Fundación Notas de Paz

What Fundación Notas de Paz does

Fundación Notas de Paz is a Colombian non-profit foundation (Entidad sin ánimo de lucro) founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cali, Valle del Cauca. It operates the Infant and Youth Symphony Orchestra Notas de Paz, providing musical formation to children and youth aged 3–18 recruited from vulnerable neighborhoods in Cali, including Comuna 19. The foundation's stated mission is to improve living conditions and promote peaceful coexistence through classical music education.

The foundation's core product is the Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil y Juvenil Notas de Paz, supported by four specialized music formation programs (Programas de Formación Musical) that serve different age groups and skill levels. Beneficiaries perform both classical and Colombian repertoire, and the orchestra provides commercial concert services (Conciertos Empresariales) for corporate events such as inaugurations, anniversaries, and Christmas celebrations, including Colombian novena performances. The foundation's "technology" is fundamentally pedagogical—curriculum design, teaching staff, and orchestral performance—rather than a software or data platform.

The business model is donation- and grant-driven rather than commercial. Revenue streams include: (1) the Plan Padrino monthly sponsorship program at COP $85,000; (2) Bonos de Donación (COP $50,000 gift certificates); (3) corporate concert fees; (4) corporate sponsorships from a named set of 12+ Colombian companies and family foundations (Banco de Bogotá, CineColombia, Davivienda, Fundación Carvajal, Grupo Nutresa, Mincultura, Celsia, Promigas, Scarpetta Gnecco, Conascar, Lipu, Perugia); and (5) competitive public grants from the Colombian Ministerio de Cultura (Estímulos, Convocatoria Concierta, and Programa Nacional de Concertación). The foundation has only 6 employees and operates exclusively in the single city of Cali.

Name

Fundación Notas de Paz

Legal name

Fundación Notas de Paz

Website

https://notasdepaz.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Notas de Paz is a Colombian non-profit founded in 2007 in Cali that provides orchestral music education to children and youth aged 3–18 from vulnerable neighborhoods, funded through donations, government grants, corporate sponsorships, and concert services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Music Education Services

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Early Childhood Music Education (Ages 0–7) (EDAMANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Music Schools & Conservatory Prep (Pre-College) (EDAMANAE), Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Youth music education
• Orchestral training programs
• Youth symphony orchestra
• Children music programs
• Music formation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cali

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fundación Notas de Paz delivers musical formation to children and youth ages 3 to 18 from vulnerable neighborhoods of Cali, Colombia through its Children's and Youth Symphony Orchestra program and four specialized training programs (early childhood through youth levels). The foundation sustains operations through corporate and Christmas concert performances, individual and corporate sponsorships, donations, and government grants, with the mission of improving living conditions and fostering peaceful coexistence through music.

Product overview

Fundación Notas de Paz operates as a unified non-profit music education organization offering a symphony orchestra program as its core activity. The orchestra, comprising children aged 3-18 from vulnerable neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia, provides comprehensive musical formation. Supporting the core orchestra program are four specialized music education programs for different age groups. The organization also generates revenue through corporate concert services and Christmas performances, while sustaining operations through various donation mechanisms including the Plan Padrino sponsorship program, gift donation certificates (Bonos), and an instrument bank accepting donated musical equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil y Juvenil Notas de Paz (Children and Youth Symphony Orchestra Notas de Paz) Youth symphony orchestra program delivering musical formation to children aged 3-18 from vulnerable neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia, enabling beneficiaries to perform classical and Colombian music repertoire.
• Programas de Formación Musical (Musical Formation Programs) Suite of four age-segmented music education programs that stimulate and develop musical skills in beneficiaries, ranging from early childhood through youth levels, designed as the upstream pipeline to the symphony orchestra.
• Conciertos Empresariales (Corporate Concerts) Paid corporate concert service providing classical and Colombian orchestral performances for company events including inaugurations, closures, anniversaries and official ceremonies.
• Conciertos de Navidad / Novena (Christmas / Novena Concerts) Seasonal Christmas concert service featuring villancicos (Christmas carols) tailored for traditional Colombian novena (nine-day Christmas) celebrations in December.

Quantifiable outcome

• 142 hours of classes delivered during Festival de Música de Cámara 2021
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fundación Bolívar DaviviendacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2021Co-organized the Festival de Música de Cámara 2021 with the Filarmónica Joven de Colombia, providing 142 hours of classes and 5 concerts with 137 students participating from both institutions.
• Filarmónica Joven de ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organized the Festival de Música de Cámara 2021, providing platform 'Guardianes de la Música' and collaborative musical activities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• In Harmony (Sistema England): UK government-funded orchestral social-inclusion program running intensive music-making in deprived communities for children aged 4-11. Closely aligned in target age band and vulnerable-community focus; provides a benchmark for early-childhood curriculum design and outcome measurement.
• Big Noise (Sistema Scotland): Scottish adaptation of El Sistema delivering intensive orchestral training to children in disadvantaged communities, with rigorous longitudinal impact evaluation. Comparable in pedagogy and social outcome goals; benchmark for evidence-based program reporting to Notas de Paz's donors and government backers.
• Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA): LA Philharmonic's free youth orchestra program serving children from underserved LA neighborhoods through ensemble training and mentorship. Comparable in pairing a major symphonic brand with grassroots youth development; useful comparator for Notas de Paz's corporate-partnership fundraising model.

Regional players

• Academia Nuevo Patti (Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil): Latin American children's symphony orchestra programs in the broader Andean region that combine intensive orchestral training with social-development objectives for vulnerable youth. Comparable in pedagogical approach (Spanish-language orchestral instruction for children) and social-mission framing.
• Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA): Pan-American orchestra program that brings together top young musicians from across the Western Hemisphere for touring and fellowship. Comparable in orchestral-formation mission for talented young Latin American musicians, though it operates at a more elite, fellowship-style tier than Notas de Paz's grassroots focus.

Others

• Duke Ellington School of the Arts: US public magnet secondary school specializing in arts education including orchestral music for a diverse, predominantly lower-income student body. Comparable in combining rigorous musical instruction with social mobility outcomes, though it operates as a formal school rather than an after-school non-profit.
• Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute: Education arm of Carnegie Hall running national music-education programs for underserved youth. Comparable in pairing world-class orchestral brand with youth-development mission; benchmark for how Notas de Paz might evolve its corporate-concert and Padrino programs over time.

Direct peers

• Fundación Nacional Batuta: Colombia's largest state-backed network of youth orchestras serving children from low-income backgrounds through collective music practice. Directly comparable to Notas de Paz in mission (vulnerable children's orchestral training) and geography (Colombia), making it the closest functional peer in the country.
• Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar (El Sistema): Venezuela's globally renowned youth orchestra social program that pioneered using intensive orchestral training to transform lives of children in poverty. The archetypal model Notas de Paz emulates; useful reference for program design, pedagogy, and scale potential in Latin America.
• Filarmónica Joven de Colombia: Colombia's flagship youth philharmonic operated by Fundación Bolívar Davivienda. Already a direct partner of Notas de Paz through the 2021 Chamber Music Festival, it serves a near-identical mission and beneficiary base at national scale, making it both collaborator and primary comparator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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