Calala Fondo de Mujeres

What Calala Fondo de Mujeres does

Calala Fondo de Mujeres is a Barcelona-based non-profit foundation (Fundación, CIF G65162794) registered in 2009 that operates as a women's fund promoting the rights of women and the LBTIQ+ community across Spain and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama). The organization mobilizes financial resources and redistributes them to grassroots feminist, LBTIQ+, anti-racist, and women human rights defender organizations, while providing accompaniment, training, and collaborative meeting spaces. Its programs include Fondo Radix (grants of €40,000 or €60,000 over 24 months, co-financed by the European Union and co-managed with Otro Tiempo), Fondo Dalia (smaller grants of €3,000-€4,500 for women-led social and solidarity economy organizations, in coalition with La Comala, Labcoop, Metzineres, iACTA, and Fundación Finanzas Éticas), plus thematic programs (Activismo Seguro, Justicia Migrante, Alegre Rebeldía) and engagement initiatives (Calala Cómplices solidarity circle, Legados Solidarios legacy giving, Armario Solidario clothing donation partnership with Micolet).

Calala's revenue model is donation- and grant-based, with no commercial product. Income streams include individual donations (with Spanish tax deductions of 80% on the first €250, 40% above, rising to 45% for recurring donors under Law 49/2002), corporate partnerships (up to 50% deduction), planned/legacy giving, EU institutional grants (notably CERV-2024-CITIZENS-VALUES), and campaign-based fundraising such as the book campaign "La Bruja Mensajera de Bocana de Paiwas." The organization operates from three offices (Barcelona headquarters, Madrid, Bilbao) with 17 employees and supported 107 groups and 51,192 beneficiaries in 2024, distributing €2,869,541.54 in donations. Distribution is direct via the website (calala.org, in Spanish and English), corporate engagement, the Cómplices solidarity circle, and a channel partnership with Micolet for clothing donations. The organization's beneficiary "customer" base is highly diversified across migrant women's organizations, LBTIQ+ collectives, women human rights defenders, domestic and care workers, Afro-descendant and Romani communities, and social and solidarity economy organizations.

Name

Calala Fondo de Mujeres

Legal name

Fundación Calala Fondo de Mujeres

Website

https://calala.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Calala Fondo de Mujeres is a Barcelona-based non-profit foundation (founded 2009) that operates as a women's fund, redistributing donations and grants to feminist, LBTIQ+, anti-racist, and women human rights defender organizations across Spain and Central America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights Philanthropy

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

Keywords

• Women's rights funding
• Feminist grantmaking
• Nonprofit foundation
• Civil society support
• Social solidarity economy

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Recurring and one-time donations from individuals who support women's rights. Donors receive tax deductions up to 80% of their donation amount in Spain (80% of first 250€, 40% thereafter, increasing to 45% for recurring donors).
2. Corporate Partnerships: Companies can donate and receive tax deductions up to 50% of their donation amount. Calala offers corporate engagement programs for building a more just and equal society.
3. Legacy Giving (Legados Solidarios): Planned giving program where donors make long-term commitments to support women's rights beyond their lifetime.
4. Solidarity Closet (Armario Solidario): Partnership with Micolet for clothing donations that support women's rights advancement.
5. EU Co-financing: European Union co-financing for specific projects like Radix (Roots4Rights) under CERV-2024-CITIZENS-VALUES program and SEE Change project under CERV-2023-DAPHNE.
6. Campaign-based Fundraising: Specific campaigns like 'A book to sustain us' where donors receive a book in exchange for their contribution, directly supporting women defenders in Central America.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Calala Fondo de Mujeres is a women's fund foundation that mobilizes financial resources from individual donors, corporations, and institutional funders (including the European Union) and redistributes them as grants to feminist, women's rights, and LBTIQ+ organizations in Spain and Central America. Beyond grant-making, it provides non-financial accompaniment, capacity-building training (through Escuela Radix), and collaborative meeting spaces to support the sustainability of grassroots organizations working on migrant rights, anti-racism, economic autonomy, and protection of women human rights defenders.

Product overview

Calala Fondo de Mujeres is a women's fund organization (not a technology company) that operates a portfolio of programs and initiatives to promote women's and LBTIQ+ rights. The core offerings include funding programs (Fondo Radix, Fondo Dalia), thematic programs (Activismo Seguro, Justicia Migrante, Alegre Rebeldía), and engagement initiatives (Armario Solidario, Calala Cómplices). The Radix Fund provides grants of €40,000 or €60,000 for 24-month projects to feminist and LGBTIAQ+ organizations in Spain, while the Dalia Fund supports women-led social and solidarity economy organizations with grants of €3,000-€4,500. The organization also operates fundraising campaigns and a monthly donation program with tax deduction benefits. The Radix School provides complementary training and capacity building. Together, these programs delivered €2,869,541.54 in donations in 2024, supporting 107 groups and 51,192 people.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fondo Radix (Radix Fund) A funding initiative co-created with Otro Tiempo and co-financed by the European Union to strengthen women's, feminist and LGBTIAQ+ organizations in Spain through financing, accompaniment, training, and meeting spaces. Provides €40,000 or €60,000 grants for 24-month projects.
• Fondo Dalia (Dalia Fund) A solidarity initiative launched during the pandemic to respond to the economic urgencies of women's social organizations in Spain, supporting sustainability and decent working conditions of women-led organizations in the social and solidarity economy. Provides grants of €3,000-€4,500 per organization.
• Activismo Seguro (Safe Activism) A program supporting the protection of feminist activists, collectives, and organizations who defend the rights of women, lesbians, trans, racialized and/or migrant people in Spain, especially when facing criminalization, harassment, or violence for their activism.
• Justicia Migrante (Migrant Justice) A program advancing the rights of migrant LBTIQ+ women and community members who organize to defend their rights, freedom, and dignity, supporting diverse leadership and sustainable, anti-racist structures.
• Alegre Rebeldía (Joyful Rebellion) A decolonial program working with collectives from Abya Yala (Latin America), Afros, and Gypsies who focus on challenging colonial systems, fighting against racism while reclaiming ancestral knowledge.
• Armario Solidario (Solidarity Closet) A clothing donation initiative in partnership with Micolet that supports the advancement of women's rights by allowing people to donate clothes.
• Calala Cómplices: Círculo Solidario The first solidarity circle in Spain for life and equality in Central America, enabling ongoing monthly financial support to women's rights organizations through community membership.
• Escuela Radix (Radix School) The training, support, and capacity building component of the Radix project, coordinated by Otro Tiempo, offering formations, tutoring, and in-person meetings to complement grant funding.
• Dona Poder (Donate Power) A donation platform enabling individuals and companies to support women's and LBTIQ+ rights organizations in Spain and Central America, with Spanish tax deduction benefits under Law 49/2002.
• La Bruja Mensajera de Bocana de Paiwas Book Campaign A campaign-based fundraising initiative where donors receive a copy of 'The Messenger Witch of Bocana de Paiwas' by Jamileth Chavarría, directly supporting women defenders in Central America.

Quantifiable outcome

• 51,192 people improved their lives thanks to funded organizations in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Otro TiempocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOtro Tiempo is a key co-development partner for the Radix Project (Roots4Rights), co-financed by the European Union. While Calala manages the Radix Fund for resource delivery, Otro Tiempo coordinates Radix School for training, support, and capacity building. Both organizations share values of equality, justice, and diversity.
• La ComalacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Comala is one of seven partner organizations in the Dalia Fund ecosystem, supporting women-led social and solidarity economy organizations. The collective emerged during the pandemic to respond to economic urgencies.
• Mujeres SupervivientescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMujeres Supervivientes is a partner in the Dalia Fund Group Impulsor, supporting organizations led by women survivors and contributing to economic autonomy initiatives.
• LabcoopcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabcoop is a partner in the Dalia Fund, bringing cooperative and social economy expertise to the network of women-led organizations.
• MetzinerescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMetzineres partners with Calala in the Dalia Fund, supporting women and community care initiatives with an intersectional feminist approach.
• Fundación Finanzas ÉticascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Finanzas Éticas is part of the Dalia Fund Group Impulsor, contributing ethical finance expertise to feminist economic initiatives.
• iACTAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartneriACTA participates in the Dalia Fund Group Impulsor, contributing to the feminist social and solidarity economy ecosystem.
• MicoletminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMicolet partners with Calala for the Solidarity Closet program, enabling clothing donations that support women's rights advancement.
• REAS (Red de Economía Alternativa y Solidaria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerREAS (Network of Alternative and Solidarity Economy) is referenced as a framework partner for the Dalia Fund's social and solidarity economy principles and intercooperation initiatives.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Global Fund for Women: Global Fund for Women is a US-based international women's fund that provides grants and advocacy support to women's rights organizations worldwide. It is a direct peer with overlapping beneficiary focus (women's rights, LBTIQ+ rights, migrant women) and a comparable pooled-fund grantmaking model.
• International Women's Development Agency (IWDA): IWDA is an Australian women's fund that pools donations to fund women's rights organizations across the Asia-Pacific. It is a direct peer in the pooled-fund feminist grantmaking model, with comparable donor mobilization and grantmaking operations.
• Mama Cash: Mama Cash is the world's first international women's fund, founded in the Netherlands in 1983. It is a direct peer as it also provides grants, accompaniment, and capacity-building support to feminist, women's rights, and LBTIQ+ organizations globally, operating with a similar pooled-fund + solidarity + advocacy model to Calala.
• FRIDA | Young Feminist Fund: FRIDA is a global fund that provides small grants and capacity-building to young feminist organizations globally. It is a direct peer in the feminist pooled-funding model, with comparable small-grant mechanics to Calala's Dalia Fund and similar movement-building philosophy.
• Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights: Urgent Action Fund provides rapid-response grants to women human rights defenders and feminist activists facing security threats, overlapping directly with Calala's Activismo Seguro (Safe Activism) program. Both share a protection-focused grantmaking model serving WHRDs in hostile contexts.
• Otro Tiempo: Otro Tiempo is a Spanish feminist association that co-manages the Radix (Roots4Rights) Project with Calala, coordinating the Radix School component for training and accompaniment. It is a direct peer/strategic partner that delivers capacity-building services to the same grantee base Calala funds.

Others

• Prospera International Network of Women's Funds: Prospera is the international network of women's funds, of which Calala is a member. It is an ecosystem-level peer representing the broader category of women's funds and provides shared infrastructure, peer learning, and collective advocacy that benefits Calala and similar foundations.

Emerging players

• Fundación Finanzas Éticas: Fundación Finanzas Éticas is a Spanish foundation promoting ethical and solidarity-based finance, partnering with Calala in the Dalia Fund Group Impulsor. It is an adjacent ecosystem peer operating in the Spanish social and solidarity economy space that Calala serves.
• JASS (Just Associates): JASS is an international feminist organization that builds movement power and leadership of women human rights defenders, with significant Latin American operations. It overlaps with Calala in supporting feminist movement infrastructure and WHRDs, though it focuses more on accompaniment and training than direct grantmaking.

Regional players

• Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres (FCAM): FCAM is a Central American women's fund headquartered in Nicaragua that mobilizes resources for women's rights organizations across the same six countries Calala serves (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama). It is a regional peer operating in an overlapping geographic and thematic niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries2 records

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