ICCI - Institute for Culture, Communications and Impact

Name

ICCI - Institute for Culture, Communications and Impact

Legal name

ICCI - Instituto Cultura, Comunicação e Incidência

Website

https://iccibr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brazilian nonprofit regranting organization founded in 2023 that provides grants and strategic communications support to approximately 63 frontline organizations working on climate, democracy, and justice agendas, funded by 13 philanthropic partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Philanthropic Grantmaking and Strategic Communications

NAICS

Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399), Administration of Conservation Programs (92412)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Governance, Democracy & Rule of Law (BPAGABAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Anti-Corruption, Integrity & Transparency (BPADAGAC)

Keywords

• Strategic communication
• Philanthropic grantmaking
• Narrative change
• Civil society regranting
• Climate communications

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Philanthropic grantmaking: ICCI receives funding from 13 financiers (as of 2025) and provides direct financial support (grantmaking) to approximately 63 beneficiary organizations working in climate, democracy, and justice communication. Revenue comes from philanthropic donations and grants rather than commercial activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ICCI operates as a Brazilian regranting nonprofit that provides direct financial support (grants) to approximately 63 civil society organizations working on strategic communication for climate, democracy, and justice agendas. The organization also produces publications (annual reports, strategic communication manuals), convenes events such as 'Audiências Brasileiras' and 'Prismas | Comunicação & Clima', and publishes a newsletter to strengthen an ecosystem of narrative-change initiatives in Brazil.

Product overview

ICCI (Instituto Cultura, Comunicação e Incidência) is a Brazilian nonprofit organization that functions as a regranter and ecosystem catalyst rather than a traditional technology product company. Its core offerings consist of publications (annual reports and thematic guides on strategic communication), organized events (such as Audiências Brasileiras and Prismas | Comunicação & Clima), featured stories showcasing leaders in climate, democracy and justice communication, and a newsletter subscription service. The organization does not offer a technology platform or software product; instead it provides knowledge products and convening spaces to strengthen strategic communication for climate, democracy and justice agendas in Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Grantmaking Program Regranting service that channels philanthropic funding from 13 financiers to civil society organizations and social movements in Brazil working at the intersection of climate, democracy, and justice through strategic communication. Selected organizations receive unrestricted or programmatic grants based on their narrative-change capacity.
• Relatório Anual 2025 (Annual Report 2025) Annual institutional report covering ICCI's second full year of activities and first year of direct financial support to grantees, with results, partnerships, and key events from 2025.
• Relatório Anual 2024 (Annual Report 2024) Foundational annual report presenting ICCI's origins since its founding in 2023, the key events and strategies of 2024, and the organization's forward-looking vision.
• Cultura e Democracia no Brasil: Manual (não tão prático) de estratégias de comunicação para o agora (Culture and Democracy in Brazil Manual) Manual on communication strategies reinforcing culture's power to strengthen democracy and promote social justice, featuring contributions from creative-industry professionals and ICCI team members.
• 20 dias pelo Clima: reflexões diárias sobre clima, comunicação e cultura (20 Days for Climate) Daily-reflections publication on climate, communication, and culture, born from the Prismas | Comunicação & Clima event, providing a guide through climate communication discussions with leaders from Brazil's climate communication ecosystem.
• Audiências Brasileiras (Brazilian Audiences convening program) Convening program (event series) that brings together leaders, communicators, and specialists to discuss strategic communication for social impact, including panels with figures such as Felipe Nunes, Emicida, Semayat Oliveira, and Luedji Luna.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported 63 organizations through direct grantmaking in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Instituto E+ Transição EnergéticacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 August 2025Conducted first 'learning session' for ICCI team on Brazilian energy transition, covering climate change impacts and sustainable development pathways. Rosana Santos and Clauber Leite led the virtual session.
• Instituto IbirapitangacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 December 2024ICCI participated in the first edition of 'Pitangueiras', an initiative created by Instituto Ibirapitanga to promote shared reflection on aesthetics as a political tool for racial justice and food system transformation.
• 63 Grantee OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizations receiving direct financial support from ICCI including Movimento Negro Evangélico, CONAQ, Instituto Psica, Novas Narrativas Evangélicas, FALA, and others working on climate, democracy and justice communication.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS): Brazil's leading climate philanthropy foundation, also active in regranting and ecosystem convening for the climate agenda. Highly comparable to ICCI as a Brazilian philanthropic intermediary operating in adjacent climate/justice space; ICCI's Director of Partnerships was previously at iCS.
• Instituto Humanize: Brazilian nonprofit focused on strategic communications for the social sector; ICCI's Communications Coordinator previously spent six years there. Direct precedent and likely grantee peer for ICCI in Brazil's cause-communications ecosystem.
• Instituto Ibirapitanga: Brazilian foundation focused on racial justice and cultural production, working through grantmaking and convening. Active strategic partner of ICCI (joint 'Pitangueiras' initiative) with overlapping focus on culture, racial equity, and civil-society strengthening.
• Fundação Avina: Latin American development foundation funding initiatives on democracy, climate, and social justice. ICCI's Program Director previously led initiatives at Fundação Avina, making it a direct precedent for ICCI's mission and regranting model in the region.
• Fundo de Ação Urgente para a América Latina e Caribe (FAU-LAC): Latin American women's rights and climate regranting fund with a direct-grants model. ICCI's Program Director previously led its Rapid Response Program; comparable as a Latin American regranting intermediary working on climate/justice.

Broad incumbents

• Ford Foundation: Major international foundation supporting democracy, racial justice, and climate causes globally. Active in Brazil through regranting and direct grants, overlapping significantly with ICCI's mission areas.
• ClimateWorks Foundation: Global climate philanthropy regranter operating at much larger scale. Comparable as a strategic regranting intermediary for climate, though focused globally rather than Brazil-specific.
• Purpose: Global strategic communications and campaigns firm focused on social causes. ICCI's team includes former Purpose Brasil and Purpose Campaigns staff; comparable as a strategic-communications-for-impact player operating at greater scale globally.
• Open Society Foundations: Global foundation funding democracy, justice, and human rights causes. Comparable as a major international funder active in Brazil across ICCI's thematic areas, though at significantly larger scale and broader scope.

Others

• GIFE (Grupo de Institutos, Fundações e Empresas): Brazil's main association of philanthropic investors and foundations. Comparable as ecosystem infrastructure for Brazilian philanthropy; ICCI participates in the GIFE Congress and benefits from its network effects across funders and grantees.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/iccibr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iccibr

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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