Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado

Name

Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado

Legal name

Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado

Website

https://cear.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual donations and membership fees (socios): Monthly or one-time donations from individual supporters. Membership (socio) provides recurring revenue with no minimum commitment. Tax deductions of up to 80% on donations up to €250 apply for Spanish taxpayers.
2. Corporate partnerships and sponsorships: Companies partner with CEAR through corporate membership, project sponsorship, corporate volunteering, hiring refugees, donations, and in-kind support. Revenue includes both monetary contributions and pro-bono services.
3. Public grants and government funding: CEAR is accredited by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (MITRAMISS) to manage state-funded reception programs (Acción Concertada). Projects are financed through public subsidies for asylum reception and humanitarian attention.
4. Solidarity legacies and testamentary donations: Individuals can leave a bequest or name CEAR as heir in their will. CEAR is exempt from inheritance tax as a public utility entity, allowing full proceeds to fund its mission.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CEAR provides reception, accommodation, legal advice, psychological support, and social and labor inclusion services to refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and vulnerable migrants in Spain. Founded in 1979 and declared of public utility, the organization operates temporary and humanitarian reception centers and runs complementary programs for education, sports-based inclusion, scholarships, and emergency assistance.

Product overview

CEAR (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1979 that provides refugee assistance in Spain. The organization offers a comprehensive suite of services including: reception and shelter programs (Acogida Temporal, Primera Acogida, Acogida Humanitaria), legal advice and defense through its Área Jurídica, social inclusion programs focusing on employment and language learning, and humanitarian emergency support through the Fondo Solidario para el Refugio. CEAR also operates social enterprise Causas CEAR in hospitality/catering for refugee integration, produces annual reports (Informe Anual) and publications on asylum statistics (Más Que Cifras), runs awareness campaigns and programs like Escucha Refugio podcast, Alza la Voz anti-discrimination platform, and awards like Premios CEAR and Relatos por Refugio competitions. The organization manages state-funded reception programs financed by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, and partners with companies for corporate volunteering, scholarships (Becas Renueva), and social initiatives like CEAR Club de Fútbol.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Causas CEAR: A social enterprise in the hospitality/catering sector created by CEAR in 2015 to facilitate the integration of persons seeking asylum, refugees, migrants, and persons at risk of social exclusion through employment and training. It provides catering services to CEAR's reception centers and external clients.
• Escucha Refugio
• Alza la Voz
• Premio CEAR

Products and services

• Programa de Primera Acogida (First Reception Program)

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000+ people received comprehensive care annually
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fundación MoevecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2026Fundación Moeve partners with CEAR Canarias on the Becas Renueva program, which trains and employs unaccompanied migrant youth in the renewable energy sector — a sector with high demand for qualified professionals in the Canary Islands.
• Fundación Mahou San MiguelminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2025Fundación Mahou San Miguel collaborated with CEAR Canarias on the 'En Buena Compañía' volunteering project, creating hygiene kits that improved the quality of life of more than 200 people in Tenerife.
• Fundación LaLigacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Fundación LaLiga, with JD Sport support, ran football inclusion clinics for refugees in Madrid, Málaga, Valencia, and Las Palmas, continuing the CEAR Club de Fútbol project for social integration through sport.
• ADAMS FormaciónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerADAMS Formación has supported CEAR for years through language teaching and professional training programs for refugees, contributing to their integration process.
• JD SportminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJD Sport has supported CEAR's football inclusion project (CEAR Club de Fútbol), helping promote social integration of refugees through sport, in collaboration with LaLiga.
• LaLigacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaLiga, through its Foundation, has partnered with CEAR to promote social inclusion of refugees through football. Joint clinics were held in Madrid, Málaga, Valencia, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with support from JD Sport.
• IKEAminorOthersIKEA has supported CEAR by providing furniture for reception centers, improving living conditions for refugees in CEAR accommodation facilities.
• Leroy MerlinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeroy Merlin Puerto Real collaborated with CEAR in developing a community garden at a reception center in Chiclana, as part of corporate volunteering activities.
• Reale SegurosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReale Seguros organized art and gastronomy activities uniting refugee women with employees in Madrid, Sevilla, Valencia, and Las Palmas during March (Women's Month), as corporate volunteering.
• Sanitas DentalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSanitas Dental provides corporate social responsibility support to CEAR, offering dental care services that help refugees restore routines, well-being, and health interrupted by flight and hardship.
• EroskiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEroski supported CEAR through a rounding solidarity initiative ('redondeo solidario') in August, funding the project 'Red de Oportunidades: Mujeres Refugiadas y Su Camino a la Independencia' for refugee mothers at CEAR.
• ACNUR (UNHCR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEAR collaborates with UNHCR (ACNUR) on a service to identify protection needs of people arriving by sea and reduce risks at major Spanish disembarkation points. CEAR attends a high percentage of people arriving on Spanish coasts through this project.
• Dársena Deportiva (Sevilla)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDársena Deportiva, with CEAR Sevilla collaboration, promoted inclusion through rowing in the Guadalquivir river via the 'The Crew Together' project, culminating in a final session in June 2025.
• Cools Tour SpainminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooltourspain collaborated with CEAR Madrid on an urban art and graffiti tour of Lavapiés, with participants from CEAR's Integral Service walking the neighborhood's artistic streets.
• Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations (MITRAMISS)coreOthersCEAR is an accredited entity by the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations for managing state-funded asylum reception programs (Acción Concertada de Protección Internacional and Acción Concertada de Atención Humanitaria) for the 2023-2026 period.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Red Acoge: Red Acoge is a federation of Spanish NGOs working on immigration, asylum, and social inclusion — of which CEAR is a member. It provides coordination, advocacy, and shared visibility rather than direct services, but shapes the competitive landscape for refugee-serving NGOs in Spain.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Española: The Spanish Red Cross is a much larger humanitarian organization with nationwide infrastructure, broader mandate (emergency response, health, social inclusion), and refugee-specific programs. It competes with CEAR for government contracts, individual donors, and corporate CSR partnerships across the same beneficiary population.
• ACNUR España (UNHCR Spain): UNHCR's Spain office is both a CEAR partner (joint coastal disembarkation project) and a peer: it sets asylum policy frameworks, funds NGO implementations, and competes for public visibility on refugee issues. As an institutional incumbent, it dwarfs CEAR in funding capacity and policy influence.
• Cáritas Española: Cáritas is the umbrella Spanish Catholic charity providing social services to vulnerable populations, including immigrants and refugees. While its mission is broader (poverty, housing, family), Cáritas directly overlaps with CEAR on migrant support and competes for both public grants and individual donations in Spain.

Direct peers

• CEPAIM: CEPAIM (formerly CEAR-Euskadi–associated) is a Spanish federation working with refugees, migrants, and people at risk of exclusion. It delivers reception, legal guidance, and inclusion services across Spain and is also accredited under state-funded asylum reception programs, directly competing with CEAR for Acción Concertada contracts and donor funding.
• Accem: Accem is a Spanish NGO founded in 1990 specializing in the reception and social inclusion of refugees, asylum seekers, stateless persons, and migrants in vulnerable situations. It operates across multiple Spanish regions with services that closely mirror CEAR's portfolio, including legal advice, reception centers, and labor integration programs.
• Save the Children España: Save the Children's Spanish office operates programs for refugee and migrant children, including unaccompanied minors — a population CEAR also serves through its Initial Assessment and Referral Phase (FVID). Both organizations compete for child-focused refugee funding, corporate partnerships, and government contracts.
• Open Arms (Proactiva Open Arms): Proactiva Open Arms is a Spanish NGO focused on maritime rescue and reception of migrants and refugees arriving by sea. While its service model differs (search-and-rescue vs. legal/reception), it operates in the same Spanish humanitarian ecosystem, shares overlapping donor pools, and serves the same beneficiary population at coastal landing points.

Emerging players

• Aldeas Infantiles SOS España: Aldeas Infantiles SOS focuses on children at risk of losing or who have lost parental care, including unaccompanied migrant children. It overlaps with CEAR's work with vulnerable minors and competes for the same family- and child-focused CSR budgets and public grants.
• Médicos Sin Fronteras España: MSF's Spanish office provides medical humanitarian care including to migrants and refugees at reception points and along migration routes. While its mission is medical-led, it competes with CEAR for donor share, media visibility, and operational presence in the same beneficiary geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CEARefugio
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCNhoiQgfZsmzkq85LdCQ5Xw
• Facebookfacebook.com/CEARefugiado
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cear-comision-espanola-de-ayuda-al-refugiado
• Instagraminstagram.com/cearefugio

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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