Instituto Fe y Vida

Name

Instituto Fe y Vida

Legal name

Instituto Fe y Vida

Website

https://feyvida.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Romeoville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Program Registration Fees: Revenue generated from registration fees for the National Catholic Leadership Program (PNL) and Engaging Stories programs. Engaging Stories pricing ranges from $1,145 to $1,245 per participant.
2. Seminar and Course Fees: Individual seminar offerings including Trigésimo Simposio Nacional de Pastoral Juvenil Bilingüe, Evangelización Digital, Emociones Espiritualidad y Evangelio, Mar Adentro, and Cantemos al Señor courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Instituto Fe y Vida is a Catholic ministry that delivers intensive week-long pastoral formation programs (Programa Nacional de Liderazgo / PNL and Engaging Stories) for Latino youth, families, and pastoral leaders at U.S. university venues. It also publishes La Biblia Católica para Jóvenes (BCJ), a study Bible for young Catholics distributed in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, supported by a digital community of nearly one million followers.

Product overview

Instituto Fe y Vida operates as a Catholic leadership formation organization with a multi-product portfolio centered on youth evangelization. The core offerings include the Programa Nacional de Liderazgo Católico (PNL), an annual intensive week-long formation program at Lewis University, and Engaging Stories, a summer experience for high school students at St. Thomas University in Miami. Additionally, La Biblia Católica para Jóvenes (BCJ) is a study Bible resource with over 1.5 million reach. The PNL program includes five specialized seminars: Trigésimo Simposio Nacional de Pastoral Juvenil Bilingüe, Evangelización Digital, Emociones Espiritualidad y Evangelio, Mar Adentro, and Cantemos al Señor. All programs are delivered primarily in Spanish with bilingual options and focus on pastoral formation, leadership development, and faith-based community building for Latino youth and families in the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Programa Nacional de Liderazgo (PNL): National Catholic Leadership Program - an annual intensive formation experience for leaders, pastoral agents, and young people committed to the evangelizing mission, held at Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois
• Engaging Stories
• La Biblia Católica para Jóvenes (BCJ)

Products and services

• Programa Nacional de Liderazgo Católico (PNL) An annual intensive week-long pastoral formation program that combines spiritual growth, theological reflection, and leadership development for Catholic leaders, young adults, and pastoral agents within a university setting.
• Engaging Stories A transformative week-long summer experience for high school students (ages 15–18) that combines faith, service, leadership, and community building at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida.
• La Biblia Católica para Jóvenes (BCJ) A study Bible designed to help young people understand and live the Word of God, reaching over 1.5 million youth and pastoral advisors, with translations in Italian and Portuguese and an English edition forthcoming.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35,000+ people trained and 6,000+ leaders developed since founding
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RENEW International: Catholic organization providing parish renewal and faith formation programs for adults and small communities; comparable as a peer delivering structured Catholic formation experiences and resources to parish-level audiences.
• Catholic Leadership Institute: Provides leadership formation and training for Catholic bishops, priests, and lay ministers; directly comparable in delivering structured leadership formation programs for Catholic pastoral professionals.
• FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students): Catholic organization training and sending missionaries to share the faith with college students; comparable as a peer in Catholic evangelization and leadership formation targeting young adults.
• NET Ministries: Catholic organization running peer-to-peer youth ministry and retreat programs; directly comparable in delivering faith-based formation experiences for Catholic youth and training young adult leaders.
• National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM): National US organization coordinating Catholic youth ministry across dioceses; directly comparable as a peer providing formation resources and training for Catholic youth leaders, though broader than Latino-focused programming.
• National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry (NCCHM): Organization specifically serving Hispanic/Latino Catholic ministry in the US; the closest comparable peer given shared mission to strengthen Latino Catholic ministry through formation and leadership development.
• Life Teen: Largest Catholic youth ministry organization in the US, providing liturgy, retreats, and leadership formation for Catholic teens; highly comparable in product offering and target demographic (Catholic high school youth).
• SEARCH (Catholic retreat program): Long-running Catholic retreat and leadership formation program for high school and college students; directly comparable in delivering immersive faith-based formation experiences for Catholic youth.

Others

• Augustinian Press / Catholic publishing resources for Hispanic ministry: Adjacent ecosystem participant in Catholic publishing; relevant only as a thematic peer in producing Spanish-language Catholic formation materials, though not a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Franciscan University of Steubenville (Youth Programs): Major Catholic university running prominent youth conferences and theology programs; comparable as a larger institution delivering Catholic youth formation experiences at scale, including Latino outreach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-fe-y-vida

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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