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The José Luiz Setúbal Foundation works for child and youth health through medical care, education and research, advocacy, and philanthropy. It brings together Sabará Children's Hospital, the Pensi Institute, and Infinis.

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Infinis — Institute for Philanthropy and Advocacy

Infinis is the advocacy and philanthropy arm, working to defend the rights of children and adolescents and strengthen civil society. Its actions extend the Foundation's reach beyond direct assistance.

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Sabará Children's Hospital

Sabará is one of the country's leading pediatric hospitals, providing highly complex care with a multidisciplinary team, and directing its results to sustaining the group's activities.

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Pensi — Research and Education Institute

The Pensi Institute is the Foundation's research and education center, focused on producing scientific knowledge, training professionals, and disseminating best practices in child and youth health.

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    • About Us

      We are the philanthropy and advocacy arm of the José Luiz Setúbal Foundation. We work to protect the health of children and adolescents and to strengthen civil society in Brazil.

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    • Action Strategy

      Grounded in scientific evidence, we work to improve public policies, transform behaviors, and develop solutions that promote health and well-being in childhood.

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    • Partnerships

      We build coalitions, alliances, and cross-sector networks, connecting knowledge and territories. This approach expands our reach and strengthens systemic, sustainable solutions.

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    • Advocacy

      We work to strengthen public policies focused on child and adolescent health, fostering dialogue between civil society and government. Grounded in evidence, we help strengthen the social protection network and support civil society organizations that are essential to democracy and social transformation.

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    • Transparency

      The José Luiz Setúbal Foundation upholds truth and accountability in all its actions. Here, you'll find documents that reflect our commitment to governance, management, and financial reporting.

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    • Food Security

      We seek to drive concrete change in tackling childhood malnutrition, strengthening initiatives that promote access to adequate, healthy, and sustainable nutrition from the earliest years of life.

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    • Mental Health

      We work to strengthen public policies and initiatives that promote the emotional and psychosocial well-being of children and adolescents across Brazil's diverse regions.

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    • Violence Prevention

      Violence against children and adolescents is a structural problem in Brazil. We work on prevention, on promoting safe environments, and on strengthening effective public policies.

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    • Strengthening Civil Society

      We invest in strengthening CSOs (civil society organizations) as a strategy for social transformation, promoting a culture of giving, supporting the philanthropic field, and contributing to the sector's regulation.

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    • Supported Projects and Advocacy Initiatives

      We are the philanthropy and advocacy arm of the José Luiz Setúbal Foundation. We work to protect the health of children and adolescents and to strengthen civil society in Brazil.

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    • José Luiz Setúbal Communication Award

      Grounded in scientific evidence, we work to improve public policies, transform behaviors, and develop solutions that promote health and well-being in childhood.

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    • Public Health Policies Forum for Childhood

      We build coalitions, alliances, and cross-sector networks, connecting knowledge and territories. This approach expands our reach and strengthens systemic, sustainable solutions.

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    • News

      News, analysis, and content that reflect our work. Here, we gather updates, institutional statements, and Infinis initiatives. Follow closely the topics that drive our work.

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    • Library

      Our work is guided by data and evidence. We produce, support, and disseminate qualified knowledge about the health of children and adolescents, because we believe information is essential to safeguarding their rights. Access the content available in the José Luiz Setúbal Foundation's Library.

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    • In the media

      We recognize the press as a strategic ally in the advocacy we promote. Here, you'll find the main news coverage of our work in the national media.

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About Infinis

Partnerships

Strategic Partnerships and Coalition Building: Pathways to Collective Impact Philanthropy

About partnerships

Network Coordination and Strategic Partnerships

Advocacy-oriented work inherently requires a collective, collaborative, and coordinated approach. For Infinis, working in networks, joining coalitions, and establishing strategic partnerships with other civil society organizations, social movements, academia, the public sector, and the private sector are essential conditions for achieving impactful results and sustainable social transformation.

Working within a network expands the capacity for policy advocacy, strengthens the legitimacy of the agendas being championed, and enhances the production and dissemination of high-quality knowledge. By bringing together diverse areas of expertise, place-based experiences, and sectoral perspectives, this collective effort enables a systemic approach to complex challenges; it reduces fragmentation and fosters integrated responses to the multifaceted issues involved in guaranteeing the rights of children and adolescents.

Furthermore, operating in coalitions facilitates strategic alignment, resource optimization, and the institutional strengthening of the participating organizations, thereby contributing to consensus-building, social engagement, and expanded dialogue with public authorities. By adopting an intersectoral and collaborative approach, Infinis reaffirms its commitment to a form of philanthropy that recognizes the interdependence of various actors, values ​​processes of listening and co-creation, and champions collective action as a fundamental pathway toward promoting public policies that are fairer, more effective, and more enduring.

Record of the 7th Public Health Policies Forum for Childhood, an Infinis initiative designed to be a space for exchange and coordination between sectors and for the in-depth exploration of the major themes affecting childhood and adolescence

Partnerships

Meet our partners

We believe in the power of strategic philanthropy; therefore, we establish partnerships based on trust, collaboration, and a commitment to building a fairer country for Brazilian children and adolescents.

Anchieta Grajaú Institute

Anchieta Grajaú Institute

Founded through the mobilization of a group of friends committed to social transformation, the Anchieta Grajaú Institute has been working for over 30 years in community development in the Grajaú District, in the southern zone of São Paulo.

The organization works with families in situations of social vulnerability, promoting initiatives in the areas of education, culture, the environment, human development, and professional training. Over the course of its history, it has established itself as a reference space in the area, strengthening access to opportunities, community participation, and the full development of children, adolescents, and their families.

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Brazilian Public Security Forum

Brazilian Public Security Forum

The Brazilian Public Security Forum is a non-governmental, non-partisan, and non-profit organization whose objective is to build a reference environment in the field of public security.

Composed of police officers, public managers, researchers, activists, and justice system operators, the FBSP contributes to information transparency regarding violence and the prospecting of security policies, in addition to advocating for public security as a fundamental social right.

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  • Brazilian Public Security Yearbook
Disconnect Movement

Disconnect Movement

The Disconnect Movement is an initiative created by families to address the early and excessive use of smartphones and social media by children and adolescents. Based on evidence of the impacts of hyperconnectivity on mental health, development, and social relationships, the movement encourages collective agreements between families and schools to delay access to mobile phones and social media. The proposal seeks to strengthen bonds, reduce social pressure on parents, and promote a childhood and adolescence more connected to real-life experiences and healthy development.

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  • Disconnect Movement
GIFE

GIFE

GIFE — the Group of Institutes, Foundations, and Enterprises — is an association dedicated to strengthening philanthropy and private social investment (PSI) in Brazil. For over 30 years, it has coordinated organizations committed to the public interest, promoting knowledge, advocacy, connections, and practices aimed at strengthening civil society.

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  • GIFE – Group of Institutes, Foundations and Companies
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Institute for Health Policy Studies

The Institute for Health Policy Studies (IEPS) is a non-profit, independent, and non-partisan institution founded in 2019. Its objective is to contribute to a Brazilian healthcare system that offers higher quality services, enables broad access, and ensures increasingly efficient management capable of meeting present and future demands.

With offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasília, and Santarém, the organization operates across three fronts: active political advocacy, support for public management, and the production of international-standard scientific research.

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Ipea

Ipea

The Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) is a federal public foundation linked to the Ministry of Planning and Budget, responsible for producing research and analyses that support the development and improvement of public policies in Brazil. Its work includes economic and social studies, technical support to the government, data production, and long-term research on development, sustainability, and social inequalities, including issues of gender, race, and regional disparities.

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  • IPEA – CSO Map Update
Mondó Institute

Mondó Institute

The Mondó Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to driving social transformation and strengthening vulnerable communities. Inspired by the Tupi term “Mondó,” which conveys the idea of propelling and advancing, the initiative emerged with the purpose of strengthening the human and community potential of Amazonian regions, especially in the Marajó archipelago, a territory marked by profound social inequalities. The organization operates through integrated projects in the areas of education, health, income generation, housing, water, and energy, structuring sustainable solutions that start from the school community to promote social transformation and interrupt cycles of poverty in the territory.

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  • PROA – Guidance and Reception Program
Plan International

Plan International

Plan International is a humanitarian, non-governmental, and non-profit organization that promotes children’s rights and equality for girls.

For over 85 years and present in more than 80 countries, the organization has worked alongside children, young people, and partners to address inequalities, violence, poverty, and discrimination, promoting changes in policies and practices at local, national, and global levels.

Podáali Fund

Podáali Fund

The Podáali – Indigenous Fund of the Brazilian Amazon is a technical mechanism created by indigenous people, for indigenous people, and under indigenous management, resulting from the coordination of the Amazonian indigenous movement through COIAB – Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon. Its work stems from the objective of directly supporting the initiatives of indigenous peoples, respecting their own forms of organization, their ancestral knowledge, and their autonomy. The Fund works to strengthen self-determination, the defense of territorial rights, cultures, and the ways of life of indigenous peoples, promoting the autonomous and sustainable management of territories and natural resources in favor of well-being.

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  • Podáali – Indigenous Fund of the Brazilian Amazon
Serenas Association

Serenas Association

Serenas is a nonprofit civil society organization, founded and run by women, that works to prevent gender-based violence in Brazil through education. Since its founding in 2021, it has operated with the understanding that change requires structured, sustainable strategies that are sensitive to the intersections that shape the lives of girls and women; therefore, it focuses its efforts on three complementary fronts: education for prevention, training public officials to provide humanized support to survivors, and knowledge production and advocacy to strengthen public policies and public debate.

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  • Serenas Association
The Human Project

The Human Project

The Human Project (THP) is an initiative dedicated to developing social technologies aimed at promoting human development in territories marked by social vulnerabilities. Its work is based on the integration of education, culture, community development, and local capacity building, with the purpose of creating sustainable solutions to expand opportunities for learning, expression, and leadership among children, adolescents, and communities.

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  • CRIA – Cultivate and Raise Infancy Awareness
  • Romanceiros do Itanhy
UNICEF

UNICEF

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, works to protect the rights of every child and adolescent, everywhere, especially the most vulnerable, in the most remote locations. In more than 190 countries and territories, we do whatever it takes to help children and adolescents survive, thrive, and reach their full potential. In 2025, UNICEF celebrated 75 years in Brazil.

UNICEF’s work is funded entirely by voluntary contributions.

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  • UNICEF – SUAS
  • UNICEF Health
Vital Strategies

Vital Strategies

Vital Strategies is a global health organization that works with governments and civil society organizations to design and implement evidence-based strategies to address complex health challenges worldwide. With an office in Brazil since 2017, its mission is to advance public health with sustainable solutions, and its work is guided by the values of inclusive collaboration, respect for local contexts, continuous learning, adaptation, and high ethical standards.

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