What Empreintes does

Empreintes is a French non-profit association (Association loi 1901), founded in 2015 and headquartered in Lognes, operating 39 social-services establishments across four departments (Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Essonne, and Yonne). Its predecessor structures have been active for more than 40 years. The association delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social services — child protection, immigration and asylum accommodation, rental intermediation, emergency and transitional housing (CHU, CHRS, CPH, HUDA), medico-social care (ACT, LAM, LHSS), and professional insertion through its subsidiary Agissons — serving more than 6,500 beneficiaries annually across 2,500+ shelter places and 700+ housing units, with a staff of more than 400 employees and 35 active volunteers.

The underlying technology footprint is intentionally light and non-proprietary: the organization operates a WordPress-based website (asso-empreintes.fr) supplemented by Google Analytics, Google Adsense, and reCAPTCHA, with no disclosed data platforms, APIs, or digital service products. No AI/ML capabilities are evidenced across any source. Service delivery is conducted in person across the 39 establishments and via mobile "aller-vers" outreach teams; the digital layer exists primarily for institutional communications, reporting, donor conversion, and recruitment (via Flatchr).

The business model is institutional and donation-based rather than commercial. Revenue derives primarily from multi-year public contracts and subsidies through CPOM (Contrat pluriannuel d'objectifs et de moyens) agreements with prefectures, departmental councils, ARS Île-de-France and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, DRIHL, Région Île-de-France, Fondation de France, and CDC Habitat. Donations are collected through the HelloAsso widget and benefit from French tax deductibility enabled by the 2020 "intérêt général" recognition. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, so no pricing model applies; the "customer" base splits between funding institutions (high concentration) and a diversified beneficiary population (children and vulnerable families, immigrants/refugees, people in precarious housing, medico-social patients, labor-market-excluded persons, and women victims of violence).

Name

Empreintes

Legal name

Association EMPREINTES

Website

https://asso-empreintes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

Keywords

• Social services association
• Emergency shelter housing
• Child protection services
• Refugee asylum accommodation
• Medico-social accompaniment

Headquarters

HQ city

Combault

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding and Public Contracts: Empreintes is primarily funded through contracts and subsidies from public institutions including prefectures, departmental councils, ARS (regional health agencies), and other government bodies. The association holds CPOM (Contrat pluriannuel d'objectifs et de moyens) agreements with public funders.
2. Donations from Individuals and Organizations: The association accepts individual donations through its HelloAsso platform. Since 2020, Empreintes has been recognized as an organization of general interest (intérêt général), allowing donors to benefit from tax deductions under French tax law (Articles 200, 238 bis, and 978 of the CGI).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Empreintes operates 39 social and medico-social service establishments across four French departments, delivering emergency and transitional housing (CHRS, CHU), refugee and asylum accommodation (CPH, HUDA), child protection services, medico-social care (ACT, LAM, LHSS), rental intermediation, and professional integration through its subsidiary Agissons. Each year the association accompanies more than 6,500 vulnerable persons, providing 2,500+ shelter places and 700+ housing units across its programs.

Product overview

Empreintes is a non-profit social services association ( loi 1901) operating 39 establishments across Seine-et-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis, Essonne, and Yonne departments in France. The organization provides a comprehensive portfolio of social support services including: emergency shelter (CHU, CHRS), housing-first and rental intermediation programs, refugee integration support (CPH, HUDA), unaccompanied minor (MNA) protection and care, therapeutic coordination apartments (ACT) for people with chronic health conditions, child protection services, medical-social support, and employment integration through its social enterprise 'Agissons'. The association serves approximately 6,500 people annually with over 2,500 shelter places and 700 housing units, operating with more than 400 employees. The organization's website serves as an informational and donation collection platform rather than a standalone technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Protection de l'enfance Child protection services providing a safe environment, social and educational support, family mediation, and accompaniment for vulnerable children and families in difficulty, including services for unaccompanied minors (MNA).
• Immigration et asile Reception, asylum procedure accompaniment, social integration, and housing support for refugees, asylum seekers, and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, including CPH and HUDA facilities.
• Intermédiation locative Rental intermediation service helping people in precarious situations find and secure housing in partnership with public housing operators and through dispositifs such as ASLL.
• Accueil hébergement et insertion Emergency and temporary housing with social and professional insertion accompaniment, including CHRS, CHU, CPH, and stabilization dispositifs, accueil de jour day centers, and ASLL programs across 4 departments.
• Médico-social Adapted medical care and medico-social accompaniment for vulnerable persons with chronic illnesses, including Appartements de Coordination Thérapeutique (ACT), Lits d'Accueil Médicalisés (LAM), Lits Halte Soins Santé (LHSS), and adapted sports activities.
• Insertion par l'activité économique Vocational training and professional insertion through economic activity, operated via the wholly-owned subsidiary Agissons, helping beneficiaries excluded from the labor market develop skills and access adapted employment.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 6,500 people accompanied annually across all programs
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• KeolisminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 June 2025Keolis employees conducted a solidarity collection during their sustainable development week, delivering donations (clothing, childcare items, games, books) to Empreintes' Territoire Nord in Bussy-Saint-Martin via a symbolic bus delivery. This marked the beginning of a proximity partnership.
• Seine-Saint-Denis habitatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 April 2025In April 2025, Empreintes signed an unprecedented convention with Seine-Saint-Denis habitat to facilitate housing access for unaccompanied minors (MNA). Twenty colocation places will be progressively made available over five years, enabling young MNA to access stable and adapted housing.
• France terre d'asilecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrance terre d'asile organized a football tournament on World Refugee Day in which residents of the CPH Sud participated. This partnership supports integration and social inclusion activities for refugees and beneficiaries of international protection.
• TissEco SolidairecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTissEco Solidaire is a textile recycling company that partners with Empreintes for the professional insertion of accompanied persons. During a week of insertion organized by the CPH of Tournan-en-Brie and the CHRS Nord, beneficiaries visited the company to learn about textile sorting and circular economy employment.
• Activ'ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerActiv'Action partnered with Empreintes' Pantin tiers-lieu to deliver intercultural cooking workshops that bring together diverse cultures through food, supporting social integration, self-confidence, and collective action for accompanied persons.
• Conservatoire de FontainebleauminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStudents from the Jazz and Musiques Actuelles department of the Conservatoire de Fontainebleau performed a charitable concert around Nina Simone's music. The event raised 720 euros for Empreintes' actions and strengthened ties with the local cultural community.
• A VAUX JEUXminorGTM or Marketing PartnerA VAUX JEUX partnered with Empreintes' MNA establishment in Vaux-le-Pénil to organize board game evenings for young isolated people. This local initiative created a space for meeting, cooperation, and social bonding.
• Droit de RegardStrategic or Co-development PartnerDroit de Regard is a solidarity optician providing on-site eye exams, quality 100% covered glasses, and personalized accompaniment for families at Empreintes. This partnership addresses visual health access for people often excluded from classical healthcare pathways.
• CDC HabitatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDC Habitat is a major public housing operator and partner providing housing solutions for beneficiaries of Empreintes' programs.
• L'Agence du don en natureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerL'Agence du don en nature provides donated goods (clothing, household items) to support the material needs of persons accompanied by Empreintes.
• Réseau inter-institutions (Interlogement 93)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmpreintes is a long-standing member of Interlogement 93, a coordinating network of housing and accompaniment actors in Seine-Saint-Denis working to strengthen collective responses for the most vulnerable populations.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Emmaüs France: French federation of Emmaüs associations operating emergency shelter, social reinsertion, and economic-insertion activities across France. Highly comparable mission and beneficiary populations to Empreintes' housing and professional-insertion work.
• France Terre d'Asile: Leading French association for refugee and asylum-seeker assistance; operates CPH, HUDA, and MNA devices that directly overlap Empreintes' refugee and unaccompanied-minor programs. Already an active partner of Empreintes (joint World Refugee Day activities).
• Habitat et Humanisme: National nonprofit providing rental intermediation and supported housing for vulnerable families, refugees, and elderly — direct overlap with Empreintes' housing-intermediation activity (colocation places, MNA housing, LAM).
• Samusocial de Paris: Paris-based emergency social-services organization providing mobile outreach, emergency shelter, and accompaniment for homeless and excluded populations — a strong functional analog to Empreintes' CHU and ACT operations in Île-de-France.
• Association Aurore: French social association operating CHRS, CHU, CPH, and insertion programs; comparable service mix (accommodation, housing, medico-social, refugee support) and similar not-for-profit structure across the Île-de-France region.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French nonprofit focused on housing precariousness and emergency accommodation; comparable population segment and policy-advocacy role in the housing-intermediation and shelter space.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge française: France's largest humanitarian organization with a much broader portfolio (health, emergency response, social) that nevertheless overlaps materially with Empreintes' emergency shelter and refugee-accommodation programs.
• Armée du Salut (Fondation de l'Armée du Salut): French branch of the Salvation Army operating emergency accommodation, social-housing programs, and reinsertion services — a broad incumbent with overlapping CHRS, CHU, and insertion programming.
• Fondation de France: France's largest grant-making foundation and a current funder of Empreintes; comparable as a major nonprofit operator in the social-services ecosystem, though its primary activity is grant-making rather than direct service delivery.
• Médecins du Monde: International medical-humanitarian NGO operating in France through clinics and mobile units serving excluded populations — relevant comparator for Empreintes' medico-social (LAM, LHSS, ACT) devices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@asso-empreintes
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-empreintes
• Instagraminstagram.com/association.empreintes

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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