Federico Sivak, recipient of the 2025 Vivanco & Vivanco–Fulbright Scholarship, upon completing his master’s degree.
The Foundation
Foundation Arsenio
Vivanco Neira
Education and community
Building communities
stronger and better educated
The Arsenio Vivanco Neira Foundation participates in initiatives and leads projects across Latin America to promote secondary education for all.
Through the Arsenio Vivanco Neira Foundation, we help children, adolescents and adults attend school. Latin America has one of the world’s highest school dropout rates.
We want to help change reality.Freedom achieved
by education. We care…
Pro Bono Request
The Foundation helped regularize the status of a Venezuelan minor in California.
queremos mantener vivo
su legado.
His legacy
Arsenio Vivanco Neira
1927 – 2014
Arsenio Vivanco Neira was an entrepreneur, lawyer and politician.
Born in 1927 in Loja, a small and remote Ecuadorian city, he was always ahead of his time.
As a young man, he founded one of Ecuador’s first department stores and stocked it with imported goods, something unprecedented at the time. His innovative spirit led to success in business.
He later earned a law degree, driven by a strong sense of fairness and justice. A natural leader and statesman, he served his country as a minister, congressman, senator, cabinet member and vice-presidential candidate. He was a compassionate person guided by high moral standards and unwavering values, always committed to helping others.
In the 1940s, he led an effort to change Ecuadorian law and secure women’s right to higher education.
Actions with impact
Some activities
de la Foundation
Educational initiatives, scholarships and community actions developed with institutions across Latin America.
2025 - VIVANCO & VIVANCO + Fulbright Scholarship (Buenos Aires). Master of Laws, University of Miami.
VIVANCO & VIVANCO + Fulbright Scholarship (Buenos Aires). Master of Laws, University of Miami.
Yaruquí parish in Quito, Ecuador.
Costa Rica National Children’s Welfare Agency.
Margarita Barrientos Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
International organizations and associations we belong to
Recognized by
One of the world’s most prestigious directories once again recognized VIVANCO & VIVANCO as one of Latin America’s leading firms.
Great Place to Work certified VIVANCO & VIVANCO as an excellent workplace for the period December 2025 – December 2026.