Fundación COOPRADO

What Fundación COOPRADO does

Fundación COOPRADO is a Spanish non-profit foundation (CIF: G-10495281), founded on November 19, 2018, and headquartered in Casar de Cáceres, Extremadura. It was created by the members of Cooperativa Ntra. Sra. del Prado, S.C.L. (COOPRADO) to formalize and consolidate the cooperative's social-action programs. The foundation operates two parallel lines of activity: (1) social programs targeting people with disabilities, schoolchildren, rural women, and the local community through programs such as Multiactividad (a 3-day convivencia with 3,000+ participants since 2010), La Ruta Solidaria (an inclusive sports event exceeding 500 annual participants), La Granja-Escuela (an educational farm for schools from April to October), and the Escuela de Pastores (a 615-hour, 5-month shepherd training program); and (2) applied agricultural research delivered through eight concurrent operational-group and European-funded projects (GO DEHESA, GO RETA, GO SMART GOAT, GO WHEYVALUE, PASTOREO-FV, FireShepherds, CI Montado-Dehesa, KIT-SOS-GE) covering dehesa governance, goat-milk digitization, whey circular economy, agrivoltaic grazing, and cross-border Montado conservation.

The foundation employs 8 people, has no proprietary technology platform, and does not charge participants for its social or training services. Its revenue model is grant-dependent: confirmed inflows include €253,894.55 via FEADER/PDR for GO WHEYVALUE, 75% FEDER/POCTEP co-financing for CI Montado-Dehesa (Jan 2024–Jun 2026), Erasmus+ funding for FireShepherds (since 2019), and recurring co-financing from Junta de Extremadura, Diputación de Cáceres, Fundación La Caixa, Fundación Biodiversidad (MITECO/NextGenerationEU), and the parent cooperative COOPRADO. Distribution is entirely regional and event-based, anchored in the Tajo-Salor-Almonte comarca with cross-border extension into Portugal via INTERREG partnerships.

The foundation's strategic positioning is a hybrid social-innovation operator: it serves disability inclusion, rural education, generational renewal in extensive livestock, and dehesa/Montado ecosystem conservation. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, with marketing through its website, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, and partner-network outreach rather than paid acquisition. The single largest commercial-style signal in the data is the GO WHEYVALUE partnership with Quesería Doña Francisca, which positions the foundation as a research consortium partner to small agri-food enterprises rather than a commercial vendor.

Name

Fundación COOPRADO

Legal name

FUNDACIÓN COOPRADO

Website

https://fundacion.cooprado.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación COOPRADO is an Extremadura, Spain non-profit foundation that delivers social inclusion programs and applied agricultural research for people with disabilities, rural schoolchildren, aspiring shepherds, and livestock farmers, funded primarily through European and regional grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Social Services and Agricultural Community Programs

NAICS

Support Activities for Animal Production (11521)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Animal Welfare Auditing, Compliance & Certification Services (Non-testing Lab) (AFAEALAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smallholder/Community Forest Group Certification (SLIMF) Support (AFAMALAG), Animal Welfare & Advocacy Organizations (AFAEALAC), Nutrition-Linked Health & Metabolic Disorder Prevention (Transition/Cow Health, Mineral Programs) (AFACALAJ)

Keywords

• Agricultural vocational training
• Social inclusion programs
• Rural community services
• Cooperative foundation services
• Nonprofit social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Casar de Cáceres

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foundation/Nonprofit Activities: As a non-profit foundation (CIF: G-10495281), Fundación COOPRADO operates through subsidies, grants, and donations rather than commercial revenue. The foundation's purpose is social action, not profit generation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fundación COOPRADO is a non-profit foundation that delivers social-inclusion programs and agricultural/livestock training to underserved rural populations in Extremadura, Spain. Its core social offerings are the Escuela de Pastores shepherd-training school, the La Granja-Escuela educational farm for children, the Multiactividad 3-day inclusive event, and La Ruta Solidaria inclusive sports event. In parallel it manages a portfolio of cooperative agricultural innovation and conservation projects (GO DEHESA, GO RETA, GO SMART GOAT, GO WHEYVALUE, PASTOREO-FV, FireShepherds, CI Montado-Dehesa, KIT-SOS-GE), all offered free of charge to beneficiaries and funded by European, national, regional, and private-foundation grants.

Product overview

Fundación COOPRADO operates as a social foundation focused on agricultural and livestock sector development. Its portfolio consists of social programs (Escuela de Pastores training school, La Granja-Escuela educational farm, Multiactividad 3-day activities, La Ruta Solidaria sports events) and multiple operational groups conducting agricultural research: GO DEHESA (dehesa governance), GO RETA (agricultural test spaces), GO SMART GOAT (goat milk digitalization), GO WHEYVALUE (whey circular economy), PASTOREO-FV (photovoltaic grazing), FireShepherds (wildfire prevention), CI Montado-Dehesa (cross-border conservation), and KIT-SOS-GE (extensive livestock sustainability). The organization functions primarily as a non-profit foundation rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Escuela de Pastores (Shepherd School) Professional 5-month shepherd training program (615 hours of theoretical-practical formation) targeting aspiring and current livestock farmers to support generational renewal in extensive farming across the Tajo-Salor-Almonte region. Free of charge to participants.
• La Granja-Escuela Cooprado (Farm-School) Educational farm experience for children (infant through secondary and special education) and their families, offering programs on rural life, agricultural processes, and animal care during April–October visits.
• Multiactividad Three-day inclusive activity program combining sports, workshops, and social actions for people with disabilities, schoolchildren, and local community, with over 3,000 participants accumulated since 2010.
• La Ruta Solidaria Inclusive sports event offering hiking, mountain biking, and a mini accessible route for people with disabilities, combined with workshops and fundraising that supports the ADISCASAR disability association.
• GO DEHESA (Operational Group on Dehesa Governance) Research and innovation project on sustainable governance of communal dehesa lands, developing quality and management standards with environmental, economic, and social benefits; operational across 8 pilot farms.
• GO RETA (Network of Agricultural Test Spaces) Operational Group creating a Network of Agricultural Test Spaces to support new entrants into the agrarian sector and promote generational renewal in farming, with 6 partners and 6 collaborators from Catalonia and Extremadura.
• GO SMART GOAT (Digitization of the Goat Milk Value Chain) Operational Group developing digital tools and an interoperable platform for analyzing productive indicators and quality of goat milk, providing farm control and traceability capabilities for the goat-milk value chain in Extremadura.
• GO WHEYVALUE (Circular Economy for Whey Valorization) Operational Group applying circular economy to whey valorization in animal feed, studying the influence on sheep and goat production and cheese quality; co-developed with Quesería Doña Francisca under FEADER/PDR Extremadura funding of €253,894.55.
• PASTOREO-FV (Decision Support System for Grazing in Photovoltaic Plants) Decision support system project for sustainable livestock grazing and biodiversity conservation in photovoltaic plants, creating ecosystem services through grazing strategies and producing a best-practices manual.
• FireShepherds (Erasmus+ Wildfire-Prevention Shepherding) Erasmus+ project preparing next generations of shepherds for extensive livestock management with wildfire-prevention purposes, engaging institutions from Catalonia, Extremadura, Gran Canaria, Portugal, Germany, and South France.
• CI Montado-Dehesa (Cross-Border Habitat Conservation) Cross-border innovation project for conservation of the Montado/Dehesa habitat between Spain and Portugal, creating Learning Territories through participatory methodologies; runs from 2 January 2024 to 30 June 2026 across 13 pilot areas covering 520 hectares.
• KIT-SOS-GE (Survival Kit for Extensive Livestock Farming) Project delivering a survival kit for extensive livestock farming, testing technological, organizational, and nature-based solutions across 11 demonstration farms to improve sustainability, resilience, and profitability.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000+ people trained through Multiactividad since 2010
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• CICYTEX (Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 January 2024Key research partner in multiple projects including CI Montado-Dehesa, PASTOREO-FV, and GO WHEYVALUE. CICYTEX leads scientific research initiatives and provides laboratory facilities for agricultural and environmental studies.
• FireShepherds Consortium (Erasmus+)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019European cooperation network including institutions from Catalonia, Extremadura, Gran Canaria, Portugal, Germany, and South France for shepherd training and wildfire prevention.
• Fundación EntretantoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in PASTOREO-FV project contributing to sustainable grazing practices in photovoltaic plants, involved in developing best practices manual.
• Fundación por la Sostenibilidad Participativa (FUNPASOS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in PASTOREO-FV project focused on participatory sustainability solutions for extensive livestock management.
• Quesería Doña FranciscacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-partner in GO WHEYVALUE project for whey valorization, located in Casar de Cáceres with the foundation.
• Consejo Regulador DOP Torta del CasarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in GO SMART GOAT project for goat milk quality and traceability, providing regulatory certification expertise.
• GO RETA Partners (6 partners + 6 collaborators)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of entities from Catalonia and Extremadura working on test agricultural spaces for generational renewal in farming.
• Universidad de ÉvoramajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortuguese university partner in CI Montado-Dehesa project, implementing 'Gestión del montado por resultados' mechanism.
• FEAFES Cáceres (Salud Mental)minorOthersDisability organization working on mental health, with signed collaboration protocols for social inclusion activities.
• ADISCASAR (Asociación de Personas con Discapacidad de Casar de Cáceres)coreOthersCore disability organization partner in Ruta Solidaria event and inclusive programs with signed collaboration protocols.
• ASINDIminorOthersDisability organization collaborating on inclusive activities and events.
• NovaformaminorOthersAssociation providing support for people with disabilities, partner in inclusive workshops and activities.
• COOPRADO (Cooperativa Ntra. Sra. del Prado, SCL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent cooperative from which the foundation originated. Provides facilities, co-funding, and operational support for all foundation activities.
• Fundación AndanaturamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in CI Montado-Dehesa focused on sustainable socioeconomic development.
• ADPM (Associação de Defesa do Património de Mértola)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortuguese heritage defense association, partner in Montado-Dehesa cross-border conservation.
• Fundación AgroecosistemacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinator of KIT-SOS-GE project for sustainable extensive livestock, working with the foundation as project partner.
• ANCOScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in KIT-SOS-GE project focused on sustainable grazing solutions.
• Universidad de SevillacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in KIT-SOS-GE project contributing research expertise to sustainable livestock management.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fundación Biodiversidad: Spanish public foundation under MITECO that funds PASTOREO-FV and KIT-SOS-GE; comparable as a national-level non-profit foundation channeling NextGenerationEU funds into biodiversity and rural sustainability projects.
• SEO/BirdLife: Largest Spanish bird and nature conservation NGO; comparable as an established Spanish non-profit working on habitat conservation, EU policy advocacy, and member-supported rural stewardship at significantly larger scale.
• WWF España: Spanish branch of global conservation NGO; comparable as a non-profit foundation engaged in habitat conservation, sustainable agriculture, and EU-funded ecosystem projects with much broader geographic and financial scale.

Direct peers

• Fundación Global Nature: Spanish foundation dedicated to biodiversity, ecosystem services, and rural conservation; comparable in mission around dehesa/montado habitats, EU LIFE program execution, and non-profit conservation funding model.
• Fundación Entretantos: Valladolid-based foundation focused on rural sustainability and pastoralism; a current PASTOREO-FV partner with directly comparable extensive livestock, sustainability, and participatory research orientation.
• Fundación Andanatura: Andalusian foundation focused on rural development and natural heritage conservation; a current CI Montado-Dehesa partner with directly comparable agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem work, EU grant execution model, and small-team foundation structure.
• Fundación Agroecosistema: Spanish foundation coordinating the KIT-SOS-GE project; closely comparable as an Extremadura/Andalucía-based rural foundation focused on sustainable extensive livestock with similar multi-stakeholder consortium execution.

Others

• Cooperativa Ntra. Sra. del Prado (COOPRADO): Parent dairy/livestock cooperative that founded Fundación COOPRADO; comparable as a Casar de Cáceres-based agricultural cooperative providing facilities, member base, and operational backbone for foundation activities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cooprado
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIowMnw-u9VpaUuJcJrWY-g
• Facebookfacebook.com/Fundacion-Cooprado-297643297566700
• Instagraminstagram.com/fundacioncooprado
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-cooprado

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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