Instituto Liderança e Liberdade

What Instituto Liderança e Liberdade does

Instituto Liderança e Liberdade (ILL) is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization founded in 2022 and headquartered at the Ágora Tech Park in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. It originated as the IFL-Joinville unit (Instituto de Formação de Líderes) and was spun off in 2023 into an independent legal entity under its current name, retaining its foundational pillars of Liberalism, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development. The institute serves professionals and individuals aged 19+ who are selected through semiannual cohorts (April and September) into a 2–4 year leadership Formation program, with the stated purpose of developing 'Better Leaders' who can in turn form other leaders within their organizations and communities.

The institute's product surface centers on the Formação (Programa de Formação de Líderes), a structured multi-year curriculum combining lectures (local, national, and international), intellectual development (curated readings and writing projects), external visits, expressiveness training (including Lidera Talks and a podcast), and governance management. Supporting offerings include a curated Educational Library of canonical liberal and economic texts, an ongoing series of published articles, the ILL Podcast (launched February 2025), and the annual Fórum ILL events (held in 2023 and 2024) featuring prominent Brazilian speakers on topics such as entrepreneurship, economic freedom, longevity, and financial independence. Distribution is primarily digital (website, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube) and membership-based.

The organization operates without public funding, financing itself through membership fees (Associe-se program), individual donations, and Brazil's income tax donation mechanism (up to 7% for individuals and 2% for legal entities). It is led by co-founder Alexandre Sorensen as Diretor Presidente for the 2024 management term, following Marcos Floriani's 2023 term, alongside a small team of approximately 10 employees. As a regional, ideology-led civic organization, its operating geographies remain concentrated in Joinville, SC, with no disclosed plans for multi-chapter expansion.

Name

Instituto Liderança e Liberdade

Legal name

Instituto Liderança e Liberdade

Website

https://liderancaeliberdade.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Instituto Liderança e Liberdade is a private Brazilian non-profit headquartered in Joinville, Santa Catarina, founded in 2022, that runs a selective 2–4 year leadership Formation program alongside an annual forum, podcast, and curated library for ideologically aligned emerging leaders and professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Leadership Development (BPACANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Governance, Democracy & Rule of Law (BPAGABAI)

Keywords

• Leadership development programs
• Non-profit education
• Entrepreneurship training
• Liberal philosophy education
• Professional formation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Joinville

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Instituto Liderança e Liberdade is a Brazilian private non-profit organization that offers a structured 2-4 year leadership formation program ('Programa de Formação de Líderes') combining lectures, intellectual development, expositions, external visits, expressiveness training, and governance management. Its offerings are anchored in three pillars — Liberalism, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development — and are complemented by a curated book library, a podcast series, a membership program with selective entry, and annual forums.

Product overview

Instituto Liderança e Liberdade is a non-profit organization offering a multi-year leadership formation program (2-4 years) as its core offering, supplemented by a library of curated books on liberalism and economics, a podcast series, annual forums (Fórum ILL), published articles, and a membership program with selective entry windows. The formation program incorporates lectures, intellectual development, expositions, external visits, expressiveness training, and governance management modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Formação - Programa de Formação de Líderes A structured 2-4 year leadership formation program with modules covering lectures (local, national, international), intellectual development (books, articles, writing projects), expositions, external visits, expressiveness training (Lidera Talks, podcast, simulated juries), and governance management. Designed for emerging leaders aged 19+ aligned with the institute's pillars of Liberalism, Entrepreneurship, and Personal Development.
• Associe-se (Membership Program) Selective membership program requiring candidates to be over 19 years old, aligned with the institute's pillars (Liberalism, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development), with high engagement and leadership potential. Members gain access to formation activities, the library, podcasts, and community events.
• Biblioteca A library containing curated books on liberalism, entrepreneurship, economics, and personal development including titles such as Behind the Cloud, Os inovadores, Governo e mercado, A ética da liberdade, and Capitalismo e Liberdade. Available to members and the broader community as an educational resource.
• Podcast ILL Podcast series featuring content about the institute's history, leadership principles, and topics relevant to members and the broader community interested in liberalism, entrepreneurship, and personal development.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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App detail

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RenovaBR: Brazilian non-profit focused on identifying and training young leaders for civic and political engagement, with selective entry cohorts. Highly comparable in mission, multi-year program structure, and ideological positioning, though typically more politically oriented than strictly liberal-economic.
• Instituto de Formação de Líderes (IFL): The parent Brazilian network from which Instituto Liderança e Liberdade originated as the IFL-Joinville unit before becoming an independent legal entity in 2023. Operates the same leadership-formation model and ideological pillars at national scale.
• Students For Liberty: Global student-led libertarian leadership network with local chapters (including Brazil) running cohorts, leadership pipelines, and educational programs. Highly comparable in audience (emerging leaders), curriculum (liberal philosophy + entrepreneurship), and selective entry model.
• Instituto Mises Brasil: Brazilian classical-liberal education organization promoting Austrian economics, individual liberty, and free markets through content, courses, and events. Comparable ideological foundation, content-led distribution, and Brazilian civic-education mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Foundation for Economic Education (FEE): Long-standing American classical-liberal educational organization producing content (articles, courses, podcasts) on economic freedom and liberty. Comparable as a broader, established player with overlapping content-production model and ideological mission.
• Cato Institute: Prominent U.S. libertarian think tank producing research, policy analysis, and educational programming on liberty and free markets. Comparable ideological foundation and educational-output model, though operates at much larger scale with a policy-research orientation.
• Atlas Network: Global network connecting 500+ free-market civil-society organizations worldwide. Comparable in mission alignment (liberty, free enterprise) and provides infrastructure, training, and funding to partner organizations like ILL.
• Liberty Fund: U.S.-based private educational foundation publishing and convening around classical-liberal works and authors. Comparable in curating foundational liberal texts (many titles overlap with ILL's library) and supporting civic-leadership education.
• Reason Foundation: U.S. libertarian public-policy research and education organization producing content, podcasts, and leadership programming around free minds and free markets. Comparable ideological positioning and content-led audience-development model.

Regional players

• Brasil Paralelo: Brazilian conservative/liberal-leaning content producer (documentaries, podcasts, courses) targeting similar ideologically aligned audiences. Comparable in Brazilian market, ideological positioning, and content-led engagement, though commercial rather than non-profit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@InstitutoLiderancaeLiberdade
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/institutoliderancaeliberdade
• Instagraminstagram.com/illjoinville?igsh=eWw1bWduc2NtcmZh

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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Investments

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