82-4000 Solidaires

What 82-4000 Solidaires does

82-4000 Solidaires is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 2012 and headquartered in Briançon, dedicated to making alpine mountaineering accessible to adults in situations of severe social precarity. The association organizes multi-day (4+ day) immersion stays in high-mountain environments across the French Alps and Pyrenees, including glacier walking, roped progression, rock climbing, snowshoe hiking, caving, and accrobranche, supervised by professional high-mountain guides and amateur volunteer mountaineers. Beneficiaries are referred through partnerships with social structures (associations, shelters, NGOs such as JRS France, La Cloche, Habitat et Humanisme, API Provence, Espoir) and each trip is co-constructed with the beneficiary, the social structure, and the volunteer team. The association operates through four geographic mountain poles (Alpes du Sud, Alpes du Nord, Pyrénées, Alpes-Maritimes) and two urban delegations (Lyon, Paris), and owns and operates L'Écrin, a 15-person solidarity gîte in Briançon inaugurated in June 2023 with the Diocese of Hautes-Alpes.

The association does not operate a technology platform as its core product; its operational tooling is limited to a WordPress website for information and donations, WhatsApp communities for each pole and delegation for volunteer coordination and trip registration, HelloAsso for event registration and fundraising campaigns, Canva for content creation, and Togetzer for carpool coordination. The Université Montagne Solidaire initiative, inspired by ATD Quart Monde's Université Populaire methodology, collects and compiles beneficiary testimonies to create a body of qualitative evidence on the mountain experience.

The revenue model rests on individual donations and memberships (€5 annual adhesion; 66% tax relief for individuals), foundation and corporate grants and sponsorships (Fondation de France, Fondation Ardian, Fondation Petzl, Decathlon Foundation, Région Sud, Département des Hautes-Alpes, Safran, Groupe SEB, Caisse d'Épargne CEPAC, Richard Mille, ADEME, among others), in-kind equipment donations (Petzl, Millet, Julbo), and solidarity participation fees from social structures of €60–€85 per beneficiary per day against a true cost of €130 per day per person. Beneficiaries themselves do not pay. The association employs a small salaried staff (roughly 5–7 coordinators and a gîte gestionnaire) supplemented by 400+ volunteers.

Name

82-4000 Solidaires

Legal name

82-4000 Solidaires

Website

https://824000.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

82-4000 Solidaires is a French non-profit association founded in 2012 that organizes multi-day alpinism immersion stays in the French Alps and Pyrenees for adults in situations of severe social precarity, delivered through four mountain poles, two urban delegations, and a network of 400+ volunteers and 30+ foundation and corporate partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social inclusion outdoor adventure services

NAICS

All Other Support Services (561990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Rock Climbing, Mountaineering & Via Ferrata Guides (THAAADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Adventure/Outdoor Base Hostels (Ski/Surf/Trek) (THAGAGAG)

Keywords

• Social inclusion programs
• Mountain immersion stays
• Alpinism solidarity services
• Nonprofit association services
• Outdoor leisure access

Headquarters

HQ city

Briancon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual donations and memberships: The association raises funds from individual donors through its website donation page. Members can also pay an annual adhesion of €5, which provides insurance coverage for volunteer days. Donations qualify for tax relief: 66% reduction for individuals (capped at 20% of taxable income) and 60% for companies (capped at €20,000 or 5‰ of annual revenue).
2. Foundation and corporate grants (mécénat): 82-4000 Solidaires receives financial support from foundations (Fondation de France, Fondation Ardian, Fondation Petzl, Decathlon Foundation, etc.) and corporate sponsors. Support is provided as grants for specific projects (e.g., women's mountain access trips), in-kind donations of equipment (Petzl, Millet, Julbo), and skills-based volunteering.
3. Solidarity-based participation fees from social structures: Social partner structures pay a solidarity contribution of €60–85 per day per person for beneficiary trips, representing a subsidized rate compared to the true cost of €130 per day per person. This participation covers lodging, full board, professional mountain guide supervision, and equipment loan.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

82-4000 Solidaires organizes multi-day immersive alpinism stays (minimum 4 days) for people in situations of great precariousness and social vulnerability, referred by partner social structures. Each stay is co-constructed with the beneficiary, the social structure, and the volunteer team, and includes professional high-mountain guide supervision, accommodation, full board, and loaned equipment. Operations are delivered through four geographic mountain poles (Alpes du Nord, Alpes du Sud, Alpes-Maritimes, Pyrénées) and supported by two urban delegations (Lyon, Paris), with L'Écrin 82-4000 in Briançon serving as the dedicated solidarity gîte.

Product overview

82-4000 Solidaires operates as a unified social inclusion program rather than a multi-product platform. The core offering consists of alpinism immersion stays organized through four geographic mountain poles (Alpes du Nord, Alpes du Sud, Alpes-Maritimes, Pyrénées) and supported by two urban delegations (Lyon, Paris). The main infrastructure is L'Écrin 82-4000, a solidarity hostel in Briançon serving as the base camp for Alpes du Sud operations. Associated programs include the Université Montagne Solidaire for testimonial collection, the annual La Rencontre de la Montagne Partagée event, and the La Montagne pour Toutes women's inclusion campaign.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Séjours d'alpinisme (Mountain immersion stays) Multi-day high-mountain immersion stays (minimum 4 days, typically 4-12 days) for adults in precarious situations referred by social structures. Activities include glacier walking, roped progression, rock climbing, snowshoe hiking, caving and accrobranche, with groups capped at 12 beneficiaries. Includes lodging, full board, professional mountain guide supervision and equipment loan.
• L'Écrin 82-4000 (Solidarity gîte) Solidarity hostel in Briançon (49 route de Grenoble) inaugurated in June 2023 with capacity for up to 15 people. Serves as the main base camp for Alpes du Sud mountain stays and offers self-managed stays reserved exclusively for partner social structures and their beneficiaries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,500 beneficiaries served since 2012; 256 beneficiaries in 2025 alone across 25 trips.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Diocèse des Hautes-AlpescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 June 2023The Diocese of the Hautes-Alpes partnered with 82-4000 Solidaires over three years to renovate and open L'Écrin, a solidarity gîte in Briançon inaugurated on June 9, 2023. The diocese provides the building and the association operates it as a year-round hospitality venue for beneficiary groups.
• PetzlcoreOthersPetzl provides mountaineering equipment (helmets, harnesses, ropes, headlamps) to 82-4000 Solidaires for beneficiary trips, in addition to its foundation's financial support. The partnership enables the association to equip all participants without individual cost.
• MilletcoreOthersMillet provides mountaineering apparel and equipment and hosts solidarity evenings at its Paris boutique to raise funds and awareness for the association.
• JulbominorOthersJulbo provides mountain sunglasses and eye protection for beneficiaries and volunteers on mountain trips.
• Serre-ChevalierminorOthersSerre-Chevalier contributes to the association's presence in the Briançonnais valley by providing local support for stays in the Serre-Chevalier and Vallouise area.
• Solidarité LaiqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolidarité Laique, a secular solidarity organization, partners with 82-4000 Solidaires, notably in the Pyrenees pole operations.
• JRS FrancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJRS France (Jesuit Refugee Service) is a social structure that refers refugee beneficiaries to 82-4000 Solidaires for mountain trips. They organized the first Alpes-Maritimes pole trip in March–April 2026 with a group of women beneficiaries.
• La ClochecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLa Cloche, a Paris-based association that prepares meals for people without shelter, partnered with 82-4000 Solidaires to send 9 beneficiaries from 6 countries on a 6-day Pyrenees trip in May 2025.
• ATD Quart MondecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerATD Quart Monde inspired the Université Montagne Solidaire (UMS) initiative, which applies ATD's Université Populaire methodology to record and amplify beneficiary testimonies. 82-4000 Solidaires also participates in ATD's annual October 17 World Day for Overcoming Poverty events.
• API ProvencecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAPI Provence is a social structure in the Alpes-Maritimes that partnered with the new pole montagne Alpes-Maritimes for a 5-day Mercantour trip in July 2026 with 6 beneficiaries.
• Habitat et HumanismecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHabitat et Humanisme, a housing and social integration organization, co-organized a 5-day Mercantour trip with API Provence in July 2026, hosting 6 beneficiaries.
• CAF Jeunes en MontagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAF Jeunes en Montagne co-organizes the annual Rencontre de la Montagne Partagée with 82-4000 Solidaires, En Passant Par la Montagne, and Mountain Riders.
• En Passant Par la MontagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEn Passant Par la Montagne is a key co-organizer of the Rencontre de la Montagne Partagée, sharing 82-4000 Solidaires' values of social, educational, and inclusive mountain access.
• Mountain RiderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMountain Riders co-organizes the Rencontre de la Montagne Partagée and shares 82-4000 Solidaires' mission to educate and sensitize about ecological transition in mountain territories.
• Parc national du MercantourcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Mercantour National Park provides the exceptional natural setting for Alpes-Maritimes pole trips, welcoming beneficiaries to its preserved mountain environment.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• En Passant Par la Montagne: French non-profit co-organizing the annual Rencontre de la Montagne Partag\u00e9e with 82-4000 Solidaires; shares an explicit mission of making the mountain accessible through social, educational, and inclusive experiences.
• Mountain Riders: French non-profit focused on education and ecological transition in mountain territories; co-organizes the Rencontre de la Montagne Partag\u00e9e alongside 82-4000 Solidaires and shares the inclusive-mountain ethos.

Regional players

• CAF (Club Alpin Fran\u00e7ais) Jeunes en Montagne: French Alpine Club's youth-oriented mountain program; co-organizes the Rencontre de la Montagne Partag\u00e9e and operates comparable social-inclusion-through-mountain initiatives across France.

Broad incumbents

• ATD Quart Monde: Long-established international movement against poverty; inspired the Universit\u00e9 Montagne Solidaire methodology and partners on the October 17 World Day for Overcoming Poverty, providing a broader anti-poverty framework that 82-4000 Solidaires plugs into.
• Emma\u00fcs Solidarit\u00e9: Large French social organization providing shelter, housing, and reintegration services for people in extreme exclusion; operates at a much larger scale and overlaps with 82-4000 Solidaires on the beneficiary side of the chain.
• Vacances & Familles: Established French non-profit enabling vacation access for vulnerable families; pursues a closely analogous mission of leisure access for excluded populations, supported by ANCV and similar institutional funders.

Emerging players

• La Cloche: Paris-based association creating connection between housed and unhoused people; refers beneficiaries to 82-4000 Solidaires mountain trips and operates in adjacent outdoor/solidarity programming for people in precarity.
• Solidarit\u00e9 Sport: French network using sport as a tool for social inclusion; part of the same ecosystem of solidarity-based outdoor programming for vulnerable populations, though focused on sport more broadly than mountain-specific experiences.
• JRS France (Jesuit Refugee Service): France affiliate of the Jesuit Refugee Service supporting asylum seekers and refugees; partnered with 82-4000 Solidaires' Alpes-Maritimes pole to organize its first beneficiary trip in 2026, serving as both a referral partner and adjacent beneficiary-facing organization.

Others

• Fondation Petzl: Corporate foundation of the leading mountaineering equipment manufacturer; provides both financial and in-kind support to 82-4000 Solidaires, sits in the same outdoor-solidarity funding ecosystem, and supports comparable mountain-access initiatives.

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

Profiles7 records

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