Sport Senza Frontiere

What Sport Senza Frontiere does

Sport Senza Frontiere (SSF) is an Italian non-profit association (APS, formerly ONLUS, now registered as an ETS under Italy's Third Sector reform) founded in Rome in 2011 by Alessandro Tappa, alongside Giorgia Mariani, Roberta De Fabritiis and Sandro Palmieri. Its single overarching offering is a free socio-sports-educational prevention and inclusion program for minors aged 6-17 in socio-economic distress, primarily in peripheral urban neighborhoods. The intervention model pairs each beneficiary child with a partner ASD (sports association), with a multidisciplinary team comprising a sport coach, educator, psychologist, family-support tutor, and includes medical check-ups and transport, delivered through a minimum two-year inclusion pathway. SSF's program surface is organized as a platform of named sub-programs and brands: the flagship JOY (with JOY Summer Camp, JOY Nature, JOY Point, JOY Lab), Sport Power (with the Sport Agents adolescent peer-education program and the SSF Hub sport-educational poles), RePLAY (prison sport-and-education in three Italian detention facilities), and the newly launched NEXTGEN – Next Generation program for upper-secondary-school students. Operational delivery runs through the "Rete Solidale" of partner ASDs and SSF Hubs across 9+ Italian cities (Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Bergamo, Novara, Bari, Domusnovas in Sardinia, Monza), with school and municipal referral networks.

The underlying technology is intentionally lean and non-proprietary: a WordPress CMS public site, a separate donation portal on the third-party GIVE platform built by NP Solution Srl, payments via Stripe/PayPal/Satispay, Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymization, Google Tag Manager, and CookieYes consent management. Hosting and infrastructure are outsourced to Aruba S.p.A., and a DPO oversees GDPR-compliant data handling for a vulnerable-minor population under a published Codice Etico and Codice di Salvaguardia. Academic partnerships with Università Cattolica (Dipartimento di Alta Psicologia, Milano), Università Roma Tre, and Fondazione Emanuela Zancan provide longitudinal impact evaluation.

SSF's revenue model is a multi-stream non-profit mix rather than commercial pricing: individual donations (recurring tiers of €9/€12/€20 monthly or custom, plus one-time) via dona-sportsenzafrontiere.it, SEPA and bank-wire transfers to Banca Sella and UniCredit accounts, the Italian 5x1000 tax designation (codice fiscale 97653510582) routed via the Agenzia delle Entrate, corporate partnerships and sponsorships (Partner, Sponsor, Kids Supporter SME tier, Volontariato Aziendale — direct sales handled by Communications Director Roberta De Fabritiis), competitive grants from philanthropic foundations (Enel Cuore, Con i Bambini, Fondazione Vodafone, Cariplo, con il Sud, Riva, Marazzina, De Agostini, Jannik Sinner, Charlemagne, Haiku, New Balance, Comunità Monza e Brianza), and event-driven fundraising through charity marathons (Run Rome The Marathon, Milano Marathon, Maratona di Ravenna, Napoli City Half Marathon, La Corsa di Miguel, Monza 21), solidarity Padel tournaments and product campaigns. The customer base is hybrid — beneficiary minors (free-of-charge recipients), individual donors and charity runners, Italian SMEs and large corporations, philanthropic foundations, and institutional partners (municipalities, public schools, prisons) — and pricing is effectively the suggested donation tier.

Name

Sport Senza Frontiere

Legal name

Sport Senza Frontiere APS

Website

https://sportsenzafrontiere.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sport Senza Frontiere is an Italian non-profit association (APS/ETS) founded in 2011 in Rome that delivers free multidisciplinary socio-sports-educational inclusion programs to disadvantaged minors aged 6-17 across 9+ Italian cities, funded by individual donations, the 5x1000 tax designation, corporate sponsors and philanthropic foundation grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Individual donations (one-time and recurring): Voluntary monetary donations from individuals via own online platform; recurring donations at €9, €12, €20 monthly suggested tiers (≈€0.30/day) or custom amounts; one-time single donations also accepted.
2. SEPA and bank wire transfers: Direct bank transfers (SEPA direct debit or wire) to accounts at Banca Sella (IBAN IT43P0326803204052526156861) and Unicredit (IBAN IT 17 V 02008 03284 000102622160), primarily for regular supporters.
3. 5x1000 tax designation: Italian 5x1000 income-tax designation (codice fiscale 97653510582) channeled through the Agenzia delle Entrate, providing unrestricted public funds for statutory activities.
4. Corporate sponsorships and partnerships: Corporate Partner, Sponsor, Kids Supporter, and corporate volunteering programs, with proceeds supporting both ongoing program costs and special projects.
5. Foundation and institutional grants: Project grants and co-funding from foundations and institutions (e.g., Enel Cuore, Con i Bambini, Fondazione Vodafone, Fondazione Cariplo, Fondazione con il Sud, Fondazione Riva, Fondazione Marazzina, Fondazione De Agostini, Fondazione Jannik Sinner, Fondazione Charlemagne, Fondazione Haiku, Fondazione New Balance, Fondazione della Comunità Monza e Brianza).
6. Charity race and event fundraising: Charity bibs in Italian marathons and half-marathons (Run Rome The Marathon, Milano Marathon, Maratona di Ravenna, Napoli City Half Marathon, La Corsa di Miguel, etc.) where supporters raise funds while running for SSF; plus The Loop Relay corporate relay races.
7. Solidarity events and product campaigns: Solidarity-driven product/fundraising campaigns such as Padel tournaments, Christmas sport-gift appeals, and Easter chocolate (SAID la Fabrica) sold to support SSF.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Sport Senza Frontiere delivers a free multidisciplinary sport-based social inclusion program for Italian minors (ages 6-17) in socio-economic distress, pairing athletic practice with educator support, psychological monitoring, medical check-ups and transport in a minimum two-year pathway. The organization operates a portfolio of named programs (JOY, Sport Power, RePLAY in prisons, NEXTGEN, #BackToSport) delivered through a network of partner sports associations (Rete Solidale) and SSF Hubs across 9+ Italian cities, funded by individual donations, corporate sponsors, philanthropic foundations and the Italian 5x1000 tax designation.

Product overview

Sport Senza Frontiere (SSF) is an Italian third-sector association (APS / ETS) that delivers a single overarching program of social prevention and inclusion of minors in socio-economic distress through sports practice. The architecture is a platform-plus-modules model: the core SSF Program (programma di prevenzione e inclusione sociale) provides the methodological backbone (educator + psychologist + coach + family + medical checks + transport) and is delivered through several named modules and sub-programs, including the flagship Progetto JOY (with JOY Summer Camp, JOY Nature, JOY Point, JOY Lab), the Sport Power project (with the Sport Agents adolescent sub-program and the SSF Hub network of sports-educational poles), the RePLAY prison-sport program, the newly launched NEXTGEN – Next Generation program for high-school students, the annual #BackToSport and Educativa Domiciliare activities, the multi-city Il Villaggio dello Sport in Tour (with Conad), The Loop Relay corporate race, the Runner del Cuore charity-running program, the SSF Van mobile awareness unit, the SSF Insights editorial line, and the Dona Ora / 5x1000 donation platform powered by the third-party GIVE platform. The flagship JOY initiative runs on a dedicated subdomain (joy.sportsenzafrontiere.it), and donation flows run on a separate dona-sportsenzafrontiere.it portal, together composing SSF's user-facing digital surface for the underlying social-sport mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JOY: SSF's flagship summer and after-school program encompassing Joy Summer Camp, Joy Nature, Joy Point and Joy Lab, dedicated to children from fragile families.
• Sport Power
• RePLAY
• NEXTGEN – Next Generation

Products and services

• SSF Prevention & Social Inclusion Program (Programma di prevenzione e inclusione sociale attraverso lo sport) Core free-of-charge prevention and social-inclusion program addressing Italian minors aged 6-17 in socio-economic distress. Inserts children and adolescents at risk of social exclusion into educational-sport pathways, integrating them into team groups with support from educators, psychologists, sports coaches, and beneficiary families. Includes medical check-ups and a transport service, for a minimum two-year inclusion pathway.
• Progetto JOY Flagship SSF initiative delivering the inclusion-through-sport program to children from fragile families. Includes JOY Point (summer sports centers across cities), JOY Summer Camp (multi-week residential camps at Bormio, Clusone, Terminillo), JOY Nature (outdoor weekends) and JOY Lab (educational workshops such as "Socialmente Consapevoli" and "Laboratorio Teatrico" developed with Università Roma Tre). Operates a dedicated portal at joy.sportsenzafrontiere.it.
• Sport Power ("Sportivi di oggi, leader di domani") 36-month youth empowerment project developing 125 sport-educational pathways for minors aged 6-12 and a 50-strong Sport Agents adolescent program (ages 13-17) across Rome, Naples, Bari and Domusnovas. Includes the SSF Van Tour awareness campaign and four SSF Hub sports-educational poles.
• RePLAY - Sport nelle carceri Program bringing sport into Italian prisons as a tool to strengthen emotional, relational and cognitive competences. Operates in three sub-projects: "Gioco di Squadra" at the Istituto Penale Minorile Cesare Beccaria (Milan), "Phoenix" at Casa Circondariale San Vittore (Milan), and "Rigiocare il futuro" at Casa Circondariale Pasquale Mandato, Secondigliano (Naples). Expanded in September 2025 to the Casa Circondariale di Novara.
• NEXTGEN - Next Generation Program launched April 2026 dedicated to high-school students (final three years of Italian upper secondary school) creating structured pathways for older adolescents that go beyond traditional sport-insertion.
• #BackToSport - Educativa Domiciliare Home-based educational support service pairing SSF psychologists and educators with beneficiary families for in-home educational support and sport enrollment of minors (e.g., the Mamadou household in Rome).

Quantifiable outcome

• Grew from 15 minors served in 2011 to more than 600 beneficiaries in 2022 and over 3,000 in 2023.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

43 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• UNHCRflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on refugee and migrant integration through sport-based programs; mentioned among SSF's main institutional collaborators.
• Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento SportflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitutional partnership with the Italian Government Department of Sport, referenced among SSF's most important collaborations.
• Comunità di Sant'EgidiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term collaboration; Stefano Pasta, coordinator of Comunità di Sant'Egidio and professor of Didactics and Special Education at Università Cattolica, collaborates with SSF on social-impact assessment.
• Università Roma Tre (Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione ed Educazione)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic partner that co-designs JOY Lab activities (e.g., "Socialmente Consapevoli" on social-media wellbeing); hosted the 15-year anniversary convention in May 2026.
• Università di Tor Vergata (Roma)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic collaboration cited among SSF's important partnerships.
• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Dipartimento di Alta Psicologia (Milano)flagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcademic partner for the impact evaluation of SSF's intervention model; Chiara D'Angelo and Stefano Pasta (also Comunità di Sant'Egidio coordinator) collaborate on social-impact research.
• Sport e Salute S.p.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian government-owned body promoting sport; cited among SSF's main institutional partners.
• CONI (Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecognized SSF program as a Best Practice in 2014; ongoing collaboration with Italian National Olympic Committee.
• UISP (Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian Union of Sport for All; cited among SSF's important collaborations and co-organized the "Correre Insieme" event.
• CSI (Centro Sportivo Italiano)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian Sports Center; cited among SSF's important collaborations.
• Conad (national retailer)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizer of "Il Villaggio dello Sport in Tour" (2024), a 7-stop national roadshow (Torino, Roma, Pescara, Rimini, Piacenza, Trento and more) bringing free sport activities to peripheral neighborhoods.
• MG SportcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-organizer of The Loop Relay, a corporate-relay race dedicated to social-impact companies; held in Roma (May 2024) and Milano (October 2023/2024).
• PizzoliminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand partnership supporting SSF with iodised potatoes campaign (2023).
• AXA ItaliacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership on social inclusion and gender equality; "Girls Just Wanna Have Goals" event (June 2025) promoting empowerment through football and supporting JOY program; AXA assembled flashmob with 500 participants.
• Federazione Pugilistica Italiana (FPI)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSSF was Social Partner of the Italian Boxing Federation in the #iocimettolafaccia social campaign (October 2013).
• LegambienteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizes nature & sport camps for SSF beneficiaries (e.g., Camp Natura e Sport at Ferentillo with ASD Athlion Roma).
• ASD SANSA FC (Roma)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner sports association (ASD) in Rome hosting Sport Power beneficiaries for socio-sport-educational pathways.
• Rugby Nuovo Salario A.s.d. (Roma)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner ASD in Rome hosting Sport Power beneficiaries.
• Defrag Associazione culturale e di Promozione sociale (Roma)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner ASD in Rome hosting Sport Power beneficiaries.
• ASD Scuola Surf BaricoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner ASD in Bari hosting Sport Power beneficiaries.
• ASD Scuola Ciclismo Franco Ballerini (Bari)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner ASD in Bari hosting Sport Power beneficiaries; the Sport Power Tour also held a stage at its facilities.
• Occupazione e Solidarietà s.c.s Cooperativa Sociale (Bari)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner cooperative in Bari providing educational services (homework help) within Sport Power.
• ASD Nippon Club (Napoli)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner ASD in Naples (judo) hosting Sport Power beneficiaries.
• L'Albero della Vita Cooperativa Sociale (Napoli)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner cooperative in Naples providing social services alongside SSF's sport activities.
• Associazione Elda Mazzocchi Scarzella (Domusnovas)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal partner association in Domusnovas (Sardinia) that hosts Sport Power Tour activities and supports the SSF Hub.
• ASD S. Albino – S. Damiano (Monza)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal partner ASD in Monza for the new SSF program in Cederna, San Rocco, Sant'Alessandro, Sant'Albino neighborhoods.
• ASD Eureka Basket (Monza)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal partner ASD in Monza for the new SSF program.
• Società San Vincenzo de Paoli (Monza)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal third-sector society supporting the Monza SSF program.
• Parrocchia Sacra Famiglia di Cederna (Monza)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal parish supporting the Monza SSF program.
• Italian Global Health ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth-focused organization partnering with SSF in the Monza program.
• NP Solution SrlflagshipTechnology or IntegrationData processor (art. 28 GDPR) for the GIVE donation platform and newsletter infrastructure; based in Via Murri 45D, 40137 Bologna. Also credited for website development (www.npsolutions.it).
• Aruba S.p.A.coreTechnology or IntegrationHosting and digital infrastructure provider (data processor under GDPR).
• Google LLCcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvider of Google Analytics 4 (IP-anonymized) and Google Tag Manager; data may be transferred to US servers under Standard Contractual Clauses.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment service provider; independent data controller for payment data processed on dona-sportsenzafrontiere.it.
• PayPalcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment service provider; independent data controller for payment data on dona-sportsenzafrontiere.it.
• SatispaycoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment service provider (Satispay Europe S.A. and Satispay Invest S.A.); independent data controller for payment data.
• Fondazione Emanuela Zancan onlus – Centro Studi e Ricerca SocialeflagshipImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLead evaluator of social impact for the Sport Power project; partner in beneficiary selection and referring entity.
• IC 49° Toti – Borsi - Giurleo (Scuola Napoli)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublic school in Naples acting as a referring entity for Sport Power beneficiary selection.
• IIS D. Bramante ex Sarandì (Scuola Roma)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublic high school in Rome acting as a referring entity for Sport Power beneficiary selection.
• Comune di Bari – Assessorato SportminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic administration acting as referring entity for Sport Power beneficiary selection in Bari.
• Istituto Comprensivo Statale F. Meloni (Scuola Domusnovas)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublic school in Domusnovas acting as referring entity for Sport Power beneficiary selection.
• Basket FerentinominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorItalian basketball club; renewed sodalizio (partnership) with SSF in November 2013.
• Groupon & CharityStarsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSolidarity campaign with CharityStars and Groupon (August–September 2014) to raise funds for SSF.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Special Olympics Italia: Italian arm of the Special Olympics movement, using sport as a tool for the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. Directly comparable to SSF in mission (sport-for-inclusion of vulnerable populations), Italian geography, and reliance on a partner-club delivery network and corporate fundraising.
• L'Albero della Vita: Italian non-profit dedicated to the protection and education of children in poverty (in Italy and internationally). It is also an active SSF partner in Naples and shares the same target beneficiary (disadvantaged minors), comparable funding mix (foundations, corporate, individual donations), and program structure combining education, family support and now sport.
• Fondazione Laureus Italia: Italian foundation of the global Laureus Sport for Good movement, funding and supporting sport-based projects for disadvantaged youth. Directly comparable in its sport-for-social-development thesis, Italian operating geography, and dependence on corporate sponsorship and brand ambassadors.

Broad incumbents

• Save the Children Italia: Italian branch of the global child-rights NGO, running education, protection and poverty programs for minors. Comparable in mission (welfare of disadvantaged minors in Italy), funding mix (foundations, corporate, individual) and use of program evaluation; Save the Children is far larger and not sport-specific.
• Comunità di Sant'Egidio: Large Italian lay Catholic community running social programs for the poor, elderly, migrants and prisoners in Italy and abroad. Cited as a long-term SSF partner via Stefano Pasta, and comparable in its Italian third-sector scale, prisoner-program expertise (relevant for RePLAY) and mixed volunteer/institutional funding model.
• Right To Play (international): International NGO using sport and play to educate and empower children in developing countries. Comparable to SSF at the mission level (sport for child development and inclusion) and in methodology (train-the-trainer, partner-led delivery), though Right To Play operates primarily in the Global South rather than in an OECD-country setting.
• UISP - Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti: Italy's largest 'sport for all' association, with hundreds of thousands of members and a territorial network across Italy. Comparable to SSF as an Italian sport-as-social-inclusion actor and SSF partner, but far larger in scale and broader in scope (UISP covers all ages and abilities, not specifically disadvantaged minors).
• CSI - Centro Sportivo Italiano: Italian Catholic-inspired sports promotion body running grassroots youth sport across Italy. Cited as one of SSF's main partners, comparable in promoting youth sport in peripheral Italian communities, though CSI's mission is much broader and not specifically focused on social exclusion.

Emerging players

• Fondazione Dynamo Camp: Italian foundation running free recreational and sports programs (e.g., Terapia Ricreativa Dynamo) for children with serious illnesses. Comparable to SSF in its sport/activity-as-tool-for-vulnerable-children model and reliance on a network of corporate supporters and volunteers, though its beneficiary definition (sick children) is narrower.

Others

• Fondazione Telethon: Major Italian foundation funding biomedical research on rare genetic diseases, with strong individual-donor and corporate fundraising infrastructure. Not a sport-inclusion peer, but a useful comparison for the Italian third-sector operating model at scale and for cross-charity fundraising benchmarks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SSFonlus
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sportsenzafrontiere
• Facebookfacebook.com/SportSenzaFrontiereOnlus
• Instagraminstagram.com/sport_senza_frontiere
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sport-senza-frontiere

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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