Philanthropy: Building the New Philanthropy A.C.

What Philanthropy: Building the New Philanthropy A.C. does

Filantrofilia is a Mexican nonprofit civil association (Asociación Civil sin fines de lucro) founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mexico City, with a secondary office in Querétaro. It operates as a social-sector rating agency dedicated to strengthening and professionalizing civil society organizations (OSCs) in Mexico. The organization addresses systemic weaknesses in the Mexican social sector, including paternalistic culture, sector fragmentation, low professionalism, and historical fraud, by providing independent third-party qualification of OSCs and impact measurement services.

The company's core offering is a tiered portfolio of three institutional qualification services, each priced under a non-disclosed quote-based model. The entry-level "Fortaleza Institucional" is a 4-week evaluation using a proprietary balance scorecard with 36 indicators across five organizational domains (Government and Strategy, Financial Resources and Revenue Generation, Communication, Administration, and Operation and Programs). The mid-tier "Fortaleza Institucional y Eficacia" extends the assessment to six weeks and adds beneficiary perception analysis. The flagship "Fortaleza Institucional y Tendencias de Impacto Social" is an 8-10 week comprehensive evaluation using 115 indicators plus Social Return on Investment (RSOI) and budget-impact analytics. The underlying technology is a proprietary methodology developed in 2010, benchmarked against international best practices and piloted with Fundación México en Harvard. Since founding, Filantrofilia has completed more than 300 qualification processes, building a benchmark dataset on Mexican OSCs. Named rated organizations include Fundación EDUCA México, Fundación Juconi, Casa Alianza, YouthBuild México, Proeducación, Proempleo, Happy Hearts, and Angelitos de Cristal.

Revenue is generated primarily through B2B professional-services fees for qualification engagements with civil society organizations, plus a complementary B2C/B2B educational line through Instituto Filantrofilia, which delivers a 13-week online "Diplomado de Liderazgo en Innovación Social" at $10,000 MXN per participant with scholarship options. The organization is led by Founder and Board President Fernando Sepúlveda Vildósola and Executive Director María Fernanda Reinosa Domenzain, supported by a small multidisciplinary team of 1-10 employees. Go-to-market is sales-led and community-led, relying on direct outreach, website inquiries, email ([email protected]), and referrals from peer OSCs, with no disclosed paid marketing channels.

Name

Philanthropy: Building the New Philanthropy A.C.

Legal name

FILANTROFILIA: CONSTRUYENDO LA NUEVA FILANTROPÍA, A.C.

Website

https://filantrofilia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Filantrofilia is a Mexico-based nonprofit social rating agency that provides tiered institutional qualification and social impact measurement services to civil society organizations, complemented by an online leadership diploma program through Instituto Filantrofilia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit and Civil Society Institutional Rating Services

akta.pro primary industry

Qualifications Framework Authorities (NQF/Skills Framework) (EDADAFAB)

Keywords

• Nonprofit rating services
• Social impact measurement
• Institutional assessment
• Civil society professionalization
• Social sector certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Institutional Qualification Services: Three tiers of qualification services: (1) Institutional Strength - basic 4-week process with 36 indicators; (2) Institutional Strength and Effectiveness - 6-week process adding beneficiary surveys; (3) Institutional Strength and Social Impact Trends - 8-10 week comprehensive evaluation with 115 indicators and full impact measurement.
2. Diplomado en Liderazgo en Innovación Social: Online leadership training program in social innovation. 13-week course with videos, presentations, leader interviews, practical cases, weekly live mentorship sessions. Price: $10,000 MXN per person with scholarship options available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Filantrofilia delivers institutional qualification and rating services for Mexican civil society organizations using a proprietary balance scorecard methodology (36 or 115 indicators) covering governance, finances, communication, administration, and programs. It also measures social impact through Reach, Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Social Return on Investment (RSOI) indicators, and offers an online Diplomado in Social Innovation Leadership through its Instituto Filantrofilia to train social sector leaders.

Product overview

Filantrofilia offers a tiered portfolio of three institutional rating/certification services for civil society organizations in Mexico, ranging from basic (36 indicators) to comprehensive (115 indicators) evaluations that assess institutional strength, effectiveness, and social impact. Additionally, the organization operates the Instituto Filantrofilia which delivers an online diploma program in Social Innovation Leadership. The services are designed to help nonprofits strengthen their operations, measure impact, and improve transparency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Instituto Filantrofilia: Educational institute offering the Diplomado de Liderazgo en Innovación Social (Diploma in Leadership in Social Innovation), a 13-week online program for social sector professionals.

Products and services

• Fortaleza Institucional A basic institutional strength rating service for civil society organizations that evaluates institutional development across 5 areas (Government and Strategy, Financial Resources and Revenue Generation, Communication, Administration, and Operation and Programs) using 36 indicators in a 4-week evaluation process. Designed for nonprofits seeking to understand their organizational strengths and areas for improvement.
• Fortaleza Institucional y Eficacia An institutional strength and effectiveness rating service for civil society organizations that evaluates organizational capacity using 36 indicators and additionally measures program efficacy and beneficiary perception of service quality through surveys. Delivered via a 6-week evaluation process.
• Fortaleza Institucional y Tendencias de Impacto Social The most comprehensive rating service for civil society organizations, evaluating institutional strength using 115 indicators plus social impact trends including Reach, Efficacy, Efficiency, Return on Social Investment (RSOI), and four budget indicators. Delivered via an 8-10 week evaluation process. Designed for nonprofits seeking the deepest level of professionalization and impact demonstration.
• Diplomado de Liderazgo en Innovación Social A 13-week fully online diploma program teaching best practices in the social sector, delivered through videos, presentations, interviews with social sector leaders, practical cases, and weekly live mentorship sessions. Priced at $10,000 MXN per participant with scholarship (bequa) options available. Designed for individuals working in or aspiring to work in civil society organizations and social projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ organizations qualified since founding
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GreatNonprofits: Nonprofit review and ratings platform aggregating stakeholder feedback and reviews of charities. Comparable as a community-driven ratings and credibility layer for CSOs.
• Candid (formerly GuideStar): Major nonprofit transparency and information platform providing institutional data on nonprofits globally. Comparable mission of professionalizing the social sector through standardized organizational data and ratings.
• Charity Navigator: The largest US nonprofit ratings agency, evaluating charities on financial health, accountability, and transparency. Directly comparable as a third-party institutional ratings provider, though focused on the US market.
• BBB Wise Giving Alliance (Give.org): US charity accreditation body evaluating nonprofits against 20 standards of accountability. Directly comparable as a third-party ratings and accreditation provider for civil society organizations.
• ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability): Accreditation body for faith-based and other nonprofits, evaluating financial accountability and governance. Directly comparable as a multi-indicator institutional certification scheme for CSOs.

Emerging players

• TechSoup Global: Global nonprofit capacity-building network offering technology, resources, and validation services to CSOs. Comparable mission of professionalizing and strengthening civil society organizations, with a global footprint.
• B Lab (B Corporation): Certifies B Corporations on social and environmental performance using a scored assessment. Comparable as a multi-indicator social impact certification framework, though focused on for-profit social enterprises rather than CSOs.

Broad incumbents

• Benevity: Corporate CSR and impact-management platform used by enterprises to manage giving, volunteering, and grantmaking to nonprofits. Comparable as an adjacent infrastructure layer in the social-impact measurement space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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