ACHermosa - Asociacion Civica de Hermosa / Civic Association of Hermosa

ACH is a passionate group of native Costa Ricans and foreigners who are dedicated to the protection and conservation of the incredible ecosystem in Playa hermosa / Santa Teresa including its forests, rivers and ocean, and wildlife. The ACH is working towards the protection of all National Heritage lands (PNE), forested areas, maritime zones, and other governmentally protected areas to prevent them from being destroyed. Dedicated to building a strong community that thrives with nature, not against it.

ADC Alianza para el Desarrollo Comunitario

The Alliance for Community Development (ADC) is a community-based organization led by local Costa Ricans with deep roots in their neighborhoods. The organization serves as a bridge to narrow the gap between various groups, providing an opportunity to create a shared vision where marginalized populations can actively participate and take on leadership roles.

ADE Playa Grande | Asociación de Desarrollo Específica para la Conservación del Medio Ambiente de Playa Grande

We seek to become a leading community in sustainable development, research, and education in the conservation of the ocean, flora and fauna of Playa Grande—in which the human being develops in harmony with nature.

ADI Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Tamarindo (ADIT)

We are a non-profit association, whose objective is to unite the people of this multicultural community to promote the sustainable growth of our little paradise called Tamarindo.

ADI Bahía de Osa Puntarenas

Information and photos coming soon!

ADI Las Delicias

Information coming soon!

ADIPHC | ADI Playa Hermosa de Carrillo

The Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Playa Hermosa de Carrillo (ADIPHC) is the association for integral development of Playa Hermosa de Carrillo, the coastal town adjacent to the Polo Turístico de Papagayo. As an integral nonprofit community organization we engulf several committees like: risk management and disaster mitigation, habitat and recycling, security, sports, public beach services, roads and sidewalks, etc.

ALCCI - Foundation Against Childhood Cancer

Did you know that every three days a child in Costa Rica is diagnosed with cancer? For 40 years, ALCCI has been providing care and support to children diagnosed with cancer in Costa Rica. Throughout the time they are receiving treatment, ALCCI provides lodging, transportation, psychological support, meals, and medicines at no cost to the patients or their families.

APAMI Wildlife Rescue Center by Monkey Park Foundation

APAMI Wildlife Rescue Center, an initiative by Monkey Park Foundation, serves as a sanctuary dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of wild animals.

ASADA Lagunas de Aguirre

The Asociación Administradora del Acueducto de Lagunas de Aguirre ("ASADA Lagunas") provides clean, safe drinking water to the rural community of Lagunas in southern Costa Rica. It is our goal to serve our growing community in the most efficient and reliable way possible.

ASANA

ASANA means Asociación Amigos de la Naturaleza del Pacífico Central y Sur (Friends of Nature of the Central and Southern Pacific Coast), Costa Rica. We are a local non-profit NGO founded in 1998 with the goal of fighting environmental crimes in the central and south Pacific areas. Its main objective is to work with local communities to empower them and create awareness about existing issues.

Agua Tica

Join us in ensuring water quality and quantity in the greater metropolitan area (GMA) of Costa Rica! AguaTica is the first public-private water fund in the country. The watersheds of the Grande and Virilla Rivers suffer increasing contamination and degradation from high population growth, lack of planning, and unregulated development.

Amigos del Aprendizaje (ADA) / Friends of Learning

Amigos del Aprendizaje (Friends of Learning) is a leading Costa Rican non-profit organization that works to improve children's learning opportunities, through motivating them to read and write for a purpose, contributing to reduce high school dropout, break the cycle of poverty and enable ALL children to thrive.

Amor Animales de Nosara

We are a charity and donation based organization with a double mission: 1) To provide and manage a TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR) Program which includes vaccination for feral cats in Nosara and its surrounding communities; 2) To support, educate, and work with locals and their animal care needs. Our flagship TNR program reduces the feral cat populations via internationally accepted standards, which in turn not only leads to a better quality of life for the cats themselves but also significantly protects the birds, reptiles and other wildlife that they must prey upon in order to survive. By incorporating vaccination into the program during the sterilization procedure, we are helping to prevent the spread of rabies in both the wild and domestic animal populations of Nosara.

Animal Love

A non-profit, no-kill charitable organization, founded on the belief that all animals deserve respectful and loving treatment and must be protected by humans as well as by law. Whenever we come across animals who are abused, abandoned, sick or injured, we take action to prevent further suffering and give them a safe and loving home. Our animal friends live with us for the rest of their life.

Animales de Asis

Animales de Asis is a non-profit, no kill animal sanctuary located in the mountains of Heredia, Costa Rica. We believe all animals deserve love and a home to call their own. We currently house over 200 dogs and cats, providing them with love, medical care, food, protection and eventually a forever home. Many of the dogs we take in are sick or disabled and live permanently at the shelter. Our goal is to ensure they have the highest quality of life possible. With your donation and support, you are helping them to live out a long and happy life!

Arbol de Esperanza

Árbol de Esperanza is a non-profit organization that works to reinforce the individual and collective abilities of women, through a comprehensive program that allows them to move towards the mental health and economic autonomy of women, their families, and community.

Asociacion De Skatepark y Deporte Al Aire Libre De Guiones De Nosara

Information and photos coming soon!

Asociacion Proyecto Daniel

Daniel Arce-Bobadilla, who was a Costa Rican and USA citizen, was the inspiration for the creation of Asociación Proyecto Daniel. When he was diagnosed with cancer at age 15, he decided to build a hospital for adolescents in Costa Rica.

Asociación Actualiza

We seek to provide all of Costa Rica's youngest public sector students with the skills an eager reader, writer, critical thinker and productive citizen entails. By engaging teachers in high quality professional development, we strive to minimize the growing gap between public and private educational systems. Participating educators shall acquire the competences necessary to captivate students in meaningful transformational learning processes. Every child in Costa Rica deserves a bright future! Let’s do this together!

Asociación Bomberos de Nosara

Since 2009, Bomberos de Nosara has helped the community of Nosara in emergencies such as forest and structural fires, wildlife relocation (bee hives, snake, crocodile and others), vehicle accidents, medical emergencies, water rescue and floods. The volunteer firefighters of Nosara do not receive government funding and rely on community support and donations.

Asociación Deportiva de Pesca con Mosca | Costa Rican Association of Fly Fishers (CRAFF-ACPM)

CRAFF-ACPM is a sporting association that promotes the sport of fly fishing through education and conservation initiatives. CRAFF is a member of the Fly Fishing Climate Alliance and works with them on improving localized messaging in Costa Rica.

Asociación Deportiva de Surf Adaptado de Costa Rica

The Asociación Deportiva de Surf Adaptado de Costa Rica, a.k.a. ADESURFA, is the leading association in adaptive surfing for people with disabilities in the country. We provide recreation and sport in the waves, making it a fun and secure activity for all. We also train surf instructors so they feel confident working with people with disabilities.

Asociación Guanacasteca Pro Aguas y Bosques | AGAB

Asociación Guanacasteca Pro Aguas y Bosques

Asociación Ideas en Acción

We are a community that promotes access and the co-generation of knowledge, skills, opportunities, and synergies for well-being. Our working foundation is in collaborative innovation with the purpose of preparing agents of change for the Knowledge Era, without leaving anyone behind.

Asociación Mar a Mar

Asociacion Mar a Mar is a catalyst for conservation and rural entrepreneurship – helping to build a trail to bring rural villages clients and provide them with tools to serve their clients.

Asociación Nandamojo

La Asociación para la protección de la cuenca del río Nandamojo (Association for the protection of the Nandamojo River) or Asociación Nandamojo, is a Costa Rican nonprofit organization working to ensure long-term water security for the people and ecosystems of Guanacaste, where communities are already suffering acute water shortages. We foster a culture of responsible environmental stewardship from the grassroots level up and empower families to act to mitigate increasingly severe droughts and floods through renewing landscape.

Asociación Nicoya Península Waterkeeper

Become a guardian of the water! With Nicoya Peninsula Waterkeeper® 100% of your donation goes directly to protecting coastal water in the Southern Nicoya Peninsula.

Asociación Para Producciones Artísticas de la Tierra

At Teatro de la Tierra, our purpose is to inspire the artist in each of us to unleash our creativity. We do this by offering workshops, classes, performances and more for youth, professionals, artists, and communities.

Asociación Playa Grande Sostenible

The mission of Asociacion Playa Grande Sostenible is to hone a balance between coastal development, human wellbeing and environmental conservation.

Asociación Ticos y Nicas: Somos Hermanos

Help Nicaraguan refugees -- Asociacion Ticos y Nicas is an organization that seeks to eliminate xenophobia and integrate the migrant citizen into the active society.

Asociación Todos Somos Uno

Asociacion Todos Somos Uno supports Costa Rica's neurodiverse population, emphasizing maximizing their potential through personal expression, and offers scholarships for children with autism in specialized centers.

Asociación Valle Escondido para la Regeneración | Association Valle Escondido for Regeneration (AVER)

AVER is a dedicated community that raises awareness and inspires action towards regenerative practices and sustainable design in Monteverde, Costa Rica, and globally through tourism. Our mission is to promote sustainability through education, workshops, internships, and advocacy.

Asociación de Desarrollo Integral Esperanza Sur

The mission of la Asociacion de Desarrollo Integral de La Esperanza Sur (ADI Esperanza Sur) is to execute projects focused on the development and improvement of the community, and to promote and execute actions to improve the social, economic, cultural and environmental condition, while improving the quality of life of our inhabitants.

Asociación de Mujeres AMICREOCR

Asociacion de Mujeres AMICREOCR is an NGO that promotes the skills and abilities of women to generate opportunities that help development through the innovation of differentiated, more competitive products and services and a recognized brand through the use of technology, marketing and training of women -- members of the organization and communities in general.

AstilleroVerde

AstilleroVerde (Spanish for 'Green Shipyard') is a non-profit association creating a regenerative model within the maritime transport sector that fosters the development of thriving coastal communities and ecosystems. We provide education and employment for members of our local community, run an annual reforestation program and pioneer our circular economy.

Barbara's Animal Rescue / Flamingo - Costa Rica | Asociación Protectora de Animales de la Costa

We are a rescue center for abandoned and vulnerable dogs and cats providing food, shelter and veterinary assistance. We also carry out regular low cost spay & neuter campaigns

Bosque Vivo Foundation | Fundación Bosque Vivo

A family-owned NGO that focuses on environmental education and ecosystem restoration.

CEPIA

CEPIA (Culture, Education, and Psychology for Infants & Adolescents) is an award-winning, nationally-accredited non-profit organization. CEPIA supports over 1,000 children, teenagers, and their families from poor backgrounds, by providing after-school programs, psychological counseling for victims, a full-time educational intervention program for high-risk children and high-risk youth, professional trainings for adults, women's empowerment activities, a library, a community garden project, and more.

CINDE: Investing in the Future of Costa Rica

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) provides urgently needed scholarships in low-income communities.

Cadena Costa Rica

Would you like to help rural, indigenous, and marginal urban communities when they are most vulnerable? Our non-profit foundation is dedicated to disaster prevention and humanitarian aid during emergencies. We deliver help hand-to-hand, directly helping those in most need.

Casa Sonja: Ecovillage for Children and Women of Costa Rica

Casa Sonja: Ecovillage for Children and Women of Costa Rica provides a hopeful environment for women and children to live in harmony with each other, their community, and nature.

Casa Vida Learning

Casa Vida Learning is an Inclusive Christian Learning Center where we take into account the individual characteristics of our children to create an appropriate environment to enhance their motor, emotional, social, language and cognitive skills.

Center for Biodiversity Restoration

We are a Costa Rican Non Profit Foundation promoting and restoring biological diversity, healthy ecosystems, and community well being.

Centro Acuático Nosara

Centro Acuatico Nosara (CAN) is under the umbrella of Fundación DMA and consists of a junior Olympic sized pool, which is located adjacent to Del Mar Academy. The swim programming is available for Del Mar Academy students, the students from the public schools of Nosara, and the general public.

Centro Infantil Luz de Cristo

During to the ongoing worldwide pandemic, many children have had to stop coming to our center. Furthermore, numerous parents have been suspended or fired from their work, consequently their socioeconomic situation has worsened significantly. To help them in this situation we have developed a campaign to support these families, trying to alleviate their expenses by covering their basic food needs through a grocery supply.

Centro Israelita Sionista de Costa Rica | CIS

Information and photos about the Center for the Costa Rican Jewish Community coming soon!

Centro de Estudios del Turismo | CET

The Center for Tourism Studies (CET) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and advancing sustainable tourism in Costa Rica through research and public-private collaboration.

Children's Eternal Rainforest / Monteverde Conservation League

The Children's Eternal Rainforest (or “BEN”, Bosque Eterno de los Niños) exists thanks to fundraising efforts of children from around the world. Today, the BEN is Costa Rica’s largest private reserve, spanning 56,000 acres, and is home to an incredible amount of tropical biodiversity, including endangered species such as quetzals, three-wattled bellbirds, green-eyed frogs, tapirs, and jaguars.

ConoSer

ConoSer's mission is to preserve local culture, model and promote environmental conservation, and to bridge the communities of Nosara through resource and community building, global citizenship, and sustainable tourism.

Corcovado Foundation - Fundación Corcovado

We strive to protect Costa Rica's natural heritage for future generations, through its sustainable development, by promoting education and community empowerment, the strengthening of protected wildlife areas and the promotion of tourism.

Costa Ballena Lifeguard Association

The Costa Ballena Lifeguard Association / Asociacion de Guardavidas Costa Ballena has a mission to serve the local community and prevent ocean related accidents on the beaches in the South Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We provide the community with open water rescue certified, CPR and Wilderness First Aid certified individuals that can respond to and help prevent accidents and injuries through timely intervention.

Costa Rica Coral Restoration

We are a non-profit with the goal of restoring, protecting, and repopulating the coral population at Marino Ballena National Park in Bahía Ballena, Costa Rica. We have set our goals to build coral nurseries, artificial reefs, and fragmentation tanks for propogation in order to help offset the damage inflicted by human activity and to ultimately restore the coral population at Marino Ballena back to a healthy state.

Costa Rica Indígena

Costa Rica Indígena is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving and supporting indigenous communities in Costa Rica. With a focus on promoting cultural preservation, social equity, and community development, we work tirelessly to address the unique challenges faced by indigenous populations.

Costa Rican Conservation Foundation (CRCF) | Fundacion Conservacionista Costarricense

The Fundacion Conservacionista Costarricense was established to restore, enhance, and protect habitat on the Pacific slope of Costa Rica in collaboration with communities and the myriad of floral and faunal species that need support. Our goal is the restoration of tropical forest via our reforestation program, conservation efforts, and promotion of biodiversity.

Costa Rican Humanitarian Foundation

As a non-profit NGO based in Costa Rica, we rely on donations and volunteers to carry out our mission. We have developed and replicated many times over a proven model of sustainable development which has helped lift tens of thousands out of poverty, while providing thousands of local and international visiting volunteers cardinal life lessons. The Costa Rican Humanitarian Foundation has been providing essential goods and community services to help solve some of Costa Rica’s most difficult challenges for over 25 years.

Costas Verdes

Restoring Coastal Ecosystems | Costas Verdes is a non profit organization founded in 2009 with the mission to restore devastated coastal ecosystems from past agricultural practices. By creating, leading and implementing reforestation projects in public beachfronts and natural protected areas, Costas Verdes actively involves and empowers local communities to ensure sustainability on their projects.

Creciendo Juntos

Creciendo Juntos (Growing Together), is a nonprofit organization that has worked for over 22 years supporting elementary and high schools in 19 communities that surround Peninsula Papagayo in Guanacaste.

Dale Una Mano a Costa Rica

Dale Una Mano a Costa Rica (D1MCR) is a nonprofit founded in 2015 that empowers youth in Matina County through training in soft skills, vocational guidance, leadership, and community action, positively impacting over 1,200 people annually by fostering resilience and community-driven growth.

Damas Israelitas

Damas Israelitas Pro Beneficia

David S. Kitson Library

At the David Kitson Library, we don't just lend books—we're a hub of education, cultural exchange, and community growth. As we are completely funded by donations, your support allows us to continue! Become a Patron with a minimum donation of $300. Become a Benefactor with a donation of $1,000 or more, whether you're a business or an individual.

Del Mar Academy

Del Mar Academy is an independent, nonsectarian, co-educational day school with a culturally and economically diverse student population. At present, Del Mar serves families with children as young as 18 months PK2 to 12th Grade.

DemoLab | Democracy Lab

DemoLab, the Democracy Lab Foundation, is a forward-thinking organization dedicated to revitalizing democracy and safeguarding liberty in Costa Rica and Latin America (LATAM). Their core mission revolves around promoting and nurturing citizen participation as the cornerstone of strong democracies.

Do It Foundation

Do it Foundation is leading an effort to create awareness of the needs of people with physical disabilities, delivering a wheelchair to those in Costa Rica who need one. To date, wheelchairs have been imported, assembled, and distributed to 25,000+ families in Costa Rica & southern Nicaragua.

Dream Catchers Foundation

Dreamcatchers CR (Fundación Dream Catchers Costa Rican Children) is a non-profit organization focused on children and young people, which develops an artistic and sports methodology for the development of soft skills.

El Arca at Fundación Arca Verde | The Green Ark Foundation

Located on the outskirts of the Barva Volcano overlooking the Central Valley on a beautiful 7.5-hectare property, El Arca is an Ethnobotanical Garden, with the largest collection of useful plants in Central America. We aim to educate on the use and benefits of plants to improve the life and well-being of the planet and ourselves.

El Molino Las Delicias

Support us in ensuring water quality and quantity for the growing community of Las Delicias de Cóbano, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Our ASADA, El Molino Las Delicias, has been working to keep up with the rapid development of the town and the rising demand for potable water. Efforts are underway to finance drilling a new well, building a pump house, and laying pipelines to connect to the current system. Your help is needed.‍‍

Enseña por Costa Rica | ExCR

Ensena Por Costa Rica (ExCR) is dedicated to helping all children fulfill their potential by disrupting the inequities that exist in education and in society. We contribute to achieving this vision by recruiting and developing the nation’s best young talent from all fields to teach for two years in low-income communities: transforming learning, opening pathways to greater opportunity and strengthening schools and communities.

Estrategia Siglo XXI (ESXXI)

Association Strategy XXI Century designs a roadmap with the goal of advancing Costa Rica (C.R.) towards the level of a developed country by 2050. We facilitate a variety of education, science, technology and innovation (ST&I) projects that foster the production of groundbreaking knowledge. In order to dynamically assess and adapt to the specific needs of the country, we monitor and analyze indexes on the status of these areas, stimulate engagement between key players and champion concrete actions that generate change.

Eterna Foundation

La Huerta stands as a beacon of hope and transformation in the agricultural world, embodying the change we wish to see in how we cultivate our lands and nourish our communities. We are deeply committed to supporting small farmers in their journey from chemical-laden monoculture practices to diverse, regenerative farming methods.

FECOP - Federación Costarricense de Pesca Turística

FECOP is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of sustainable fishing practices, the conservation of marine species with a focus on species of tourism interest, and the development of opportunities in coastal communities through science and education.

Family Support Center of Ojochal

The Family Support Center of Ojochal (FSCO) provides services to children and families in the Ojochal area to improve the wellness, safety, education and economic opportunities of these individuals and the community. Your donation will alleviate food insecurity, increase child welfare and promote the development of girls and young women.

Fuerza De Amor

Fuerza De Amor is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit, community resilience network that creates more connected communities.

Fundación Acción Joven

Fundación Acción Joven is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth and providing them with real opportunities to reach their full potential. Our programs, which focus on education, employability, and peace, have impacted the lives of 93,000+ youth, 200+ schools and 4,900+ public officials in urban and rural areas throughout the country.

Fundación CRUSA | CRUSA Foundation

The Costa Rica United States Foundation for Cooperation (CRUSA) is an independent, apolitical, nonprofit Costa Rican organization created in 1996 to contribute to Sustainable Development and improve the quality of life of its inhabitants.

Fundación Construyendo Sonrisas en C. R.

We focus on building a healthy environment for children and teenagers across the country that are living in situations of extreme poverty. Through our various social programs, we aim to develop the educational and leadership capacity of a community that has little to no economic growth.

Fundación DYNAMIKA

Fundación DYNAMIKA is a place where we provide comprehensive support to children with disabilities. We provide physical, occupational, language, and psychological therapy to families free of charge, prioritizing the population with limited economic resources.

Fundación Festival Puro Cuento

20 years ago, these dreamers met to tell stories to each other. Nowadays, they create artistic spaces that include social criticism in their activities to support education in vulnerable communities. We strongly believe that art can save lives. That is why we provide spaces for communion. Welcome to the “Full of Tales” Festival | Let them tell you a story! because… Dreaming has no limits!

Fundación La Libertad

La Libertad is a human development and social inclusion project that provides opportunities and empowers vulnerable communities in Costa Rica's urban areas and all around the country. Through a wide range of programs, we offer education, arts and culture, employment and entrepreneurship training, community engagement, environmental sustainability, personal development, healthy lifestyles, and public spaces for recreation and well-being.

Fundación Lloverá

We are an organization that supports and guides homeless people in Costa Rica. We accompany and train them to achieve an autonomous and sustainable life, we cover their basic needs and provide them with social care, accommodation, empowerment, and internships to guarantee social and labor reintegration.

Fundación Monge

Fundacion Monge is a private non-profit organization in Costa Rica engaged in promoting access to education among young people and women-entrepreneurs, as a powerful tool to fight poverty, achieve social mobility and encourage personal growth.

Fundación Para El Progreso De Las Personas Ciegas | Foundation for the Advancement of the Blind

FUNDAPROGRECI is an organization that focuses primarily on the wellness and safety of the visually impaired in Costa Rica. The foundation itself found the development of this process through different projects like Con Otros Ojos and La Corazonada Visual; the first focusing on sports & healthy lifestyle and the second referring to the artistic and cultural participation of the people with disabilities in Costa Rica.

Fundación Rahab

La Fundacion Rahab is a non-profit NGO, born in Costa Rica on November 12, 1997, with the mission of facilitating dignifying changes in the quality of life of people and families linked to the sex trade and trafficking of people. From an integral approach, spirit, soul and body, it attends to the victims and their families; protects, defends and promotes their rights, and seeks to prevent crime.

Fundación SIFAIS | Sistema Integral de Formación Artística para la Inclusión Social

Fundacion SIFAIS started in La Carpio, but thanks to the success of its educational and inclusive model, we have replicated ourselves by creating different extension centers that are dedicated to periodically expanding the constructive revolution of SIFAIS. We are a foundation financed by organizations and individuals that provides free socio-educational services through volunteers in localities marked by economic deprivation and social exclusion.

Fundación The Clean Wave

Our ambitious goal is to clean up 600 beaches in Costa Rica and raise awareness about the impact of plastic pollution on our oceans!

Fundación para la Inclusión y la Diversidad | FID | ID Foundation Costa Rica

Empowering LGBTIQ + people through education to ensure a better future.

Future Minds

Future Minds is a project that seeks to go beyond just a traditional library, it aspires to become a Community Educational Center. Our Community Educational Center is a dynamic space where minds of all ages come together to discover, innovate, and unlock their full potential in a rapidly evolving world.

Fútbol por mi País | Fútbol X Mi País

Fútbol Por Mi País (FxP) is a non-profit founded in 2020 that provides free education and leadership training to over 700 youth through sports, aiming to create positive community impact and empower future leaders.

Goals 4 Chicas

Goals 4 Chicas was created because of the enormous interest in soccer, and the need for girls' activities in the local community that focuses on building their confidence and health. We are committed to supporting girl’s and women’s empowerment through soccer and other healthy activities in Costa Rica, particularly in the rural areas of the Southern Pacific zone of Costa Rica.

Guardians of Nature / Guardianes de la Naturaleza

The Guardians of Nature (a program of the Del Mar Academy Foundation) visualizes a world in which all children identify themselves as guardians of our natural resources, catalyzing an inter-generational change that helps to solve environmental, social, and economic problems of communities around the planet.

Incubadora de Liderazgos +Costa Rica

We are an independent, non-partisan, and non-ideological association that is inclusive and pluralistic, comprised of committed Costa Rican individuals who aim to strengthen democracy in our country.

International Animal Rescue Costa Rica | IAR Costa Rica

Protecting Costa Rica’s Wildlife: For the past 20 years, International Animal Rescue Costa Rica has (formerly known as Refuge for Wildlife) been rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing injured, displaced and orphaned wildlife in the Guanacaste peninsula.

Jacó Impact

Jaco Impact's social project has 8 pillars: Environment, Education, Art & Culture, Wellbeing, Sport, Entrepreneurship, Animal Welfare, and Social

Karen Mogensen Reserve | ASEPALECO

The Ecological Association of Paquera, Lepanto, and Cobano (ASEPALECO) has been working in reforestation and land conservation in the Nicoya Peninsula since 1991. We actively re-wild and protect tropical forests and fundamental sources of water for the local communities (including Santa Teresa & Montezuma), and work in community involvement and sustainability through our environmental education, firefighter training, and recycling programs.

Kids Saving the Rainforest | KSTR

Our mission is to protect the biodiversity in Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast with our conservation projects which include KSTR’s wildlife rescue center where we rescue, rehabilitate and release injured, sick and orphaned animals back to the wild.

La Ceiba Primary Forest Foundation | Jaguar Rescue Center (JRC)

The La Ceiba Primary Forest Foundation / Fundación La Ceiba Primary Forest was created in 2018 and its main objective is to contribute to the conservation and welfare of wildlife living in the Costa Rican South Caribbean region. We manage the Jaguar Rescue Center (JRC) / Centro de Rescate Jaguar which provides veterinary services, round-the-clock care and comfort to wild animals that would otherwise be unable to survive. In 2021 we received 853 animals. We have worked and applied environmental concerns for educational purposes to the protection of the wild fauna of the Southern Caribbean side of Costa Rica through our program, Jaguar Rescue Community.

La Voz de Guanacaste / The Voice of Guanacaste

The Voice of Guanacaste is the first nonprofit, bilingual newspaper in Costa Rica, whose stories and investigations are published in both print and online. Our objective is to provide through quality journalism a voice to communities in Guanacaste that rarely are represented in national media.

Las Pumas Rescue Center and Sanctuary

Information and photos coming soon!

Los Valientes de Costa Rica | Asociación Los Valientes

Asociacion Los Valientes is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of citizens, families, and communities by providing support to school children at risk, citizens in deteriorating states of health, and families in poverty.

Misión Tiburón

Mision Tiburon Conservation Association is a Costa Rican non-profit organization; its goal is promote the research, management and conservation of sharks and marine life in our oceans. Mision Tiburon was officially established in early 2009 by young marine biologists and conservationists, who are concerned about the drastic decline of shark populations around the world.

Monteverde Community Fund / Fondo Comunitario Monteverde

For almost a decade, the Monteverde Community Fund has served as a funnel that captures and channels resources towards community-led projects. More than $100,000 have been invested in Monteverde’s integral development, supporting local organizations and promoting a culture of collaboration where everyone gets involved in improving the community they call home.

Monteverde Institute (MVI)

The Monteverde Institute (MVI) is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1986 in the mountainous Costa Rican community of Monteverde. MVI was established to guide the increased tourism in a positive and productive manner for the benefit of the visitors and local community. Its programs focus on tropical ecology, sustainable development, ecotourism, Spanish language and culture, conservation biology, community health, land use planning, integrated water resources, reforestation, and social justice.

NOCA | Nosara Community for the Arts

NOCA develops and supports programs and initiatives that help bridging the gap between the growing international community of expats and the local Ticos through multi-disciplinary arts and environmental awareness.

Nosara Animal Care

Nosara Animal Care (NAC) is a Costa Rican based, nonprofit, animal welfare organization whose mission is to help provide quality health care for the Nosara community’s most vulnerable domestic animals.

Nosara Civic Association

The Nosara Civic Association (NCA) has been at the heart of the Nosara community: promoting planning, civic activism, and conservation. Our dream is to build a community that values the well-being of all living things.

Nosara Crece

Nosara Crece provides access to education and business training for tico entrepreneurs that live at social risk. It also offers financial inclusion with low-interest financing opportunities to tico entrepreneurs, primarily women heads of families, that have been excluded from the traditional banking system. As a result, our beneficiaries improve their financial situation and can afford access to education for their children, housing, and health services.

Nosara Food Bank

The Nosara Food Bank (Banco de Alimentos de Nosara) was founded in 2013 to provide food and other household necessities to families living in extreme poverty in the Nosara District. In 2021 the Nosara Food Bank is helping alleviate food insecurity for approximately 160 individuals a month, planting household gardens for families and schools and partnering with the CEPIA Association to provide low-cost birth control.

Nosara Foundation for Progress

The Nosara Foundation for Progress is a non-profit organization registered under Costa Rican law that aims to promote development and progress for the people of Nosara, based on the principles of self-reliance, self-responsibility, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability.

Nosara Ocean Safety | NOS

Our mission is to support and empower every member of our beach town through ocean safety education, awareness initiatives and prevention training programs to keep our shores safe.

Nosara Recicla

Our goal is to maintain a high quality of life by introducing modern and sustainable waste management practices in the Nosara area and beyond, while educating these communities on the importance of their participation in proper waste management. (Nosara Recicla / Nosara Recycles)

Nosara Scholarship Program at Del Mar Academy

The Nosara Scholarship Program at Del Mar Academy offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a child to receive a high-quality, bilingual education that will lead to college and, one day soon, a professional career. This shift in one family member receiving a quality education has a ripple effect, creating a passion for education for future generations.

Nosara Security Association

Help Nosara to be a safer place for tourists & residents.

Nosara Siente

We are a community mental health center dedicated to fostering mental well-being. Our mission is to create a supportive and understanding environment where every individual can thrive. Our work is entirely supported by donations, allowing us to provide essential mental health services at no cost to the community in need.

Obras del Espíritu Santo

In Costa Rica the government and private programs for children terminate at age 18. Not allowing them the opportunity to transition (completing their education or studies), forces them to the streets daily exposed to violence, drugs, sexual exploitation and other risks. The Works of the Holy Spirit, has been working hand in hand with these communities that are in conditions of vulnerability and exclusion.

Osa Vive

Osa Vive fights against irresponsible development in the Southern Zone. We work for habitat protection, clean abundant water, and empowered local communities. Through education, legal action, and government accountability we are creating a better world.

PATA Sámara Animal Rescue

PATA was founded in April 2019 and is an officially registered non-profit in Costa Rica working in the Samara community to care for and find forever homes for homeless dogs and cats.

Planeta Sano

We are Planeta Sano, a global broker of education for sustainable living. We have projects in Costa Rica, Kenya, and Uganda. We promote and facilitate training for building sustainable communities that are happy, healthy, fair, and equitable and generate strong economies through the wealth of nature.

Proyecto Educativo Surí (Asociación Hogar y Cultura)

The Suri Educational Project, was founded more than 50 years ago, aimed to improve the human and socio-economic conditions of the women of Pavas, through quality education and training in values. Within this framework, two lines of action are developed: A High School for girls where more than 100 students are attended and a Training Center for women with more than 500 students, both actions aimed at a population with very limited opportunities, mostly from vulnerable areas of Pavas.

Pura Vida Fighting for Kids

PVFFK Foundation works with children and young people at social risk in Jaco and its surroundings. Through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Yoga, and other disciplines, they give them tools and skills for life so that they can "fight" their environment back. The accelerated growth of this tourist area has generated urban lagoons invaded by drug addiction, prostitution, and crime. A vast majority of these boys and girls experience situations of violence and vices in their families and/or in their neighborhoods or community. Their goal is to be a safe space for these boys and girls, empower them, work on their confidence, instill respect and discipline in them, promote socialization and learning, and that they enjoy their childhood.

Raising Coral Costa Rica – A human-coral symbiosis

Works to build resilient and healthy coral reefs in Costa Rica, which are essential to marine life, fisheries, tourism, and our connection with nature.

Rivers and Forests Alliance | RAFA

The Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA) is a Costa Rican nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and regenerating Costa Rica’s Pacuare River Basin, its forests, and biodiversity together with our communities for a sustainable future.

Rotary Club of Garabito-Playa Jaco

We work in union with other NGOs, community associations, local governments and other organizations on projects locally, nationally and around the world.

SOMOS Foundation / Fundación SOMOS

SOMOS is a Costa Rican not for profit foundation along the Central and South Pacific Coast shaping resilient communities through sustainable development, community security and social enterprise.

SanaMente

SanaMente offers free natural treatments, consultations and healthy lifestyle talks to individuals, couples, families or groups of all ages and from all over the country who need an improvement in their physical, mental or spiritual condition.

Santa Teresa Lifeguards

Our organization was born in 2015 as a community response to 2 incidents that resulted in 3 drowning deaths on our beaches. Currently our community is one of the most important tourist and surfing destinations. Our currents, tides and strong waves can cause problems for even the most experienced swimmer or surfer. So we have a huge responsibility to keep our beaches safe.

Sibu Wildlife Sanctuary

Rescue, rehabilitate, release, protect. Sibu's mission is to rescue injured, orphaned, and displaced wild animals and provide them immediate medical care, rehabilitation, and eventual release into the wild.

Somos El Cambio

Information and photos coming soon!

Soy Niña

Soy Nina (I am a Girl) was founded to empower under-resourced girls so that they can prevent all types of gender-based violence and break the cycle of poverty. We firmly believe in early intervention and prevention, as well as in the fight against gender inequality.

Stibrawpa Association

Helping to mitigate climate change, conserve the soil, protect the forests and care for Mother Earth is supporting the Bribri people. We are the ethnic group of Talamanca, Costa Rica.

Surf Dojo Youth Association

Surf Dojo is a youth mentorship organization dedicated to connecting kids from local surf communities of Costa Rica with a program that raises awareness on conservation, fitness and positive values through the sport of surfing.

TECHO Costa Rica

TECHO Costa Rica is a youth-led non-profit organization that develops housing and habitation solutions. We not only build houses, we create community. Through our horizontal work we seek to strengthen and continue fighting so that all have a roof and a safe place to live.

Tamarindo Park Foundation

We are an organization that carries out comprehensive projects in Education, Prevention, Conservation, and Local Development, with positive impact initiatives in the Santa Cruz region, Guanacaste, specifically located in Playa Tamarindo.

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The Tropics Foundation

The Tropics Foundation exists to stimulate and promote inclusive sustainable development and conservation in the American Tropics. We partner with The Center for Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education (CATIE).

Tirimbina

A Costa Rican nonprofit association currently runs Tirimbina: the Tirimbina Association for Conservation, Research and Education (ATCIE). Tirimbina is a 345-hectare rainforest reserve and wildlife refuge dedicated to free environmental education for communities and scientific research as a means of preserving biodiversity.

Turtle Love

Turtle Love is a nonprofit conservation organization registered in Costa Rica. Our mission is to conserve sea turtles reproducing on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica through community involvement, applied research, and liaison with environmental agencies.

Wildlife Conservation Association (WCA)

The Wildlife Conservation Association (WCA) is a non-profit organization in Nosara, dedicated to the protection of sea turtles and other wildlife at the Ostional National Wildlife Refuge by leading scientific research, community engagement, and educational programs that generate comprehensive solutions to conservation challenges. We believe that successful conservation is dependent on us making the change to a sustainable lifestyle, where a harmonious balance of social, environmental, and economic interests exists.

Wise Girls - Niñas Sabias Costa Rica

Wise Girls - Niñas Sabias promotes a model that weaves together education, empowerment, and entrepreneurship through menstrual education programs and fertility awareness, training for teachers to educate with an intercultural perspective on menstruation, and women's entrepreneurship to benefit girls and families.