What OPEJ Foundation does

OPEJ Foundation (Œuvre de Protection des Enfants Juifs), legally Fondation OPEJ Baron Edmond de Rothschild, is a French public-utility nonprofit founded in 1945 during the clandestine Jewish resistance to protect children whose parents had been deported during World War II. Headquartered at 10 rue Théodule Ribot in Paris 17th arrondissement, the foundation now operates eleven facilities across three Île-de-France departments (Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, and Val d'Oise), employing 210-214 multidisciplinary professionals and serving approximately 2,700 children and adolescents and 1,300 families annually. Over eight decades the mission has broadened from child rescue to comprehensive child protection, family mediation, youth prevention, and family support for vulnerable populations of all origins.

The foundation's service portfolio comprises nine interconnected units: two residential Maisons d'enfants (Rueil-Malmaison and Château de Maubuisson), three specialized prevention services (Garges-lès-Gonesse, Sarcelles, Paris 19th), one open-environment educational action service (SAEMO), one youth welcome and listening point (PAEJ Maguen Noar), the Maison des familles et des cultures family mediation center, and daytime educational services (SAFEJ, SAJE, EFAJE). Service access is gated through judicial decisions (children's judges), departmental ASE (Aide Sociale à l'Enfance), or CAF placements, with all services free at point of use to beneficiaries. There is no proprietary technology platform; delivery is grounded in human professionals and standardized public-service protocols.

The revenue model combines three streams: public-service delegated funding from French departmental councils (Val d'Oise, Hauts-de-Seine), the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and CAF, structured as recurring per-measure financing; philanthropic income comprising individual donations (preset €20-€200 amounts), IFI (wealth tax) contributions with 75% deductibility up to €50,000, corporate donations with 60% tax deduction, and tax-exempt legacies and bequests facilitated by the public-utility status granted in 1957; and major-donor support from the Rothschild family foundations, FSJU (Fonds Social Juif Unifié), and Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah. Historical revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, and financial accounts are certified annually by an external auditor.

Name

OPEJ Foundation

Legal name

Fondation OPEJ

Website

https://fondation-opej.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

OPEJ Foundation is a French public-utility nonprofit founded in 1945 that delivers child protection, family mediation, and youth prevention services across eleven facilities in Île-de-France, serving approximately 2,700 children and 1,300 families annually through 214 multidisciplinary professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Protection Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Maternal, Child & Family Health Departments (HLAJAAAK), Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

Keywords

• Child protection services
• Family mediation support
• Youth prevention programs
• Residential care homes
• Open-environment education

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public subsidies and delegated public service funding: The foundation fulfills a public service mission by delegation of public authorities. It holds habilitations, conventions, and approvals from territorial authorities, the Ministry of Justice, Social Affairs, and CAF. Core operating funding comes from government departmental subsidies.
2. Individual donations and IFI (Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière) contributions: Donations from individuals, including IFI (wealth tax) donations where 75% of the donation is deductible up to 50,000€ reduction (2026 rules). Fixed donation amounts: 20€, 30€, 50€, 100€, 150€, 200€. Online and mail donation options available.
3. Legacies and bequests: Recognized as a public utility foundation, OPEJ is authorized to receive legacies and successions exempt from mutation duties. Personalized consultation available through designated contact.
4. Corporate donations: Companies subject to corporate tax (IS) can make donations to OPEJ and benefit from a 60% tax deduction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

OPEJ Foundation delivers child protection, family support, and youth welfare services across 11 facilities in Île-de-France (Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Val d'Oise) as a delegated public service mission. Its portfolio includes residential children's homes, open-environment educational action, specialized prevention services, family mediation, and daytime educational reception services, supporting approximately 2,700 children and adolescents and 1,300 families annually through multidisciplinary teams.

Product overview

OPEJ Foundation is a social protection organization offering a portfolio of interconnected child protection, family support, and youth services across Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, and Val-d'Oise departments. The organization operates through nine distinct service units: two Children's Homes (Maisons d'enfants) in Rueil-Malmaison and Maubuisson providing residential protection; three specialized prevention services in Garges-lès-Gonesse, Sarcelles, and Paris; four daytime support services (SAEMO, PAEJ, SAFEJ, SAJE, EFAJE) offering educational, family mediation, and youth support; and the Maison des familles et des cultures center providing family mediation and parenting support. Services are provided through a pluridisciplinary team of 210-214 professionals supporting approximately 2,700 children and adolescents and 1,300 families annually.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maison d'enfants à caractère social de Rueil-Malmaison Children's home serving children and young people aged 5-18 (up to 21), providing protection, education, and psychological support within a warm environment for those placed by judicial decision or departmental social services.
• Maison d'enfants Le Château de Maubuisson Children's home with pluridisciplinary team serving children aged 5-18, focusing on sibling reunification, individualized approach, educational support, and multicultural identity support.
• Service d'action éducative en milieu ouvert (SAEMO) Educational action service in open environment, ordered by children's court judges or proposed by Child Social Services, providing support to families with children aged 0-18 in Sarcelles and Beaumont-sur-Oise.
• Point accueil écoute jeunes (PAEJ) Maguen Noar Youth welcome and listening point offering unconditional reception of young people aged 10-25 in situations of school dropout or social disengagement, with parental support services.
• Services de prévention spécialisée (SPS) Specialized prevention services operating in Garges-lès-Gonesse, Sarcelles, and Paris (Club du Canal) for youth aged 11-25, addressing employment, insertion, education, justice, health, housing, rights, and gang violence prevention.
• Maison des familles et des cultures - Centre de médiation familiale Family support center offering family mediation, supervised visits, parent-child meeting spaces, school prevention, parenting support, and educational support services.
• Service d'accueil familial et éducatif de jour (SAFEJ) Daytime family and educational welcome service in Sarcelles providing daily family support and educational follow-up for children aged 2-12 and their parents as an alternative to placement.
• Service d'accueil de jour éducatif (SAJE) Educational day reception service in Paris 10th arrondissement for children aged 5-13 (up to 17) with educational and social difficulties, as an alternative to placement.
• Espace familial en accueil de jour éducatif (EFAJE) Family space providing educational day care as an alternative to placement, serving 12 children aged 5-13 in Rueil-Malmaison with support for parental function restoration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2700 children and adolescents followed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• LAO (Les Anciens de l'OPEJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAO (Les Anciens de l'OPEJ) is a association of former children and staff of OPEJ homes since 1944. Founded in 1996 at the request of Samuel Zysman, it has 450 members. LAO and OPEJ collaborate on memory projects, archives access, former residents reunions, and Holocaust commemoration events including Yom HaShoah and Forum Générations de la Shoah. The association also contributes financially through member donations and organizes an annual Passover meal.
• CNAEMO (Carrefour National de l'Action Éducative en Milieu Ouvert)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNAEMO is the national federation for open-environment educational action in child protection, federating 800+ individual members and 100 associations, serving 4,500+ professionals. OPEJ participates in CNAEMO's annual national congresses. In 2024-2025, OPEJ participates in organizing the 45th national congress in Courbevoie (Île-de-France) on 'Centralization — Décentralisation' themes.
• Mission Locale Val d'Oise EstmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPEJ participates in the Plan Régional d'Insertion pour la Jeunesse (PRIJ) consortium led by Mission Locale Val d'Oise Est. The consortium supports young people aged 15-25 in QPV (priority urban policy) neighborhoods who are NEET (not in employment, education, or training). OPEJ provides referral and accompaniment through its prevention services in Garges-lès-Gonesse and Sarcelles.
• Association Beit EstherminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-producer of the documentary 'La Fourchette' by Anne Lainé along with OPEJ, exploring intercultural mediation with young people from Garges-lès-Gonesse and Sarcelles meeting Israeli youth in Jerusalem and Abu-Gosh. Beit Esther provides intercultural dialogue and Jewish community connection.
• Mémorial de la Shoah (Memorial of the Shoah)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPEJ archives from the post-WWII period are deposited at the Mémorial de la Shoah. The foundation collaborates with the memorial for Yom HaShoah commemorations, Forum Générations de la Shoah events, and film screenings such as 'Enfants d'hier et d'aujourd'hui' by Sophie Brafman (scheduled April 2026).
• OSE (Œuvre de Secours aux Enfants)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOPEJ collaborates with OSE for the 'Enfants d'hier et d'aujourd'hui' documentary screening. Katy Hazan, historian and director of OSE's Archives and History service, participates as a speaker alongside survivors and current children from OPEJ.
• PataugasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPataugas partnered with OPEJ for a shoe donation campaign 'Pataugas et la Fondation OPEJ chaussent l'espoir' providing footwear to children and young people supported by OPEJ.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF France: French committee of UNICEF operating as a recognized public-utility foundation with child-rights advocacy and family-support programs. Comparable public-utility foundation status and IFI-eligible donation infrastructure; much larger scale and international remit.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Recognized French public-utility foundation (housing-focused) operating under the same recognized public utility regime (reconnue d'utilité publique) as OPEJ. Comparable governance, donation mechanics (IFI, legacies), but different thematic focus (housing rather than child protection).
• Armée du Salut (Fondation de l'Armée du Salut): Salvation Army France operates child residential homes, family mediation, and youth reintegration services nationwide. Operates as a recognized public-utility foundation and is a frequent co-funder in French child protection alongside OPEJ's departmental partners.
• Croix-Rouge française: France's largest humanitarian organization, operating child-protection homes, family support, and emergency social services through departmental conventions. Substantially broader scope than OPEJ but overlaps on child-welfare and family services under public delegation.
• Secours Catholique — Caritas France: Major French Catholic social-services NGO operating family support, child-protection aid, and youth insertion programs with departmental co-financing. Comparable scale, public-utility status, and child-family target population.

Others

• Fondation de France: France's largest umbrella philanthropic foundation aggregating multiple sub-foundations including child-welfare and family-support vehicles. Comparable governance scale and donor-tax mechanics but acts primarily as a grant-maker rather than direct service operator.
• Le Mouvement associatif (fédération): Federation representing French associations and nonprofit foundations including child-protection actors; engaged in advocacy and lobbying for sector financing. Adjacent enabling body rather than a direct service competitor.
• ATD Quart Monde: International movement operating in France focused on extreme poverty, family support, and children's rights in priority urban neighborhoods (QPV). Geographic overlap with OPEJ's Garges-lès-Gonesse and Sarcelles prevention services.

Direct peers

• Apprentis d'Auteuil: Large French foundation operating children's homes, family support, and youth integration programs nationwide. It is the most direct functional peer, sharing child-welfare mandate, departmental habilitations, and Catholic heritage analogous to OPEJ's Jewish heritage.
• SOS Villages d'Enfants France: French branch of SOS Children's Villages providing residential child protection (villages and homes), family strengthening, and youth transition programs. Directly comparable residential-care focus and similar nonprofit-delegated public service model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

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