What Fundação Abrinq does

Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (commonly Fundação Abrinq, or FADC) is a Brazilian nonprofit foundation founded on February 13, 1990, originating from a directorate of the Brazilian Toy Manufacturers Association (ABRINQ). Headquartered at Rua Araguari, 835 in São Paulo, it operates as a legally autonomous, non-partisan, non-governmental organization that does not receive government funding and is sustained entirely by individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and charitable contributions mobilized through the doeagora.org.br platform, street fundraising teams in São Paulo and Brasília, and institutional partnerships. Its mission is to promote and defend the rights of children and adolescents in Brazil, aligned with the 1988 Federal Constitution and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The foundation operates as a platform of interconnected social programs rather than a single product. Core programmatic offerings include Programa Nossas Crianças (financial and technical support to civil society organizations), Programa Creche para Todas as Crianças (childcare infrastructure), Programa Empresa Amiga da Criança (corporate engagement), Programa 1000 Dias (early childhood health), Programa Adotei um Sorriso (volunteer dental and psychological care), Programa Prefeitos e Prefeitas Amigos da Criança (municipal policy support, reaching 1,375 of 5,570 Brazilian municipalities, or 24.68%), Programa Presidente Amigo da Criança (federal policy monitoring, with 8,721 legislative proposals tracked), and Programa Emergência Humanitária (humanitarian and climate crisis response). Supporting projects — Projeto Brincar, Projeto Alfabetiza, Projeto Construindo Futuros, Projeto Mudando a História, and Projeto Coletivos Periféricos — address education, literacy, and youth protagonism. Knowledge products include the Observatório da Criança platform, the Cenário da Infância e da Adolescência no Brasil annual study, the Brincar Junto! e-book series, and the Prêmio Criança award program; awareness campaigns include Não ao Trabalho Infantil and Pode Ser Abuso. Technology is not central to the offering: the foundation does not develop proprietary technology products, maintains no public API or SDK, and relies on standard web properties.

Fundação Abrinq's business model is donation- and partnership-driven. Individual donors give via monthly recurring or one-time contributions through doeagora.org.br and street captadores. Corporate partners engage through program sponsorship, cause-marketing campaigns (e.g., Epson EcoTank '5 Milhões de Sorrisos'), financial adoption of creche slots, and the Empresa Amiga da Criança recognition program; named flagship partners include BASF, SC Johnson brands, WTorre, Fundação Rainer Blickle, and Fundação Salvador Arena. The foundation acts as an intermediary rather than a direct service provider, transferring resources and technical assistance to a network of civil society organizations and municipal governments, and reporting outcomes through annual activity reports (249,051 children and adolescents benefited in 2025; 9,253,268 cumulatively over 35+ years). It is governed by its own board, led by President Synésio Batista da Costa and Executive Manager Victor Alcântara da Graça.

Name

Fundação Abrinq

Legal name

Fundação Abrinq pelos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente

Website

https://fadc.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Fundação Abrinq is a Brazilian nonprofit foundation founded in 1990 that promotes and defends children and adolescents' rights through financial/technical support to civil society organizations, corporate engagement, and municipal-government policy assistance across all 26 Brazilian states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Welfare Advocacy and Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF), Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

Keywords

• Child rights advocacy
• Youth development programs
• Nonprofit foundation services
• Child welfare initiatives
• Social impact programs

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Monthly recurring donations and one-time contributions from individual donors, facilitated through the doeagora.org.br platform. The foundation mobilizes donors through street outreach teams and digital channels.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Companies can sponsor existing institutional programs or co-develop specific projects aligned with their private social investment strategy. Includes Marketing Related to Cause (MRC) campaigns where consumers contribute by purchasing products.
3. Financial Adoption: Financial adoption program allows donors to support the expansion of daycare slots and improve quality of life for children served by partner civil society organizations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fundação Abrinq is a Brazilian nonprofit foundation that promotes and defends the rights of children and adolescents through a portfolio of social programs, advocacy, capacity building, and resource mobilization. The foundation operates as a bridge between donors and vulnerable populations, raising funds from individuals and corporations, transferring resources and technical assistance to civil society organizations, supporting municipal and federal public policy development, and producing research and awareness campaigns on child welfare topics. It delivers its mission through named programs such as Programa Nossas Crianças, Programa Creche para Todas as Crianças, and Programa Empresa Amiga da Criança, supported by the Rede Nossas Crianças network across Brazil.

Product overview

Fundação Abrinq is a nonprofit organization that does not offer a single technology product but rather a portfolio of social programs, projects, awareness campaigns, and publications focused on defending the rights of children and adolescents in Brazil. Its core programmatic offerings include the Programa Nossas Crianças (which strengthens civil society organizations through financial and technical support), the Programa Creche para Todas as Crianças (improving early childhood education infrastructure), the Programa Empresa Amiga da Criança (engaging corporations in child welfare), the Programa 1000 Dias (supporting early child development), the Programa Adotei um Sorriso (providing dental and psychological care via volunteers), the Programa Prefeitos e Prefeitas Amigos da Criança (supporting municipal leaders), the Programa Presidente Amigo da Criança (monitoring federal policy), and the Programa Emergência Humanitária (responding to crises and climate change). These are complemented by project-level interventions such as Projeto Brincar, Projeto Alfabetiza, Projeto Construindo Futuros, Projeto Mudando a História, and Projeto Coletivos Periféricos. The foundation also produces knowledge products including the annual Cenário da Infância e da Adolescência no Brasil research publication, the Brincar Junto! e-book series, a Saúde Mental na Infância e Adolescência e-book, and award programs such as Prêmio Criança. Public awareness campaigns include Não ao Trabalho Infantil and Pode Ser Abuso. The organization operates as a platform of interconnected social programs rather than a single product, mobilizing donors, companies, municipalities, and civil society organizations around the shared mission of child and adolescent rights in Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Our Children Program (Programa Nossas Crianças) Strengthens civil society organizations that provide direct and free services to children and adolescents in social vulnerability situations by transferring financial resources and offering technical and administrative support to the partner network (Rede Nossas Crianças).
• Daycare for All Children Program (Programa Creche para Todas as Crianças) Increases access to, improves infrastructure of, and contributes to the quality of early childhood education units for child development, including joint infrastructure reform initiatives with peer foundations in Brazil's North and Northeast regions.
• Child-Friendly Company Program (Programa Empresa Amiga da Criança) Engages the business sector to stimulate corporate social responsibility focused on childhood and adolescence and recognizes companies that carry out actions for children and adolescents, including program sponsorship and Marketing Related to Cause (MRC) campaign support.
• First 1,000 Days Program (Programa 1000 Dias) Contributes to the integral development of children in the first thousand days of life, supporting maternal and child health through partner organizations.
• Adopt a Smile Program (Programa Adotei um Sorriso) Provides free access to dental health services and psychological care for children and adolescents served by partner civil society organizations through volunteer professionals.
• Mayors Friendly to Children Program (Programa Prefeitos e Prefeitas Amigos da Criança) Mobilizes, values, and technically supports mayors who make children and adolescents a priority in municipal management, developing public policies and action plans for the defense of their rights.
• President Friendly to Children Program (Programa Presidente Amigo da Criança) Monitors the presidential administration and contributes to ensuring that public policies for the promotion of children's and adolescents' rights in Brazil are a priority at the national level.
• Humanitarian Emergency Program (Programa Emergência Humanitária) Supports the protection of children and adolescents affected by humanitarian emergencies and climate change through response activities and resource mobilization.
• Play Project (Projeto Brincar) Contributes to pedagogical practices in early childhood education and elementary school by implementing play-based tools and new methodologies.
• Literacy Project (Projeto Alfabetiza) Qualifies pedagogical practices in early elementary schools by using literacy teaching methodologies to support children's development.
• Building Futures Project (Projeto Construindo Futuros) Promotes life project development for 9th grade students to support their choice of educational pathways in the transition to high school, reducing school dropout.
• Changing History Project (Projeto Mudando a História) Empowers youth protagonism through reading mediation practices in community spaces.
• Peripheral Collectives Project (Projeto Coletivos Periféricos) Strengthens peripheral collectives that promote the rights and citizenship of children and adolescents in underserved Brazilian communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 249,051 children and adolescents benefited in 2025 alone
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Fundação Rainer BlicklecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Partnership for the 2026-2027 cycle of Programa Nossas Crianças, supporting civil society organizations focused on mental health promotion, domestic and sexual violence prevention, child labor combat, complementary education, and the right to play. 26 new organizations were selected across five priority axes.
• Fundação Salvador ArenacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Joint initiative for creche reforms in Brazil's North and Northeast regions. New 2026 call for proposals announced to benefit creches with funding and technical support for infrastructure improvements and quality enhancement.
• Epson do BrasilflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021The '5 Milhões de Sorrisos' (5 Million Smiles) promotion where part of EcoTank printer sales were directed to Fundação Abrinq's education initiatives benefiting children and adolescents across Brazil. Celebrated the milestone of 5 million EcoTank printers sold in Brazil.
• WTorreminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 December 2019Partnership providing a memorable day at Allianz Parque stadium for children and adolescents from SAICA Casa Girassol (Rede Nossas Crianças). Children received guided tours including player locker rooms and field access, plus holiday gifts from Papai Noel and Allianz Parque employees.
• Secretaria Municipal de Educação de São PauloflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with SC Johnson brands (Raid®, Baygon®, OFF!®) for the Programa Protegendo Sonhos, implementing actions in São Paulo municipal schools to promote children's rights and protection.
• Estratégia ODSminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership for the Encontro Anual da Rede Nossas Crianças to discuss the importance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with network participants.
• BASFflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018BASF Conectar para Transformar grant program supporting the Projeto Brincando Comciências, which promotes scientific and mathematical learning for preschool children aged 4-5 through hands-on experiments and environmental education activities in partnership with São Bernardo do Campo's Education Secretariat.
• Hering KidsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017'Todo Mundo de Noel' campaign where purchasing 3 or more children's clothing items automatically donated one piece to organizations partnered with Fundação Abrinq during the holiday season.
• Shopping IbirapueraminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2017'Árvore de Natal Solidária' (Solidarity Christmas Tree) initiative that brought holiday magic to over 350 children through donations facilitated by the shopping center.
• A Brito Construções LtdaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• AbrinqminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• AuricchiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• BOMAX do BrasilminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• Burigotto S/A Indústria e ComérciominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• CapricórniominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• FAM CargominorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• Fortenge Empreendimentos LtdaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• Fundação Salvador ArenaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• GonçalvesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• Haver & BoeckerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• IHFminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• Munir AbbudminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• ParafluminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• Sou CestasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• WorkingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.
• WP LABminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate partner listed on donor page with logo displayed.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fundação Bradesco: Brazilian foundation focused on education and social development through its own schools and partnerships, with national scale. Comparable mission around education access for vulnerable populations in Brazil.
• Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal: Brazilian foundation dedicated to early childhood development, with grantmaking, research, and policy advocacy. Directly comparable on early-childhood focus (overlapping with Programa 1000 Dias and Creche para Todas as Crianças).
• Fundação Lemann: Brazilian foundation focused on education, leadership, and public policy, with strong advocacy and network-of-organizations model. Directly comparable on mission alignment and operating model in children's rights and education.
• Fundação Itaú Social: Brazilian corporate foundation focused on education and social development, with similar programmatic portfolio across early childhood, education quality, and public policy advocacy. Highly comparable as a domestic grantmaking foundation with national scale.
• Fundação Roberto Marinho: Brazilian corporate foundation producing educational content, programs, and policy advocacy for youth. Comparable on multi-program grantmaking model and youth-focused mission in Brazil.
• Instituto Ayrton Senna: Brazilian foundation supporting education innovation and youth development programs across public schools. Closely comparable target beneficiary (children/adolescents) and program delivery model.
• Aldeas Infantiles SOS Brasil: International NGO operating in Brazil focused on children at risk of losing or who have lost parental care. Comparable mission on child protection, alternative care, and youth development.

Broad incumbents

• Childhood Foundation Brasil: International foundation focused on child rights and protection from violence, abuse, and exploitation. Comparable mission on children's rights advocacy and child protection issues in Brazil.
• Save the Children Brasil: Brazilian operation of Save the Children, focused on child protection, education, and emergency response. Comparable programmatic areas (child labor, education, protection) but with international funding and broader geographic mandate.
• UNICEF Brasil: Brazilian office of the UN children's agency, a larger established actor with overlapping children's rights advocacy and policy monitoring. Comparable mission but operates as an international agency with broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fundabrinq
• Instagraminstagram.com/fundacaoabrinq
• Xx.com/fundabrinq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundacaoabrinq

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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