Fundraising FoxFocus Central America
FoundationSeed · 12 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Focus Central America provides small, often unrestricted grants to locally born and managed nonprofits and social enterprises in Central America that offer innovative, systemic solutions for vulnerable communities. It prioritizes organizations with limited access to other funding (budgets typically under $500,000) and elevates the role of women, indigenous, and afro-descendant leaders. Region-based program officers lead the process of identifying, evaluating, and recommending grantee partners. Average first-year grants range from $5,000 to $15,000. Eligible organizations must be based and managed in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, or Panama.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 26, 2026.
Team · 12 people
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What they invest in
from 24 of 118 portfolio companiesImpact & Social Good ×21EdTech ×9Climate Tech ×3AgTech ×2Digital Health ×2Healthtech ×2Media & Entertainment ×2Circular Economy ×1
HQs:Honduras×6United States×4Guatemala×3Costa Rica×1Panama×1El Salvador×1
Investments · 118 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAcción Honduras is a nonprofit organization that works with vulnerable children, families, and communities in Honduras, focusing on early childhood development, protection from violence for youth, and job and entrepreneurship skills.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
ACD Guatemala is a development organization working on community health, human rights, women's rights, and education in Guatemala, with activity in the Quetzaltenango region.
Impact & Social Good
A nonprofit organization that runs water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs to improve family health and reduce poverty in Honduras.
Impact & Social Good
Asociación Amigos del Aprendizaje (ADA) is a nonprofit that works to improve children's literacy and learning outcomes through online teacher professional development, a national children's writing contest, and an international education network.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
Promotes leadership and comprehensive sexuality education for girls and women in Petén, Guatemala.
Asociación ANDAR is a nonprofit organization that promotes and defends human rights, focused on women, girls, and children, through community education, technical assistance, training, and tools to mobilize economic resources.
Impact & Social Good
Narda Meléndez Rosales(Founder)Alba Marina Alonzo Cleaves(Founder)
Asociación Mangle is a nonprofit organization working to improve living conditions for communities in the Xiriualtique-Jiquilisco Biosphere Reserve through programs in community organizing, natural resource conservation, agroecological food production, youth engagement, and women's leadership.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
CasaSito is a Guatemala-based nonprofit that supports young people's emotional, mental, and physical well-being through counseling, education, and self-expression programs.
EdTechImpact & Social GoodMental Health
CEDCAS is a Christian nonprofit organization operating since 1985 that promotes community health through preventive care and education, supporting organized women's community groups and their formation into associations.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Chispa Project is a nonprofit that establishes school libraries and delivers books to schools and organizations in Honduras, using a community-driven approach to build children's access to reading materials.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
COFAMIPRO is a Honduran association of families of disappeared migrants that helps relatives report and document missing persons along the migratory route through Guatemala, Mexico and toward the southern United States.
Impact & Social GoodEl Progreso, Yoro, HN
Emeteria Martínez(Fundadora)
Connected is a web-based address book that consolidates a user's contacts from email accounts and social networks into a single view.
Media & Entertainment
Sachin Rekhi
Co-investors500 GlobalCatalyst Health VenturesEckuityLaerdal Million Lives FundQuesta CapitalRC Capital
Enseña por Panamá runs an educational leadership program that recruits teachers and professionals to work in classrooms and improve education across Panama.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
Connects donors and cooperation agencies with communities for development in Costa Rica.
FundaCoate (Fundación Coatepeque) is a nonprofit working on the restoration, protection, and conservation of the Lake Coatepeque watershed through waste collection, reforestation, environmental education, water and sanitation projects, community development, and preventive health programs.
Circular EconomyClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Fundación ProPetén runs a scholarship fund (Fondo de Becas), launched in 2007, that helps rural youth in Petén, Guatemala access secondary education.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
La Esperanza Granada runs community and educational initiatives for children and youth in Granada, Nicaragua, working with local schools, learning centers, teachers, and parents to address educational needs.
EdTechImpact & Social GoodGranada
New Sun Road builds Stellar, a microgrid energy management platform combining Microgrid OS and Edge hardware that uses IoT data and AI to monitor, control, and optimize power systems such as solar and battery installations.
CleantechEnergyIoTRichmond, US
Jalel Sager(Director)inAustin Cappon(Director)inCandice Eggerss(Director)Adrienne Pierce(Executive Officer, Director)inChad Riley(Director)
BoardAndrew Karetsky(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Bear VenturesSkyview Ventures
A community organization focused on strengthening people's capacities to improve family and community life by promoting the development of skills, knowledge, and values for active participation in their environment.
Impact & Social Good
PENNAT (Programa Educativo del Niño y Niña Adolescente Trabajador) is an educational program serving working children and adolescents, operating through its own centers.
EdTechImpact & Social Good
Reportar Sin Miedo is a Spanish-language digital news outlet publishing journalism on human rights, LGBTQ+ issues, and social struggles, with a focus on Honduras and Latin America.
Media & Entertainment
Strengthens communities and social enterprises in Costa Rica using ICTs and solidarity economy.
TeenSmart is a nonprofit that provides online health education, coaching, and self-assessment tools to help teenagers avoid risk behaviors and adopt healthier habits.
Digital HealthEdTechImpact & Social Good
Trickle Up partners with women living in extreme poverty, providing training, mentoring, and investment to help them build sustainable livelihoods.
Impact & Social Good
Voces y Manos works with Indigenous Maya-Achí farmers to revitalize agroecosystems and support the next generation of farmers, focusing on climate resilience and Indigenous food sovereignty.
AgTechClimate TechImpact & Social Good
Wachalal is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that supports a sister organization operating a hybrid health center in rural Guatemala.
HealthtechImpact & Social Good
Zachary Self(Cofounder & Medical Director)Josefina Self(Cofounder & Executive Director)
Warriors Zulu Nation is a non-profit organization supporting the personal, artistic, and professional development of Honduran children and youth in order to reduce displacement.
Impact & Social GoodSan Pedro Sula, HN
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
A Better Life GuatemalaABESUCHIACESHADICAYADISAADITADUSAESMOAIDEPCEAJUBIALSAREAMEDIPKAmigos del Lago AtitlanAmor es AcciónAMOSAPROCALASAPROSARAsociación InhijambriaAsociación Las HormigasAsociación Niños de MontañaAsociación Nuevos HorizontesAsociación Rompiendo LimitesAsociación Ticos y NicasASOMOBIAzul OriginarioBarefootBayan HondurasBien De MujerCalidad de VidaCasa EsperanzaCEASPACEASPADChild Development FoundationCINCAHUITECIRCULAColectiva Mariposa 88 HNCOMPALCIHTComunidad La EsperanzaCONEXIONCONTEXTOSCRIPDESDale una ManoEDUCATEEducate2envisionEPRODEPFEDICAMPFUMOLIJUPFundación Acción JóvenFundación Espacio CreativoFundación IgualesFundación Unidos por la NiñezFUNDAMUNIFUSALFuturo VivoGo JóvenGo Joven BelizeGrupo Guinopeño AmbientalistaGuardianes de la NaturalezaHogar FátimaICIADKabata KonanaLeer para SoñarLiving Heritage FoundationMancomunidadMigueñeños en AcciónMuchas MásNuestra Señora del CaminoNueva Esperanza Río NegroODECOOdres NuevosOYEPeronia AdolescentePILARHPlanting SeedsPopol NaProyecto Social Orquestal UremuProyecto VidaPUCA Community FoundationPuerta de EsperanzaRed Asistencial HOPERed COIPRODENSegundo MontesSERSO HondurasSOMOSSoy NiñaSTIBRAWPATierra NuevaUn MundoUnited WayVoces VitalesYo'o Guatemala
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Focus Central America made?
- Focus Central America has 118 tracked investments.
- What stage does Focus Central America invest at?
- Focus Central America invests at the Seed stage.
- What is Focus Central America's typical check size?
- Focus Central America typically writes checks of $5K – $15K.
- What sectors does Focus Central America focus on?
- Focus Central America focuses on Impact & Social Good.
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