Foundation for the Social Promotion of Culture

The Foundation for the Social Promotion of Culture (Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultura, often shortened to Fundación Promoción Social) is a Spanish non-profit foundation headquartered in Madrid. It describes itself as an organisation that fights poverty by placing the person at the centre of its work, promoting education and training as levers of development, advancing social justice and equality, respecting cultural diversity and contributing to peace. According to its official website, it has more than 35 years of experience in development cooperation. The foundation operates through projects and observatories. Its project portfolio spans several regions, including the Middle East and Latin America. Examples highlighted on its website include work on the rights and mental health of Jordanians and Syrian refugees with functional diversity, and support to rural communities in southern Lebanon to recover livelihoods, receive psychosocial support and strengthen community cohesion. In Guatemala, it reports a project in the village of Joya Grande aimed at increasing food production and improving nutrition, carried out with the partner FUDI and financed by the Community of Madrid. It also runs campaigns such as SOS Venezuela and appeals to help people remain in Lebanon. Beyond direct project delivery, the foundation maintains observatories, including the CEMO, which it presents as a space to facilitate dialogue fostering peace, freedom, diversity and collaboration. It publishes an annual report (Memoria anual) and reports its impact in figures, including data from its 2024 economic report covering people supported, countries, projects and resources applied. It invites supporters to become members (hazte socio) and to donate. As an NGO, the foundation is described in public data as having consultative status with the United Nations. Its work is framed around the Sustainable Development Goals and long-term, durable development projects. The organisation is a civil-society actor rather than a commercial company, but it operates a branded institutional identity, a public-facing website and fundraising campaigns.

The Foundation for the Social Promotion of Culture (Fundación Promoción Social de la Cultura) is a Spanish non-profit foundation based in Madrid. Its official website states that it has more than 35 years of experience in development cooperation, which places its origins in the late 1980s or early 1990s, although the exact founding year is not given in the available evidence. From its base in Spain, the foundation has built a portfolio of development and humanitarian projects in multiple countries. Its website highlights work in the Middle East and Latin America, including projects in Jordan, Lebanon and Guatemala, as well as campaigns related to Venezuela. A recurring theme is the promotion of education and training as levers of development, alongside respect for cultural diversity and the pursuit of peace. Over time the foundation has developed institutional instruments beyond individual projects. It maintains observatories, including the CEMO, described as a space to facilitate dialogue that fosters peace, freedom, diversity and collaboration. It publishes an annual report and reports its impact in figures; its 2024 economic report data covers people supported, countries, projects and resources applied. Public data describes the organisation as an NGO with consultative status at the United Nations. Its current public communications emphasise long-term, sustainable projects, membership and donation appeals, and specific campaigns such as SOS Venezuela and support for people remaining in Lebanon.

• Foundation reports more than 35 years of experience in development cooperation.

• Public data describes the organisation as an NGO with consultative status at the United Nations.

• Website highlights ongoing projects in Jordan, Lebanon and Guatemala, and campaigns such as SOS Venezuela.

• Foundation publishes 2024 economic report data covering people supported, countries, projects and resources applied.

A Spanish development NGO positioning itself around human dignity, education as a development lever, cultural diversity and peace, with UN consultative status.

• Jordan mental health and disability rights project

  Promotes the rights and mental health of Jordanians and Syrian refugees with functional diversity.

• Southern Lebanon livelihoods and psychosocial support project

  Helps rural communities recover livelihoods, receive psychosocial support and strengthen community cohesion.

• Guatemala Joya Grande nutrition project

  Aims at greater food production and improved nutrition, implemented with partner FUDI and financed by the Community of Madrid.

• CEMO observatory

  A dialogue platform to foster peace and ensure freedom, diversity and collaboration.

1. 1Inicio - Fundación Promoción Socialpromocionsocial.org
2. 2Wikidata Q131926037wikidata.org