fundacao de desenvolvimento

What fundacao de desenvolvimento does

Fundação da Gide (FdG) is a Brazilian non-profit civil foundation, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, that develops and disseminates the Gide Avançada methodology (Gestão Integrada da Educação) for managing public school networks. The foundation's core offering is a codified management system composed of six interlocking modules — Gestão Financeira, Gestão Estratégica, Gestão para Resultados Pedagógicos, Gestão de Processos, Gestão de Competência, and Gestão de Projetos — supported by the Programa 5S (adapted from Japanese 5S) and the Trilha Gerencial leadership pathway, plus three proprietary tools: the i-Gide diagnostic indicator, the Plataforma de Coleta de Dados for school-level variable capture, and the Calculadora IDEB. These tools enable network managers to diagnose root causes of poor educational outcomes using a Pareto-based framework and to deploy targeted corrective action plans.

FdG generates revenue through two primary channels. The dominant channel is multi-year professional-services consulting contracts with state and municipal education secretariats, including an anchor partnership with the State of Minas Gerais covering 900 schools and 300,000 students under the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program (2019–2025), and historical engagements in Ceará (since 2002), Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, and São João del-Rei. The second channel is corporate ESG sponsorship, with named partners including Anglo American (R$ 49 million cumulative investment since 2007), Localiza, MRV, Stellantis, BH Airport, Grupo Supernosso, PR Lasmar, and Tradimaq, who fund educational projects in municipalities where they operate to fulfill social-investment mandates. The foundation also operates the Liga da Gide online community (70,000+ registered educators) and the PME na Prática cohort-based online course as scalable ecosystem assets. FdG serves 9,000+ schools across 12 Brazilian states and claims 10 million+ students and 1 million+ trained educators over its 25+ year trajectory. Pricing for consulting engagements and the PME na Prática course is not publicly disclosed.

Name

fundacao de desenvolvimento

Legal name

Fundação da Gide

Website

https://fdg.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Fundação da Gide (FdG) is a Brazilian non-profit foundation that provides the Gide Avançada educational management methodology, consulting, and training to state and municipal public school networks, serving 9,000+ schools across 12 Brazilian states and funded by government contracts and corporate ESG sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Management Consulting

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Administration of Education Programs (92311)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 SIS & District Administration Platforms (EDAFAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Student Information Systems (SIS) Administration & Data Management (Non-EdTech Ops) (EDAEALAC)

Keywords

• Educational management consulting
• Public school management
• Educator training
• Education network consulting
• Management methodology

Headquarters

HQ city

Belo Horizonte

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Management Consulting and Implementation Services: FdG provides consulting services and implementation support for the Gide Avançada methodology to public education networks (state and municipal), generating revenue through service contracts with government entities and corporate sponsors supporting public education projects.
2. PME na Prática Course: Online course for municipal education secretaries and technical teams to build their Plano Municipal de Educação (Municipal Education Plan), offered in cohorts at 4-module online format with 30-day support.
3. Corporate Sponsorship for Public Education Projects: Corporate partners (e.g., Anglo American, Localiza, MRV, Stellantis, BH Airport) sponsor FdG's educational projects in specific municipalities as part of their ESG commitments, providing funding in exchange for social impact positioning and community relations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fundação da Gide designs and implements the Gide Avançada (Integrated Education Management) methodology for public basic-education networks across Brazil, combining diagnostic assessment, on-site training, and long-term advisory for managers, educators, and school networks. The foundation also delivers the PME na Prática online course for municipal education-plan teams and maintains the Liga da Gide community platform for education leaders, with engagements funded by consulting fees from government contracts and corporate sponsorships.

Product overview

Fundação da Gide is a non-profit institution offering educational management consulting services through its core methodology, Gide Avançada (Gestão Integrada da Educação), which provides a structured management system for schools and education networks. The offering consists of the core Gide Avançada methodology complemented by specialized modules (Gestão Financeira, Gestão Estratégica, Gestão para Resultados Pedagógicos, Gestão de Processos, Gestão de Competência, Gestão de Projetos), diagnostic tools (i-Gide indicator, Calculadora IDEB), the Programa 5S for organizational improvement, and the Trilha Gerencial for leadership development. The institution also offers the PME na Prática online course for municipalities to build their Municipal Education Plans. All offerings share the common goal of improving learning outcomes through data-driven management, systematic diagnosis, action planning, and continuous performance monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gide Avançada: Advanced Integrated Education Management methodology developed by the foundation for school and network management.
• Liga da Gide
• PME na Prática

Products and services

• Gide Avançada (Gestão Integrada da Educação)
• PME na Prática
• Liga da Gide Community Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 million students benefited and 1 million+ educators trained over 25 years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Anglo AmericancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Anglo American invests approximately R$ 49 million in education and technical training across municipalities in Minas Gerais (Conceição do Mato Dentro, Alvorada de Minas, Dom Joaquim) since 2007. Since 2021, the partnership with FdG has strengthened school management and teacher training, benefiting 5,000+ students. Anglo American also sponsors the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program in Minas Gerais state network.
• LocalizacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocaliza (Instituto Localiza) is a sponsor of the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program in partnership with the Government of Minas Gerais and FdG, supporting educational management improvement across the state education network.
• MRVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto MRV sponsors the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program supporting FdG's work in the Minas Gerais state education network.
• StellantiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStellantis partners with FdG and the Municipality of Betim on public-private partnerships for educational outcomes, supporting management improvements in the local education network.
• BH AirportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBH Airport (Aeroporto Internacional de Belo Horizonte) partners with FdG and the Municipality of Confins to implement Gide methodology in two municipal schools, contributing to the municipality's achievement of Selo Ouro in Compromisso Nacional Criança Alfabetizada.
• Grupo SupernossominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrupo Supernosso, a supermarket chain in Minas Gerais, supports the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program as a corporate sponsor.
• Rotary Club Belo Horizonte OesteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRotary Club Belo Horizonte Oeste is a supporter of the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program in partnership with FdG and the Government of Minas Gerais.
• Instituto IAMARminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto Alair Martins (IAMAR) collaborates with FdG on educational events and seminars focused on human development in education.
• PR Lasmar (Escritório de Advocacia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPR Lasmar law firm supports the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program as a corporate sponsor.
• TradimaqminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTradimaq sponsors the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program supporting FdG's educational management initiatives.
• Fundación Pies Descalzos (Shakira)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership at Festival Liga da Gide 2025; Fundación Pies Descalzos, founded by Shakira, participated in a keynote on education transformation, representing potential future collaboration with an international education foundation.
• Secretaria de Estado de Educação de Minas Gerais (SEE/MG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEE/MG partners with FdG on the Gestão pela Aprendizagem program, benefiting 900 schools and 300,000 students in the state education network since 2019, with results recognized nationally (Ceará won first Prêmio MEC 2025).
• Prefeitura de Coruripe/ALminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality of Coruripe, led by Mayor Marcelo Beltrão (President of AMA), presented its education management experience at the Festival Liga da Gide 2025, representing municipal partners applying Gide methodology.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fundação Lemann: Brazilian non-profit foundation focused on improving the quality of public basic education through partnerships with state and municipal education networks — directly comparable mission, target customer (public education secretaries), and consulting/program delivery model.
• Instituto Ayrton Senna: Brazilian non-profit that develops and implements programs in public education networks across multiple states — comparable in mission (public education outcomes), customer (state/municipal education departments), and large-scale program delivery.
• Instituto Unibanco: Brazilian institute focused on youth education and public-school network improvement, with programs operating in multiple state education systems — comparable target customer (state education secretariats) and program-implementation business model.
• Fundação Roberto Marinho: Major Brazilian education foundation that develops curricula, training, and educational content programs deployed in public school networks — comparable non-profit foundation structure and public-education program delivery.
• Instituto Natura: Brazilian institute that invests in public basic education through partnerships and programs in municipal and state networks — comparable foundation structure and target segment (public education networks seeking measurable outcomes).
• CENPEC: Brazilian education research and consulting center that works with public education systems on curriculum, assessment, and management practices — comparable consulting/research orientation toward public education networks.

Emerging players

• Instituto Positivo: Brazilian institute linked to Positivo that develops educational solutions and programs for public schools — adjacent player offering some overlapping public-school programs and content with a more product/tech orientation than FdG's consulting-led model.
• Geek Education: Brazilian EdTech company serving public and private schools with technology-enabled learning and management solutions — adjacent competitor bringing software-first delivery to the same K-12 public-network segment.

Regional players

• MindCET: Israeli EdTech innovation center that supports educational content and management companies entering schools — comparable role as an enabling ecosystem player for K-12 educational management, though operating in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Pearson: Global education company offering curriculum, assessment, and school-management/digital solutions to K-12 systems worldwide — broadly incumbent competitor in the same school-management and outcomes-improvement space, though at much larger scale and with a for-profit, product-led model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/fdg_gide
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@fundacaodagide
• Facebookfacebook.com/fundacaodagide
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fundacaodagide
• Instagraminstagram.com/fundacaodagide

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

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