Instituto 25A

What Instituto 25A does

Instituto 25A is a private nonprofit civil society organization headquartered in Guatemala City, founded in 2015 in the wake of Guatemala's 2015 civic movement. The organization is structured around four programmatic pillars: Pensamiento e Investigación (Thought and Research), Aprendizaje y Comunidad (Learning and Community), Narrativas y Comunicación (Narratives and Communication), and Publicaciones (Publications). Its mission is to foster political participation and civic engagement among the urban middle sectors of Guatemala City through political education, community organizing, and narrative construction grounded in Paulo Freire's liberation pedagogy.

The organization's portfolio consists of community programs, research initiatives, and publications rather than technology products. Specific initiatives include Avenida Comunidad (neighborhood-level community organizing), Escuela 25A (learning cycles using Freirean pedagogy), Cibaque (an annual youth activist gathering co-convened with JusticiaYa and Techo Guatemala since 2017), Terremotos (micropolitical youth activism), Laboratorio de Narrativas (narrative construction initiative), Paraíso Desigual (multi-organization inequality initiative), Encuentros de Pensamiento (dialogue spaces), and Mapas de Ignición (documentation of youth-led political transformation). Publications include Mirador Urbano (urban observatory), Memoria de Labores (annual reports), and Sectores Medios Research.

The business model is consistent with a small grant-funded nonprofit: services are offered free to participants, and revenue is not disclosed. The organization has 1–10 employees and operates primarily through community-led engagement, direct programming in Guatemala City neighborhoods, an active multichannel social media presence (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok), a newsletter, and its website (i25a.gt). No funding rounds, parent company, investors, or institutional backers are disclosed in source data.

Name

Instituto 25A

Legal name

Instituto 25A

Website

https://i25a.gt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Instituto 25A is a Guatemalan nonprofit founded in 2015 that delivers civic education, community organizing, and narrative-construction programs to urban middle sectors and youth in Guatemala City. Its portfolio spans political research, learning cycles, publications, and co-convened activist gatherings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Education and Community Development

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Educational Services (611), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Democracy, Voting Rights & Civic Participation Advocacy (BPAGAFAJ), Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Civic education programs
• Community organizing
• Political education
• Civil society advocacy
• Youth civic engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Guatemala City

HQ country

Guatemala

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. Not disclosed: Instituto 25A is a civil society organization. Revenue model not explicitly disclosed in available sources. The organization likely operates through grants, donations, and collaborative projects with partner organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Instituto 25A is a civil society organization in Guatemala City that supports civic education, community organizing, and narrative construction for citizen-led political participation. The organization delivers community-based programs, learning cycles, research publications, and youth gatherings focused on empowering urban middle-class sectors and youth collectives to engage in collective political action.

Product overview

Instituto 25A is a civil society organization from Guatemala City organized around four main program areas: Thought and Research (Pensamiento e Investigación), Learning and Community (Aprendizaje y Comunidad), Narratives and Communication (Narrativas y Comunicación), and Publications (Publicaciones). The organization operates through multiple specific initiatives including the Narratives Laboratory and Paraíso Desigual for communication work; Avenida Comunidad and Escuela 25A for community learning; Terremotos and Cibaque for youth activism; Encuentros de Pensamiento and Mapas de Ignición for research; and various publications such as Mirador Urbano (urban observatory) and Memoria de Labores (annual reports). The portfolio is not a unified tech product but rather a collection of community programs, research initiatives, and publications aimed at political transformation in Guatemala.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Laboratorio de Narrativas: An initiative to identify anti-democratic discourses in daily life and develop alternative narratives for dignified living.
• Paraíso Desigual
• Avenida Comunidad
• Escuela 25A
• Terremotos
• Cibaque
• Encuentros de Pensamiento
• Mapas de Ignición

Products and services

• Escuela 25A Learning cycles that incentivize participation and critical thinking in urban citizenship using Paulo Freire's political-pedagogical approach. Aimed at urban residents and community members seeking political education.
• Avenida Comunidad Program to recover the sense of community among neighbors through activities, learning spaces, dialogue, and collective action in Guatemala City neighborhoods. Targets residents seeking neighborhood-level community engagement.
• Cibaque Annual activist gathering convened with JusticiaYa, Techo Guatemala, and Instituto 25A since 2017 for young people across Guatemala to engage in collective reflection and political complicity.
• Terremotos Collective initiative seeking to interrupt power exercises from a micropolitical approach, questioning subjectivity, time, relationships, and political practice. Targets youth activists and collectives.
• Paraíso Desigual Multi-organization collaborative initiative focused on positioning inequality in Guatemala's public debate and proposing solutions to combat economic, social, and political inequality gaps. Targets the general public and policy discourse.
• Laboratorio de Narrativas Initiative to identify anti-democratic discourses in daily life and experiment with alternative ways of naming and understanding reality to promote dignified narratives. Targets community participants and communications practitioners.
• Encuentros de Pensamiento Dialogue and learning spaces to deepen understanding of urban daily life through political perspectives and diverse voices. Open to urban residents and community members.
• Mapas de Ignición Initiative documenting dialogue and reflection experiences about political, transformative, and resistance work of youth-led organizations in various territories of Guatemala.
• Mirador Urbano Ongoing publication tracking urban developments and issues in Guatemala City, with editions covering topics like municipal governance, national strikes, water, and community diagnostics.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Catafixia EditorialminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaborative partnership for the publication 'Todas Aquí, Todas Ahora' in 2020, commemorating the 5 years of the 25A movement. Catafixia Editorial served as the publishing partner for this commemorative work.
• Asociación de Estudiantes UniversitariosminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Co-organizer of the 2018 Cibaque encounter in Cobán. Local university student association partnered with Instituto 25A and other organizations for this regional youth gathering.
• JusticiaYacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-convener of the Cibaque initiative since 2017. Cibaque is a collective space for youth activists and organizations across Guatemala to engage in political reflection and joint action.
• Techo GuatemalacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-convener of the Cibaque initiative since 2017. Together with JusticiaYa and Instituto 25A, Techo Guatemala participates in this collective activist space focused on political consciousness and collective action.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JusticiaYa: Guatemalan civic movement against corruption and impunity; co-convener of Cibaque with Instituto 25A since 2017. Operates in the same Guatemalan civic-participation space with overlapping leadership and shared programmatic infrastructure.
• Grupo ProReforma: Guatemalan civic coalition pushing for justice-system reform and citizen participation. Directly comparable as a domestic coalition-style CSO advancing democratic participation and anti-corruption reforms.
• CEFODE: Guatemalan civic-education and development NGO running community-based learning and participation programs. Comparable as a domestic CSO focused on civic formation and community engagement in Guatemala.
• Ríos de Pie: Guatemalan youth civic engagement organization working on citizen participation and political education. Directly comparable because both organizations focus on youth-led civic formation within Guatemala.
• Acción Ciudadana: Transparency International chapter in Guatemala focused on anti-corruption, transparency, and civic accountability. Directly comparable because both organizations operate in the Guatemalan civic-anti-corruption and citizen-participation space.

Regional players

• Cristosal: El Salvador-based civil-society organization focused on civic space, human rights, and democratic participation. Comparable as a Central American CSO active in civic-education and pro-democracy programming, though operating across the border.

Broad incumbents

• National Democratic Institute (NDI) - Guatemala: International democracy-support organization with active programming in Guatemala on political participation and civic education. Comparable as an externally-funded actor that runs civic-formation programs in the same operating environment.
• CIVICUS: Global civil-society alliance tracking civic space and advocating for citizen participation worldwide. Comparable as a broader civic-society umbrella that frames the same civic-participation agenda Instituto 25A works on at country level.
• IFES - International Foundation for Electoral Systems: International organization supporting citizen participation, civic education, and electoral integrity, with Guatemala engagement. Comparable as a broader incumbent that operates in the same civic-formation and citizen-participation space.

Others

• WOLA - Washington Office on Latin America: Research and advocacy organization focused on Latin American policy including governance and civic space. Comparable as an adjacent advocacy-and-research actor that influences the same regional civic-participation discourse.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/instituto_25a
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCclp2oruMHrRopoq6fy1nHw
• Facebookfacebook.com/instituto25a
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-25a
• Instagraminstagram.com/instituto25a
• TikToktiktok.com/@instituto25a

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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