Fundacao Adm

What Fundacao Adm does

Fundação ADM is a Brazilian private non-profit foundation (fundação) headquartered in Salvador, Bahia, that delivers government-facing services primarily within Bahia State. Its core activities include technical assistance and rural extension (ATER) for fishing communities and family farmers via the Pesque Melhor project; administration of public competitive examinations (concursos) for municipal governments; and strategic planning, training, and consulting for state agencies such as Bahia Pesca, CODEBA, CODEVASF, and LACEN/BA. It also operates social and digital-inclusion projects (e.g., Incluir Digital, Minha Casa Minha Vida social work) for individual municipalities, and coordinates graduate academic programs (Master's and Doctoral) with UFBA across multiple disciplines including Music, Law, Health/Environment/Work, Animal Science, and Visual Arts.

The foundation's revenue mechanics are dominated by professional-services contracts: ATER funding flows from federal public calls (notably the Ministry of Agrarian Development under PNATER) and state-level ATER programs, while municipal contracts cover concursos administration and social/digital projects, and graduate-program operations generate nominal registration fees (R$90–95 per applicant). Distribution is direct, through enterprise field sales into government procurement channels and through university partnerships; no software platform, app, or API product is offered, and the digital footprint is limited to an institutional WordPress website and a Facebook page.

Operationally, Fundação ADM deploys 190 technical professionals across 31 technical units to serve a target base of 7,000+ fishermen and aquaculturists across all 27 identity territories of Bahia, supported by a 69-employee core. The organization is dependent on Bahia-state public-sector budgets and federal PNATER funding cycles, and it has no disclosed external shareholders, parent entity, or venture funding.

Name

Fundacao Adm

Legal name

Fundação ADM

Website

https://fundacaoadm.org.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fundação ADM is a Bahia-based Brazilian non-profit foundation delivering rural technical assistance (ATER) for fishing communities, public-competition administration for municipalities, and graduate academic programs in partnership with UFBA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Administration Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADAOAC

Official Development Assistance (ODA) Program Management

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Donor Coordination, Grantmaking & Development Finance Programs

SECONDARYBPADAOAL

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

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Donor Coordination, Grantmaking & Development Finance Programs

SECONDARYEDAEALAO

Research Administration & Grants Management Support (Pre/Post-Award, Compliance)

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Outsourced Operations & Managed Services for Education (BPO/Contracted Support)

Keywords

• Rural technical assistance
• Public administration services
• Public examination administration
• Postgraduate program coordination
• Government consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salvador

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technical and Extension Services: Provides technical assistance and rural extension services (ATER) to farming communities, funded through public calls from the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) and state programs.
2. Public Competition Administration: Administers public competitions and selection processes for municipalities, managing the complete process from announcements to final results.
3. Educational Programs: Coordinates graduate programs and courses in partnership with universities, collecting registration fees and managing selection processes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Fundação ADM is a Salvador-based Brazilian foundation that delivers technical assistance and rural extension (ATER) services to fishing and farming communities, administers public competitive examinations for municipal governments, and coordinates postgraduate academic programs in partnership with UFBA. It also executes social projects under federal housing programs, digital inclusion initiatives, municipal transparency programs, and strategic planning consulting for state-owned entities. The foundation operates across all 27 identity territories of Bahia State through 31 technical units and 190 deployed technical professionals.

Product overview

Fundação ADM is a Brazilian foundation based in Salvador, Bahia that provides a diversified portfolio of educational and public administration services. The organization operates as a platform offering postgraduate academic programs (in partnership with UFBA and other institutions) for professional development, as well as public administration consulting services including public examinations (concursos), strategic planning, municipal transparency solutions, and technical social work projects. Key service lines include digital inclusion programs for municipal schools, rural technical assistance (ATER) for fishing and farming communities, leadership development training, and social programs under the federal Minha Casa Minha Vida housing program. The foundation serves municipal governments throughout Bahia state and manages selection processes for postgraduate programs across multiple disciplines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programa de Pós-Graduação em Música Professional and academic postgraduate program in Music delivered in partnership with UFBA, including selection processes and enrollment services for graduate students.
• Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito Master's and doctoral program in Law offered through formal selection processes, providing academic and professional training in legal studies for graduate students.
• Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde, Ambiente e Trabalho Master's program in Health, Environment and Work delivered by the Faculty of Medicine of Bahia (UFBA), focused on occupational health and environmental studies for graduate students and professionals.
• Concursos Públicos End-to-end public competitive examination (concurso) administration service for municipal governments, including organization, candidate management, and publication of final results for civil service positions.
• Projeto de Trabalho Técnico Social (PTTS) Technical social work project executed under the federal Minha Casa Minha Vida / Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) for municipal governments, aimed at improving quality of life and social rights for residents of urban settlements.
• Incluir Digital Digital inclusion program for municipal schools, providing computer laboratories, informatics education, and digital literacy training for students and educators.
• Programa de Transparência Municipal Municipal transparency program providing electronic official gazette services and administrative transparency tools for municipal governments, initially deployed in Santa Filomena.
• Pesque Melhor - Projeto ATER Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (ATER) project for fishing and aquaculture communities in Bahia, promoting sustainable fishing practices, production capacity, and associativism, delivered through Bahia Pesca.
• Plano Estratégico CODEBA Strategic planning consulting service for CODEBA (Port Authority of Bahia), developing collaborative strategic plans covering political, economic, social, technological and environmental scenarios.
• CODEVASF - Desenvolvimento de Líderes Leadership and management development training program for CODEVASF managers, focused on improving human resources management and leadership capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,000+ fishermen and aquaculturists served through ATER programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bahia PescacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementation partner for the Pesque Melhor project providing technical assistance and rural extension services to fishing and aquaculture communities across Bahia State, serving 7,000+ beneficiaries through 31 technical units.
• UFBA (Universidade Federal da Bahia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for graduate program administration including Masters and Doctoral programs in Music, Law, Health, Environment and Work, Animal Science, Visual Arts, and other disciplines.
• CODEBA (Companhia das Docas do Estado da Bahia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic planning development services for port operations, with methodology based on collaborative and disruptive concepts covering political, economic, social, technological and environmental scenarios through 2022.
• CODEVASF (Companhia de Desenvolvimento dos Vales do São Francisco e do Parnaíba)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining and development programs for leaders and managers, focusing on human resources management and organizational capacity building.
• LACEN/BA (Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública da Bahia)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOrganizational climate research and competency mapping services to improve workplace environment and implement improvement actions.
• SEDUC (Secretaria de Educação)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Capacitar program providing continuing education and training for public servants in Alagoinhas municipality.
• MDA (Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário)coreOthersFederal ministry that funds ATER services through public calls, providing resources for technical assistance to family farmers under the National Policy for Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (PNATER).
• Government MunicipalitiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple municipal governments (Pojuca, Alaguinhas, Nilo Peçanha, Anguera, Brumado, and others) engaged for public competitions, social programs, and digital inclusion projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• SEBRAE (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas): Brazilian non-profit that implements government-funded technical assistance and capacity-building programs for small businesses. Highly comparable model: public funding, technical-extension delivery, government-facing professional services — a direct analogue to Fundação ADM's ATER work but for businesses rather than rural producers.

Emerging players

• Instituto Unibanco: Brazilian non-profit institute focused on education and youth social programs, often partnering with state education secretariats. Comparable as a non-governmental organization delivering educational and social programs through partnerships with public entities.
• Fundação Lemann: Brazilian foundation focused on education and public management initiatives. Comparable as a fundação operating in education and public-sector capacity building, though with a different funding model (private philanthropy).

Broad incumbents

• Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV): One of Brazil's largest private foundations, providing educational programs, research, and policy consulting. Comparable as a non-profit fundação that delivers educational and public-administration-adjacent services, but at much larger national scale than Fundação ADM.
• Fundação Bradesco: Major Brazilian private foundation running large-scale educational and social programs. Comparable as a fundação delivering educational services and social projects, though anchored in private-sector funding rather than public contracts.
• Fundação Roberto Marinho: Brazilian foundation delivering education and social programs at national scale. Comparable foundation-based educational/social delivery model, though with a national scope and media-driven programs.
• SENAI (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial): Brazilian professional training institution offering courses and capacity-building programs across the country. Comparable as a Brazilian organization delivering professional/technical courses and selection processes at scale, with funding from mandatory contributions on industry.
• EMBRAPA (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária): Federal agricultural research and extension corporation that executes ATER-style technical assistance programs nationwide. Directly comparable function (rural extension) but as a federal public enterprise rather than a private foundation.
• Fundação Itaú Social: Major Brazilian foundation running education and social programs nationally. Comparable fundação-based model for education and social program delivery, though at substantially larger scale.

Others

• CODEVASF (Companhia de Desenvolvimento dos Vales do São Francisco e do Parnaíba): Federal development company for the São Francisco and Parnaíba valleys — actually listed as a Fundação ADM client. Comparable as an entity engaged in rural development and technical assistance in Brazilian regions, with overlapping scope on rural community programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fundacaoadm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundacao-adm

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