AWO | Bezirksverband Braunschweig

What AWO | Bezirksverband Braunschweig does

AWO Bezirksverband Braunschweig e.V. (Arbeiterwohlfahrt-Bezirksverband Braunschweig e.V.) is a regional, non-profit welfare association (eingetragener Verein, VR 2079) affiliated with the national AWO Bundesverband. Headquartered at Marie-Juchacz-Platz 1 in Braunschweig, the organization operates as part of the AWO movement founded by Marie Juchacz after World War I and delivers statutory social services across the region between Harz and Heide in Lower Saxony. Its service portfolio spans the full life cycle: 12 residential and nursing homes plus day care and dementia care under Senioren & Pflege; youth welfare, family support, and special needs schools under Jugend- & Erziehungshilfen; more than 20 Kindertagesstätten and employer-sponsored daycares (Betriebskitas) under Kinderbetreuung; psychosocial contact centers, sheltered housing, and addiction services under Psychosoziale Hilfen and Gesundheit; family, migration, debt, and addiction counseling under Beratung; labor-market reintegration projects under Arbeitsmarktprojekte; and neighborhood community building under AWO-Quartiersarbeit. Service quality is governed by a DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management system (TÜV Nord), AWO Governance Codex, and LkSG compliance.

The business model is a public-sector-commissioned, managed-services model. The majority of revenue is generated through statutory frameworks (SGB VIII for youth welfare, SGB XI for long-term care, SGB V for health) via contracts with municipalities and social insurance providers, supplemented by approximately 5,000 membership dues, donations (via a dedicated Bank für Sozialwirtschaft account), and minor e-commerce revenue from the AWO online shop (WERTopia board game, merchandise). Distribution is direct through a network of 130 owned facilities and field-based service teams, with no channel-reseller model. The organization is supported by 3,500 paid employees, ~5,000 members, ~70 local volunteer associations (Ortsvereine), and a wholly owned operating subsidiary, AWO Senioren & Pflege gGmbH. Technology infrastructure is non-proprietary: standard web CMS, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Adform, Google Tag Manager, Usercentrics consent, ReadSpeaker for accessibility, a WEKA MEDIA-powered Online Lernen platform, and an active Digitalisierung (digital transformation) initiative. No AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

Name

AWO | Bezirksverband Braunschweig

Legal name

Arbeiterwohlfahrt-Bezirksverband Braunschweig e. V.

Website

https://awo-bs.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

AWO Bezirksverband Braunschweig is a non-profit regional welfare association affiliated with Germany's AWO, operating 130 facilities and 3,500 staff across the Harz-to-Heide region of Lower Saxony to deliver publicly funded elderly care, childcare, youth welfare, psychosocial support, and counseling services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Coordination & Case Management (HSABAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health–Integrated Dementia Care Communities (Neuropsychiatric/BPSD Programs) (HLADACAE), Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK), MHPSS & Trauma-Informed Support for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAJ)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Elderly care services
• Youth welfare services
• Child daycare services
• Psychosocial support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Braunschweig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Social Services Funding: AWO Bezirksverband Braunschweig generates the majority of its revenue through publicly funded social services commissioned by municipalities, social insurance providers, and government programs. Services in elderly care, youth welfare, child daycare, psychosocial support, health, and counseling are reimbursed under statutory frameworks (e.g., SGB VIII for youth welfare, SGB XI for long-term care, SGB V for health). This creates a recurring, contract-based revenue model dependent on public sector commissioning.
2. Membership Dues: The organization has approximately 5,000 paying members who contribute annual dues, supporting the association's voluntary arm and community activities.
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization accepts donations via a dedicated account at Bank für Sozialwirtschaft AG (IBAN: DE43 3702 0500 0006 4000 00) and conducts fundraising campaigns to support specific social projects and community initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

AWO Bezirksverband Braunschweig is a registered non-profit welfare association (eingetragener Verein) that delivers publicly commissioned social services across the life cycle. Its core offerings span residential and day care for the elderly and people with dementia, inpatient and outpatient youth welfare and educational support, kindergarten and employer-sponsored childcare, psychosocial and mental-health services, family/migration/debt counseling, labor-market reintegration projects, and community-based neighborhood work. The organization operates ~130 facilities in Lower Saxony staffed by 3,500 employees, supplemented by an in-house continuing-education academy and a social-innovation lab.

Product overview

AWO Bezirksverband Braunschweig is a social welfare organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of social services organized into distinct operational divisions. The core offerings include Senioren & Pflege (elderly care with residential homes, day care, and dementia care), Jugend- & Erziehungshilfen (youth welfare with inpatient/outpatient services and special schools), Kinderbetreuung (childcare via kindergartens and workplace nurseries), Psychosoziale Hilfen (psychosocial support with contact centers and assisted living), Gesundheit (health services including addiction and psychiatric care), and Beratung (counseling services for families, migration, and debt). Additional services include Arbeitsmarktprojekte (labor market integration), AWO-Quartiersarbeit (community development), and Fortbildungsangebote (professional training). The organization also operates an Innovationslabor for social innovation, an e-commerce shop for merchandise including the WERTopia educational board game, and a web-based Online Lernen platform for staff development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Senioren & Pflege (Senior Care)

Quantifiable outcome

• 130 facilities across the region between Harz and Heide serving thousands of individuals and families annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Städtisches Klinikum BraunschweigminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWO operates a Betriebskindertagesstätte (employer-sponsored kindergarten) on the premises of Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig, providing childcare for employees of the hospital — a strategic partnership serving both the hospital's workforce needs and AWO's childcare mission.
• Kinder-Werk (Betriebskita)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWO operates the 'Kinder-Werk' employer-sponsored daycare facility, likely in partnership with a local employer, providing childcare slots for working parents at a corporate location.
• Bürgerstiftung Braunschweig (Projekt 'Radeln ohne Alter')minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe AWO Ortsverein Braunschweig-Süd and AWO-Quartiersarbeit collaborate with the Bürgerstiftung Braunschweig on the 'Radeln ohne Alter' (Cycling without Aging) project, providing rickshaw rides at community events to promote intergenerational mobility.
• Volkshochschule Braunschweig (VHS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe AWO Freiwilligenagentur collaborates with VHS Braunschweig (a co-trustee of Stadtgarten Bebelhof) to provide garden plots for the 'Wandern Inklusive' project's raised beds, enabling inclusive nature activities.
• IGS Heidberg (Lehrküche)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWO's Nachbarschaftsladen Heidberg partners with the IGS Heidberg to use the school's teaching kitchen for community baking and cooking events.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SOS-Kinderdorf: Operates residential youth welfare facilities and family support services across Germany; comparable to AWO's Jugend- & Erziehungshilfen division in target population and service delivery model.
• Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB): Another of Germany's six recognized welfare associations (Wohlfahrtsverbände) with comparable elder care, social services, and emergency assistance operations across regional associations.
• Deutscher Caritasverband: Germany's largest Catholic welfare association and one of the six Spitzenverbände der freien Wohlfahrtspflege, directly comparable to AWO as a co-equal federated welfare organization providing social services, elderly care, youth welfare, and counseling across Germany.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK): The German Red Cross society is one of the six major welfare associations with a federated regional structure, delivering comparable social, care, and youth welfare services through member organizations across Germany.
• Diakonie Deutschland: The Protestant welfare association in Germany and another Spitzenverband, operating the same model of federated regional associations delivering elderly care, youth services, and psychosocial support, making it directly comparable to AWO Bezirksverband Braunschweig.
• Malteser Hilfsdienst: Catholic aid organization operating social welfare services including elderly care, youth work, and psychosocial support across German regions, structurally comparable to AWO's regional association model.
• Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband: Umbrella organization for non-confessional social service providers in Germany; operates as one of the six Spitzenverbände with a similar federated regional structure and service portfolio to AWO.
• AWO Bezirksverband Hannover: Sibling AWO district association serving the Hannover region of Lower Saxony with the same organizational structure, service portfolio, and AWO federation governance, providing the most direct operational comparison.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe: Part of the Johanniter family of organizations providing elder care, youth services, and social welfare programs in Germany with regional associations comparable in scale and service mix to AWO Bezirksverbände.

Broad incumbents

• Korian Deutschland: One of Germany's largest private for-profit operators of nursing homes and senior care facilities; competes with AWO's Senioren & Pflege division and represents the commercial-sector alternative to AWO's welfare-association model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AWOBraunschweigev
• Facebookfacebook.com/AWO.Braunschweig/wall
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/awo-braunschweig
• Instagraminstagram.com/awo.braunschweig

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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