Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein

Name

Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein

Legal name

Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein

Website

https://esv.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein is a German Protestant (Diakonie) non-profit foundation operating in North Rhine-Westphalia and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, delivering childcare, disability assistance, vocational rehabilitation, elderly care, and medical therapy to individuals and families through owned facilities and wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare and Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based / Nonprofit Assisted Living Providers (HLADABAH), Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support) (HLADAAAE), Long-Term Care Nursing Homes (Custodial LTC) (HLADADAB), Senior Social Clubs & Community-Based Day Programs (Non-Clinical) (HSABANAK)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Childcare services
• Elderly care services
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Disability assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Wetter

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Social Services Fees: Government-regulated fees for childcare (Kindertageseinrichtungen), care services (Pflege), and assistance for people with disabilities, funded through a combination of user fees, health insurance, long-term care insurance, and public subsidies.
2. Donations: Charitable donations from individuals and organizations to support specific projects and programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein is a Protestant (Diakonie) non-profit foundation operating a comprehensive portfolio of social services spanning the entire human life cycle. Its core offerings include six Kindertageseinrichtungen (daycare centers), vocational rehabilitation workshops (WerkVol) for people with disabilities, assisted living and integration services, youth welfare and parent-child housing, medical/rehabilitation therapy centers, and elderly care (stationary, day, short-term, service living, and dementia shared housing).

Product overview

Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein is a Diakonie (Protestant welfare organization) providing comprehensive social services through multiple divisions. The organization operates primarily as a multi-service provider rather than a single software product. Core services include: (1) Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH - operating 6 Kindertageseinrichtungen (Kita childcare centers) under the Blauer Planet, Zauberstern, Bullerbü, Pusteblume, Wilhelminengarten, and Luise-Scheppler-Haus brands, plus flexible youth welfare, parent-child housing, and autism therapy centers; (2) WerkVol - vocational rehabilitation workshop for people with disabilities with Berufsbildungsbereich, Arbeits- und Assistenzbereich, and outsourced workplace programs; (3) Assistenz und soziale Teilhabe - assistance services including communal living, individual living with personal assistance, and integration support; (4) Medizin und Rehabilitation - therapy centers and medical rehabilitation; (5) Pflege und Wohnen - elderly care including stationary facilities, day care, short-term care, service living, and dementia care; (6) Additional services including mobile meal delivery (Menümobil), social horticulture enterprise (Die Gärtnerei), and integration services (IDV). The organization employs over 4,000 staff serving thousands of people across the Ennepe-Ruhr region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kita Blauer Planet: Kindergarten facility in Gevelsberg with 89 places for children aged 4 months to 6 years
• Kita Zauberstern
• Kita Bullerbü
• Kita Pusteblume
• Kita Wilhelminengarten
• Kita Luise-Scheppler-Haus
• WerkVol
• Zentrum für Autismustherapie & Heilpädagogische Förderung (ZAHF)

Products and services

• Kita Blauer Planet Daycare center in Gevelsberg with 89 childcare places for children aged 4 months to 6 years across 5 groups. Certified as Sprach-Kita and Step-Kita with inclusive pedagogy and barrier-free design. Operated by Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH.
• Kita Zauberstern Daycare center in Gevelsberg providing care for 40 children aged 4 months to 6 years in 2.5 groups. Operates as 'Haus der Forscher' with focus on inquiry-based learning, democratic participation, and inclusion. Operated by Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH.
• Kita Bullerbü Daycare center in Wetter, one of multiple Kitas under the Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH umbrella.
• Kita Pusteblume Daycare center in Wetter-Volmarstein, one of multiple Kitas under the Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH umbrella.
• Kita Wilhelminengarten Daycare center in Wetter, one of multiple Kitas under the Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH umbrella.
• Kita Luise-Scheppler-Haus Daycare center in Ivenack, one of multiple Kitas under the Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein gGmbH umbrella.
• WerkVol - Teilhabe an Arbeit Workshop for people with disabilities offering Berufsbildungsbereich (27-month vocational training), Arbeits- und Assistenzbereich (production and assistance), and outsourced workplace placements for inclusive employment on the general labor market. AZAV certified.
• Flexible Jugendhilfe Flexible child and youth welfare services providing mobile support and assistance for young people and families in NRW.
• Eltern-Kind-Wohnen Witten Parent-child living arrangement in Witten offering joint accommodation and support for parents and their children in need of assisted housing.
• Zentrum für Autismustherapie & Heilpädagogische Förderung (ZAHF) Center for autism therapy and special educational support providing specialized therapeutic services for children with autism spectrum conditions in NRW.
• Stationäre Wohnangebote Stationary residential care offerings for children and youth requiring full-time care and support.
• Assistenz und soziale Teilhabe Assistance and social participation services including communal living, individual living with personal assistance, integration assistance, and autism therapy for adults.
• Bildung und Arbeit Education and work services including WerkVol vocational rehabilitation workshops for people with disabilities.
• Medizin und Rehabilitation Medical and rehabilitation services including therapy centers offering physical, occupational, and other therapeutic interventions.
• Pflege und Wohnen Care and living services for seniors including stationary facilities, day care, short-term care, service living, and dementia shared apartments across the Ennepe-Ruhr region.
• Therapiezentren Therapy centers providing medical rehabilitation services and therapeutic interventions under the Medizin und Rehabilitation division.
• Menümobil Mobile meal delivery service bringing meals to people who cannot prepare food themselves in the Ennepe-Ruhr region.
• Die Gärtnerei Social garden/nursery enterprise providing vocational training and employment for people with disabilities, operating under WerkVol/ESV.
• IDV Integrationsdienste Volmarstein gGmbH Integration services company providing support for integration and participation of people with disabilities, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ESV.
• Mobile Pflege Volmarstein Mobile home-based care service providing nursing and personal care to clients in their own homes across the service region.
• Tagespflege Day care service for seniors offering daytime supervision, activities, and care while family caregivers are at work or otherwise occupied.
• Kurzzeitpflege Short-term care service for seniors providing temporary residential care, often used during family caregiver absence or post-hospital recovery.
• Servicewohnen Service living offering independent apartments for seniors with on-call assistance and support services available.
• Demenz-Wohngemeinschaften Dementia shared housing offering specialized residential care for seniors with dementia in small-group living arrangements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 89 children served at Kita Blauer Planet in 5 groups
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Diakonie RWL (Diakonie Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvangelische Stiftung Volmarstein is part of the Diakonie RWL network, one of the largest Protestant social welfare organizations in Germany, providing shared resources, referrals, and institutional support.
• Diakonie Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliation with Diakonie Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V. extends the foundation's network and enables service delivery in that region.
• ApetitominorOthersCatering supplier for kindergarten meal programs. Provides frozen meals delivered to Kitas with balanced nutrition supervised by a nutritional scientist.
• Kinder und Jugendhilfe Volmarstein (KJV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKJV gGmbH is the subsidiary company of Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein that operates the Kindertageseinrichtungen (Kitas/daycare centers).
• Berufsbildungswerk Volmarstein (BBW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVocational training institution for young people with disabilities, providing educational and transitional services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Diakonie Deutschland: The national federation of Protestant social welfare organizations to which ESV belongs via Diakonie RWL. Operates a broadly overlapping service portfolio (childcare, disability, elderly care) at federation scale and represents the broader network ESV is part of.
• Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen: One of Germany's largest private operators of stationary and ambulatory elderly care facilities. Competes with ESV's Pflege und Wohnen division for residents and skilled nursing staff in NRW and other Länder.
• Korian Deutschland: Major for-profit (now part of Clariane) operator of care homes, assisted living, and home care services in Germany. Represents the scaled private-capital competitive set against ESV's faith-based Pflege offering.
• Deutscher Caritasverband: Catholic counterpart to the Diakonie network, running parallel faith-based social welfare services (Kitas, Pflege, Eingliederungshilfe) across Germany. Comparable in mission, funding model, and service breadth, but on the Catholic side of the faith-based nonprofit landscape.

Direct peers

• Augustinum: Faith-based (evangelical) non-profit operating senior residences, service living, and assisted living across Germany. Closely comparable to ESV's Pflege und Wohnen and Stationäre Einrichtungen lines on the elderly care side of the platform.
• Von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel: One of Germany's largest Protestant (Diakonie) foundations, operating a comparable mix of disability services, vocational training, social psychiatry, and elderly care. Highly analogous organizational model to ESV across multiple life-stage service lines.
• Stiftung ICP München: Munich-based non-profit foundation providing integrated care for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities — comparable in its multi-disciplinary disability, therapy, and Assistenz service mix to ESV's disability platform.
• Lebenshilfe: Bundesvereinigung Lebenshilfe is Germany's leading non-profit provider of services for people with intellectual disabilities — directly comparable to ESV's WerkVol workshop, BBW vocational training, and Assistenz und soziale Teilhabe offerings.
• AWO Bundesverband: Arbeiterwohlfahrt is a major non-profit social welfare association operating Kitas, disability services, and elderly care nationally. Directly comparable to ESV in non-faith-based (though ideologically rooted) nonprofit social service delivery.

Emerging players

• Malteser Deutschland: Catholic faith-based non-profit with growing elderly care, ambulance, and social service offerings in Germany. Partial overlap with ESV's Pflege und Wohnen and Menümobil-style mobile services, though broader mission includes emergency medicine.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ev.stiftungvolmarstein
• Instagraminstagram.com/stiftung.volmarstein
• Xx.com/VStiftung

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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