Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia

What Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia does

Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia (YPKBI) is an Indonesian nonprofit foundation established in May 2024 that operates as an accelerator and ecosystem orchestrator for full-boarding schools delivering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. It serves gifted secondary school students — particularly those from lower-middle-class backgrounds — through a need-blind admission model and the Fellowship Kader Bangsa scholarship program, which targets over 25% of students receiving full funding including living expenses. The foundation manages the Akademi Kader Bangsa (AKB) school network, currently comprising SMA Kemala Taruna Bhayangkara (Bogor, in partnership with Polri and YPKTB), Global Darussalam Academy (Yogyakarta), MAN Insan Cendekia Serpong (under the Ministry of Religion — Indonesia's first state madrasah to achieve IB World School status in May 2026), SMAN 1 Matauli Pandan (Sumatera Utara, with Yayasan MATAULI), and IIBS Al-Hikmah (Batu, East Java).

YPKBI's platform architecture rests on four interlocking components: (1) the Nusantara Standard Test (NST), a proprietary national student selection instrument measuring critical thinking and high-level reasoning, administered across all 38 provinces and drawing over 14,000 applicants per cohort for 180 seats; (2) Akademi Guru Kader Bangsa (AGKB), a teacher training academy producing IB-certified Indonesian teachers through a free certification track; (3) institutional design partnerships with DLR (more than 600 premier high schools designed globally) and academic partnerships with Michigan State University and Thunderbird School of Global Management; and (4) a sustainable financing stack anchored by an August 2025 MoU with Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP) for endowment management and tiered donor programs (Inspira, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum; Gold, Silver, Bronze, Community) with IDR 4 billion endowments per student.

The foundation's business model combines tuition from full-paying students (under a "4 Students Supporting 1 Student" cross-subsidy model), fee-based consulting and 50-50 profit-sharing arrangements with land and building partners, donations and corporate philanthropy, and outsourced endowment fund management. YPKBI is governed by a Board of Trustees including senior Indonesian officials (Pratikno, Burhanuddin Abdullah, Rachmat Pambudy, Sandiaga Uno), with founding leadership drawn from Oxford, Michigan State University, and University of Indonesia alumni. The foundation operates with 8 employees and a lean central team, with the operating model heavily dependent on government and foundation partners for capital, real estate, and regulatory authorization.

Name

Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia

Legal name

Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia

Website

https://kaderbangsa.foundation

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia is a nonprofit foundation accelerating the development of full-boarding IB Diploma schools in Indonesia. It runs the Akademi Kader Bangsa school network, AGKB teacher training academy, and Nusantara Standard Test for nationwide merit-based student selection serving gifted lower-middle-class students.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Baccalaureate Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Instructional Delivery & Pedagogy (School-Led) (EDAJAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Career Readiness & College Prep (In-School) (EDAJAFAM), Academic Tutoring Services (Subject-Specific & General) (EDAJALAA)

Keywords

• IB diploma schools
• Boarding school education
• Teacher training programs
• Scholarship management services
• School design consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

South Jakarta

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. School Tuition and Fees: Revenue is generated from tuition fees paid by full-paying students at Akademi Kader Bangsa schools. A cross-subsidy model ('4 Students Supporting 1 Student') cross-subsidizes scholarship students with full-tuition-paying students.
2. Partnership and Consulting Fees: YPKBI acts as a school design, construction, and operational consultant for land/building partners under a fee-based model. Returns to partners may also come from profit sharing (50-50 after operational costs) and land value appreciation in surrounding areas.
3. Endowment Fund Management: Endowment contributions of IDR 4 billion per student are managed by a trusted financial institution (not directly by YPKBI) to fund long-term scholarships, providing sustainable financing for students.
4. Donations and Philanthropy: YPKBI receives donations from individual philanthropists, corporations, and government-linked donors to fund the Fellowship Kader Bangsa scholarship program. Donors can contribute direct annual scholarships (minimum: one student for three years) or endowment funds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

YPKBI operates as a nonprofit foundation accelerating the development of full-boarding high schools delivering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme combined with the Indonesian national curriculum, under the Akademi Kader Bangsa brand. It provides end-to-end IB school services including school design and construction consulting, operational management, teacher training through Akademi Guru Kader Bangsa (AGKB), national student selection via the proprietary Nusantara Standard Test (NST), and scholarship financing through the Fellowship Kader Bangsa program.

Product overview

Yayasan Pendidikan Kader Bangsa Indonesia (YPKBI) operates as a platform of educational services centered around the Akademi Kader Bangsa (AKB) network — a system of full-boarding high schools delivering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme combined with the Indonesian national curriculum. The platform includes a parallel teacher training arm called Akademi Guru Kader Bangsa (AGKB) that certifies Indonesian teachers for IB instruction. YPKBI also operates a national gifted-student selection tool (Nusantara Standard Test/NST) and manages the Fellowship Kader Bangsa scholarship program. Individual schools within the AKB network — including SMA Kemala Taruna Bhayangkara, Global Darussalam Academy, MAN IC Serpong, SMAN 1 Matauli Pandan, and IIBS Al-Hikmah — operate as branded sub-products under the unified AKB platform, sharing curriculum, standards, and support infrastructure. The organization also offers consulting and management services for partners seeking to establish or upgrade schools to IB standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Akademi Kader Bangsa (AKB) School Network

Quantifiable outcome

• MAN IC Serpong achieved IB World School status in just one year (May 2025 to May 2026), compared to the typical 3-5 year timeline.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MAN Insan Cendekia SerpongcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2026MAN IC Serpong, a madrasah aliyah negeri berasrama under the Ministry of Religion, became Indonesia's first state madrasah to achieve IB World School status in May 2026, just one year after starting the process. YPKBI provided end-to-end transformation support. The school was originally conceived by President B.J. Habibie to combine science and technology (IPTEK) with faith and piety (IMTAK).
• Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi, Sains, dan Teknologi (Kemendiktisaintek)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2026Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Prof. Brian Yuliarto attended the NST 2026 examination at STIK-PTIK, Jakarta, showing government support for YPKBI's talent identification and IB school development mission.
• Kementerian Komunikasi dan Digital (Komdigi)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2026Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Viada Hafid attended the NST 2026 examination, demonstrating government cross-ministerial support for the IB school initiative under Asta Cita.
• Kementerian Agama Republik Indonesia (Ministry of Religion)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 May 2025YPKBI served as strategic partner to Kementerian Agama in transforming MAN Insan Cendekia Serpong into Indonesia's first state madrasah to achieve IB World School status (May 2026). YPKBI provided comprehensive support including curriculum alignment, intensive teacher training through AGKB, culture strengthening, and IB evaluation preparation. Minister of Religion Prof. Dr. KH. Nasaruddin Umar presided over the recognition ceremony.
• Yayasan Maju Tapian Nauli (MATAULI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2025YPKBI and Yayasan MATAULI signed an MoU on February 19, 2025, for the development and management of IB curriculum at SMAN 1 Matauli Pandan in Tapanuli Tengah, Sumatera Utara. MATAULI has over 30 years of experience producing graduates admitted to top domestic and international universities. The partnership aims to strengthen adaptive and innovative education systems for Indonesian youth.
• Yayasan Pendidikan Kemala Taruna Bhayangkara (YPKTB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2025YPKBI and YPKTB signed an MoU to prepare the establishment of SMA Unggulan Taruna Kemala Bhayangkara with IB curriculum. Witnessed by police chief Listyo SIGIT Prabowo, the partnership leverages YPKBI's IB school design and management expertise with YPKTB's institutional backing. Construction began at Gunung Sindur, Bogor, starting with a mosque.
• DLR (School Design Firm)coreTechnology or IntegrationDLR is YPKBI's institutional design partner for school architecture. DLR has designed more than 600 premier high schools worldwide and is described as the world's best school design firm. YPKBI collaborates with DLR for both Akademi Kader Bangsa schools and partner institutions.
• Kepolisian Republik Indonesia (Polri)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolri partnered with YPKBI and Akademi Kader Bangsa to build SMA Kemala Taruna Bhayangkara, a free full-boarding IB Diploma school for gifted students. Under President Prabowo's Asta Cita program, Polri committed to finding and educating Indonesia's most intelligent children regardless of economic background. The school admits students through SPMB selection across 38 provinces.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Indonesia Mengglobal: Community organization led by YPKBI Chief Education Officer Djodi Hardi to help Indonesian students gain admission to top global universities. Closely overlapping audience (gifted students seeking international credentials) and is partially internalized within YPKBI's ecosystem.
• Ruangguru: Indonesia's largest edtech platform offering supplemental tutoring and test prep. Overlaps with YPKBI's instructional mission but on a tech-delivered, broad-market basis rather than full-boarding IB education; could become a complementary pipeline for NST prep.

Broad incumbents

• Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS): One of Indonesia's largest and longest-running IB World Schools serving K-12 expat and affluent Indonesian students. Comparable as an established IB operator in the same geography, but private-pay and not need-blind like YPKBI's network.
• British School Jakarta (BSJ): Established IB World School in greater Jakarta serving affluent local and expatriate families. Comparable as a high-end IB operator in Indonesia, though private fee-paying and not addressable to lower-middle-class students like YPKBI's network.
• Sekolah Pelita Harapan: Large Indonesian K-12 operator with multiple campuses offering IB Diploma and national curricula. Operates at greater scale than YPKBI but is primarily tuition-funded; comparable in mission of combining national+international curricula.
• BINUS School: Major Indonesian K-12 school network with multiple premium campuses offering IB curriculum. Operates at greater scale than YPKBI but is tuition-funded without a scholarship/need-blind mission, making it a broader incumbent in the same IB-premium-K-12 category.

Direct peers

• Surya Institute: Indonesia-based education nonprofit running olimpiade selection and scholarship programs for gifted high school students. Closely comparable to YPKBI's NST-driven talent identification and Fellowship Kader Bangsa scholarship model, though without the IB school operator layer.
• Yayasan Tunas Bakti (YTBI): Indonesian yayasan foundation providing scholarships and education access to underprivileged students. Similar nonprofit structure and need-blind philosophy to YPKBI, though not focused on IB Diploma. Serves as a comparable model in the Indonesian education-foundation space.
• Putera Sampoerna Foundation: Indonesian philanthropic foundation focused on education access and scholarships for underprivileged gifted students. Like YPKBI, it pursues need-blind merit-based selection and partnerships with government institutions, though it operates across broader age ranges and is not IB-specific.

Regional players

• Beacon Academy Singapore: Singapore-based IB World School with boarding and scholarship programs for gifted students across Southeast Asia. Comparable in IB-boarding-scholarship positioning but at higher price point and serves regional rather than exclusively Indonesian students.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yayasan-kader-bangsa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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