Salon R-5 Corp Coyoacán: the garden with bougainvillea and a hundred-year-old ahuehuete where corporate foundations present the social-impact report and auction the piece donated by the Oaxacan artist

Salon R-5 Corp Coyoacán is the garden with bougainvillea, a century-old ahuehuete tree and rose-cantera fountain, perimeter gallery for pieces donated by contemporary Mexican artists, open-air stage for panel conversations and poetry readings, seating for 120 under the canopy or 200 standing around the fountain, contemporary Oaxacan cuisine service with mezcal and atol pairing, live marimba máquina trio or Yucatecan trova soloists, and a back-of-house freight elevator with its own entry off Calle Francisco Sosa. The room hosts the corporate social responsibility (CSR) events that Mexican corporate foundations run at the fiscal-year close, the silent auctions that accompany the gala dinner to raise funds for education and health programs, the social-impact program launches announced in the presence of the cultural press (La Jornada, Reforma, Letras Libres, Gatopardo), and the Children's Day or International Women's Day celebrations organized by the corporate's diversity and inclusion committee. What defines R-5 is the proximity to the artistic community: the merch is conceived as a donation piece or as community recognition, not as a corporate souvenir.

Merch packages for Salon R-5 Coyoacán

Foundation donor's kit

Production from 40 to 200 pieces for individual donors, corporate donors, foundation board members and the cultural press invited to the social-impact report. Unbleached-cotton box with screen-printed foundation isotype, curated contents: external-audit-certified annual impact report, Mexican artisan piece from a fair-trade workshop (Oaxacan women cooperative, Puebla potters cooperative, Chiapas weavers cooperative), recycled-paper notebook with serial-numbered label, card with the impact-report QR code and letter signed by the foundation director. Delivery in the garden with signature, timestamp and serial number.

R-5 Coyoacán staff merch

Uniforms for the foundation team, the garden hospitality staff, the auction artists, the Yucatecan trova musicians and the freight and open-air stage technicians. Sand-colored organic-cotton shirt with hand-embroidered foundation isotype, recycled-canvas apron with tool pocket, photo badge and fabric lanyard, visible role identifier (foundation, hospitality, artist, music, production). Runs from 25 pieces with individual numbering and artisan embroidery.

Donated piece for the silent auction

One-off piece for the contemporary Mexican artist donating the auctioned work (typically painting, photography, sculpture or installation from an artist with a CDMX, Oaxaca or San Miguel de Allende gallery), curation of the authenticity certificate, museum-grade display in the garden's perimeter gallery with technical sheet, starting bid and auctioneer's hammer. Logistics support for the piece's transit from the artist's studio with transit insurance, museum-grade packing and slip signed by the artist and the auctioneer. Runs of 1 to 3 pieces per event.

Foundation director and CSR committee merch

For the foundation director, HR director, diversity-and-inclusion committee lead and the team presenting the social-impact report during the event and then attending to donors in the auction. Sand-colored organic-cotton shirt with hand-embroidered foundation isotype, canvas trousers, organic-cotton tote with isotype, encrypted USB with the high-resolution social-impact report. Runs from 10 pieces with bespoke casual tailoring and pre-fitting at the corporate's showroom.

Logistics, access and custody at Salon R-5 Coyoacán

R-5's freight entry off Calle Francisco Sosa has restricted hours from 7:00 to 10:00 on event day, with a log signed by garden operations and the foundation director. Material moves to the back-of-house in sealed boxes with lot numbers and stays under lock in the climate-controlled cellar until setup begins. For silent auctions with high-value pieces, we run transit insurance, authenticity-certificate custody and museum-grade display with piece-specific lighting for the auctioned work.

For multi-city tours combining CDMX with Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende and Tijuana, we run partial shipments with Carta Porte 3.0 and the foreign trade complement when the kit crosses the northern border, with USMCA compliance for foundations operating in the US and Canada. For international legs continuing into NY, London or Madrid, we run IATA-compliant packing and coordinate with the client's corporate courier. The merch chain of custody is documented with signature, timestamp and photo at every checkpoint: alley intake, garden operations inspection, cellar transfer, restocking during the welcome service and post-event collection.

For foundations invoicing through SAT, we issue CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA breakdown (where applicable) and deduction support as Corporate Social Responsibility or Foundations expense. For corporates with international operations, we run complementary invoicing in USD at the Banco de México FIX rate of the prior day and compliance with the foreign-operations regime. For corporates with dual MXN/USD invoicing, we run the payment complement when the operation closes in installments. For tours crossing the border, we file a temporary import pedimento when the kit returns to Mexico.

INBAL, USMCA compliance and Salon R-5 prohibitions

R-5 operates under INBAL rules when the garden is an artistic monument or cultural heritage: no merch with flammable materials near the ahuehuete tree and the bougainvillea, no merch damaging the rose-cantera fountain, no unshielded metallic pieces admitted to the garden, no competitor-logo merch during the dinner, no outside food or beverages beyond the garden's authorized catering. For events with encrypted retransmission abroad, we run pieces compliant with the foundation's transmission protocol and concealed pieces for the feed when the compliance manual requires it.

For multi-city tours crossing the northern border, we run USMCA compliance with certificate of origin when the kit includes US components and support for the foreign trade complement of CFDI 4.0. For European legs covering London or Madrid, we run GDPR compliance for European donor data and support for local-VAT invoicing when the foundation has a presence in the EU. For Asian legs covering Tokyo or Singapore, we run compliance with local merchandise-entry restrictions and coordinate with the client's international courier.

For SAT invoicing, we issue CFDI 4.0 with 16% IVA breakdown and deduction support as Corporate Social Responsibility, Foundations or Human Resources expense. For corporates with dual invoicing, we run the payment complement when installments apply. For international tours, we file temporary import pedimentos when the kit returns to Mexico and comply with Article 27 of the Fiscal Code of the Federation for deducting expenses abroad. Delivery to the cellar is documented with a slip signed by the garden operations chief and the foundation director.

MOQ, costs and Salon R-5 reservations

Foundation donor's kit — from 2,200 MXN before IVA per piece in 60-piece runs. R-5 Coyoacán staff merch — from 1,450 MXN before IVA per person in 25-person runs. Donated piece for the silent auction — per-piece quote including curation and transit insurance. Foundation director merch — from 1,950 MXN before IVA per person in 10-person runs. Costs exclude the garden rental and the contemporary Oaxacan catering and trova music service.

For CSR events in high-demand dates (November and December for the fiscal-year close, March and April for International Women's Day and Children's Day), we lock production ninety days ahead. For medium-demand dates, sixty days. For low-demand dates, forty-five days. Express production with less than twenty-one days carries a 35% surcharge. Reservations run with a fourteen-point brief: CSR event date, donor count, program type, foundation brand manual, color palette, INBAL compliance where applicable, load-in logistics, SAT invoicing and post-event donation.

For multi-city tours combining CDMX with Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende and Tijuana, we run consolidated packages with single invoicing and partial shipments. For international tours, we run packages with USMCA, GDPR where applicable and international courier coordination. Delivery to the cellar is documented with signed slip and photography when garden protocol allows.

Salon R-5 Coyoacán FAQ

Can you deliver the foundation donor's kit at R-5 with signature receipt and chain of custody signed by the foundation?

Yes — we deliver in the garden with donor signature, timestamp, assigned serial number and uniformed-staff signature. Chain of custody is documented with photography when garden protocol allows and the kit stays in sealed boxes throughout the day.

Can you handle the donated piece for the silent auction with transit insurance and museum-grade display?

Yes — we run transit insurance from the artist's studio, museum-grade packing, display in the garden's perimeter gallery with piece-specific lighting, technical sheet and authenticity certificate signed by the artist and the auctioneer.

Can you invoice the merch with USMCA compliance for tours to the US with corporate donors?

Yes — we issue CFDI 4.0 with the foreign trade complement, USMCA certificate of origin when the kit includes US components, and deduction support as Corporate Social Responsibility or International Public Relations expense.

Is Corp-Merch an official partner of Salon R-5 Coyoacán or of the corporate foundations?

No. Corp-Merch.MX is an independent workshop for curation, production and logistics of merch for CSR events, foundations, and silent auctions at Salon R-5 Coyoacán and other venues across Mexico. Salon R-5 and the foundations mentioned are described for sector-descriptive purposes only.