Patronato De La Universidad Del Pacifico

What Patronato De La Universidad Del Pacifico does

Patronato de la Universidad del Pacífico is a Peruvian non-profit association founded in 1962 (originally as AFICS, renamed in 2012) that serves as the institutional bridge between Peru's leading private-sector companies and Universidad del Pacífico, one of the country's top business schools. It functions as a fundraising and program-delivery foundation, channeling corporate and individual donations into educational programs that span undergraduate scholarships, postgraduate scholarships, university faculty development, and public sector capacity building.

The Patronato operates a portfolio of six core programs: the Programa de Intercambio Educativo (PIE), a faculty development network created in 1987; the Programa de Apoyo a la Mejora de la Gestión y Políticas Públicas (PAMGPP), launched in 2021 to train public sector officials; the Programa de Becas de Maestría and Beca Patronato scholarship programs; the Apoya a un Estudiante initiative launched in 2020 during COVID-19; and the Expositores Voluntarios executive speaker program. The organization has supported 2,500+ professors across 47 universities in 24 regions of Peru through PIE, financed 70 undergraduate and 23 master's scholarships, and trained 200+ officials of Peru's Congress.

The Patronato's revenue model is donation-based, with three corporate membership tiers (benefactor, sponsoring, and collaborating) supporting 13 current member companies including Credicorp, Interbank, McKinsey, Minas Buenaventura, Ferreycorp, Intercorp, Hochschild Mining, Cementos Pacasmayo, Minsur, SURA, Trafigura, Southern Peru, and ASBANC, plus 22 individual professional benefactors. Its board is composed of C-suite executives from these member companies, with Credicorp's CEO Gianfranco Ferrari serving as President. The organization maintains no commercial product, no pricing model, and discloses no financial statements.

Name

Patronato De La Universidad Del Pacifico

Legal name

Patronato de la Universidad del Pacífico

Website

https://www.patronatoup.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Patronato de la Universidad del Pacífico is a Peruvian non-profit foundation, founded in 1962, that channels corporate donations from Peru's leading companies into scholarships, faculty development, and public sector training programs supporting Universidad del Pacífico and 47 public universities across 24 regions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Foundation / Non-profit Education Support

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Advancement Services & Donor Operations (CRM, Gift Processing, Stewardship) (EDALAOAD)

Keywords

• Educational foundation
• Scholarship programs
• Faculty training
• Public policy training
• Non-profit education support

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Corporate Contributions and Donations: The Patronato receives financial contributions and donations from member companies organized in tiers: benefactor companies (Asbanc, Minas Buenaventura, Ferreycorp, Intercorp, Credicorp), sponsoring companies (Interbank, Hochschild Mining, Cementos Pacasmayo), and collaborating companies (McKinsey, Minsur, Southern Perú, SURA, Trafigura). Individual professionals also contribute as benefactors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Patronato de la Universidad del Pacífico is a non-profit foundation that supports educational excellence at Universidad del Pacífico and across Peru's higher education system. It delivers scholarship programs for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty development training for professors from public universities (PIE), and specialized public policy and management training for government officials (PAMGPP). Its programs are funded through corporate contributions and individual donations from a network of Peru's leading companies.

Product overview

Patronato De La Universidad Del Pacifico is a non-profit foundation that supports Universidad del Pacífico through a portfolio of educational programs. The core offering consists of the Programa de Intercambio Educativo (PIE) for faculty development, the Programa de Apoyo a la Mejora de la Gestión y Políticas Públicas (PAMGPP) for government training, and various scholarship programs including Programa de Becas de Maestría, Beca Patronato, and Apoya a un Estudiante. Additional programs include Expositores Voluntarios for executive-led learning and past initiatives like Préstamos Estudiantiles educational loans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programa de Intercambio Educativo (PIE) Inter-university network created in 1987 that develops institutional ties between Universidad del Pacífico and national universities to improve teaching and research capabilities. Delivers training courses for professors and researchers from public universities across administration, economics, accounting, law, engineering, and public management.
• Programa de Apoyo a la Mejora de la Gestión y Políticas Públicas (PAMGPP) Program delivered through Universidad del Pacífico's School of Public Management providing courses, workshops, and lectures to professionals working in the Congress of the Republic and in regional/local governments to strengthen capabilities in public policy formulation and implementation.
• Programa de Becas de Maestría Annual scholarship grants for young professionals with limited financial resources pursuing Master's in Social Investment Management and Master's in Public Management at Universidad del Pacífico, with the expectation that beneficiaries work in the public or social sector.
• Beca Patronato Full scholarship program that finances all years of undergraduate study at Universidad del Pacífico for selected beneficiaries, succeeding the Apoya a un Estudiante initiative.
• Apoya a un Estudiante Scholarship program supporting undergraduate students at Universidad del Pacífico with high academic performance who are at risk of interrupting their studies due to economic difficulties. Launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Expositores Voluntarios Volunteer speakers program that enriches student learning at Universidad del Pacífico by enabling executives to share practical experience currently being applied in their professional work.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,500+ professors trained across 47 universities in 24 regions
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• McKinsey & CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcKinsey Peru, represented by Partner Alonso Razetto (Second Vice President of Patronato), provides strategic consulting support including strategy workshops and industry trend discussions with UP authorities.
• IPSOSminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIPSOS conducted the Graduate Perception Study (Estudio Percepción de Egresados) at the end of 2023 to understand employer perceptions of UP graduates and identify future curriculum needs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Asociación Peruana de Empresas (IPSOS Educación): Research and consulting arm with deep involvement in Peruvian education-sector studies (IPSOS conducted Patronato's graduate perception study). Serves as an ecosystem-level comparator for evidence-driven curriculum and outcome measurement in Peruvian higher education.

Direct peers

• Fundación Universidad de Chile: Foundation channeling private-sector and individual donations to Universidad de Chile, with comparable scholarship administration and donor-advancement operations. Comparable regional Latin American university-support foundation model.
• Patronato de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP): Direct Peruvian analog: a non-profit patronato that supports one of Peru's leading private universities (PUCP) by channeling corporate donations and alumni philanthropy into scholarships and academic programs. Operates in the same geographic market with the same corporate-donor / scholarship / institutional-governance model.
• Patronato ITAM: Patronato supporting ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México), one of Mexico's leading private universities. Similar model of corporate-board-led funding for scholarships and academic programs targeting economics and business talent.
• Fundación Universidad del Pacífico (Chile): Chilean university-affiliated foundation that supports Universidad del Pacífico in Chile through scholarships, donor stewardship and corporate engagement. Closely comparable in mission (private-sector-funded scholarships and academic support for a Pacific Alliance university) despite different country.
• Patronato Universidad de los Andes (Colombia): Non-profit patronato supporting Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, with a comparable mandate to channel corporate donations into scholarships, faculty development and academic excellence at a top-tier private Latin American university.

Broad incumbents

• Fundación Luksic: Chilean corporate foundation focused on education, including scholarship programs and university partnerships across Latin America. Overlaps with Patronato UP on the corporate-funded scholarship and educational-access mission at a larger scale.
• COLFUTURO: Colombian scholarship foundation that administers graduate-study scholarships funded by corporates and government. Broader and larger-scale than Patronato UP, but highly comparable in its function as a corporate-funded postgraduate scholarship administrator in Latin America.
• Fundación Telefónica (Educación): Large corporate education foundation running teacher training, digital skills, and educational-innovation programs across Latin America. Comparable educational-impact orientation but funded by a single multinational rather than a multi-corporate donor consortium.

Emerging players

• Instituto Educativo del Perú (IEDE / IPAE): Peruvian education-focused organization (linked to IPAE business association) supporting public-sector and business education, including management training and capacity-building programs. Comparable in its corporate-network-driven public-management training orientation (akin to PAMGPP).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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