Fundación Salir Adelante - B'nai B'rith

What Fundación Salir Adelante - B'nai B'rith does

Fundación Salir Adelante is a Uruguayan non-profit foundation established in 2009 by B'nai B'rith Uruguay and headquartered in Montevideo. It supports socioeconomically vulnerable youth aged 15-18+ enrolled in public secondary schools (liceos) through a 3-year program of academic tutoring, socio-emotional workshops, material aid (food baskets, computers, internet, eyeglasses, medical coverage), and post-graduation employment linkage. The foundation reports that over 400 youth have completed secondary school across 17 consecutive cohorts, with 95% of graduates being the first in their families to do so.

The foundation delivers its services through three integrated programs: Salir Adelante (core academic and material support for the full secondary cycle), Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes (peer mentorship and motivational outreach launched in 2018), and Seguir Adelante (employment transition support for graduates). There is no proprietary technology platform; the operating model is service-based, with program facilitators embedded in ANEP/Consejo de Educación Secundaria (CES)-selected public schools and home-visit-based student recruitment. Distribution relies on formal institutional partnerships with ANEP/CES for student referrals, Fundación UPM for geographic expansion to interior departments, and corporate employers (Ferrere, GU Trade, Mercado Libre) for graduate placement.

The foundation is funded entirely through donations from individuals, corporations, and partner organizations — there is no commercial revenue and all programs are free for participants. The principal named funders and partners include ReachingU, Fundación UPM, B'nai B'rith Uruguay, INJU, and the parent B'nai B'rith Uruguay organization. In November 2023 the foundation underwent a leadership transition, with Leticia Dubcovsky succeeding founder Adriana Stainfeld as Director. The foundation currently operates across at least five Uruguayan departments: Montevideo, Río Negro, Paysandú, Durazno, and Tacuarembó.

Name

Fundación Salir Adelante - B'nai B'rith

Legal name

Fundación Salir Adelante

Website

https://saliradelante.org.uy

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundación Salir Adelante is a Uruguayan non-profit founded in 2009 by B'nai B'rith Uruguay that supports socioeconomically vulnerable public-school youth through academic tutoring, socio-emotional support, and employment linkage across three programs serving 17 cohorts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Education and Development Services (Nonprofit)

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGADAL

Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Education & Youth Development Nonprofits

SECONDARYEDANAJAF

Alternative Education & Dropout Prevention / Re-Engagement Programs

Education/Tutoring & Test Preparation/Remedial, Credit Recovery & Academic Catch-Up Programs

SECONDARYEDALAHAG

Volunteerism, Service-Learning & Community Service

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Student Activities, Clubs & Campus Life

Keywords

• Youth education support
• Secondary school completion
• Youth mentorship programs
• Socioemotional accompaniment
• Nonprofit youth services

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

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. Donations and sponsorships: Fundación Salir Adelante operates as a non-profit and is funded through donations from individuals, corporations, and partner organizations. The website features a 'Quiero Donar' (I want to donate) CTA. Companies provide financial and in-kind support, and some employ graduates. There is no commercial revenue model — the foundation does not charge participants.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fundación Salir Adelante delivers free, multi-year educational accompaniment to socioeconomically vulnerable youth enrolled in Uruguayan public secondary schools (liceos). Its core offering combines academic tutoring, socio-emotional workshops, educational camps, and material aid (food baskets, computers, internet, prescription glasses, transport stipends) over a full three-year secondary cycle, followed by peer-mentorship and first-employment linkage services. All services are provided at no cost to participants and funded through donations, corporate sponsorships, and institutional partners.

Product overview

Fundación Salir Adelante operates as a unified educational support platform centered on three interconnected programs that address the full lifecycle of youth development: Salir Adelante (core program for secondary education completion), Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes (peer inspiration/mentorship), and Seguir Adelante (employment transition support). The programs provide comprehensive services including tutoring, workshops, camps, socioemotional monitoring, food baskets, technology equipment, medical coverage, and job placement assistance. The portfolio functions as an integrated ecosystem where each program builds upon the previous one—students enter through Salir Adelante, benefit from peer mentorship via Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes, and transition to employment through Seguir Adelante. Founded in 2009 by B'nai B'rith Uruguay, the foundation has supported 17 generations totaling over 400 young people.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Programa Salir Adelante: Main program accompanying young people from first year of Upper Secondary Education who come from socioeconomically vulnerable households with good academic performance.
• Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes
• Seguir Adelante

Products and services

• Salir Adelante Core multi-year program accompanying socioeconomically vulnerable youth from their first year of secondary school through graduation, providing tutoring, workshops, scholarships, technology access, socio-emotional follow-up, food baskets, vision care, and emergency medical coverage. Free for participants; funded through donations and corporate sponsorships.
• Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes Peer-mentorship program in which young graduates share their educational trajectories and life stories to inspire current students to complete secondary education and pursue further studies. Delivered through school visits, virtual mentoring, and workshops across Montevideo and interior departments (Río Negro, Paysandú, Durazno, Tacuarembó).
• Seguir Adelante Post-graduation employment-linkage program that accompanies program graduates in their transition to the formal labor market, providing job-readiness tools, direct linkages with partner companies for first formal work experiences, and ongoing foundation support after placement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ youth completed secondary school; 95% were first in their families to do so
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundación UPMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Fundación UPM has been a key strategic partner since 2022, enabling the expansion of the Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes program to interior departments of Uruguay (Río Negro, Paysandú, Durazno, Tacuarembó). The UPM team (Magdalena Ibañez, Manuel Uría, Ximena Silveira) actively participates in program delivery and planning.
• B'nai B'rith UruguaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerB'nai B'rith Uruguay is the founding organization behind Fundación Salir Adelante. The foundation is a program created by B'nai B'rith Uruguay in 2009. The parent organization provides institutional support and the foundation operates from its framework, sharing the B'nai B'rith logo and mission.
• ANEP / Consejo de Educación Secundaria (CES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation works closely with ANEP's Dirección General de Educación Secundaria for liceo selection, student referrals, and institutional coordination. CES officially endorses and participates in the Jóvenes Inspirando Jóvenes program, providing the formal educational framework for the initiative.
• Instituto Nacional de la Juventud (INJU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINJU provides support and endorsement for youth-focused initiatives and collaborated on the PAUSA project (academic pressure and mental health awareness), including hosting the project's exhibition at Casa Joven.
• GU TrademinorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGU Trade, a Uruguayan software company focused on trade marketing, hired Lucho (Generation 2012 graduate) who later returned as a Customer Success leader and recruited fellow Salir Adelante graduate Diogo Sosa into the company.
• Estudio FerrereminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFerrere law firm runs the Experiencia Ferrere, Tutorías Ferrere, and Viví Ferrere programs for Salir Adelante youth. Joaquín Foucault (Generation 2021) participated in these programs and was subsequently hired at Ferrere's Sociedades area. Ferrere lawyers serve as podcast guests and mentors.
• Mercado LibreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThalia Alexandra Pérez, a former Salir Adelante participant and Bachini Consultores intern, was hired by Mercado Libre as a Fraud Prevention Analyst in Logistics for Latin America, demonstrating the foundation's employment linkage outcomes.
• IBM SkillsBuildminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBM SkillsBuild partnered with Guayerd and Fundación Manos del Sur to offer free AI training courses (Fundamentos de Inteligencia Artificial) to Salir Adelante graduates and the broader youth community, as part of the foundation's post-graduation skills development offerings.
• GuayerdminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGuayerd serves as the training implementation partner for the IBM SkillsBuild AI courses offered to foundation beneficiaries, providing the technical instruction and course delivery platform.
• Fundación Manos del SurminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Manos del Sur co-develops and sponsors the AI training program alongside Guayerd and IBM SkillsBuild, contributing to the foundation's digital skills programming for youth.
• Flipando.aiminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFlipando.ai (led by Co-Founder Maia Brenner) delivered a masterclass on AI and socio-emotional skills to over 70 Salir Adelante youth, combining generative AI tools with personal development content in a workshop format at Sinergia Design.
• Gurises UnidosminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGurises Unidos, a civil society organization focused on children's human rights, provided training to Salir Adelante's coordination team on prevention, detection, and intervention in violence situations affecting program participants.
• Universidad de MontevideominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoaquín Foucault, a Salir Adelante graduate, received a scholarship to study Law at Universidad de Montevideo, illustrating the foundation's linkage with tertiary educational institutions for scholarship opportunities.
• Fundación ChamangáminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Chamangá's annual scholarship program is promoted to Salir Adelante graduates, offering approximately 25 annual scholarships to young Uruguayans (ages 18-30) with vocational aspirations and economic need, including those continuing to tertiary education.
• Fundación ForgeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFundación Forge's TU FUTURO program (100% online socio-emotional and digital skills courses) is promoted to Salir Adelante graduates, offering additional post-graduation skill development opportunities for youth aged 17-24.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fundación Forge: Latin American nonprofit offering socio-emotional and digital-skills training programs for low-income youth aged 17-24 transitioning to employment — a direct partner of Salir Adelante and mirror image of its Seguir Adelante program.
• Fundación SES: Argentine nonprofit supporting vulnerable youth in completing secondary education and accessing decent work — closely comparable in mission, methodology (tutoring + socio-emotional support + employment linkage), and regional focus.
• Fundación Cimientos: Argentine nonprofit that supports vulnerable youth in completing secondary school through tutoring, mentoring, and scholarships — directly comparable to Salir Adelante's core model and beneficiary profile.
• Gurises Unidos: Uruguayan civil society organization promoting children's rights and youth development; a direct partner that trains Salir Adelante's coordination team on violence prevention, sharing a beneficiary population in Uruguay.
• Fundación Manos del Sur: Argentine foundation focused on youth education and digital skills training for vulnerable adolescents; co-develops AI training with Salir Adelante via IBM SkillsBuild, indicating similar target population and programmatic approach.
• ReachingU: Long-standing financial backer of Salir Adelante that funds education initiatives across Latin America; operates similar grantmaking and programmatic support models targeting vulnerable youth in the region.
• Fundación Chamangá: Uruguayan foundation awarding vocational scholarships to young Uruguayans aged 18-30 with economic need; complements Salir Adelante's secondary-completion work with a tertiary-pathway scholarship track.
• Enseña Uruguay: Uruguayan affiliate of Teach For All, recruiting young professionals to teach in vulnerable public schools — comparable in mission, geography, and beneficiary focus on public-school youth in Uruguay.

Broad incumbents

• Techo: Large Latin American nonprofit addressing poverty through housing and youth volunteer programs; broader in scope than Salir Adelante but overlaps on mobilizing young people for social development across the region.
• Junior Achievement Uruguay: Uruguayan branch of a global youth-workforce-readiness nonprofit offering education-to-employment programming in public schools — comparable beneficiary base and educational mission, but operating at much larger scale with a broader curriculum focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Salir_Adelante
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCKq1EUC1EPvk_YgrU1RQoZw
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundacionsaliradelante
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundaci%C3%B3n-salir-adelante
• Instagraminstagram.com/saliradelante

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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