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NON PROFIT ASSOCIATIONS

Click button below to visit Por Los Niños website

Por Los Niños is a non - profit charity registered in Mexico and created in order to administer donations received through the annual Sailfest festival. Por Los Niños was established in Zihuatanejo, Mexico in 2005. All funding decisions are made by a volunteer advisory committee consisting of bilingual educators, international residents and members of the Zihuatanejo business community.

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Por Los Niños works alongside local government agencies, individual donors, Rotary Clubs, international charities and the local communities to provide educational opportunities to Zihuantanejo’s least advantaged children. 

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Los Niños, Inc., our sister charity, is a U.S. 501(c)(3) public benefit charity founded in Portland, Oregon in 2004.The initial mission was to help raise funds to build a new primary school in collaboration with the Zihuatanejo city government and International Rotary Clubs.

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A year later, Por Los Niños de Zihuatanejo was cofounded as a Mexican non-profit association to make Zihua Sailfest, our most successful fund-raiser, a legal Mexican event, and to ensure that we complied with all Mexican financial reporting requirements and regulations.  Funds are provided for Por Los Niños’ construction projects, the nutrition program and much-needed scholarships.

 

A U.S. tax receipts is provided to U.S. citizens. Los Niños, Inc. is also an all-volunteer organization with expenses below 1% of annual revenue.

Society for the Advancement of the Children of Zihua - SACZ is the Canadian charitable arm of Por Los Ninos del Municipio de Zihua AC.

 

It was incorporated in 2023 # S0076005 and has Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) Charitable Organization Status to facilitate donations to Por Los Ninos for construction, the nutrition program, scholarships, and an emergency children’s medical fund.

 

Donations can be made in Canadian dollars through PayPal on:

www.sailfest-zihuatanejo.com

or by interact e-transfer to zihuaporlosninos@gmail.com

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