Fundación Manantial de Vida

What Fundación Manantial de Vida does

Fundación Manantial de Vida is a Quito-based private non-profit foundation established in 2006 that operates a single recurring corporate child sponsorship program called 'Programa Nayeli.' The program provides economic support to families of children up to 15 years old undergoing treatment for oncology, nephrology, cardiology, or burn-unit conditions in Quito, covering hospitalization-related expenses, food, diapers, vitamins and immune-support supplements, educational continuity, and transportation to hospital appointments. The program is named in tribute to Nayeli Posligua Cepeda, an 8-year-old child sponsored by the foundation for 24 months before passing away in July 2019.

The foundation operates with no proprietary technology platform; all program coordination is manual, including in-person home interviews (approximately 45 minutes) conducted in Quito, referral-based family recruitment, and direct correspondence between corporate sponsors and sponsored children. Supporting services are delivered through a small ecosystem of formalized partners: an NGO that provides a dedicated teacher for educational continuity, two taxi cooperatives with negotiated hospital-transport rates, and two vitamin/supplement companies that supply products at distributor pricing.

The business model is a recurring corporate donation program sold via direct B2B engagement to Ecuadorian companies as a CSR/ESG vehicle. Corporate sponsors receive a child profile, semi-annual progress reports with sponsor-signed letters, and the ability to correspond with and visit their sponsored child. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; prospective sponsors must contact the foundation via WhatsApp or email. The foundation is governed by a Board of Directors, has 10 employees, is registered under RUC 1792022118001, and is RGPD/LOPD compliant under Ecuadorian law.

Name

Fundación Manantial de Vida

Legal name

FUNDACION MANANTIAL DE VIDA CON SEDE EN QUITO

Website

https://funmanantialdevida.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Manantial de Vida is a Quito-based non-profit foundation operating Programa Nayeli, a recurring corporate child sponsorship program that supports vulnerable children under 15 undergoing oncology, nephrology, cardiology, or burn treatment in Ecuador.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Child Sponsorship Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal, Child & Family Health Program Funding (HLAJALAG), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Child sponsorship program
• Corporate CSR foundation
• Pediatric health support
• Community nonprofit services
• Family economic assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Quito

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Child Sponsorship Donations: Companies make regular monthly donations to support a sponsored child. The donation covers food, diapers, vitamins, education, and hospital transport. Corporate sponsors receive child profiles, semi-annual progress reports, and the ability to correspond with and visit their sponsored child.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fundación Manantial de Vida operates the Programa Nayeli child sponsorship program, through which Ecuadorian companies sponsor individual vulnerable children (up to 15 years old) undergoing treatment for oncology, nephrology, cardiology, or burn-unit conditions. Corporate sponsors make recurring monthly donations that fund food, diapers, vitamins, supplements, education, hospital transport, and treatment-related expenses, with sponsors receiving child profiles, semi-annual progress reports, and direct correspondence or visit opportunities with the sponsored child.

Product overview

Fundación Manantial de Vida operates a single flagship charitable initiative — the Programa Nayeli — a corporate child sponsorship program named in honor of Nayeli Posligua Cepeda, an 8-year-old girl who passed away in July 2019 after battling cancer. The program provides comprehensive support to vulnerable children undergoing medical treatment in oncology, nephrology, cardiology, or burn units, covering hospitalization expenses, food, diapers, vitamins and immune-system supplements, education, and hospital transport. The foundation is based in Quito, Ecuador.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Programa Nayeli: A child sponsorship program that provides economic support to families of children under 15 years of age facing serious health conditions (oncology, nephrology, cardiology, or burn units). The program covers expenses for food, diapers, vitamins, supplements, education, and transportation to hospitals.

Products and services

• Programa Nayeli A corporate child sponsorship program that provides economic support to vulnerable children up to 15 years old undergoing treatment for oncology, nephrology, cardiology, or burn-unit conditions. The program covers hospitalization, treatment, food, diapers, vitamins, supplements, education, and hospital transport, with corporate sponsors receiving child profiles, semi-annual progress reports, and correspondence or visit opportunities with the sponsored child.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NGO for Educational SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation has a cooperation agreement with an NGO that specializes in providing educational support to hospitalized or chronically ill children. The NGO supplies a dedicated teacher who supports the educational continuity of sponsored children.
• Two Taxi CooperativesminorOthersThe foundation has agreements with two taxi cooperatives that offer special negotiated rates to transport sponsored children to their hospital appointments. This addresses a key barrier where families previously could not afford transport to medical facilities.
• Two Vitamin and Supplement CompaniesminorOthersThe foundation has pricing agreements with two companies to receive vitamins and immunomodulatory supplements at distributor prices, which are then provided monthly to sponsored children.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ChildFund International: Child-focused international development organization that runs child sponsorship programs in multiple developing countries. Highly comparable one-to-one sponsorship model with progress reporting, health, education, and family support components aimed at vulnerable children.
• World Vision: Large international child sponsorship and community development NGO. Operates child sponsorship programs providing food, healthcare, education, and economic development to vulnerable children and families, with sponsor reporting and direct correspondence — directly parallel to Programa Nayeli's mechanics.
• Plan International: International nonprofit focused on children's rights and equality for girls, with sponsorship/funding programs supporting health, education, and child protection in developing countries. Comparable mission (child welfare) and comparable funding model (institutional and individual donors supporting child-focused programs).
• Compassion International: Global child sponsorship nonprofit that connects sponsors with individual children in developing countries, providing food, education, medical care, and spiritual support. Highly comparable model — recurring corporate/individual sponsorship of individual children with progress reporting — though operating at much greater global scale.
• SOS Children's Villages International: Global nonprofit providing direct care, family strengthening, and sponsorship programs for vulnerable children, including those facing serious health conditions. Comparable child-welfare mission and donor-sponsorship revenue model, though operating alternative family care rather than outpatient medical support.

Regional players

• Aldeas Infantiles SOS (Latin America): Latin American regional operation of SOS Children's Villages, providing family-based care and child welfare services across the region including Ecuador. Most direct regional comparable given overlapping geography and similar vulnerable-child beneficiary focus, though its care model is more residential than Fundación Manantial de Vida's home-based sponsorship approach.

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF: Global UN agency focused on child health, education, and welfare worldwide. Comparable overarching mission around vulnerable children and child health (including oncology, nutrition, and maternal-child health), but operates at massive scale as a multilateral institution with government funding rather than corporate sponsorship.
• Save the Children: International NGO focused on children's health, education, and protection, with sponsorship/funding programs in dozens of countries including Latin America. Overlapping child-welfare mission and donor-driven funding model, but with much broader geographic and programmatic scope.

Emerging players

• Make-A-Wish Foundation: Nonprofit granting wishes to children with critical illnesses including cancer, cardiac, and other serious conditions. Strong thematic overlap with Nayeli's pediatric oncology/serious-illness focus, though operating wish-granting rather than recurring family sponsorship, and typically funded by individual donations and corporate partners.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities: Nonprofit supporting families of seriously ill children through housing near hospitals and family-centered services during pediatric treatment. Directly comparable beneficiary focus (families of hospitalized children, transportation/logistics barriers) and corporate-partner funding model, though operating globally and providing facility-based rather than direct cash sponsorship.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/funmanantialdevida

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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