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Charitable foundations in Brazil_

As of 4 November 2026, 8,279 charitable foundations companies are based in Brazil; 11 are hiring right now and São Paulo has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
8,279
Hiring now
11 · 6 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Local social welfare foundations · 3,670
Top city
São Paulo · 572
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 47,188
8,279charitable foundations companies in Brazil
11hiring today
6opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Charitable foundations in Brazil, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Local social welfare foundations
3,67044%
Patient support & health charities
1,34416%
Conservation & environmental charities
6738%
Animal welfare charities
5306%
General purpose charities
4846%
Charity fundraising organisations
4616%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
4035%
Child sponsorship charities
3284%
Other nonprofit civic associations
3204%
Food banks
3124%
Youth welfare organisations
2964%
International relief charities
2623%
Youth nonformal education ngos
1932%
Cultural arts associations
1652%
Grantmaking foundations
1332%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
4,786 · 0
2-10 employees
2,242 · 1
11-50 employees
852 · 0
51-200 employees
254 · 1
201-500 employees
71 · 5
501-1000 employees
34 · 0
1001-5000 employees
27 · 2
5001-10000 employees
9 · 1
10,001+ employees
4 · 1
By city
companiesshare
São Paulo
5727%
Belém
2103%
Rio de Janeiro
1782%
Teresina
841%
San Ildefonso Tultepec
641%
Curitiba
611%
Santana
551%
Jardim
481%
San José
481%
Brasília
471%
Salvador
441%
Fortaleza
390%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest charitable foundations companies in Brazil

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

8,279 charitable foundations companies in Brazil.

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04 — What they run

The stack of charitable foundations in Brazil

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8,279 charitable foundations companies are based in Brazil; 11 are hiring right now and São Paulo has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/brazil/charitable_foundations)
How we know

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  • ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
  • Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
  • HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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Charitable foundations in Brazil: questions

How many charitable foundations companies are there in Brazil?

8,279 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Charitable foundations → leaf niches such as local social welfare foundations, patient support & health charities, conservation & environmental charities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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