Weidli Stans Foundation

What Weidli Stans Foundation does

Stiftung Weidli Stans is a Swiss non-profit foundation (Stiftung) founded in 2001 and headquartered at Weidlistrasse 4, CH-6370 Stans in the Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The foundation supports and accompanies people with intellectual and multiple disabilities across the full lifecycle of care, housing, day programs, and protected employment. It operates four integrated service pillars: Wohnen (residential living, including Wohnhaus, external living, ambulatory support, and relief placements), Tagesstätte (day center offering atelier work, general activities, and the Weidliband music group), Arbeiten & Dienstleistungen (sheltered employment spanning mechanical work, assembly, recycling, filling and packaging, greeting-card production, paper processing, document shredding, garden maintenance, ironing, and the newly added commercial laundry service), and Gastronomie & Hofladen (Café Weidli and a farm shop selling regional products). Together these form a single on-site campus model with 101–250 employees that also runs professional-staff jobs, protected jobs, PrA practical training, internships, and civil-service placements.

Revenue and operating funding are provided through multiple channels: donations from individuals, companies, municipalities, and foundations (which are tax-deductible as voluntary contributions under cantonal law), cantonal and municipal reimbursements for disability services (all eleven Nidwalden municipalities are listed as major donors), IV (federal invalidity insurance)-style reimbursements implied by the service mix, B2B income from sheltered-employment contracts, sales from Café Weidli and the Hofladen, and a tiered Baumpatenschaft (tree sponsorship) program launched in 2025. The foundation publishes an annual activity report and a donation thermometer for the new workshop construction project; pricing for services is not publicly disclosed.

In February 2026 the foundation moved into a new workshop building (Neue Werkstätte), and in June 2026 it published its Strategy 2026–2028 alongside its 25th anniversary. The organization holds ISO 9001 quality-management certification issued by Swiss TS (TÜV Nord Group) and operates under a board-governed foundation structure with no shareholders, parents, or subsidiaries.

Name

Weidli Stans Foundation

Legal name

Stiftung Weidli Stans

Website

https://weidli-stans.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Stiftung Weidli Stans is a Swiss non-profit foundation founded in 2001 in Stans, Canton Nidwalden, providing residential living, day care, sheltered employment, and gastronomy services for people with intellectual and multiple disabilities across the canton.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Social Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Disability social services
• Residential care services
• Sheltered employment
• Day care programs
• Supported living

Headquarters

HQ city

Stans

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and charitable contributions: The foundation receives donations from individuals, companies, municipalities, and foundations. All donations are fully allocated to a dedicated donation fund used exclusively for activities and wishes of clients and residents. Donations to the foundation may be deducted as voluntary contributions in cantonal tax filings.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Stiftung Weidli Stans is a Swiss non-profit foundation that provides integrated social services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities in the Canton of Nidwalden. Its core offerings include residential living (Wohnhaus, external living, ambulatory support), day center programs (atelier work, activities, music group Weidliband), and sheltered employment (mechanical work, assembly, recycling, packaging, document shredding, garden maintenance, ironing, laundry), complemented by a café (Café Weidli) and farm shop (Hofladen).

Product overview

Weidli Stans Foundation is a Swiss social services organization that provides comprehensive support for people with disabilities. The foundation operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. Core services include residential living (Wohnen), day care (Tagesstätte), protected employment and work services (Arbeiten & Dienstleistungen), and gastronomy with a farm shop (Gastronomie & Hofladen). The foundation also offers jobs and training programs (Jobs & Ausbildung). Additional services include donation programs and tree sponsorship initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Café Weidli: The foundation operates a café called Café Weidli, providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
• Hofladen

Products and services

• Wohnen (Residential Living) Residential living services for people with disabilities, including group homes (Wohnhaus), external housing, ambulatory support, and relief/holiday placements, providing supported housing and family-like living environments.
• Tagesstätte (Day Center) Day center programs for people with disabilities offering atelier work, structured activities, and the Weidliband music group, supporting creativity, socialization, and structured daily routines.
• Arbeiten & Dienstleistungen (Sheltered Employment & Services) Sheltered employment and contract services for people with disabilities, covering mechanical work, assembly, recycling, filling and packaging, greeting cards, paper processing, document shredding, garden maintenance, ironing, and laundry.
• Gastronomie & Hofladen (Café and Farm Shop) On-site café (Café Weidli) and farm shop (Hofladen) selling meals and regional products, providing sheltered employment opportunities and a public-facing social-integration venue.
• Jobs & Ausbildung (Jobs and Training Programs) Employment and training programs for professional staff, protected job placements for people with disabilities, practical training (PrA), inclusive internships, and civil service opportunities.
• Spenden (Donation Program)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Municipalities of Nidwalden (Beckenried, Buochs, Dallenwil, Emmetten, Ennetbürgen, Ennetmoos, Hergiswil, Oberdorf, Stans, Stansstad, Wolfenschiessen)coreOthersEleven municipalities of Nidwalden canton are listed as major donors to the foundation, reflecting municipal political support for disability services in the region.
• Insieme Unterwalden, StansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional disability advocacy organization that donated to the tree sponsorship (Baumpatenschaft) for the new workshop grounds development.
• UNITEC AG - Ingenieure für Bau + Umwelt, StansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering firm that donated to the Baumpatenschaft (tree sponsorship) for the new workshop environment development.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mathilde Escher Stiftung: Zurich-based Swiss foundation providing housing, work, and daily-living support for adults with physical disabilities. Comparable in service mix and target population (with focus on physical rather than intellectual disability).
• Stiftung Arkadis: Foundation in the Olten region offering residential, day, and sheltered employment services for people with disabilities, including a workshop model similar to Weidli's neue Werkstätte.
• Stiftung Vivendra: Swiss foundation in the Dübendorf area providing Wohnen, Tagesstätte, and sheltered work for adults with intellectual disabilities. Highly comparable operating model and scale.
• Stiftung Balm: Foundation in the Bern region offering sheltered workshops, residential living, and supported employment for people with disabilities — structurally similar to Weidli's Arbeiten & Dienstleistungen model.
• Stiftung Wagerenhof: Large Swiss foundation in Uster (Canton Zürich) offering residential care, sheltered workshops, and day programs for people with disabilities. Directly comparable integrated service stack and target population.
• Stiftung Brändi: Swiss foundation operating an almost identical comprehensive model — sheltered workshops, residential living, day programs, and gastronomy — for people with disabilities in Central Switzerland. The closest comparable in scope and structure.
• Stiftung Sonnweid: Swiss foundation operating a comparable care and workshop model, particularly known for dementia care and disability services with on-site gastronomy and integrated living arrangements.

Others

• Caritas Schweiz: Swiss social services umbrella operating broader humanitarian, refugee, and family services with some overlap in disability and social support. Less direct overlap but operates in the same Swiss nonprofit social-services ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Pro Infirmis: Switzerland's largest disability service organization operating nationally across residential, work, advocacy, and consulting services. Overlaps with Weidli's population but operates as a broad umbrella rather than a regional anchor.
• Insieme Schweiz: National umbrella association for people with intellectual disabilities in Switzerland. Partner and donor of Weidli (regional chapter Insieme Unterwalden), serving an advocacy and federation role rather than direct services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/stiftungweidli
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stiftung-weidli

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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