Asociación Fondo Paez was established in 1992 with a mission to revitalize the culture and traditional agricultural techniques of the Paez, the largest of Colombia's indigenous populations. Fondo Paez is organized by democratic process and an equal ownership model, allowing the cooperative to provide social benefits and return a relatively high percentage of profits to each of its 550 current producers. Fondo Paez provides technical, quality control, and logistical assistance to community-based member cooperatives.