Quiera Foundation

6,406 beneficiaries
4,649 beneficiaries
23 Amigas de Quiera institutions benefited from different volunteering activities
25.5 million pesos distributed

Quiera is a foundation of the Association of Mexican Banks, a second-level donation organization organization that supports charitable institutions for childhood and youth in situations of risk of living on the street and/or the working classes.

In 2014, Quiera celebrated 21 years, throughout which it has created positive impacts for 220,287 people and has made innumerable efforts to transform the lives of thousands of children and young people.

Quiera has a comprehensive service model to channel its economic, human and knowledge resources a network of Amigas de Quiera institutions (IAQs), which totaled 55 at year-end 2014, which operate in 15 states of the Republic and provide benefits for a total of 21,517 people.

The four main programs and their results in the year are summarized as follows:



In 2014, the analysis, evaluation and diagnosis process was undertaken in order to streamline the Foundation’s resources intervention and investment tools more efficient, as well as multiplying the impact that the IAQs have on society.

The result of this process is the classification of the IAQs into three groups: Bronze, Silver and Gold. This scale is established based on different indicators: governance, sustainability, professionalization and operation. The classification will enable Quiera to work on the areas of opportunity detected in the IAQs, encouraging them daily to be more professional institutions and to strengthen the comprehensive development of the populations they serve.