What ProjectTogether does

ProjectTogether is a German nonprofit organization (gemeinnützige gGmbH) founded in 2015 in Munich, operating as a "Collective Action" alliance-builder across civil society, government, and business. The organization runs a portfolio of 15+ missions — including Welcome Alliance (450+ member organizations), Farm-Food-Climate (100+ agrifood initiatives), Circular Futures (110+ initiatives), Bauwende Allianz, Mental Health Alliance, Re:Form, 10,000 Tage, and Allianz der Gestalter:innen — that connect initiators, experts, foundations, and public-sector partners around specific societal challenges. Notable programs include the #WirVsVirus hackathon (March 2020, 28,000+ participants, under Federal Chancellery patronage) and Alliance4Ukraine (2022, 400+ organizations, 3.1+ million euros pooled through the Alliance4Ukraine Fund).

The organization's core offering is a set of methods and digital platforms rather than a traditional software product. The "Open Social Innovation" methodology runs broad-participation processes with parallel solution testing; "Public-Citizen Partnerships" enable state-and-civil-society co-creation of public services; "Collective Funding" pools resources from foundations, companies, and individuals into joint funds; and "Public Goods Building" assembles cross-sector teams to build functional prototypes. Concrete digital products include patenmatch.de (a refugee sponsorship matching platform built with BMFSFJ, in nine languages), the Goal100 onshore wind energy dashboard (with Die Zeit), and the Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft domestic-violence support app (funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice, 1.7M euros).

The business model is nonprofit and donation-driven: roughly 54% of 2024 revenue came from donation-consumption income, ~43% from donations earmarked for scholarships and project pass-throughs, and ~3% from economic activity. Core operational funding comes from institutional partners including Schöpflin Stiftung (since 2016), MSR Social Impact gGmbH, Holzer Group, and individual philanthropists such as Kai Viehof (2023-2025). Mission-specific funding flows from federal ministries (BMI, BMBF, BMEL, BMFSFJ, BMWSB), foundations (Robert Bosch, BMW Foundation, Bertelsmann, Alfred Landecker, Hertie, Stiftung Mercator, DSEE), and corporate partners (Google.org, SAP, Generali, IKEA, Flix). The sole shareholder is co-founder Philipp von der Wippel, who serves as co-managing director alongside Henrike Schlottmann; the organization also operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, ProjectTogether Gemeinwohlprojekte gGmbH.

Name

ProjectTogether

Legal name

ProjectTogether gGmbH

Website

https://projecttogether.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ProjectTogether is a German nonprofit (gGmbH) founded in 2015 that builds cross-sector alliances ("Missions") across civil society, government, and business to address societal challenges in migration, climate, housing, and mental health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Innovation and Collective Action Facilitation

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Development & Social Impact Programs (EDAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA)

Keywords

• Collective action facilitation
• Social innovation programs
• Civil society alliances
• Civic engagement platforms
• Nonprofit mission incubation

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding / Core Funding: Multi-year institutional funding from charitable foundations, family offices, businesses, and individuals that provides operational freedom. Partners include Schöpflin Foundation, MSR Social Impact gGmbH, Holzer Group, and individuals such as Kai Viehof, Christoph Behn, and Daniel Krauss. This forms the core operational budget.
2. Donations and Mittelverwendung: Charitable donations from foundations, companies, and individuals. According to 2024 data: Erträge aus Spendenverbrauch: 54%; Erträge aus Spenden für Stipendien und Mittelweiterleitungen an Projekte: 43%.
3. Mission-Specific Funding: Funding directed to specific missions/alliances from foundations, civil society organizations, government partners, and private companies. Each mission creates its own funding ecosystem.
4. Revenue from Economic Activity: Erträge aus wirtschaftlichem Geschäftsbetrieb (approximately 3% of revenue in recent years).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ProjectTogether is a German nonprofit (gGmbH) that creates broad cross-sector alliances called "Missions" to address major societal challenges. It brings together civil society, government, and business stakeholders through open social innovation processes, collective funding instruments, and public-citizen partnerships. The organization also develops digital public goods (e.g., patenmatch.de, Goal100 wind energy dashboard, Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft app) and operates thematic missions covering migration, mental health, sustainable agriculture, circular economy, skilled labor, and democratic participation.

Product overview

ProjectTogether is a nonprofit alliance-building organization that functions as an 'incubator for the society of tomorrow.' Rather than a traditional SaaS product company, it operates a platform-plus-methods approach consisting of collaborative processes (Open Social Innovation, Public-Citizen Partnerships, Collective Funding, Public Goods Building) and a portfolio of mission-specific initiatives and digital platforms. The core offering is the facilitation of collective action among civil society, government, and business stakeholders to address societal challenges. Associated digital products include patenmatch.de (refugee sponsorship platform), the Goal100 wind energy dashboard, and the Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft app. The organization's mission portfolio includes active initiatives (Welcome Alliance, Circular Futures, Farm-Food-Climate, 10,000 Days) and past programs (#WirVsVirus, UpdateDeutschland).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• patenmatch.de First digital platform in Germany for refugee sponsorships, providing a central multilingual contact point to match refugees with sponsors across nine languages; built with the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
• Goal100 Wind Energy Dashboard Wind energy dashboard that makes the expansion of onshore wind energy in Germany transparent, comparable, and accessible to a broad audience; launched in cooperation with Die Zeit.
• Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft App App offering low-threshold help for people affected by domestic violence, bundling prevention, support, and protection services; developed during the #WirVsVirus hackathon and funded by the Federal Ministry of Justice.
• Welcome Alliance (Willkommens-Allianz) Alliance to shape Germany as an immigration and remaining country by structurally improving integration and participation; evolved from Alliance4Ukraine and includes 450+ member organizations.
• Circular Futures Real-life laboratory driving the resource transition in Germany through 110+ innovative initiatives and 2,000+ participants.
• Farm-Food-Climate Innovation platform for agriculture and food systems transformation within planetary boundaries, featuring 100+ innovative initiatives; funded by the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
• 10,000 Tage (Skilled Workers Mission) Mission to train and mobilize skilled workers for a climate-positive economy and society; co-initiated with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and supported with 1.5 million euros in funding.
• Alliance4Ukraine Fund Collective funding instrument pooling funds from foundations, companies, and individuals to rapidly support organizations aiding asylum seekers from Ukraine; raised more than 3.1 million euros and supported 70+ initiatives.
• Mental Health Alliance Alliance working on mental health, bringing together civil society, government, and business actors to expand access to mental health support.
• Re:Form (Allianz für den Staat von morgen) Alliance focused on modernizing the German state and public sector through cross-sector collaboration and citizen engagement.
• Bauwende Allianz Alliance for sustainable building and social housing; jointly launching an implementation lab for Bau-Turbo (construction acceleration) with the Federal Ministry for Housing and the German Institute for Urbanistics.
• Allianz der Gestalter:innen Alliance developing regional solutions for nationwide transformation, connecting local changemakers across Germany.
• UNMUTE NOW Mission amplifying young voices for democracy and political participation, supported with 2.1 million euros in funding from the Alfred Landecker Foundation.
• UpdateDeutschland Crisis response program with 4,400 participants in a 48-hour digital sprint, 330 initiatives in the implementation program, involving 60+ municipalities and 11 state governments, under the patronage of the head of the Federal Chancellery.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ people from society, politics, and business involved in missions and alliances
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

40 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and supporting.

• Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal Ministry of the Interior co-developing Welcome Alliance Fund (privat-public funding model) and providing joint patronage for Welcome Alliance with Federal Integration Commissioner.
• Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellery)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman Federal Chancellery provided patronage for #WirVsVirus implementation program and UpdateDeutschland. Key government partner for crisis response initiatives.
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal Ministry of Education and Research co-initiating 10,000 Tage mission with 1.5 million euros funding for skilled workers for climate-positive society.
• Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal Ministry of Agriculture and Food funding Farm-Food-Climate Challenge as part of its innovation program.
• Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal Ministry co-developing patenmatch.de platform for refugee sponsorships and providing funding for domestic violence app (Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft - 1.7 million euros).
• Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen (BMWSB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal Ministry for Housing jointly launching Umsetzungslabor for Bau-Turbo (construction acceleration) with Bauwende Allianz and Difu.
• Tech4GermanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal digital fellowship program co-initiating #WirVsVirus hackathon along with ProjectTogether, Prototype Fund, Impact Hub Berlin, SEND e.V., Initiative D21, and Code for Germany.
• Prototype FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman funding program for civic tech projects co-initiating #WirVsVirus hackathon.
• Impact Hub BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation ecosystem partner co-initiating #WirVsVirus hackathon.
• SEND e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman association for social entrepreneurship co-initiating #WirVsVirus hackathon.
• Initiative D21coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGermany's largest digital association co-initiating #WirVsVirus hackathon.
• Code for GermanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpen government data initiative co-initiating #WirVsVirus hackathon.
• Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (Difu)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban research institute jointly launching Umsetzungslabor for Bau-Turbo with BMWSB and Bauwende Allianz.
• Climate-KICsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean knowledge and innovation community for climate action partnering on Climate Action Challenge.
• EcosiasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSearch engine partnering on Climate Action Challenge for climate-friendly future.
• AshokasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal social entrepreneurship organization co-designing ChangemakerXchange for Climate Action Challenge.
• More in CommonsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch and strategy consultancy working on societal challenges, partnering with ProjectTogether.
• WWF DeutschlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental organization listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether's ecosystem.
• Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft (BNW)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman sustainable business association partnering with ProjectTogether.
• Berliner Initiative gegen Gewalt an Frauen (BIG)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBerlin initiative professionally supporting Gewaltfrei in die Zukunft app development for domestic violence prevention.
• SipgatesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTelecommunications company that released employee Daniel Bartel for 5 weeks and sponsored travel costs and materials for #Europawahl19 Boostcamp.
• BCG (Boston Consulting Group)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal management consulting firm listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• Generali DeutschlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInsurance company listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• FlixsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobility company listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• IKEA DeutschlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFurniture retailer listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• Randstad DeutschlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHR services company listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• BBH GruppesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulting firm listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• Ben & Jerry'ssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIce cream brand listed as partner organization for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• Acker e.V.supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban farming organization listed as partner NGO for ProjectTogether ecosystem.
• Joblinge gGmbHsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial enterprise for youth employment listed as partner NGO.
• viva con aguasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater access nonprofit organization listed as partner NGO.
• WellcomesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPostpartum support organization listed as partner NGO.
• KrisenchatsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health chat service for youth listed as partner NGO.
• KopfsachensupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMental health organization listed as partner NGO.
• Tür an Tür - Integrationsprojekte gGmbHsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegration projects organization listed as partner NGO.
• Netzwerk Junger Bürgermeister*innensupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of young mayors partnering on regional solutions and Werkstatt der Mutigen format.
• DstGB (Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman municipal association partnering with ProjectTogether.
• BBE (Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal network for civic engagement partnering with ProjectTogether.
• Brand New BundestagsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative for modernizing parliament listed as partner organization.
• Die ZeitsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman newspaper partnering on Goal100 wind energy dashboard mission.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ashoka: Global nonprofit supporting leading social entrepreneurs via fellowship and ecosystem building. Listed as a ProjectTogether partner (co-designing ChangemakerXchange) and operates a directly comparable social-entrepreneurship support model, though at global scale.
• Impact Hub Berlin: Innovation ecosystem and co-working network for impact-driven entrepreneurs in Berlin. Partnered with ProjectTogether on the #WirVsVirus hackathon and serves comparable early-stage social innovators with community, events, and program support.
• SEND e.V. German association for social entrepreneurship. Co-initiated the #WirVsVirus hackathon with ProjectTogether and operates a comparable mission of supporting social enterprises in Germany through networking, advocacy, and capacity building.
• Prototype Fund: German funding program for civic tech projects. Co-initiated #WirVsVirus with ProjectTogether and shares a comparable approach of funding prototypes that build public-interest digital infrastructure - directly overlapping with ProjectTogether's Public Goods Building method.
• Code for Germany: Open government data initiative of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. Co-initiated #WirVsVirus with ProjectTogether and shares the civic-tech / open-innovation methodology around citizen-government collaboration on digital public goods.
• More in Common: Research and strategy organization working on societal polarization and cohesion. Listed partner of ProjectTogether, addressing the same problem space (societal fragmentation, civic engagement) with complementary research-led rather than alliance-led methods.

Broad incumbents

• Nesta: UK innovation foundation running missions, applied research, and challenge prizes on social issues. Comparable mission model (e.g., missions programme, collective action labs) at much larger scale and longer track record, providing a benchmark for what ProjectTogether could scale into.
• Skoll Foundation: Global foundation funding social entrepreneurs and large-scale systemic change. Operates a parallel model of seeding and scaling social innovation ecosystems, providing a macro peer for ProjectTogether's collective-action approach at a global scale.

Others

• Schöpflin Stiftung: Private German foundation and ProjectTogether's longest-standing institutional funder (2016-present). Operates a parallel mission of strengthening civil society through social risk capital, making it both a peer and a primary financier.

Regional players

• BBE (Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement): National German network for civic engagement. Listed partner of ProjectTogether, operating a complementary role as a federal coordination body for civil society - a comparable convening function at national policy level rather than grassroots-mission level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@projecttogether
• Facebookfacebook.com/ProjectTogethergUG
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/projecttogether
• Instagraminstagram.com/projecttogether

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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