Fundación Pequeños Puentes

What Fundación Pequeños Puentes does

Fundación Pequeños Puentes is an Argentine non-governmental organization (ONG) founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Miguel, Buenos Aires Province, with additional operations in Bariloche, Río Negro. It serves children aged 0 to 12 who are connected to local community dining halls (comedores), operating through a network of three named sites in Buenos Aires — San Francisco, Tamborcitos, and Ranita Feliz — and reaching approximately 260 to 286 children per campaign. The foundation is volunteer-based, with a roster of roughly 35 unpaid contributors executing program delivery on the ground.

The foundation's programmatic core consists of direct, in-person support to children in low-income neighborhoods, anchored by the "Leer y Crecer" (Read and Grow) literacy initiative launched in 2021, which has distributed more than 1,200 books to date. There is no proprietary technology platform or digital product disclosed; program delivery is mediated through physical presence at the comedores and direct volunteer interaction. The leadership team comprises Carolina Grigoroff as President, Belén Riambau in a combined Director General / Treasurer role, and Solange Bartos as Secretary.

The foundation's funding model is grassroots and digital: donations are solicited through MercadoPago in two forms, a one-time contribution around 1,000 ARS and a recurring monthly tier around 4,000 ARS. No institutional grants, corporate sponsorship programs, large-donor relationships, or external funding rounds are disclosed in the available material. The overall economic profile is that of a micro-scale community foundation, with revenue and beneficiary reach both constrained to low-thousands of beneficiaries and donations denominated in low-hundreds-to-low-thousands of Argentine pesos per transaction.

Name

Fundación Pequeños Puentes

Legal name

Fundación Pequeños Puentes

Website

https://pequenospuentes.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Argentine non-profit foundation (founded 2017, San Miguel, Buenos Aires) serving children aged 0–12 at community dining halls across Buenos Aires Province and Bariloche via volunteer-led literacy and direct-support programs funded by small MercadoPago donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Charitable Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAKAB

Community Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

SECONDARYBPAGAKAK

Education Grantmaking Foundations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

Keywords

• Child welfare programs
• Personalized charity campaigns
• Community nonprofit services
• Donation-based humanitarian aid
• Children education support

Headquarters

HQ city

San Miguel

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. One-time Donations: Individual donors make one-time donations through the website using MercadoPago, selecting a specific child or campaign to support through personalized solidarity.
2. Monthly Recurring Donations: Donors can set up monthly recurring donations through MercadoPago to support ongoing campaigns and programs for children.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fundación Pequeños Puentes is a non-profit foundation that designs and executes personalized solidarity campaigns delivering toys, school kits, books, and educational materials to children aged 0-12 attending community dining halls in Buenos Aires Province and Bariloche, Argentina. The foundation operates programs tied to key childhood moments — start of the school year, Children's Day, and Christmas — and runs a continuous literacy initiative ("Leer y Crecer"). Funding comes from one-time and recurring monthly donations made by individual donors through the foundation's website, processed via MercadoPago.

Product overview

Fundación Pequeños Puentes operates as a non-profit organization conducting personalized solidarity campaigns and programs for children aged 0-12 from community kitchens. The portfolio consists of Yo Soy Mi Nombre (Children's Day toy campaign), Yo Quiero Ser Tu Papá Noel (Christmas gift campaign), Mi Caja Escolar (school supply kits), Leer y Crecer (literacy program), and Ventana Digital (digital inclusion). All campaigns follow a personalized solidarity model where each child is a named protagonist and donors choose and know the specific beneficiary of their contribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yo Soy Mi Nombre (Children's Day campaign) Personalized solidarity campaign for Children's Day (Día de las Infancias) that delivers a new toy personalized with each child's name to participants from community dining halls; educational toys for younger children and board games for older children.
• Yo Quiero Ser Tu Papá Noel (Christmas campaign) Annual Christmas solidarity campaign where children write letters to receive a new, personalized gift of their own choosing; the 2024 edition served 248 children and the 2025 edition served 260 children from community dining halls.
• Mi Caja Escolar (Back-to-school kits) Back-to-school campaign that provides complete school kits — including backpacks, smocks, and sneakers — to children from impoverished community dining halls ahead of the school year.
• Leer y Crecer (Literacy program) Annual reading project connecting children with emotions and values through literature; includes new book deliveries and reading workshops for children and families, with over 1,200 books delivered and more than 10 reading workshops conducted since inception.
• Ventana Digital (Digital inclusion campaign) Digital education and connectivity campaign designed to bridge educational and connectivity gaps for participating families; originally launched in 2020 serving 93 families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,200 books delivered and more than 10 reading workshops conducted through the Leer y Crecer project since 2021
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MercadoPagocoreTechnology or IntegrationMercadoPago is used as the payment processing platform for all donations on the website, enabling both one-time and recurring monthly donations via credit card or bank transfer.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TECHO Argentina: Argentine youth-led nonprofit addressing poverty through community development and volunteer mobilization. Comparable in volunteer-driven model serving disadvantaged populations in Argentina with donor-supported programming.
• Aldeas Infantiles SOS Argentina: Argentina chapter of global NGO providing alternative care and family-strengthening programs for children at risk. Comparable as a child-welfare nonprofit operating in Argentina with similar beneficiary demographics.
• Junior Achievement Argentina: Argentine youth-education nonprofit providing educational and skills programs to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Comparable in education-and-youth-development focus with similar volunteer-driven delivery model.
• Fundación Compromiso: Argentine nonprofit supporting education and child development in vulnerable communities. Comparable as a domestic NGO with personalized community programs targeting underprivileged children.
• Habitat for Humanity Argentina: Argentine housing nonprofit serving low-income families through community-building and material support programs. Comparable as a donor-funded NGO channeling resources to vulnerable Argentine families and children.
• Cimientos: Argentine foundation focused on educational programs for young people from low-income backgrounds. Comparable due to overlapping education-and-youth-development mission targeting underprivileged Argentine communities.
• Fundación C&A (Argentina): Argentine branch of an international foundation supporting children's welfare and education programs. Comparable in mission focus on improving conditions for vulnerable children through direct community programming.
• Fundación Sí: Argentine nonprofit dedicated to supporting children and adolescents in vulnerable situations through education and play programs. Highly comparable as a domestic NGO serving disadvantaged Argentine children with volunteer-driven programs.

Broad incumbents

• Fundación Banco de la Nación Argentina: Corporate foundation of Argentina's national bank funding education and social programs. Comparable as an Argentine grantmaking institution supporting community welfare through donations and CSR-aligned giving.
• Cáritas Argentina: Large Argentine Catholic social-services organization providing broad assistance to vulnerable populations including children. Comparable in mission but operates at significantly larger scale across many programs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PequenosPuentes
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUvQtruXR40-ga8tdRuOF5g
• Facebookfacebook.com/PequenosPuentes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pequenospuentes
• Instagraminstagram.com/PequenosPuentes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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