Fundação Luterana De Diaconia

What Fundação Luterana De Diaconia does

Fundação Luterana de Diaconia (FLD) is a Brazilian non-profit civil society organization headquartered in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, affiliated with the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB). The organization traces its origins to 1978 with the founding of CAPA (Center for Support to Family Farmers) and today operates four core programs: CAPA, focused on agroecology and sustainable rural development; COMIN, which advocates for indigenous peoples' rights; an anti-racist education initiative; and a Small Projects program supporting grassroots community efforts. FLD operates with 41 employees and reports programmatic reach across all 26 Brazilian states and the Federal District.

FLD's business model is grant-and-donation funded rather than revenue-generating. The organization draws primarily on institutional grants — with the European Union described as a major financial backer — supplemented by individual donations collected through the "Projetos de Vida" donation platform launched in 2020, and project-specific support. It collaborates with national social movements including MNCR (Movimento Nacional dos Catadores de Recicláveis), FBES (Fórum Brasileiro de Economia Solidária), and CONAQ (Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas), and in 2026 extended its international partnership footprint via a tripartite EU/ANMIGA/FLD initiative targeting indigenous women in the Amazon.

Governance is led by Pastor Fábio Rucks as President and Cibele Kuss as Executive Secretary, combining ecclesiastical oversight with operational management. The organization's strategic posture integrates a Lutheran confessional identity with technical assistance, rights-based advocacy, and environmental sustainability, addressing rural poverty, structural inequality, and indigenous and quilombola land rights within a single institutional framework.

Name

Fundação Luterana De Diaconia

Legal name

Fundação Luterana de Diaconia

Website

https://fld.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fundação Luterana de Diaconia is a Brazilian non-profit affiliated with the IECLB Lutheran church, operating four programs (CAPA agroecology, COMIN indigenous rights, anti-racist education, Small Projects) across all 26 Brazilian states, funded by EU grants and individual donations.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Social Programs and Civil Society Organization Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) & Reporting for Donor Programs (BPADAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Donor Coordination & Aid Effectiveness (BPADAOAA), Forestry & Reforestation (BPAGAGAD), International Development & Donor-Funded Education Programs (EDADALAB)

Keywords

• Community development grants
• Agroecology support programs
• Indigenous rights advocacy
• Anti-racist education
• Humanitarian aid services

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fundação Luterana de Diaconia is a non-profit civil society organization that runs social programs targeting indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, family farmers, waste pickers, women, and other marginalized groups across Brazil. Its core offerings include the CAPA Agroecology Program for sustainable family farming, the COMIN Human Rights Defense Program, the Anti-Racist Education Program, and the Small Projects Program, supported by grant funding calls (editais) and humanitarian aid initiatives.

Product overview

Fundação Luterana de Diaconia (FLD) is a civil society organization linked to the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) that operates as a multi-program social initiative rather than a tech product company. Its portfolio consists of four core programs: the CAPA Agroecology Program supporting sustainable family agriculture; the COMIN Human Rights Defense Program working with indigenous and quilombola communities; the Anti-Racist Education Program; and the Small Projects Program providing grants to community initiatives. These are complemented by specific initiatives including the 'Nem Tão Doce Lar' itinerant exhibition on domestic violence, humanitarian aid efforts, project funding calls for proposals (editais), and content resources including publications, pedagogical materials, and videos. The organization also operates a donation platform called 'Projetos de Vida' to support its small projects program.

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Brands

• Programa CAPA de Agroecologia: Centro de Apoio e Promoção da Agroecologia - Program focused on agroecology, family farming support, and ecological agriculture.
• Programa COMIN de Defesa de Direitos
• Programa de Pequenos Projetos (PPP)
• Programa de Educação Antirracista
• Nem Tão Doce Lar

Products and services

• Programa CAPA de Agroecologia A program focused on agroecology that supports family farmers, quilombola communities, and traditional peoples in adopting sustainable agricultural practices, organic certification, and value chain development for horticulture and fruit production.
• Programa COMIN de Defesa de Direitos A human rights defense program working alongside indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, and traditional peoples to promote indigenous rights, land demarcation, cultural preservation, and policy advocacy.
• Programa de Educação Antirracista (PEAR)
• Programa de Pequenos Projetos (PPP) A small projects funding program that supports community initiatives through grants for solidarity economy, food security, gender justice, and socio-environmental justice projects across Brazil.
• Nem Tão Doce Lar
• Ajuda Humanitária
• Editais de Apoio a Projetos Calls for proposals (editais) that fund community projects focused on economic justice, socio-environmental justice, rights, diaconia, and indigenous peoples' resistance. Applications are submitted electronically and reviewed by a multidisciplinary evaluation committee.
• Campanha Projetos de Vida A permanent donation platform for the Small Projects Program, enabling supporters to contribute to transformative community projects focused on agroecology, anti-violence, and solidarity economy.

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Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ANMIGA (Articulação das Mulheres Indígenas da Amazônia)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 June 2026ANMIGA is a strategic co-development partner in the Amazon Indigenous Women project, launched alongside FLD and the European Union in June 2026. The ceremony in Brasília (DF) was attended by EU Commissioner Josef Síkela, FLD Executive Secretary Cibele Kuss, and ANMIGA Executive Secretary Rose Sateré-Mawé. ANMIGA represents Indigenous women from the Amazon region in this joint initiative.
• IECLB (Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLD is a confessional organization officially linked to the IECLB (Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil). The IECLB provides institutional support, access to its network of synods and parishes across Brazil, and theological grounding for FLD's diaconal mission. This is the foundational institutional relationship of FLD.
• Rede Ecovida de AgroecologiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLD-CAPA works closely with the Rede Ecovida de Agroecologia (Ecovida Network of Agroecology), participating in the network's seed fairs, ethics committees, and certification systems. The Innova Ecovida project is a collaborative initiative between FLD-CAPA and the Rede Ecovida, focused on horticultural and fruit value chains. FLD also co-organizes events with the network.
• FLM (Federação Luterana Mundial / Lutheran World Federation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Lutheran World Federation (FLM) is a global communion of Lutheran churches. FLD participates in FLM-initiated events and networks, including the Gender Justice Policy initiatives launched by FLM. FLD is connected to the FLM through its confessional affiliation with IECLB.
• Fórum Ecumênico Act BrasilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLD-COMIN-CAPA participates in the National Forum of the Ecumenical Act Brasil (Fórum Ecumênico Act Brasil), a coalition of ecumenical organizations engaged in advocacy and social action. FLD was present at the 2022 National Encounter of Act Brasil in Brasília.
• FBES (Fórum Brasileiro de Economia Solidária)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLD participates in the Brazilian Forum of Solidarity Economy (FBES) as a member of the national coordination. FLD contributed to the VI National Plenary of Solidarity Economy held in Brasília (DF) in December 2022, which gathered 225 delegates from all 26 Brazilian states.
• MNCR (Movimento Nacional de Catadores de Materiais Recicláveis)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFLD collaborates with the National Movement of Waste Pickers (MNCR) in solidarity economy programs, particularly supporting waste picker cooperatives through the Editais FLD (project funding calls). MNCR was a co-organizer of the 2012 Seminário Justiça Socioambiental e Mudanças Climáticas.
• Cooperativa Nossa TerraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Cooperativa Nossa Terra is a farmers' cooperative that works with FLD-CAPA to present demands to government bodies such as MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply), and to promote healthy food production.
• Coomcat (Cooperativa de Catadores e Recicladores de Santa Cruz do Sul)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoomcat partnered with FLD-CAPA on a new partnership focused on food and nutritional security. The collaboration aims to strengthen the waste pickers' cooperative through joint initiatives.
• CONAQ (Coordenação Nacional de Articulação de Quilombos)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONAQ is the national coordinating body of quilombola communities in Brazil. FLD-COMIN-CAPA has collaborated with CONAQ in supporting quilombola rights, including in coalition efforts such as the Ato Aquilombar and the Carta dos Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais do Pampa.
• MPT (Ministério Público do Trabalho)minorOthersThe Ministério Público do Trabalho (MPT) co-organized the III Simpósio Nacional and II Internacional on indigenous, Black, quilombola, and Afro-indigenous peoples with FLD-COMIN-CAPA and other partners. MPT provided its headquarters in Brasília as the venue for the symposium.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos: Brazilian grantmaking foundation that funds human rights projects nationally, structurally analogous to FLD's editais model and rights-defense mission.
• Instituto Socioambiental (ISA): Leading Brazilian NGO working on indigenous rights, environmental protection, and socio-environmental policy — directly comparable to FLD's COMIN program and Amazon Indigenous Women project.
• FASE (Federação de Órgãos para Assistência Social e Educacional): Long-standing Brazilian social justice NGO working on agrarian reform, food sovereignty, and rights — directly comparable to FLD's CAPA agroecology and solidarity economy programs.
• Cáritas Brasileira: Brazil's Catholic aid and development confederation operating humanitarian aid, rights defense, and community development programs — directly comparable to FLD's diaconal mission and humanitarian aid work.
• IBASE (Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas): Brazilian civil society organization focused on social justice, participatory democracy, and rights advocacy — comparable to FLD's advocacy and anti-racist education programs.
• CESE (Centro de Estudos e Ação Social): Brazilian ecumenical non-profit that operates editais to fund grassroots civil society and social justice projects, structurally similar to FLD's grantmaking and rights-defense model.
• Koinonia Presença Ecumênica e Serviço: Faith-based Brazilian NGO focused on social justice, human rights, and support to marginalized communities — closely comparable to FLD's COMIN and anti-racist education work.

Broad incumbents

• Oxfam Brasil: Brazilian affiliate of Oxfam International working on inequality, gender justice, and rights — operates at significantly larger scale but overlaps thematically with FLD's gender and rights work.
• ActionAid Brasil: Brazilian arm of ActionAid International focused on women's rights, food sovereignty, and emergency response — overlapping with FLD's solidarity economy and women-focused programming.

Others

• CEDI (Centro Ecumênico de Documentação e Informação): Ecumenical documentation center supporting indigenous peoples' rights and traditional communities — adjacent peer sharing FLD's Lutheran/ecumenical heritage and indigenous rights focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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