irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2020
What they reported doing
- #1 primary $06) CB HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE GENERATION OF KNOWLEDGE, COLLABORATING WITH A NETWORK OF AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS DESCRIBED IN ITS WEBPAGE (WWW.CONSILIUMBOTS.COM). FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020, CB HAS ACCUMULATED 20 ACADEMIC PROJECTS, 11 OF WHICH INCLUDE A RIGOROUS IMPACT EVALUATION WITH PROMISING PRELIMINARY RESULTS. CB PRESENTED ITS WORK IN A CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON DC ORGANIZED BY THE IADB AND ALSO HELD AN INTERNAL CONFERENCE WHERE AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS DISCUSSED ONGOING PROJECTS AND POTENTIAL COLLABORATIONS. DURING 2020, CB MADE PROGRESS DEVELOPING AND PLANNING A PRODUCT PORTFOLIO THAT ALLOWS CB TO OFFER VALUE TO POLICYMAKERS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE EDUCATIONAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. THESE PRODUCTS WILL ALLOW CB TO OFFER ITS SERVICES IN SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE LATIN AMERICAN REGION AND THE US. CB EXPECTS TO EXPAND ITS CURRENT NETWORK OF PARTNERS AND AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS AND TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ITS CURRENT PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO TO OFFER ITS SERVICES WITH LOWER COSTS AND HIGHER REVENUES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A LONG TERM FINANCIALLY VIABLE STRATEGY.
named programs · 7 · from sources
What they call their work
CienPiés
Mobile-first platform that helps families and schools organize safe, supervised "walking school buses" with optimized routes and real-time tracking
Coordinated Choice & Assignment Systems (CCAS)
Global research initiative documenting the adoption and design of coordinated school and university admissions systems across 149 countries
DOMUS
Modular ecosystem helping families navigate complex housing subsidy systems in Chile, developed in partnership with TOCTOC and Chile's Ministry of Housing
Decidiendo para un Futuro Mejor (DFM)
Personalized 5-week in-school program with virtual counselor to reduce school dropout and increase higher education access in Chile and Colombia
IcfesBot
AI chatbot helping Colombian students navigate higher education options based on ICFES exam results
Mi Abogado AI
Scoping study exploring AI-assisted tools to help lawyers and interdisciplinary teams in Chile's child-protection legal programs reduce administrative work and focus on supporting children
Siblings
Research and information intervention developing practical guidance for families applying to schools with multiple children under sibling priority rules
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Education Policy Research and Analysis 1 activity
- Conducting research on technology-driven solutions to social problemsConducts rigorous research in collaboration with affiliated researchers to generate evidence on digital interventions, including impact evaluations, scoping studies, and cross-national documentation of coordinated school assignment systems.
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Data & Technology Capacity Building 1 activity
- Developing and deploying digital tools to improve access to government services and benefitsDevelops and operates 36 digital tools that address information asymmetries and support access to education, housing, and government benefits. These include platforms like DOMUS for housing subsidies in Chile and IcfesBot for higher education guidance in Colombia.
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Senior Social & Enrichment Programming 1 activity
- Implementing socio-emotional and academic decision-making programs in schoolsImplements national and regional digital education programs such as a socio-emotional learning curriculum in Chilean public schools and the Decidiendo para un Futuro Mejor (DFM) program in Colombia, reaching 64,000 students, 70% from rural areas.
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Student and Camp Transportation Services 1 activity
- Operating mobile-first platforms for safe student transportationOperates CienPiés, a mobile-first platform that enables families and schools to organize supervised walking school buses with optimized routes, real-time tracking, alerts, and bilingual support across multiple schools.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$565K
Contributions & grants$437K77%
Program service revenue$128K23%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$592K
Program expenses82%
Admin / overhead17%
Fundraising1%
Salaries & benefits$341K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$176K
Cash$129K
Investments$0
Liabilities$27K
Net assets$149K
Liquid reserves2.6 mo
3 years on record · 2020–2024 · YoY revenue -13.5%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
board members · 4
- Juan Ariel Jimenez — Director
- Norma Padron — Director
- Ryan Cooper — Director
- Veronica Zapata — Director
relationships · 23
Who they work with
- Chile's Ministry of Housing Government — Partners with Consiliumbots Inc. on the DOMUS platform to improve access to housing subsidies.
- Foundations Funder — Receives funding from foundations to support the development and deployment of digital tools.
- Fundaciones Partner — Collaborates with foundations to support technological innovation for social impact.
- Gobiernos locales Government — Partners with local governments to connect government data with communities.
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Partner — Presented research at a conference organized by the IADB in Washington DC.
- International Organizations Partner — Collaborates with international organizations to scale technology solutions across countries.
- Latin America Partner — Implements projects in collaboration with partners across Latin America.
- LinkedIn Partner — Professional network platform linked for organizational outreach
- Local Governments Partner — Partners with local governments to connect government data with communities and improve access to services.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Partner — Academic partner providing co-investigator for the Mi Abogado AI project.
- Ministerio de Educación de Chile Government — Partnered with the Chilean Ministry of Education to implement the DFM program in publicly funded schools nationwide.
- NAD Partner — Cooperates with Consiliumbots Inc. on the Mi Abogado AI project to map legal workflows and identify opportunities for AI support in child protection cases.
- Organizaciones internacionales Partner — Works with international organizations to expand access to government services and benefits.
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Partner — Chilean academic partner providing co-investigator for the Mi Abogado AI project.
- Programa Mi Abogado Partner — Collaborates on the Mi Abogado AI scoping study to explore AI-assisted tools for child-protection legal teams in Chile.
- TOCTOC Partner — Collaborates on the development and deployment of DOMUS, a platform to help families navigate housing subsidy systems in Chile.
- Trabun Partner — Partner organization conducting the impact evaluation of the DFM program.
- US Partner — Implements projects in collaboration with partners in the United States.
- Universidades Partner — Collaborates with universities to advance research and develop technology solutions.
- Universities Partner — Collaborates with universities on research and evaluation of technology-driven social solutions.
- X Partner — Social media platform linked for organizational outreach
- Yale University Partner — Academic partner providing principal investigator for the Mi Abogado AI project.
- ccas.wiki Partner — Project website and knowledge platform for Coordinated Choice and Assignment Systems
strategies · 1
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Informational Interventions with AI-Driven Personalizationmethodology: informational_interventionsBy delivering timely, personalized information through AI-driven systems, we improve individual decision-making in education, housing, and benefits access because people act more effectively when they receive relevant guidance at critical decision points. This approach scales cost-effectively by combining large language models with centralized government data.