BM&FBOVESPA Institute And BrazilFoundation Announce The Creation Of A Social Joint Venture - This Unprecedented Partnership At BM&FBOVESPA’s Socio-Environmental Investment Exchange (BVSA) Will Kick Off With The Listing Of 20 New Projects - Each Project Will Initially Have Around R$ 40,000, With Another R$ 50,000 Possible From Fundraising

The BM&FBOVESPA Institute and BrazilFoundation have announced an unprecedented social joint venture to attract sponsors to projects run by Brazilian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The partnership combines BrazilFoundation’s expertise on selection, capacity building and supervision of social projects, with BVSA’s worldwide pioneering model for fundraising and account rendering via a virtual platform based on concepts similar to those of a stock exchange. The common vision of this initiative is the need to build a culture of Transformative Philanthropy in Brazil.

The two institutions will maintain their institutional and organizational identities. They will act as co-investors and co-operators, benefitting at least 20 projects every year. The projects will be selected by a mixed selection committee, in line with the United Nation’s Eight Millennium Goals and the criteria and activity areas of BrazilFoundation. Each project will be granted an initial investment of around R$ 40,000 from BrazilFoundation and will be able to raise additional funds of up to R$ 50,000 at BVSA. The projects will be listed for one year.

By combining their global visions, experiences and accumulated knowledge, the two institutions will be involved in the development of an original model for social actions in Brazil. The two bodies will show Brazil and the world a tangible example of how the optimization and combination of competencies can strengthen individual missions while establishing a common objective, thus helping targets to be met in full.

For information on how to become a “socio-environmental investor”, just register at the www.bvsa.org.br portal, choose the projects to which you want to contribute – according to theme, beneficiaries or region – and build your donations portfolio. Donations start at R$ 20.00, and can be made via credit card or bank payment slip. Legal Persons are entitled to tax breaks: the donated amounts, classified as operating expenses, are tax-deductible up to a limit of 2% of the company’s operating profit (only legal persons taxed according to the actual profit regime are entitled to such a tax deduction). The CSOs that wish to include their projects are obliged to take part in the selection process, organized by the BrazilFoundation through BVSA’s portal.

PROJECTS LISTED ON BVSA ON January 30, 2015
	Benefitted NGO	Benefitted Project	City	State	Region
1	Associação Incubadora Social Gastromotiva	Vocational Cooking Course – Salvador Expansion	Salvador, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro	Bahia, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro	Southeast
2	Instituto Luther King de Ensino, Pesquisa e Ação Afirmativa (ILK)	Pedagogic Modernization of the Preparatory Course for the Public University Admission Exam and Enem	Campo Grande	Mato Grosso do Sul	Central West
3	Instituto Coração de Estudante	Solidary Investment Fund	Pentecoste	Ceará	Northeast
4	Associação de Estudantes de Paramoti	Our Culture Is Peace-Oriented	Paramoti	Ceará	Northeast
5	Associação Cultural Quabales - Música, Cultura, Arte, Cidadania e Meio Ambiente	Quabales	Salvador	Bahia	Northeast
6	Fundação Lar Feliz	I’ve Grown Up, and Now What?	Juazeiro	Bahia	Northeast
7	MMNEPA - Movimento de Mulheres do Nordeste Paraense	Strengthening of Entrepreneurial Women’s Initiatives: Building and Spreading Knowledge in Agroecology	Capanema	Paraiba	North
8	ADETT - Associação de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico de Tauá	Digital Entrepreneur	Tauá	Ceará	Northeast
9	Associação Comunitária dos Moradores de Mandassaia II	Involve Rural Women in Sustainable Development and Job and Income Creation	Riachão do Jacuípe	Bahia	Northeast
10	ADEL - Agência de Desenvolvimento Econômico Local	Néctar in the Sertão	Pentecoste	Ceará	Northeast
11	Lovefútbol Brasil	Social Alliance Arena	Recife	Pernambuco	Northeast
12	Themis - Assessoria Jurídica e Estudos de Gênero	Grassroots Defenders: A New Way to Provide Access to Justice in Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	Rio Grande do Sul	South
13	Casa da Criança e do Adolescente	Joker	Volta Redonda	Rio de Janeiro	Southeast
14	Instituto Cidade Democrática	Participatory Plans of Educator Neighborhoods in the Municipality of Sorocaba	São Paulo	São Paulo	Southeast
15	Instituto de Fiscalização e Controle	Civic Health Audit	Brasília	Federal District	Center West
16	AMINA – Associação de Mulheres Independentes na Ativa	Women of the Pantanal and their Home-Made Candy	Anastácio	Mato Grosso do Sul	Center West
17	Associação Barraca da Amizade	Solidary Friendship	Fortaleza	Ceara	Northeast
18	Coopa-Roca - Cooperativa de Trabalho Artesanal e de Costura da Rocinha	Strengthening of the Coopa-Roca Social Enterprise Strategy	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Southeast
19	ONG SOS Dental	Dentists in the Slum	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Southeast
20	Acreditar - Capital Humano e Transformação Social	The Entrepreneurial Vision: Qualifying Businesses, Transforming People	Glória de Goitá	Pernambuco	Northeast

More information on the projects.

Vocational Cooking Course – Salvador Expansion

Pedagogic Modernization of the Preparatory Course for the Public University Admission Exam and Enem

Our Culture Is Peace-Oriented