It is a private, non-profit organization that promotes participation processes of business development, through technical assistance for organization and training, production, processing, commercialization, financing and fortification of rural credit unions, microenterprises and agribusiness initiatives, with small and medium producers.

FUNDER was created in 1997 from the experience of the Project for Consolidation of Rural Businesses of the Agrarian Reform in Comayagua (PROCORAC due to its acronym in Spanish) and social organization in the rural environment.

It is formed by government authorities, civil society organizations (rural social organizations) and members of the international cooperation, focused on contributing to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable families in the rural sector. It is a service institution, with a judicial personality and statutes approved by the Executive Power through the Secretary of Governance and Justice (SGJ), according to Resolution Number 051-97 from February 26th, 1997, reformed through Resolution Number 435-2002 of November 26th, 2002 and published in the La Gaceta Official Newspaper, on January 20th, 2003.

It came about as an alternative to support the families that lacked financial sources and its existence allows them to meet their most pressing needs in rural communities, even the most remote in the country.

Honduras is a country that does not produce oil, and depends 100% on the imports of non-renewable energy. In 2006, these imports represented 16.7 millions of barrels, equivalent to 701.4 millions of gallons (42 gallons per barrel).