Fundación Catalina Mir

Social and Educational Support

Fundación Catalina Mir is a Jaén-based nonprofit providing social assistance and education for families, especially large families, and young people in vocational training. It also promotes social volunteering and international development cooperation in developing countries.

History

The foundation is named after Catalina Mir Real (Palma de Mallorca, 1881–1961). In the 1910s, she founded a night school in Jaén’s Alcantarilla neighborhood for children who had to work from an early age. After her death, her children continued the work, updated its bylaws, adopted the foundation’s current name, and extended its reach across Spain.

Registration and Legal Status

• Listed as No. 23/0084 in Spain’s national register of foundations.
• Classified as a private charitable foundation by an order of the Ministry of Health and Social Security dated December 31, 1980 (Official Gazette, March 2, 1981).
• Its bylaws were adapted to Foundations Law 50/2002.
• Listed in September 2007 in the Registry of Development NGOs maintained by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation.

Programs

The foundation organizes its work through four programs: Vía, Joven, Familiaria, and Interglobo Milenio.

Board of Trustees

• Daniel Martínez Apesteguía — President
• Jaime de Bonilla y Moreno — Vice President
• Antonio Sánchez Font — Secretary
• Antonio Caño Ruiz — Member
• Alberto Bardeci Hernández — Member
• Antonio Marti del Moral — Member
• Telesforo Zabala Ordóñez — Member
• Javier Ortiz Vera — Member
• Francisco Cobo Cobo — Member

Location, Hours, and Contact

Address: 14 Calle Ejido de la Alcantarilla, 23002 Jaén. Phone: 953 23 37 38. Email: info@catalinamir.org. Hours: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and 5–8 p.m.