Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo

Name

Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo

Legal name

Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo

Website

https://funde.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FUNDE is a 1992-founded Salvadoran nonprofit think tank and civil society organization operating as Transparency International's El Salvador chapter. It delivers policy analysis, anti-corruption programs, budget monitoring, and rural water-access projects to CSOs, governments, academics, and rural communities via donor-funded grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Policy Research and Development Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM), Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

Keywords

• Policy research think tank
• Anti-corruption advocacy
• Civil society organization
• Fiscal transparency monitoring
• Territorial development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

San Salvador

HQ country

El Salvador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. International Donor Grants and Aid: FUNDE's primary revenue model consists of grants, aid, and project funding from international development organizations, bilateral donors, and foreign governments. Examples include funding from USAID (via Counterpart International), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA), GIZ (German development cooperation), the Australian Embassy, and Christian Aid. These grants support specific programs in transparency, territorial development, and water harvesting.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FUNDE is a Salvadoran nonprofit foundation and policy think tank that delivers anti-corruption legal advisory services (ALAC), fiscal monitoring and public budget analysis (Centro de Monitoreo Fiscal), policy research publications, and sustainable territorial development programs including rainwater harvesting systems for rural communities. It functions as the National Chapter of Transparency International in El Salvador and operates an open-access institutional repository with 1,749 publications and over 1 million downloads. All offerings are delivered as non-commercial programs funded by international donor grants.

Product overview

FUNDE (Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo) operates as a non-profit foundation focused on development in El Salvador through four main work areas: Human Security and Peace Culture, Macroeconomics and Development, Transparency and Integrity, and Sustainable Territorial Development. The organization offers several programs and platforms including ALAC (legal anti-corruption center), Centro de Monitoreo Fiscal (fiscal monitoring), an institutional repository with over 1,700 publications, and community development projects including rainwater harvesting systems. These programs work together to promote transparency, fiscal responsibility, and sustainable development across the country.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ALAC: Centro de Asesoría Legal Anticorrupción — a Transparency International chapter in El Salvador focused on anti-corruption legal advice and advocacy.
• Centro de Monitoreo Fiscal

Products and services

• Centro de Asesoría Legal Anticorrupción (ALAC)
• Centro de Monitoreo Fiscal
• Repositorio Institucional FUNDE
• DAKI Semiárido Vivo
• Sistema de Cosecha de Agua Lluvia
• Programa de Formación en Contraloría Social

Quantifiable outcome

• 52 rainwater harvesting systems installed; 789 families (~3,500 people) benefited as of 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Universidad Pedagógica de El SalvadorminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025FUNDE signed a cooperation agreement with the Universidad Pedagógica in February 2025 to promote joint development initiatives.
• Counterpart InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 October 2024Implementing partner in the Project for Transparency and Integrity executed by FUNDE. Counterpart International provides programmatic support and funding through USAID for social oversight and anti-corruption training programs in El Salvador.
• Isla Urbana (México)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2024Co-organizer with FUNDE and the Plataforma Semiáridos de América Latina of the October 2024 knowledge exchange on rainwater harvesting systems in semi-arid regions of Latin America, held in Logoche, Oaxaca, Mexico.
• Plataforma Semiáridos de América LatinacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2024Regional multi-country network co-organizing the October 2024 knowledge exchange on rainwater harvesting with FUNDE participation. FUNDE's representative Ismael Merlos participates as a member of this platform covering the Central American Dry Corridor, Argentina, and Brazil.
• Hanns Seidel StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2024German political foundation and strategic partner of FUNDE in multiple programs including territorial development and training initiatives. Co-sponsored the Taller de Planificación y Capacitación con Mujeres y Líderes Indígenas in September 2024, and co-supports the Superciudadanos diploma program and Semana de Desarrollo Territorial.
• Waverley ST FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2024Strategic partner supporting FUNDE's indigenous women empowerment and territorial development initiatives. Co-sponsored the September 2024 planning and training workshop with women and indigenous leaders in San Vicente.
• Red para el Desarrollo TerritorialcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2024Strategic territorial development network and co-organizer of FUNDE's regional programs. Partner in the September 2024 workshop and a key actor in the Semana de Desarrollo Territorial.
• Articulação Semiárida de Brasil (ASA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Brazilian civil society network that develops rainwater cistern models implemented in Latin America. Contributed to the October 2024 exchange in Oaxaca, Mexico, where ASA's cistern model was shared with FUNDE and other regional organizations.
• Transparencia Internacional (panel organizer)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 July 2023Organized the panel 'Luchando contra el crimen organizado transnacional y promoviendo la paz y seguridad' at the UE-ALC Forum in Brussels in July 2023, with FUNDE's Executive Director Roberto Rubio as a speaker.
• World Vision El SalvadorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Key partner in FUNDE's rainwater harvesting program. In 2022, jointly installed 18 rainwater harvesting systems in 6 communities across Santa Ana, San Agustín, San Marcos Lempa, and Chinameca municipalities, benefiting 275 families (~1,380 people).
• Transparency InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022FUNDE is the official National Chapter of Transparency International in El Salvador. Through this relationship, FUNDE participates in Transparency International's global anti-corruption network, regional chapters meetings, and implements the ALAC (Anti-Corruption Legal Advice Center) program.
• International Budget Partnership (IBP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022FUNDE collaborates with IBP on budget transparency and open budget surveys for El Salvador. IBP provides technical support and methodology for the Encuesta de Presupuesto Abierto and supports FUNDE's budget analysis workshops and policy advocacy.
• Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales (ICEFI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Co-organizer with FUNDE and IBP of budget transparency workshops and policy events. ICEFI provides expert analysis on fiscal policy and public finance for El Salvador and the Central American region.
• PADF (Pan American Development Foundation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Co-organizer of the Semana de Desarrollo Territorial 2022 and supporter of FUNDE's territorial development initiatives. PADF provides programmatic and financial support for citizen participation and development programs.
• OXFAM en CentroaméricaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Co-supporter of the Semana de Desarrollo Territorial 2022 organized by FUNDE and the Red Interinstitucional de Desarrollo Territorial.
• Heinrich Böll StiftungminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Co-supporter of the Semana de Desarrollo Territorial 2022 organized by FUNDE and the Red Interinstitucional de Desarrollo Territorial.
• Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partner in the project 'Fortalecimiento de capacidades, promoción de espacios de diálogo, concientización ciudadana y comunicación estratégica para impulsar el desarrollo sostenible en El Salvador' implemented by Red DT and FUNDE with support from Hanns Seidel Stiftung.
• Universidad de El Salvador (UES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 July 2021FUNDE and UES signed a cooperation agreement in July 2021 under the DAKI (Dryland Adaptation Knowledge Initiative) initiative, supported by FIDA. The agreement focuses on developing institutional capacities for climate adaptation in Latin America's dryland regions.
• STATUM and Espacio CiudadanominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Co-organizers with FUNDE's support of the Superciudadanos diploma program (political tools for youth). FUNDE provided technical and financial support to the training program delivered by STATUM and Espacio Ciudadano.
• Global Water Partnership CentroaméricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Co-implementing partner in the 'Promoviendo la Cosecha de Agua Lluvia en El Salvador' project since 2017. Supports rainwater harvesting system installations in rural communities with difficult water access.
• Young Water SolutionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Awarded the Young Water Fellowship 2017 to FUNDE's project coordinator Vilma Chanta, recognizing the rainwater harvesting initiative among 800 global applications. Provides technical support and international visibility for water access innovations.
• Mexichem El Salvador (now Orbia)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Corporate partner in the rainwater harvesting project 'Promoviendo la Cosecha de Agua Lluvia en El Salvador', contributing to the water access initiative in Valle del Jiboa and Los Nonualcos.
• Amanco (Mexichem subsidiary)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Corporate partner in FUNDE's rainwater harvesting initiative since 2017, contributing to the installation of water systems in rural communities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Grupo Faro: Ecuadorian think tank working on governance, transparency, digital rights, and sustainable development. Grupo Faro mirrors FUNDE's integrated thematic model and donor-supported research/advocacy approach in a similar Latin American context.
• Dejusticia: Colombia-based research and advocacy organization that produces legal/policy analysis and litigation on transparency, fiscal, and human rights issues. Dejusticia operates a similar think-tank-plus-advocacy model in Latin America with comparable funding structures.
• FUSADES (Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social): El Salvador's leading economic and policy think tank. FUSADES is the most direct in-country peer — both organizations produce policy research, conduct budget/fiscal analysis, and engage on transparency and development issues in El Salvador, with overlapping audiences in government, academia, and civil society.
• Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales (ICEFI): Central American fiscal policy think tank headquartered in Guatemala. ICEFI co-organizes budget transparency workshops with FUNDE and addresses closely related themes (public finance, fiscal sustainability, regional development), with overlapping donor networks including the EU and IBP.
• Acción Ciudadana: Transparency International's chapter in Guatemala. Acción Ciudadana does comparable anti-corruption legal advisory, budget transparency, and civic oversight work across the Northern Triangle, with similar funding sources and beneficiary profiles.
• Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ): Transparency International's national chapter in Honduras. ASJ operates the ALAC model and runs transparency, anti-corruption, and social oversight programs that closely mirror FUNDE's portfolio, serving a structurally similar Central American context.
• Articulação Semiárida Brasileira (ASA): Brazilian civil society network that pioneered cistern-based rainwater harvesting models now deployed across Latin America. ASA is a direct peer on the territorial development and water access workstream, sharing the DAKI Semiárido Vivo exchange platform with FUNDE.
• FUNGLODE (Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo): Dominican Republic-based think tank founded by former President Leonel Fernández. FUNGLODE combines policy research, fiscal and governance analysis, and territorial development programming — directly comparable to FUNDE's four-pillar structure.

Emerging players

• Isla Urbana: Mexico City-based social enterprise specializing in rainwater harvesting system installation and training. Isla Urbana is an active FUNDE collaborator in the DAKI Semiárido Vivo exchange, and represents a comparable but smaller, more technically specialized actor in the same water access niche.

Broad incumbents

• Transparency International Secretariat: Global umbrella organization of which FUNDE is the El Salvador chapter. TI sets methodology, hosts the global CPI, and convenes national chapters — providing the framework, legitimacy, and international funding conduits through which FUNDE's anti-corruption programming is delivered.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Fundeorg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fundeelsalvador2561
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundeorg
• Instagraminstagram.com/fundeorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/funde-sv

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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