Tekenen Voor Kinderen

What Tekenen Voor Kinderen does

Tekenen Voor Kinderen (legal entity: Stichting Tekenen voor Kinderen) is a Dutch charitable foundation established in 2007/2008 and headquartered in Zeist, Netherlands. The organization deploys professional illustrators to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, medical child centers, and asylum seeker centers (AZCs) throughout the Netherlands, where they create custom drawings on demand at children's bedsides. Children determine the subject of each drawing, restoring a sense of agency and control during hospitalization, rehabilitation, disability-related care, or displacement. The foundation also distributes the TekenDoeBoek, a physical drawing activity book with an accompanying postcard that children can color and send from their hospital bed. Operations span more than 100 locations nationwide, addressing an addressable population of more than 60,000 children hospitalized annually in the Netherlands, alongside children in rehabilitation and asylum seeker centers.

The foundation operates on a donation-based revenue model, raising funds from individuals (one-time and recurring donations priced at €3-€9 per occurrence), wealth foundations (vermogensfondsen), service clubs, and corporate partners. Healthcare institutions do not pay for services. Funding is processed through the foundation's website using Mollie payment infrastructure. The organization holds ANBI status (Algemeen Nut Beoogde Instelling) since July 1, 2018, and CBF Erkenning from the Centraal Bureau voor Fondsenwerving, both providing tax and credibility benefits to donors. Notable corporate partnerships include Stichting Vitam Doet Goed, which sponsors a six-month pilot of drawing sessions at Martini Ziekenhuis in Groningen, and Talens, which donates art supplies for Kidsboxes in hospital restaurants.

The foundation is governed by an unpaid four-member board (Marjan Themans as chair, Krista Kleinveld as secretary, Jeroen Kuper as treasurer, and Peter Hoogerbrugge as board member, who is also a pediatric oncologist at Prinses Máxima Centrum). It employs between 11 and 50 staff, supplemented by volunteer illustrators. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization's competitive position rests on a 17-year-old service model, established relationships with major Dutch pediatric hospitals (including Emma Kinderziekenhuis UMC Amsterdam, Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, and Haaglanden Medisch Centrum), and formal charitable certifications rather than on proprietary technology.

Name

Tekenen Voor Kinderen

Legal name

Stichting Tekenen voor Kinderen

Website

https://tekenenvoorkinderen.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tekenen Voor Kinderen is a Dutch nonprofit foundation that deploys professional illustrators to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, medical child centers, and asylum seeker centers across the Netherlands to create bedside drawings for sick and refugee children, funded entirely by donations and holding ANBI and CBF certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric psychosocial care services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Accessibility & Assistive Learning Tools for Early Childhood (AAC, sensory supports) (EDACANAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Newcomer & Refugee Student Support Programs (EDAJAGAH), Attendance, Engagement & Truancy Intervention Services (EDAJAIAI)

Keywords

• Children's bedside drawing
• Pediatric psychosocial support
• Charitable drawing foundation
• Refugee child welfare
• Hospital art programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Zeist

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization raises funds through donations from multiple sources: individual donors (one-time and recurring), vermogensfondsen (wealth foundations), serviceclubs (service organizations), bedrijven (companies), and institutional partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Stichting Tekenen voor Kinderen is a Dutch charitable foundation that deploys professional illustrators to deliver bedside drawing sessions for sick children in hospitals, children in rehabilitation centers, children with severe disabilities in medical child centers, and refugee children in asylum seeker centers. During each session the child chooses what is drawn, restoring a sense of control and producing a tangible keepsake. The foundation supplements these sessions with the TekenDoeBoek, a physical drawing activity book with coloring materials and a postcard that children can send from their hospital bed.

Product overview

Tekenen Voor Kinderen operates as a single-service charitable foundation offering drawing/illustration sessions for children facing medical challenges or displacement. The core service consists of professional illustrators visiting children at bedside in hospitals, revalidation centers, medical child centers, and asylum seeker centers to create custom drawings based on children's wishes. The organization also provides the TekenDoeBoek (a drawing activity book with coloring materials) to extend the drawing experience. Funding comes from donations, with partnerships from companies like Vitam Doet Goed and Talens providing materials support. The organization holds ANBI and CBF certifications for Dutch charitable organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TekenDoeBoek (Drawing Activity Book) A physical creative workbook provided to children during foundation drawing sessions. It contains drawing activities and a postcard that children can color and send to others from their hospital bed, extending the bedside drawing experience beyond the in-person session.
• Tekening Op Maat (Bedside Drawing Sessions) Professional illustrators visit children in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, medical child centers, and asylum seeker centers (AZCs) to create custom drawings based on the child's wishes. The child determines what is drawn, giving them a sense of agency during illness, rehabilitation, or displacement. Sessions produce a tangible keepsake drawing. For children with severe disabilities who cannot verbalize their wishes, artists use example books where the child can point to indicate preferences. Service is delivered free of charge to institutions and families.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 100 locations nationwide
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stichting Vitam Doet GoedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate caterer Vitam's foundation supports healthy eating education for children. They donate funds to cover half a year of drawing sessions at Martini Ziekenhuis in Groningen. In return, Tekenen voor Kinderen provides coloring pages for Kidsboxes in the hospital restaurant, with art supplies donated by Talens.
• TalensminorGTM or Marketing PartnerArt supplies manufacturer that donated sets of markers (stiftensets) for the Kidsboxes at Martini Ziekenhuis, enabling children to start coloring immediately.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tekenenvoorkinderen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stichting-tekenen-voor-kinderen
• Instagraminstagram.com/stichtingtekenenvoorkinderen
• Xx.com/tevoki

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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