a fiscal agent and providing tax-deductible receipts under its 501(c)(3) status.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Help Argentina is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that acts as a fiscal intermediary, channeling donations from U.S.-based individual and corporate donors to a vetted network of approximately 250 Argentine NGOs. The organization provides tax-deductible donation receipts, conducts due diligence on partner organizations, and offers customized philanthropic project design for corporate partners.

Product overview

Help Argentina operates as a social investment platform that connects individual and corporate donors with a network of over 250 vetted member NGOs across Argentina. The core product is an online donation platform that enables secure contributions with US tax-deductibility through its 501(c)(3) status. Supporting modules include a call for proposals system (Convocatorias), customized corporate project development (Proyectos Personalizados), and specialized corporate engagement services. The platform also extends regionally through its sub-brand PILAS (Portal para la Inversión Social en Latinoamérica), which facilitates social investment across Latin America. The platform focuses on six impact areas: Education, Environment, Human Rights, Social Economy, Health and Nutrition, and Arts and Culture, having facilitated over USD 25 million in donations since 2002.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plataforma de Donaciones (Donation Platform) Online donation platform (helpargentina.org) that allows U.S.-based individual donors to make tax-deductible contributions to a curated network of Argentine NGOs, with Help Argentina acting as the 501(c)(3) fiscal intermediary. The platform processes donations, issues tax receipts, and channels funds to vetted partner organizations.
• Servicios para Empresas (Corporate Services) Tailored corporate philanthropy and social investment service for companies and foundations seeking to deploy charitable capital in Argentina. The service covers NGO due diligence, program design, fiscal and tax compliance, and impact reporting to support corporate CSR and sustainability objectives.
• Proyectos Personalizados (Customized Projects) Bespoke philanthropic project design service that allows corporate and high-capacity donors to co-create social investment initiatives targeting specific causes, regions, or beneficiary populations in Argentina, leveraging Help Argentina's vetted NGO network and fiscal infrastructure.

Quantifiable outcome

• USD 25 million+ donated to 250 NGOs and projects since 2002

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Local Partners in Latin AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelp Argentina works through strategic alliances with local partners in each Latin American country to identify highly effective organizations for social investment. These partnerships enable the organization to leverage local knowledge and networks to strengthen civil society organizations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• TechSoup Global: TechSoup is a nonprofit network providing technology and capacity-building resources to civil society organizations globally, an enabling/ecosystem player comparable to HelpArgentina's role in strengthening NGO operational capacity.
• Candid (Foundation Center + GuideStar): Candid provides nonprofit data, research, and due diligence tools to funders globally, adjacent to HelpArgentina's NGO vetting and transparency services though operating as a data/analytics provider rather than a donation intermediary.

Direct peers

• GlobalGiving: GlobalGiving is a US-based crowdfunding platform connecting donors with vetted grassroots projects worldwide, operating with similar 501(c)(3) fiscal agency and due-diligence infrastructure as HelpArgentina but with a much larger global footprint.
• CAF America: CAF America is a US 501(c)(3) that acts as a grantmaking intermediary enabling international donations from US donors to foreign charities, overlapping directly with HelpArgentina's fiscal agent role for cross-border giving to LATAM.
• Network for Good: Network for Good provides online fundraising and donation platforms for US nonprofits, similar to HelpArgentina's digital donation infrastructure but focused on the US domestic nonprofit market rather than international grantmaking.

Emerging players

• Benevity: Benevity operates a corporate social responsibility and employee giving platform, comparable to HelpArgentina's corporate services module but targeting larger enterprise CSR programs globally.
• Kiva: Kiva is a US-based 501(c)(3) crowdfunding platform connecting lenders with entrepreneurs and organizations in developing countries, a comparable model of US-to-LATAM individual donor participation with strong impact transparency.

Regional players

• Fundación Avina: Fundación Avina is a Latin American foundation that mobilizes resources and partners with civil society organizations across the region, comparable to HelpArgentina's regional NGO network and intermediation role focused on LATAM.
• Donar Online Argentina: Donar Online is an Argentine online donation platform that facilitates local giving to domestic NGOs, directly comparable to HelpArgentina's domestic Argentine donation infrastructure though without the US fiscal intermediary layer.

Broad incumbents

• Charities Aid Foundation (CAF): CAF is a long-established international charitable giving and grantmaking organization with a global donor-advised fund infrastructure, far broader in scale than HelpArgentina but operating in the same cross-border giving intermediary category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HelpArgentina
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/helpargentina

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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