Fundación Agenda Ciudadana

What Fundación Agenda Ciudadana does

Fundación Agenda Ciudadana is a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit civic organization that facilitates transectoral dialogue and participatory democracy across the island. Founded in 2007 as Foros Citizens and incorporated as a foundation in 2012, the organization convenes citizens, government, academia, private sector, and civil society to develop consensus-based policy proposals across six project areas: Education, Economy, Security, Health, Family, and Environment. Its core product is a sustained deliberative dialogue methodology (Diálogos Transectoriales) that produces published citizen agendas, legislative proposals, and policy recommendations, including the Plan Decenal de Educación (Ten-Year Education Plan) and the Plan Nacional de Seguridad. The organization maintains a formal Office of Citizen Participation that has channeled 138 citizen proposals into the legislative process, with a subset resulting in filed bills or enacted laws.

The organization operates a portfolio of programs including Foros Citizens (citizen forums), the Observatorio Ciudadano de Jóvenes (youth civic observatory), a National Leader Training Program in dialogue methodologies, and an electronic Manual en Competencias Ciudadanas. It is governed by a Board of Directors and a transectorial board, with María de Lourdes Lara serving as Executive Director and Luis Alberto Ferré Rangel as Board President. Funding comes from individual donations, corporate sponsors (e.g., Banco Popular), and foundation partnerships (e.g., Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico, Foundation for Puerto Rico), with active fundraising through GiveButter. The organization does not sell commercial products or services; all programs are offered free of charge as public goods.

The business model is that of a typical mid-sized nonprofit: donor-funded operations sustaining a small 9-person staff executing programmatic work through in-person events, publications, and digital dissemination. The technology stack is entirely off-the-shelf (WordPress, Carrd, SurveyMonkey, social media platforms), with no proprietary technology, API, or AI capability. The organization competes for both civic engagement mindshare and philanthropic dollars against other Puerto Rican civil society organizations, though its 16-year track record, formal legislative integration, and cross-sector board composition provide meaningful institutional positioning. Its primary risk is its dependency on continued donor funding and the political will of successive Puerto Rico administrations to maintain participatory channels.

Name

Fundación Agenda Ciudadana

Legal name

Fundación Agenda Ciudadana

Website

https://agendaciudadanapr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Agenda Ciudadana is a Puerto Rico-based nonprofit that facilitates transectoral dialogue and participatory democracy across six policy areas, serving citizens, government agencies, academic institutions, and civil society organizations through consensus-building forums and citizen-led legislative proposals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI), Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD)

Keywords

• Civic engagement services
• Participatory democracy
• Citizen dialogue facilitation
• Public policy analysis
• Community organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Guaynabo

HQ country

Puerto Rico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Fundación Agenda Ciudadana operates as a nonprofit organization funded primarily through donations from individuals and organizations who support civic participation and democratic development in Puerto Rico. The organization conducts fundraising campaigns such as '15 años transformando a Puerto Rico' to generate operational resources.
2. Social Investors and Grant Funding: The organization receives support from 'inversionistas sociales' (social investors) including foundations and organizations that back civic initiatives. Funding partnerships with entities such as Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico support specific programs like early childhood development projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fundación Agenda Ciudadana is a non-profit civic organization that facilitates transectoral dialogues, citizen forums, and civic competency training to develop consensus-based national policy proposals in Puerto Rico. It convenes government, private sector, academia, and civil society across six project areas (Education, Economy, Security, Health, Family, and Environment) and channels citizen proposals into legislative processes through its Office of Citizen Participation. The organization publishes citizen agendas, systematization documents, and electronic manuals to document and disseminate participatory outcomes.

Product overview

Fundación Agenda Ciudadana is a civil society nonprofit organization that functions as a facilitation and coordination platform for participatory democracy in Puerto Rico. The organization does not offer a unified software product but rather provides a portfolio of programmatic services centered on citizen engagement and democratic dialogue. Core offerings include: Diálogos Transectoriales (Transsectoral Dialogues) — facilitated multi-sectoral conversations on national policy; the Plan Decenal de Educación (Ten-Year Education Plan) — a long-term education policy initiative; Manual en Competencias Ciudadanas (Citizen Competencies Manual) — an electronic resource for developing civic skills; and Foros Citizens (Citizens Forums) — community meetings to discuss national problems. Additional offerings include Agendas Ciudadanas publications, Sistematizaciones documenting participatory experiences, the Observatorio Ciudadano de Jóvenes (youth civic observatory), a National Leader Training Program in dialogue methodologies, and Public Policy Analysis services. The organization operates across six project areas: Education, Economy, Environment, Families, Security, and Health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Diálogos Transectoriales (Transectoral Dialogues) Multi-sectoral dialogue facilitation process bringing together government, private sector, academia, nonprofits, and citizens to discuss and develop consensus on national policy issues across education, economy, security, health, family, and environment.
• Plan Decenal de Educación (Ten-Year Education Plan) A multi-sectoral initiative to develop a long-term education policy that depoliticizes and decentralizes Puerto Rico's educational system through broad citizen participation, intended to guide national educational policy for a 10-year period.
• Foros Citizens (Citizens Forums) Community forums convening citizens to present solutions to national problems; the foundational initiative from which subsequent dialogue and policy development efforts originated.
• Manual en Competencias Ciudadanas (Citizen Competencies Manual) Electronic manual designed to develop citizen skills and competencies for participating in democratic dialogue, deliberation, and collective action to improve quality of life in Puerto Rico.
• Agendas Ciudadanas y Suplementos (Citizen Agendas) Published citizen agendas documenting proposals and policy recommendations developed through multi-sectoral dialogue processes across various areas of national importance.
• Sistematizaciones de Experiencias INAS (INAS Experience Systematizations) Published systematizations documenting experiences and lessons learned from participatory processes and citizen engagement initiatives, available in PDF format.
• Observatorio Ciudadano de Jóvenes (Citizen Observatory of Youth) Youth-focused initiative engaging young people in critical analysis of public policy discussions and approvals affecting their demographic, encouraging active civic participation.
• Programa Nacional de Capacitación de Líderes (National Leader Training Program) National training program for leaders from various social sectors in sustained dialogue methodologies, including deliberative dialogue and Theory U approaches, implemented in partnership with Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.
• Análisis de Políticas Públicas (Public Policy Analysis) Research and analysis of public policies to evaluate their effectiveness in addressing national challenges and their alignment with citizen proposals, including convergence analyses comparing approved policies with citizen recommendations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 138 citizen proposals received through Office of Citizen Participation, with many converted to filed legislation or enacted laws
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fondos Unidos de Puerto RicocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2014Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico and Fundación Agenda Ciudadana signed an agreement to work together on innovative projects for early childhood development. The partnership includes joint dialogue processes, community tables, and forums to define public policy recommendations. Agenda Ciudadana contributes its transectoral dialogue expertise while Fondos Unidos provides programmatic focus through its 'Sembrando Futuro' early childhood initiative.
• Casa Pueblo and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (PUCPR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 November 2012Casa Pueblo (environmental organization from Adjuntas) and PUCPR signed a collaborative agreement for knowledge exchange, services, resources, and research techniques to support conservation and interconnection of forests in the region. This agreement emerged directly from Agenda Ciudadana's dialogue processes, representing a concrete outcome of multi-stakeholder collaboration between academia and community organizations.
• El Nuevo DíacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012El Nuevo Día newspaper served as founding partner in the creation of Citizen Forums (Foros Citizens) 2007, a collaborative initiative between nonprofits and media to convene citizens in presenting solutions to national problems. The newspaper continues as media partner providing coverage and amplifying citizen agenda proposals.
• Universidad Interamericana de Puerto RicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost venue for Citizen Forums since 2007; continues to provide space for dialogue events and citizen engagement activities. The university also participates in working tables and policy development processes.
• Universidad del Sagrado CorazónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for sustained dialogue training programs. The university collaborated with Agenda Ciudadana on a national leadership training program focused on developing dialogue skills across different social sectors.
• Foundation for Puerto RicocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation for Puerto Rico works with Agenda Ciudadana and Grupo Guayacán on economic development initiatives. Foundation President Jon Borschow participated in Agenda Ciudadana events describing collaborative projects to drive island development from various fronts.
• Grupo GuayacánminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on economic development projects alongside Foundation for Puerto Rico and Agenda Ciudadana, contributing to the Juntos por Puerto Rico multisectoral initiative.
• CAPEDCOM, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporación de Apoyo a Programas Educativos y Comunitarios collaborated on design and facilitation of transectoral dialogues using the Deliberative Dialogue methodology. CAPEDCOM has worked with Agenda Ciudadana for over 20 years in alternative education and democratic participation.
• Juntos por Puerto Rico InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultisectoral and multipartite initiative bringing together business, labor, environmentalists, professionals, and social sectors for economic development dialogue. Led five strategic axes including visitor economy, 21st century exports, science and technology, solidarity economy, and environmental sustainability.
• Banco PopularminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of the '100 jóvenes, una visión para Puerto Rico' initiative led by Agenda Ciudadana, supporting youth engagement and visioning for national transformation.
• Enactus Puerto RicominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating organization in the youth vision initiative, contributing student engagement and entrepreneurial perspectives to national dialogue processes.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Centro para la Reconstrucción del Habitat: A Puerto Rico-based community-development nonprofit working on participatory reconstruction; comparable as a local civil-society organization that uses citizen engagement to drive national development outcomes.

Direct peers

• Kettering Foundation: A research and convening foundation focused on democratic governance and citizen deliberation, with deep experience in deliberative dialogue research that parallels Agenda Ciudadana's Theory U and sustained-dialogue approaches.
• Public Agenda: A nonpartisan civic engagement organization that designs deliberative dialogue processes to surface citizen perspectives on national policy — directly comparable in methodology and civic-participation mission.
• National Civic League: A U.S. nonprofit that convenes cross-sector stakeholders to develop consensus-based policy solutions at state and local levels, mirroring Agenda Ciudadana's transectoral dialogue methodology applied to Puerto Rico.
• America Talks (formerly AmericaSpeaks): Specializes in large-scale citizen deliberation and town-hall convenings that translate public input into actionable policy agendas — a direct methodological peer for Agenda Ciudadana's transectoral and assembly formats.
• Foundation for Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rico-focused economic development foundation that partners with Agenda Ciudadana on the Juntos por Puerto Rico initiative; shares the island-level, multi-sector, consensus-building orientation and donor base.
• National Conference on Citizenship: Chartered by Congress to strengthen civic participation in the U.S., it tracks and convenes around civic health indicators — comparable in mission to strengthen participatory democracy and measure civic engagement outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Common Cause: A larger, established U.S. civic reform and democracy organization with state-level chapters; while not a direct dialogue facilitator, it operates in the same civic-participation and government-accountability space with broader scope.
• Civic Nation: A U.S. civic infrastructure nonprofit that builds large-scale civic participation programs and convenes diverse stakeholders around national priorities — adjacent in scale and mission but operating in broader U.S. markets.

Emerging players

• Igarapé Institute: A Latin American think tank focused on citizen security, democratic governance, and public-policy research; comparable as a regional civic-engagement and policy-analysis peer in the same broad hemisphere.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@AgendaCiudadana/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/AgendaCiudadanaPR
• Instagraminstagram.com/agendaciudadanapr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-agenda-ciudadana

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Profiles2 records

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