Fundación SACIAR, Banco de Alimentos

Name

Fundación SACIAR, Banco de Alimentos

Legal name

Fundación Saciar

Website

https://saciar.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Bank / Hunger Relief Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Assistance & Food Banks (BPAGAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Food bank services
• Hunger relief programs
• Food waste recovery
• Humanitarian aid distribution
• Food security assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Medellín

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fundación SACIAR is a non-profit food bank that recovers food that would otherwise be wasted and redistributes it to vulnerable populations in Colombia. The organization operates through a network of 339 humanitarian aid institutions, delivering 6,160 tons of food products annually and serving 169,375 beneficiaries per month. Complementary work focuses on institutional capacity building, food security promotion, and partnerships across public, private, ecclesiastical, and community sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Recovery and Redistribution Program
• Institutional Capacity Building Program
• Food Security Programs (Programas)
• Donation and Sponsorship Program (Bonos)

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,160 tons of food products recovered and redistributed annually
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Scale indicators4 records

Direct peers

• Banco de Alimentos de México (BAMX): Mexico's leading food bank, comparable to SACIAR as a Latin American food recovery and redistribution organization using the same alliance-driven approach with public, private, and community sectors and targeting food-insecure populations.
• Banco de Alimentos de Bogotá: Direct Colombian food bank peer that recovers and redistributes food to vulnerable populations in Bogotá, operating the same food-banking model as SACIAR and serving overlapping donor and beneficiary ecosystems within Colombia.

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: Largest U.S. food bank network, comparable to SACIAR as a broad incumbent executing the same food recovery and redistribution model and competing indirectly for multinational corporate donors and ESG programs active in Latin America.
• The Global FoodBanking Network: International umbrella for food banks worldwide, comparable to SACIAR because it sets standards, channels donor funding, and supports food banks including Latin American members that operate models identical to SACIAR's.
• Acción contra el Hambre Colombia: International humanitarian organization focused on hunger and food security with a Colombian presence; comparable to SACIAR because it targets the same food-insecure populations and competes for multilateral and donor funding in Colombia.
• Cruz Roja Colombiana: Major Colombian humanitarian organization operating food security and emergency relief programs; comparable to SACIAR because it competes for similar institutional donors and government humanitarian contracts in Colombia.

Others

• Red de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia (ABACO): National network of Colombian food banks of which SACIAR is implicitly part; comparable because it coordinates food banking capacity, donor relations, and standards across the country, directly affecting SACIAR's competitive and partnership environment.

Regional players

• Banco Alimentare: Italian food bank federation operating the same surplus-food recovery and redistribution model; comparable to SACIAR as a regional food bank peer whose methodology and partnership structure benchmark against Latin American food banks.

Emerging players

• Fundación Éxito: Colombian foundation focused on childhood nutrition and food security, comparable to SACIAR because it addresses overlapping beneficiary segments in Colombia and competes for similar corporate, donor, and government funding pools.
• Cáritas Colombiana: Colombian humanitarian arm of the Catholic Church delivering food and social assistance to vulnerable populations, comparable to SACIAR because it draws on the same ecclesiastical alliances and serves overlapping beneficiary populations.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/fundacionsaciar
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundacionsacia
• Instagraminstagram.com/fundacionsaciar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-saciar

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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