Unicef Portugal

Name

Unicef Portugal

Legal name

UNICEF Portugal

Website

https://unicef.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UNICEF Portugal is the Lisbon-based Portuguese national committee of UNICEF, founded in 1979, that raises funds and advocates for UNICEF's global children's rights and humanitarian programs among Portuguese donors, corporates, and institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Non-Profit

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding) (BPADAHAF)

Keywords

• Children's rights advocacy
• Humanitarian fundraising
• Non-profit organization
• Child welfare programs
• Emergency humanitarian aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

UNICEF Portugal promotes and supports UNICEF programmes to protect and advance children's rights. Its core activities are public advocacy on child rights issues and fundraising through voluntary contributions to channel resources into UNICEF's global humanitarian and development programmes, including child survival, education, and emergency response.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Direct peers

• UNICEF Italy (Comitato Italiano per UNICEF): The Italian national committee of UNICEF, with an identical advocacy and fundraising mandate for children's rights. It serves as a directly comparable peer given shared UN affiliation, similar European donor base, and parallel programme portfolio.
• UNICEF France (Comité Français pour UNICEF): The French national committee of UNICEF, operating the same children's rights advocacy and fundraising model. Comparable in mandate, structure, and donor base to UNICEF Portugal, though operating in a substantially larger market.
• Save the Children Portugal: The Portuguese affiliate of Save the Children, a major international NGO focused on children's rights and welfare. It competes directly with UNICEF Portugal for Portuguese donor attention, corporate partnerships, and child-focused programme mandates.
• UNICEF UK: The UK national committee of UNICEF, performing identical advocacy and fundraising functions for children's rights. It is a structurally identical peer to UNICEF Portugal, operating in a larger but comparable English-speaking European market.
• World Vision Portugal: The Portuguese arm of World Vision International, a major child-focused humanitarian and development organization. It competes with UNICEF Portugal for donor funds and advocacy positioning around children's welfare in both Portugal and developing countries.
• UNICEF USA: The US national committee of UNICEF, with the same mission of advocacy and fundraising for children's rights. While operating at much larger scale, it represents the same national committee model that UNICEF Portugal follows.
• UNICEF Spain (Comité Español de UNICEF): The Spanish national committee of UNICEF, operating with the same mandate of advocacy and fundraising for children's rights. It is the most direct structural peer to UNICEF Portugal given shared parent, governance, and operating model within a comparable Iberian/European market.

Regional players

• Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross): Portugal's Red Cross society, a major humanitarian organization operating domestically in Portugal. While broader in mandate (covering disaster relief, health, and social assistance), it competes for the same Portuguese donor pool and corporate humanitarian partnerships as UNICEF Portugal.
• Amnistia Internacional Portugal: The Portuguese section of Amnesty International, a major human rights advocacy organization. While focused on broader human rights rather than exclusively children's rights, it competes for advocacy attention, donor funds, and corporate partnership opportunities within Portugal's NGO ecosystem.
• Caritas Portugal: The Portuguese Catholic charity confederation providing social services and humanitarian aid. It shares donor segments and corporate partnership opportunities with UNICEF Portugal, though with a broader social welfare mandate rather than a child-exclusive focus.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/UNICEFPortugal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/unicef-portugal

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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