Caritas Tauberkreis

What Caritas Tauberkreis does

Caritasverband im Tauberkreis e.V., operating as Caritas Tauberkreis, is a registered Catholic non-profit welfare association (e.V.) headquartered in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and an integral regional member of the Deutscher Caritasverband (Caritas Deutschland) national network. The organization delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social services across the Main-Tauber-Kreis region, organized around five service lines: senior care (two nursing homes — Otto-Rauch-Stift in Freudenberg with 74 single rooms and Johann Bernhard Mayer in Lauda with 59 residents — plus barrier-free senior apartments, a senior shared-living community, day care, short-term care, and an ambulatory home care service via Caritas-Sozialstation Tauberkreis); services for people with physical, intellectual, and mental disabilities (Caritas-Werkstätten Alois Eckert sheltered workshops with industrial capabilities across assembly, metalworking, electrical, and carpentry divisions, plus supported housing, ambulatory services, and open community support); family, children, and youth services (marriage/family counseling, parenting support, family centers, school social work, youth home); crisis and hardship support (debt counseling, addiction counseling, food bank, sexual violence contact point, life-crisis counseling); and free online counseling via the national caritas.de platform covering 18+ topic areas including migration and U25 suicide prevention.

Name

Caritas Tauberkreis

Legal name

Caritasverband im Tauberkreis e.V.

Website

https://www.caritas-tbb.de/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Caritasverband im Tauberkreis e.V. is a Catholic non-profit welfare association in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, operating two nursing homes, sheltered workshops for people with disabilities, ambulatory home care, family/youth counseling, and a food bank across the Main-Tauber-Kreis region as part of the national Caritas Deutschland network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable / Low-Income Assisted Living (Medicaid Waiver Focused) (HLADABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dementia/Alzheimer’s Care Management & Behavioral Support (HLADALAF), Senior Social Clubs & Community-Based Day Programs (Non-Clinical) (HSABANAK), Behavioral Health–Capable Assisted Living (Mental Health/SUD Support) (HLADABAI)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Elderly care services
• Disability support services
• Family counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Tauberbischofsheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Social Insurance / Statutory Health and Long-Term Care Insurance: Primary funding stream from statutory health insurance and long-term care insurance contributions (Sozialversicherung). Care services are funded through the German social insurance system.
2. Client Co-payments and Contributions: Clients make co-payments for certain services such as residential care, short-term care, and meals (e.g., Mittagstisch). Pricing is regulated and communicated upon request.
3. Donations and Church Tax Funding: Funding received through charitable donations from the public, as well as church tax (Kirchensteuer) allocations via Caritas as the official welfare organization of the Catholic Church in Germany.
4. Fees for Sheltered Workshops (Caritas-Werkstätten): Workshop services for people with disabilities generate revenue through contract work for external companies (assembly, metalworking, electrical, carpentry). Prices include a reduced VAT rate of 7% and customers can offset 50% of labor costs against the compensation levy (Ausgleichsabgabe).
5. Public Grants and Contracts: Government contracts and grants for specific social programs including youth services, family support, migration services, and labor market reintegration programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Caritas Tauberkreis delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social welfare services across the Main-Tauber-Kreis region in Germany. Core offerings include two residential nursing homes providing stationary, short-term, and day care for seniors; a mobile home care service (Sozialstation); sheltered workshops for people with physical, intellectual, and mental disabilities producing contract manufacturing for external companies; family and youth counseling centers; school social work; a food bank; and a free 24/7 online counseling platform covering 18+ topic areas such as debt, addiction, migration, and suicide prevention.

Product overview

Caritasverband im Tauberkreis e.V. is a Catholic social services organization providing comprehensive care and support services across the Tauberkreis region in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The organization operates a network of residential and ambulatory care facilities for seniors (including two nursing homes: Johann Bernhard Mayer in Lauda and Otto-Rauch-Stift in Freudenberg, plus senior shared living and barrier-free apartments), vocational workshops and ambulatory services for people with disabilities, outpatient care for people with mental health conditions, family centers and youth services including school social work, and emergency assistance such as a food bank. The organization employs approximately 550 staff and coordinates volunteer services, offering online counseling across more than 20 topic areas. Services are provided from the main office in Tauberbischofsheim and facilities throughout the Main-Tauber district.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Online-Beratung: Free, anonymous, and secure online counseling service covering topics such as general social counseling, migration, debt, addiction, family, elderly care, and more.

Products and services

• Caritas-Altenpflegeheim Otto-Rauch-Stift A nursing home in Freudenberg am Main providing permanent (stationary) care, short-term care, day care, and assisted living services. The facility has 74 single rooms with amenities including a cafeteria, chapel, and parkland. Includes a gerontopsychiatric care unit and serves seniors in the Tauberkreis region.
• Caritas-Altenpflegeheim Johann Bernhard Mayer

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 30 ehrenamtliche (volunteers) actively support the Otto-Rauch-Stift care home, enabling a diverse leisure program.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Caritas Deutschland (Deutscher Caritasverband)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAs a regional member of the Caritas welfare network, Caritas Tauberkreis is an integral part of the national Caritas Deutschland organization. It operates under the Caritas umbrella, utilizing shared digital platforms (caritas.de online counseling), brand identity, national campaigns (e.g., Caritas Kampagne 2026 'Zusammen geht was. Caritas verbindet Generationen'), and the central Caritas International network for disaster and humanitarian relief.
• Caritas InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe organization is connected to Caritas International, the international humanitarian arm of the global Caritas network, which provides disaster relief and development cooperation worldwide.
• Ökumenische Hospizgruppe Bad MergentheimminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerA cooperation agreement with the ecumenical hospice group Bad Mergentheim provides trained volunteer hospice workers (Hospizhelfende) who offer time, listening, and conversation to people at the end of life, and support relatives through conversations and vigil sitting. All hospice volunteers are bound by confidentiality.
• Malteser-Hilfsdienst (Regional)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose cooperation with the Malteser-Hilfsdienst for transportation services (pick-up and drop-off, including for wheelchair users) for day care guests at the Johann Bernhard Mayer facility.

Scale indicators6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Caritasverband für die Erzdiözese Freiburg: Another regional Caritas association in Baden-Württemberg operating a comparable portfolio of nursing homes, sheltered workshops, social counseling, family services, and disability programs under the same Catholic welfare framework. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping geography and Caritas affiliation.
• Diakonie Württemberg: Protestant welfare association offering nursing homes, disability workshops, social counseling, and family services across Württemberg. Operates under the same statutory welfare framework (Wohlfahrtsverband) with parallel funding access from statutory insurance and church tax.
• AWO Bezirksverband Baden-Württemberg: Workers' welfare association operating nursing homes, family services, and social counseling across Baden-Württemberg. Directly comparable in service mix and statutory welfare status as one of the six recognized Wohlfahrtsverbände in Germany.
• Compassio GmbH: German Catholic-affiliated operator of nursing homes and care facilities nationwide. Shares the Caritas network heritage and statutory insurance funding model while operating at significantly larger scale across multiple German states.

Broad incumbents

• Malteser Hilfsdienst e.V. Major German Catholic welfare and emergency services organization; Caritas Tauberkreis already partners with regional Malteser for day-care transportation. Operates nursing, social services, and emergency assistance at significantly larger scale across Germany.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz – Landesverband Baden-Württemberg: State-level German Red Cross chapter operating nursing homes, family support, social counseling, and emergency assistance across Baden-Württemberg. Comparable in service breadth and statutory welfare recognition, though primarily operating under a different welfare umbrella.
• Kursana Residenz GmbH: One of Germany's largest private-sector operators of residential care homes, serving seniors across multiple states. Competes with Caritas Tauberkreis for residents in the assisted living segment but on a commercial rather than welfare basis.
• Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen: Major private operator of senior care facilities across Germany with over 200 residences. Overlaps with Caritas Tauberkreis's nursing home and assisted living offerings but operates purely on a commercial footing.
• Pro Seniore Residenz: Established German private senior care provider operating residential and nursing facilities nationwide. Comparable in service line (stationary care, short-term care, day care) but operates as a for-profit provider without welfare organization status.

Regional players

• Bethesda Seniorenzentrum: Regional senior care provider in the Baden-Württemberg area offering residential and nursing care comparable to Caritas Tauberkreis's senior facilities. Geographic overlap creates direct competition for residents in the local catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Caritas.Tauberkreis
• Instagraminstagram.com/caritas.tauberkreis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caritasverband-im-tauberkreis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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