Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie

What Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie does

Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie is a 136-year-old church foundation under public law (Kirchliche Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts) headquartered in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, operating one of the larger integrated social and healthcare service portfolios in the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland regions. With approximately 7,600 employees serving roughly 8,000 people daily, the foundation runs a diversified non-profit network of 5 hospitals, 4 hospices, 7 workshops for people with disabilities, senior care facilities, child welfare and family services, and homeless support programs, structured through multiple wholly-owned gemeinnützige GmbH subsidiaries.

The foundation's commercial arm, Werkstätten kreuznacher diakonie gemeinnützige GmbH, operates seven workshop locations along the Nahe river and provides industrial production services — including packaging for pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical, and food sectors, industrial assembly, digital printing, mailing, wood processing, and garden/landscape maintenance — employing people with disabilities under DIN ISO 9001 certification. Consumer-facing handcrafted goods (jewelry, wood and slate products, the Original Kirner Edelstahl-Grills) are sold via the Nahe Manufaktur retail store in Bad Kreuznach and the nahemanufaktur.de e-commerce platform. The foundation also operates an in-house Fachschule and Diakonen-Ausbildung program with roughly 700 Ausbildungsplätze in nursing and pedagogy.

Revenue is derived primarily from statutory health insurance (Krankenkasse/GKV) reimbursements for social and medical services, with approximately 95% of hospice funding covered by insurance and the remaining 5% reliant on donations channeled through the KD-OnlineSpende platform. Donations, charitable giving, and workshop product sales (including wholesale via Wiederverkäufer) are secondary revenue streams. The technology stack includes the Werkstatt 4.0 digital assistance platform for workshop workflows, SAP SuccessFactors HRIS integrated with PastaHR WhatsApp-based recruitment, Matomo for privacy-compliant web analytics, and Usercentrics for GDPR/DSG-EKD consent management. The foundation holds no patents and has no disclosed AI/ML research or proprietary models.

Name

Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie

Legal name

Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie, kirchliche Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts

Website

https://kreuznacherdiakonie.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1889

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie is a 136-year-old German church foundation under public law operating an integrated network of 5 hospitals, 4 hospices, 7 workshops for people with disabilities, senior care, and child and family services across Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, funded primarily by statutory health insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Social Healthcare Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Individual and Family Services (6241), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

Keywords

• Social healthcare services
• Hospital and hospice care
• Disability employment services
• Elderly care services
• Vocational rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Kreuznach

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social and Healthcare Services: Core revenue from social and medical services funded by statutory health insurance (GKV/Krankenkasse). Hospice care is 95% funded by health insurance, with 5% covered by donations.
2. Nahe Manufaktur Products: Sale of handcrafted products from workshops for people with disabilities including jewelry, woodwork, grills, regional food products. Products sold through retail store and online shop.
3. Donations and Charitable Giving: Accepts donations for various projects including hospice renovation, community programs. Donation portal through KD-OnlineSpende.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie operates an integrated network of social, medical, and educational services including 5 hospitals, 4 hospices, senior living and ambulatory care, 7 sheltered workshops (Werkstätten) for people with disabilities providing industrial production and packaging services, child and family welfare programs, homeless assistance, and faith-based education. The foundation also runs the Nahe Manufaktur retail brand selling handcrafted products manufactured in the workshops.

Product overview

Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie is a church-founded public-law foundation operating a diversified portfolio of social, medical, and educational services across Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, including senior care, disability services, hospitals, hospices, child and family services, and homeless assistance. Its commercial workshop subsidiary, Werkstätten kreuznacher diakonie gemeinnützige GmbH, operates seven workshop facilities (Bad Kreuznach 1, Bad Kreuznach 2, Bad Sobernheim, Kirn, Asbacher Hütte, Meisenheim 1, Meisenheim 2) providing vocational employment for people with disabilities or mental health conditions. The workshop division offers industrial and commercial production services (Konfektionierung und Versand, Industriemontage, Pharma/Kosmetik/Chemie/Food Konfektionierung, Druck und Mailing, Holzbearbeitung, Garten- und Landschaftsbau) and operates Werkstatt 4.0 with digital assistance systems. Consumer-facing products are marketed under the Nahe Manufaktur brand, which encompasses a physical store in Bad Kreuznach and an online shop (nahemanufaktur.de) selling handcrafted goods produced by workshop employees — including wood and slate home accessories, Fairtrade-certified silver jewelry, and the Original Kirner Edelstahl-Grills (a specialty product handcrafted in Kirn for over 30 years). Partner products such as Bioland-certified poultry and farm goods from the Asbacher Hütte Hofladen are also sold.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nahe Manufaktur: A retail store and online shop selling handcrafted products made by people with disabilities in the foundation's workshops, including wood products, slate items, Fairtrade silver jewelry, and Kirner stainless steel grills.

Products and services

• Diakonie Hospitals (Krankenhäuser)
• Hospice Care Services
• Senior Living and Ambulatory Care (Seniorenhilfe)
• Werkstätten (Sheltered Workshops for People with Disabilities)
• Child, Youth and Family Welfare Services
• Homeless Assistance Services (Wohnungslosenhilfe)
• Industrial Production and Services (Werkstätten gGmbH)
• Nahe Manufaktur Retail Store and Online Shop
• Original Kirner Edelstahl-Grills
• Konfektionierung und Versand (Custom Packaging and Shipping)
• Konfektionierung Pharma, Kosmetik, Chemie, Food
• Industriemontage (Industrial Assembly)
• Druck und Mailing (Printing and Mailing)
• Holzbearbeitung (Wood Processing)
• Garten- und Landschaftsbau (Garden and Landscape Services)
• Health and Care Vocational Schools
• Diakonen-Ausbildung (Deacon Training Program)
• Medizinisch-Therapeutisches Zentrum / SPZ
• Akademie (Continuing Education and Training)
• Förderschulen (Special Education Schools)

Quantifiable outcome

• ~8,000 people served daily
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Hochwald Foods GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through 'Schichtwechsel' (job exchange) program where employees swap roles for a day. Hochwald Foods is a dairy company based in Thalfang with ~1,970 employees. Anja Jansohn from Hochwald Foods visited Werkstatt Asbacher Hütte, while Beschäftigte Selina Engelhard spent time at Hochwald Foods. Products from Asbacher Hütte (poultry farm) are supplied to Hochwald.
• KD-Bank (Bank für Kirche und Diakonie eG)coreOthersKD-Bank provides the online donation platform (KD-OnlineSpende) used for charitable giving to the foundation. Located at Schwanenwall 27, 44135 Dortmund.
• Bauern- und Winzerverband Rheinland-Nassau e.V.GTM or Marketing PartnerAgricultural association that has supported the Eugenie Michels Hospiz for over 25 years through milk sales donations. Participates in annual Bauernmarkt (farmers market) with 'Milchkanne' (milk campaign) generating donations for hospice care.
• Landfrauen des Kreisverbandes Bad KreuznachminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWomen's agricultural organization that volunteers at Bauernmarkt events and supports hospice donations through milk shake preparation and product donations.
• Allianz für Cyber-SicherheitminorOthersCybersecurity alliance participant as shown by displayed logo, indicating participation in German cybersecurity initiatives.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Diakonie Deutschland: The umbrella organization for Protestant social services in Germany, coordinating member organizations that provide similar healthcare, disability, and social welfare services. As the parent Diakonie network, it operates with comparable mission, funding structures, and service portfolios to Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie.
• Stiftung Liebenau: Catholic church foundation in Baden-Württemberg providing similar integrated services including disability support, elderly care, healthcare, and education. Comparable as a regional church-based foundation (Stiftung) with multi-facility operations and workshop models for disabled persons.
• Malteser Deutschland: Catholic aid organization operating hospitals, hospices, ambulatory care, and social services across Germany. Comparable in operating hospice facilities, hospital services, and emergency/social assistance programs within a faith-based organizational framework.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest Catholic welfare organization, operating hospitals, care homes, and social services nationwide. Directly comparable in mission, service breadth (healthcare, elderly care, disability services, youth welfare), and non-profit church-based organizational structure.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): Major German welfare organization providing elderly care, disability services, youth welfare, and family support. Comparable in service breadth and non-profit social welfare mission, though operating under different ideological foundations (workers' movement vs. church).
• Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein: Protestant church foundation providing rehabilitation, disability services, healthcare, and education in North Rhine-Westphalia. Comparable regional church foundation structure with similar service portfolio including Werkstätten-style workshops and medical facilities.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe: Protestant aid organization providing hospital services, elderly care, hospice care, and social services. Comparable as a faith-based non-profit with overlapping service offerings in hospice, hospital, and senior care sectors.
• von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel: Major Protestant church foundation operating one of Europe's largest social service networks, with deep specialization in disability services, psychiatric care, and social welfare. Highly comparable as a multi-century church foundation with hospital, workshop, and housing services.

Broad incumbents

• Sana Kliniken AG: Major private hospital chain operating over 50 facilities in Germany, with growing focus on rehabilitation and elderly care. Comparable in hospital operations and care service portfolio, though operating as private commercial group rather than church foundation.
• Asklepios Kliniken: One of Germany's largest private hospital operators with ~170 facilities nationwide. Comparable in operating multiple hospitals across regions, but as a private commercial enterprise rather than church-based non-profit, with broader scale and different funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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