Fundacion San Martin de Porres

What Fundacion San Martin de Porres does

Fundación San Martín de Porres is a Madrid-based charitable foundation, established in 1962 under the Dominican Order, that delivers social services to people experiencing homelessness and social exclusion. Its program portfolio spans four operational areas: residential support (emergency shelter at Centro de Acogida, transitional apartments toward autonomy including an LGBTQ+-specific line, and the IMPULSA youth housing project for ages 18-28); mental health services (Centro de Día Las Letras day center and the EASC Centro community support team, both ISO 9001:2015 certified); social-labor insertion (Incorpora, Reincorpora for prison reintegration, Punto Formativo Incorpora, and the Agencia de Colocación placement agency); and social economy enterprises (Empresa de Inserción Social El Zaguán and Centro Especial de Empleo Creación y Montajes, registered #185 with Comunidad de Madrid). The foundation also operates two heritage sites as social mission infrastructure: Monasterio de Loeches, a 17th-century baroque monastery hosting artists and formerly homeless individuals with planned agricultural activity, and Hospedería Montesclaros in Cantabria.

There is no proprietary technology platform underpinning operations; the foundation's stack consists of a WordPress website, an Instagram presence, two Spotify podcasts for mental health awareness, and an AranzadiLey-hosted ethics channel. All beneficiary services are delivered free of charge. The business model is grant-dependent: revenue is assembled from co-financing arrangements with the European Union (PRTR/Recovery and Resilience Facility, European Social Fund), the Comunidad de Madrid (concerted services via the Consejería de Familia, Juventud y Asuntos Sociales), the Ayuntamiento de Madrid (district-level programs in Carabanchel, Usera, Centro), and foundation partners including Fundación la Caixa (Reincorpora), Fundación Naturgy, and Santander Asset Management, supplemented by individual and corporate donations (e.g., Fundación Miaportación for Reyes Majos). Social enterprise revenue from El Zaguán and Creación y Montajes provides a traded-income layer. The foundation is an active member of EAPN-Madrid/EAPN España, FACIAM, FAEDEI, and AMEI, and partners peer organizations including Cáritas Madrid, Sercade, and Obra Social Apostólicas del Corazón de Jesús on coordinated responses.

Name

Fundacion San Martin de Porres

Legal name

Fundación Benéfica San Martín de Porres

Website

https://fundacionsmp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación San Martín de Porres is a Madrid-based Dominican charitable foundation, founded in 1962, delivering free residential, mental health, youth, and labor-insertion services to people experiencing homelessness and social exclusion, funded primarily by EU, regional, and municipal government grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services for Homeless and Vulnerable Populations

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Temporary Shelters (624221), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAB

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGACAD

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGACAG

Disability Services & Independent Living Support

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Homeless shelter services
• Social labor insertion
• Mental health day centers
• Transitional housing programs
• Youth social inclusion

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Subsidies: Primary funding comes from public administrations including the European Union (Recovery and Resilience Facility - PRTR), Comunidad de Madrid, and Ayuntamiento de Madrid. These grants fund various social programs including residential care, labor insertion, and community services.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Individual and corporate donations from supporters, including partnerships with foundations such as Fundación Mi aportación for initiatives like Reyes Majos gift program.
3. Social Economy Enterprises: The foundation operates two social enterprises: Centro Especial de Empleo Creación y Montajes (registered #185 with Comunidad de Madrid) and Empresa de Inserción Social El Zaguán, which provide employment for people in insertion processes.
4. Program-specific Funding: Project-based financing for specific initiatives such as the Reincorpora program (Fundación la Caixa), IMPULSA project (Ayuntamiento de Madrid/FACIAM network), and various employment integration programs co-funded by European Social Fund.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fundación San Martín de Porres is a Madrid-based charitable foundation that delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social services for people experiencing homelessness and social exclusion, including emergency shelter, transitional and autonomous-living apartments, mental health day centers and community support teams, social economy enterprises providing employment, and labor insertion programs partnering with public administrations and corporate funders.

Product overview

Fundación San Martín de Porres operates as a comprehensive social services organization in Madrid, offering a portfolio of interconnected programs addressing homelessness, mental health, youth exclusion, and labor integration. The organization is structured around several core service areas: (1) Residential Support including emergency shelter (Centro de Acogida), transitional apartments for autonomy, LGBTQ+-specific housing, and youth housing (Proyecto IMPULSA); (2) Mental Health Services comprising the Centro de Día 'Las Letras' day center and the EASC community support team; (3) Social Economy enterprises including El Zaguán insertion company and Creación y Montajes special employment center; and (4) Employment Support Programs including Incorpora, Reincorpora, and the Placement Agency. The foundation also operates heritage properties (Hospedería Montesclaros and Monasterio de Loeches) as social and cultural spaces. A podcast series 'En Un Lugar de Las Letras' supports mental health awareness. The organization is primarily funded by EU, regional (Comunidad de Madrid), and municipal (Ayuntamiento de Madrid) sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centro Especial de Empleo Creación y Montajes: Special employment center dedicated to auxiliary workshop services for the Madrid industry, providing labor insertion for people with disabilities
• Empresa de Inserción Social El Zaguán
• Centro de Día Las Letras
• Equipo de Apoyo Social Comunitario (EASC) Centro
• Hospedería Montesclaros
• Monasterio de Loeches

Products and services

• Centro de Acogida Emergency shelter and accommodation service for people experiencing homelessness, providing a first point of entry into the foundation's residential support pathway.
• Pisos tránsito hacia la autonomía Transitional apartments designed to help residents develop autonomy and independent living skills as a step out of homelessness.
• Pisos tránsito hacia la autonomía LGTBIQ+ Specialized transit apartments tailored for LGTBIQ+ individuals requiring autonomous living support.
• Proyecto IMPULSA Youth housing program for people aged 18-28 in situations of social exclusion, including migrants, those who have lost family connections, employment, or housing; operated in partnership with the Madrid City Council through the FACIAM network, with 19 residential places.
• Centro de Día de Soporte Social Distrito Centro 'Las Letras' Community day center providing psychosocial support to adults aged 18-65 with serious and lasting mental illness, offering structured activities, community participation, and family support; ISO 9001:2015 certified.
• Equipo de Apoyo Social Comunitario (EASC) 'Centro' Interdisciplinary community team providing psychological, social, and educational support at home and in the community for people with mental health issues aged 18-65 in central Madrid.
• Centro Especial de Empleo 'Creación y Montajes' Special employment center providing industrial auxiliary services such as handling, shrink-wrapping, and assembly, facilitating labor insertion for people with disabilities; registered with Comunidad de Madrid under number 185.
• Empresa de Inserción Social El Zaguán Social insertion company employing people who have undergone social exclusion processes, providing paid employment as part of their personal improvement journey.
• Incorpora Employment support program assisting people in social exclusion situations to access jobs through professional training and direct intermediation with businesses, targeting ethnic minorities, ex-prisoners, immigrants, long-term unemployed over 45, people with disabilities, homeless individuals, and youth.
• Punto Formativo Incorpora Training point within the Incorpora program offering employability improvement, basic and technical competency training, digital skills, coaching, and non-labor practices in companies.
• Reincorpora Program for people deprived of liberty in Centro Madrid II and CIS Melchor Rodríguez García, providing personalized itineraries, competency training, community service, and job placement as part of social reintegration, funded by Fundación la Caixa.
• Agencia de Colocación Authorized job placement agency providing employability diagnosis, individualized itineraries, labor intermediation, and tailored advice for job seekers including youth, long-term unemployed, and people in severe exclusion.
• Unidades Distritales de Colaboración (UDC) District collaboration units operating in Usera and Carabanchel that work to improve living conditions and social cohesion through urban environment improvements, citizen awareness, and socio-labor integration of vulnerable populations.
• Hospedería Montesclaros Historic accommodation facility in Cantabria maintained by the foundation as a social and ecological project that preserves Dominican heritage while supporting reintegration of homeless individuals.
• Monasterio de Loeches 17th-century baroque monastery converted into a space where homeless individuals and artists coexist, recovering the memory and everyday objects of the former Dominican convent while creating employment in agriculture and art.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Centro de Día Las Letras and EASC Centro serve adults 18-65 with serious mental illness, providing structured daytime support to prevent deterioration and social isolation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EAPN-Madrid (European Anti-Poverty Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member of EAPN-Madrid, participating in joint advocacy, policy development, and citizen dialogue initiatives. The Monasterio de Loeches hosted an EAPN-Madrid citizen dialogue event in June 2025.
• FACIAM (Red de Entidades de Atención a Personas Sin Hogar)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIMPULSA project operated in collaboration with FACIAM network, working with Cáritas Madrid, Obra Social Apostólicas del Corazón de Jesús, and Sercade to provide coordinated responses to youth residential exclusion.
• Fundación MiaportaciónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual collaboration for Reyes Majos campaign providing gift donations to vulnerable people served by foundation programs.
• FAEDEI (Federación de Empresas de Inserción)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of the Spanish Federation of Social Insertion Enterprises, representing and supporting El Zaguán and other social enterprises.
• Plan Comunitario de Carabanchel AltocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the Carabanchel Alto Community Development Plan for SAAT service providing information, support, and administrative assistance to vulnerable populations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fundación San Eugenio: Madrid-based religious-affiliated foundation providing residential services and social insertion for people experiencing homelessness; competes for Comunidad de Madrid grants and same target beneficiaries.
• Fundación CEAR (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado): Spanish refugee-assistance NGO providing residential accommodation, legal support, and labor insertion for migrants and refugees, overlapping directly with FSMP's IMPULSA youth and migrant programs.
• Cáritas Madrid: Madrid branch of Spain's largest Catholic social services confederation; operates homeless shelters, employment programs, and migrant services across the same districts as FSMP, competing for the same public grants and beneficiary pool.
• Fundación Integra: Spanish foundation dedicated to labor insertion of people at risk of exclusion; directly comparable to FSMP's Incorpora/Reincorpora programs and competes for corporate partnerships to place beneficiaries in employment.
• Hogar Sí (formerly Fundación RAIS): National Spanish NGO specialized in homelessness and housing-first programs; directly comparable operating model of residential centers, social enterprises, and labor insertion targeting the same vulnerable populations in Madrid.
• Fundación Esperanza y Alegría (Apostólicas del Corazón de Jesús): Partner in the FACIAM network alongside FSMP's IMPULSA project; operates similar residential and youth programs targeting people experiencing homelessness in Madrid with comparable funding mix.
• YMCA Madrid: Operates residential and social-inclusion programs for vulnerable populations including homeless individuals in Madrid; comparable operating model and competes for similar municipal funding streams.

Others

• FACIAM (Federación de Entidades de Atención a Personas Sin Hogar): Federation coordinating Madrid-based homeless-services NGOs including FSMP; functions as an ecosystem convener rather than competitor, channeling joint project funding and policy advocacy.
• EAPN-España (Red Europea de Lucha contra la Pobreza): Anti-poverty network of which FSMP is a member; not a direct competitor but a coordinating body that channels joint advocacy, training, and EU funding opportunities to member NGOs in the homelessness space.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Madrid: Largest Spanish humanitarian organization with broader scope including health, emergencies, and social services; overlaps with FSMP in homelessness response and labor insertion but operates at national scale with much larger resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/FSMP
• Instagraminstagram.com/fsmporg
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundacionsmp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci-n-b-san-mart-n-de-porres

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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