Pfeifferschen Stiftungen

What Pfeifferschen Stiftungen does

Pfeifferschen Stiftungen is a German non-profit charitable foundation (Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts) established in 1889 in Magdeburg-Cracau, operating a multi-site social care platform in Saxony-Anhalt. Its service portfolio spans inpatient and outpatient senior care (228+ inpatient places), sheltered workshops for around 600 people with disabilities, hospice and palliative care, and children and youth welfare services. Physical operations span Magdeburg, Salzlandkreis, and Jerichower Land, with rural outreach programs such as the Quartiersmanagement Letzlingen community initiative.

The foundation's revenue model is built on statutory German social insurance reimbursements under SGB V (statutory health insurance) and SGB XI (statutory long-term care insurance), supplemented by co-payments, donations, and grants channeled through its Förderstiftung. As a Diakonie-affiliated provider, it operates under the regulatory framework that governs licensed German care facilities. The technology stack is operational rather than product-oriented, focused on back-office tools — cloud-based HR systems (Scopevisio, HR-Autopilot), donation management, and a Mobility Hub parking solution — with no proprietary product, AI/ML capability, or SaaS offering.

In 2025, the foundation completed a 10-month self-administration (Eigenverwaltung) restructuring and divested its hospital assets (Klinikum Cracau, Lungenklinik Lostau, MVZ) to Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg, exiting acute care. It has established a facility-services joint venture with Weidemann-Gruppe and installed Ulrike Petermann as sole CEO from January 2026, signaling a post-restructuring consolidation phase.

Name

Pfeifferschen Stiftungen

Legal name

Pfeiffersche Stiftungen zu Magdeburg-Cracau, milde Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts

Website

https://pfeiffersche-stiftungen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1889

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Pfeifferschen Stiftungen is a German non-profit charitable foundation founded in 1889 in Magdeburg, providing senior care, sheltered workshops for people with disabilities, hospice and palliative care, and youth welfare across multiple sites in Saxony-Anhalt, funded primarily through statutory insurance reimbursements and donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Care and Nursing Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (62161), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF), Community-Based Palliative Care (Home-Based Non-Hospice) (HLADAHAH), Bereavement, Grief & Family Support Services (Hospice-Linked) (HLAFAEAO), Hospice & Palliative Respite Care (HSABAGAG)

Keywords

• Elderly care services
• Disability support services
• Hospice care services
• Vocational rehabilitation workshops
• Social welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Magdeburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Statutory nursing and social care reimbursements: Primary revenue stream from billing statutory health insurers (Krankenkassen) and long-term care insurers (Pflegekassen) under German social law frameworks (SGB V, SGB XI) for nursing care, disability services, hospice, and palliative services.
2. Donations and fundraising: Charitable donations managed through the Förderstiftung der Pfeifferschen Stiftungen, established 2019. Includes online donations, occasion-based donations (birthdays, anniversaries, condolences), court-assigned fines and monetary penalties, and general fundraising via GFS Fundraising Solutions GmbH.
3. Resident/client co-payments: Clients in senior care facilities and senior living apartments contribute co-payments for accommodation and additional services beyond covered care.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pfeifferschen Stiftungen is a non-profit Diakonie foundation providing social-care and nursing services across the full life cycle: stationary and ambulatory elderly care (228+ care places), sheltered workshops employing approximately 600 people with disabilities, vocational training and rehabilitation, stationary and ambulatory hospice and palliative care (10-bed hospice plus pediatric hospice), bereavement support (Trauerinstitut), pastoral care, ethics consultation, and children's and youth crisis intervention. Services are delivered directly to individuals and families in Magdeburg, Salzlandkreis, and Jerichower Land, with donations managed through the Förderstiftung.

Product overview

Pfeifferschen Stiftungen is a nonprofit diaconal complex provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of social and healthcare services. The organization operates as a multi-service platform with distinct but interconnected service lines: (1) Senior Care Services including ambulatory care, day care at Heumarkt and Luisencarré, stationary residential homes (Haus Bethanien, Hedwig-Pfeiffer-Haus, Martin-Ulbrich-Haus, Haus Mechthild), dementia-specific facilities, intensive care, senior shared living communities, service apartments, short-term/respite care, and a dementia advisory phone; (2) Disability Services encompassing residential living options, supported community living, integrative children's/youth home 'Arche Noah,' vocational workshops with approximately 600 employees, vocational training/rehabilitation, and various workshop products (industrial assembly, metalworking, carpentry, electrical disassembly, gardening, chair caning, bookstore, bicycle shop); (3) Palliative and Hospice Care including the Palliative and Hospice Center, stationary adult hospice in Luisenhaus (10 beds), mobile hospice services for adults and children, children's hospice, bereavement institute with multiple support groups, advisory telephone services, pastoral care, and ethics consultation; (4) Children and Youth Services including crisis intervention 'Impuls,' school accompaniment, therapeutic day groups, and integrative residential care; (5) Neighborhood Management in Letzlingen for rural community support; and (6) Charitable Foundation for donations and fundraising. The services are supported by internal operations tools including easyHR (applicant management), Scopevisio AG (HR document management), HR-Autopilot GmbH (HR automation), twingle GmbH (online donations), GFS Fundraising Solutions (donation administration), Matomo (web analytics), and Usercentrics (cookie consent). The organization also holds stakes in the Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum Magdeburg (100%) and Bildungszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe Magdeburg (50%). The foundation was founded in 1889 and successfully completed a 10-month self-administration insolvency proceedings in October 2025, with medical facilities transferred to Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pfeiffers Manufaktur: Handcrafted products manufactured by people with disabilities at the workshop facilities
• Knorke-Bike
• Café Gusto

Products and services

• Ambulante Pflege (Ambulatory Care) Mobile nursing and care services delivered in clients' homes, offering medical treatment support, personal care, and daily living assistance for seniors and people with disabilities in Magdeburg and surrounding region.
• Tagespflege (Day Care) Day care services for seniors at Heumarkt and Luisencarré locations, providing temporary daytime care, social activities, and respite for family caregivers.
• Stationäre Wohnangebote / Pflegeheime (Residential Care Homes) Full-time residential care across four facilities: Haus Bethanien (60 beds), Hedwig-Pfeiffer-Haus (38 care places + 7 senior apartments), Martin-Ulbrich-Haus (80 beds), and Haus Mechthild (30 beds), providing comprehensive elderly nursing care.
• Hedwig-Pfeiffer-Haus Demenzzentrum (Dementia Center) Specialized dementia care facility operating a residential-community model with 38 care places and 7 senior-friendly apartments, designed for dementia patients in Magdeburg city center.
• Pflegeoase für Menschen mit Demenz (Care Oasis for People with Dementia) Specialized living area within Hedwig-Pfeiffer-Haus for severely dementia-affected residents, featuring sensory stimulation through color design, special seasonal-daylight simulation lighting systems, and therapeutic activities.
• Intensivpflege (Intensive Care) 24-hour intensive-care unit within Martin-Ulbrich-Haus for patients with tracheostomy, ventilator support, artificial nutrition, cardiac support systems, and palliative care needs.
• Senioren-Wohngemeinschaften (Senior Shared Living) Two senior shared-living communities at Heumarkt (Brückstraße 11) with eight residents each, offering self-determined living with 24/7 nursing presence, private rooms (17–23 m²) with disabled-accessible bathrooms, and communal kitchen facilities.
• Servicewohnen (Service Living) Senior-friendly apartments in Bethanien, Haus Mechthild, and Hedwig-Pfeiffer-Haus with optional ambulatory care and meal services, offering proximity to care facilities.
• Kurzzeitpflege / Verhinderungspflege (Short-term / Respite Care) Temporary residential care up to 56 days per calendar year, providing relief for family caregivers or bridging care after hospital discharge. Statutory benefits up to €1,854/year under SGB V §39c or SGB XI §42; substitute care up to 42 days / €1,685/year under SGB XI §39.
• Wohnangebote für Menschen mit Behinderung (Living Options for People with Disabilities) Residential living options including supported community living, integrative children's and youth home 'Arche Noah', accompanied parenthood programs, school accompaniment, and therapeutic day groups for people with disabilities.
• Werkstatt für Menschen mit Behinderungen (Workshop for People with Disabilities) Sheltered workshop employing approximately 600 people with disabilities, offering vocational work integration, professional training, external work placements, and support areas.
• Berufliche Bildung Werkstatt / Reha (Vocational Training and Rehabilitation) Professional vocational training and rehabilitation services for people with disabilities and for people with psychological or neurological conditions, helping develop work skills and integration into employment.
• Produkte und Dienstleistungen der Werkstätten (Workshop Products and Services) Manufacturing and service offerings from the sheltered workshops including industrial assembly, metalworking, carpentry/woodworking, electrical disassembly, garden/landscape maintenance, chair caning, the Buchshop/Antiquariat (Machte Buch), Knorke-Bike bicycle shop, and Pfeiffers Manufaktur handcrafted products.
• Palliativ- und Hospizzentrum (Palliative and Hospice Center) Comprehensive palliative and hospice care center coordinating the adult hospice, children's hospice, mobile hospice services, bereavement institute, pastoral care, ethics consultation, and a palliative-hospice advisory phone line.
• Hospiz im Luisenhaus (Adult Stationary Hospice) Stationary hospice for adults with 10 beds (8 single rooms + 1 double room) in Haus 16 on the Pfeifferstraße campus, offering 24-hour needs-oriented professional care, pastoral support, and volunteer companionship in a homelike atmosphere.
• Ambulanter Hospizdienst (Mobile Hospice Service) Mobile hospice services for adults providing accompaniment for seriously ill and dying individuals and their families at home, in hospice settings, hospitals, and care facilities across Magdeburg, Burg, and Schönebeck.
• Kinderhospiz Magdeburg (Children's Hospice) Stationary children's hospice at Pfeifferstraße 4 (Haus 16) on the Pfeifferschen Stiftungen campus, providing care and support for children and adolescents with life-limiting conditions and their families. Also includes the Ambulanter Hospizdienst für Kinder und Jugendliche (Ambulatory Hospice Service for Children and Youth).
• Trauerinstitut (Bereavement Institute) Bereavement support services including grief café, grief groups, bereaved fathers' group, star-children parents' group, children's and adolescents' grief groups, suicide-bereavement self-help group, and 'Last Help' courses.
• Palliativ-hospizliches Beratungstelefon (Palliative-Hospice Advisory Phone) Advisory telephone service (0391 8505 803) available Monday to Friday 8 am–5 pm, providing information on palliative-care options, hospice services, home care, and referrals to qualified contacts.
• Demenz-Beratungstelefon (Dementia Advisory Phone) Advisory telephone service (0160 62 57 492) for dementia patients and their relatives, providing information on support options, care services, and counseling on living with dementia.
• Impuls: Hilfe für Kinder und Jugendliche in Krisen (Crisis Intervention for Children and Youth) Ambulatory assistance service for young people and families in crisis situations, providing mobile crisis support and intervention.
• Integratives Kinder- und Jugendwohnen Arche Noah (Integrative Children's and Youth Home) Integrative residential care facility for children and adolescents, providing living accommodations combined with support services for those with disabilities and those in crisis situations.
• Schulbegleitung (School Accompaniment) School support services for children with disabilities, providing assistance and accompaniment during school hours to enable inclusive education.
• Heilpädagogische Tagesgruppe (Therapeutic Day Group) Therapeutic day program for children with developmental needs, providing structured activities and support.
• Seelsorge (Pastoral Care) Pastoral care services provided by the organization's chaplains, offering spiritual support, religious services, and ethical counseling to patients, residents, and families across all facilities.
• Ethikberatung (Ethics Consultation) Multi-professional ethics consultation providing guidance on treatment decisions, therapy limitation, and ethical dilemmas in palliative-care contexts.
• Quartiersmanagement Letzlingen (Neighborhood Management Letzlingen) Neighborhood management project in rural Letzlingen (Gardelegen) supporting aging-in-place for rural seniors through volunteer coordination and local service networks; trained and coordinates volunteers for the Servicepunkt Nachbarschaftshilfe Sachsen-Anhalt since 2024.
• Praxis für Ergotherapie (Occupational Therapy Practice) Occupational therapy services within the workshop facilities for people with disabilities, supporting rehabilitation and skill development.
• Förderstiftung (Support Foundation) Charitable foundation established 2019 to receive donations, occasion-based giving, court-assigned fines, and to coordinate fundraising for Pfeifferschen Stiftungen.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~600 people with disabilities employed in sheltered workshops
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg (Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Transfer of medical facilities (Klinikum Cracau, Lungenklinik Lostau, MVZ) from Pfeiffersche Stiftungen to Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg as of August 1, 2025. Integral part of Pfeiffers' sanierung plan. Pfeiffers retains non-medical social care operations. Joint projects in palliative care, nursing practice, and pastoral care to continue post-transfer.
• Weidemann-GruppecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Formation of Pfeiffers Service & Dienste GmbH together with Weidemann-Gruppe for provision of catering and facility services. Food supply for care recipients restructured through this joint vehicle. Partnership integrates vocational inclusion (Inklusionsgedanke) with regional commercial partners.
• VolkssolidaritätminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Cooperation with Volkssolidarität on food supply logistics for care recipients, integrated with the Weidemann partnership and the new Pfeiffers Service & Dienste GmbH.
• Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum Magdeburg (Kinderzentrum Magdeburg)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPfeiffersche Stiftungen holds 100% stake in the Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum Magdeburg (pediatric development center). Provides specialized outpatient care for children with developmental disorders.
• Bildungszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe MagdeburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPfeiffersche Stiftungen holds 50% stake in the Bildungszentrum für Gesundheitsberufe Magdeburg, a healthcare vocational training center in Magdeburg.
• Kinderhospiz MagdeburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStationary children's hospice located on the Pfeifferschen Stiftungen campus (Pfeifferstraße 4, Haus 16). Separate legal entity with close operational integration. Pfeiffers references and links to it across hospice and palliative services.
• GFS Fundraising Solutions GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFundraising services company managing donation administration and processing of telephone and written communications for the Förderstiftung. Long-standing trusted relationship.
• Städtische Arbeitsgemeinschaft 'Stolpersteine für Magdeburg'minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for maintenance of 53 Stolpersteine (stumbling stone memorials) commemorating victims of Nazi euthanasia programs. Pfeiffersche Stiftungen assumed sponsorship (Patenschaft) in October 2025, with ongoing cooperation on memorial work.
• Notfallseelsorge (Crisis pastoral care / emergency pastoral services)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner supporting the self-help group for victims of the Magdeburg Christmas market attack. Contributed to weekly support sessions alongside Kirsti Gräf and the multiprofessional moderation team.
• Servicepunkt Nachbarschaftshilfe Sachsen-AnhaltminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPfeiffersche Stiftungen trained and coordinates volunteer helpers for the 'Servicepunkt Nachbarschaftshilfe Sachsen-Anhalt' in Letzlingen since 2024, part of the statewide neighbourhood help network.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Convivo GmbH: Private German operator of senior residences and ambulatory care. Comparable in core service delivery (senior residential, dementia care, ambulatory nursing) but represents a for-profit competitor that pressures Diakonie providers on cost efficiency.

Direct peers

• Augustinum: Large German non-profit operating senior residences, ambulatory care, and specialized dementia/intensive care. Comparable in Diakonie-style life-cycle care delivery and residential service scale, though more concentrated in southern Germany.
• Stiftung Liebenau: Catholic-affiliated charitable foundation operating across southern Germany with comparable life-cycle social care services (disability workshops, senior care, housing, education). Directly comparable in structure, funding model, and vertically integrated service portfolio.
• Caritasverband für das Bistum Magdeburg: Catholic counterpart to Diakonie in the Magdeburg region delivering senior care, hospice, disability services, and crisis intervention. Directly comparable as same-geography welfare competitor with overlapping service portfolio and statutory reimbursement base.
• Stiftung ICP München: Munich-based charitable foundation offering integrated care for people with disabilities and seniors. Comparable as a non-profit foundation with disability workshops, residential living, and senior services under single organizational umbrella.
• Bethesda Diakonie: German Protestant social welfare provider with senior care facilities, disability services, and hospital operations. Comparable in Diakonie affiliation, multi-segment social care portfolio, and statutory reimbursement model.
• AWO (Arbeiterwohlfahrt) Sachsen-Anhalt: Major German welfare association with significant Sachsen-Anhalt operations delivering parallel services (senior care, disability services, youth/family support). Directly comparable in same regional market with similar Diakonie-style funding model.

Broad incumbents

• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe: Major German Protestant welfare organization with significant hospice, ambulatory care, and senior services. Comparable in faith-based charitable structure, volunteer-driven hospice services, and SGB V/XI reimbursement.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Federal umbrella organization of Protestant welfare services in Germany. Comparable as the parent affiliation framework for Diakonie-affiliated providers like Pfeifferschen Stiftungen, sharing regulatory positioning, voluntary services, and SGB V/XI reimbursement models across member institutions.
• Malteser Deutschland: Large Catholic welfare organization providing hospice, palliative care, ambulatory services, and emergency pastoral care across Germany. Comparable in hospice and palliative care delivery model and Diakonie-equivalent statutory/voluntary funding structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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