AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V.

What AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V. does

AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V. is a non-profit registered association (eingetragener Verein) founded in 2000 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, that operates as the central state-level network (Landesnetzwerk) for promoting voluntary engagement and civic participation in the city-state. It serves as a connector and political advocate for civil society, bringing together non-profit organizations, welfare associations (Wohlfahrtsverbände), public bodies, companies, and individual volunteers under a single umbrella. Its four primary audiences are individual Freiwillige (volunteers), gemeinnützige Organisationen (non-profit organizations seeking to engage volunteers), Unternehmen (companies pursuing CSR/ESG engagement), and Mitglieder (formal association members with voting rights). The organization's stated mission is to strengthen volunteering through political advocacy, recognition programs, training, and improved framework conditions.

The organization's services are delivered through a portfolio of programs and projects rather than software products. The main platforms include the AKTIVOLI-FreiwilligenAkademie, a web-based course portal hosting 400+ training offerings; the Haus des Engagements, a physical co-working and meeting hub operated jointly with BürgerStiftung Hamburg from the Neues Amt Altona; the DA NICH' FÜR neighborhood help platform; the Hamburger Engagement-Karte (recognition card with discounts); the Hamburger Engagement-Nachweis (volunteer certificate); and the Offenes Ohr advisory service. The underlying technology is conventional: a WordPress CMS website, CiviCRM for member and volunteer management, and an open-source CRM (funded by DSEE in 2023). The organization runs 14+ thematic Fachkreise (expert circles) covering Digitalisierung, Migration, Bildung, Engagement ohne Barrieren, Mentoring, and Corporate Engagement, plus recurring events including the Fachtag Kommunikation, Equal Care Day Festival, and the FreiwilligenBörse.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid of three streams: recurring membership fees from organizations and individuals, donations and corporate sponsorship (one-time or recurring Fördermitgliedschaft), and public Fördermittel from the Hamburg Senate via the Sozialbehörde and from the Deutsche Stiftung für Engagement und Ehrenamt (DSEE). The organization is led by a Geschäftsführerin (Julia Hudy) and a three-person executive board (Cornelia Springer-Fouad, Dr. Stefan Pabst, Tomislav Perisic), with a small operational team of approximately 5-10 staff plus a Bundesfreiwilligendienstler. Geographic focus is strictly Hamburg; no geographic expansion is signaled. The organization has no parent company, no venture funding, and no profit distribution, operating under charitable status with the Hamburg tax office.

Name

AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V.

Legal name

AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V.

Website

https://aktivoli.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V. is a non-profit statewide network in Hamburg that promotes voluntary engagement by connecting non-profit organizations, volunteers, companies, and public bodies through training, advocacy, and community programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civic Engagement Network Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD), Nonprofit, Social Services & Community Development Congresses (THAHAJAO)

Keywords

• Volunteer engagement network
• Civic participation services
• Volunteer training programs
• Community engagement support
• Nonprofit association services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Organizations and individuals become members of AKTIVOLI e.V. by paying membership fees, granting them access to events, cloud resources, and co-determination rights.
2. Donations and Sponsorship: Corporate and individual donations (one-time or recurring) support the organization's work promoting voluntary engagement in Hamburg.
3. Fördermittel (Public Funding): The organization receives public funding as part of Hamburg's civic engagement infrastructure and the Hamburger Engagementstrategie. Member fees alone do not cover all costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V. operates as the central statewide civic engagement network in Hamburg, coordinating non-profit organizations, welfare associations, public bodies, companies, and individual volunteers. Its core offerings include an online volunteer training catalog (FreiwilligenAkademie with 400+ courses), a physical co-working and event hub (Haus des Engagements), a neighborhood-help matching platform (DA NICH' FÜR), recognition programs (Engagement-Karte and Engagement-Nachweis), and advisory services (Offenes Ohr) for volunteers and civic organizations.

Product overview

AKTIVOLI-Landesnetzwerk Hamburg e.V. operates as a central networking organization for civic engagement in Hamburg, not a software product company. The organization offers a portfolio of programs and services including the AKTIVOLI-FreiwilligenAkademie (a web-based course portal with 400+ training offerings), the Haus des Engagements (co-working and event spaces for civil society), the DA NICH' FÜR neighborhood assistance platform, the Hamburger Engagement-Karte (recognition card program), and various counseling services. These offerings are non-digital programs, educational services, and physical community spaces rather than technology products with integrations, APIs, or AI capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AKTIVOLI-FreiwilligenAkademie Web-based training portal hosting 400+ continuing education and reflection courses for volunteers and full-time staff in Hamburg's civic engagement community. Offered free or at low cost to eligible volunteers.
• Haus des Engagements (HdE) Central physical civic engagement hub in Hamburg-Altona, operated jointly with BürgerStiftung Hamburg since May 2022. Provides free and affordable co-working spaces, meeting rooms, event spaces, and advisory and qualification services for Hamburg's civil society organizations.
• DA NICH' FÜR – Deine Nachbarschaftshilfe Neighborhood assistance matching platform that connects people who need short-term help with volunteers willing to provide spontaneous support free of charge. Serves residents across Hamburg.
• CiviCRM-Werkstatt Interactive online learning and exchange format for beginners where organizations share practical experiences with the CiviCRM open-source CRM system, designed for accessible peer learning.
• Hamburger Engagement-Karte Recognition card program offering volunteers discounted benefits from partner companies, public institutions, and organizations across Hamburg to acknowledge and reward civic engagement.
• Hamburger Engagement-Nachweis Official City of Hamburg certificate recognizing remarkable voluntary engagement, issued to qualifying individuals through the organizations where they volunteer.
• Fachkreise, Arbeits- und Projektgruppen Thematic specialist committees (Fachkreise), working groups, and project groups meeting regularly for quality assurance and development across areas such as Digitalisierung, Migration.Teilhabe.Vielfalt, Engagementkultur, Engagement ohne Barrieren, Mentoring, Wohlfahrtsverbände, Bildung durch Engagement, and Öffentlichkeitsarbeit.
• Offenes Ohr – Beratung und Supervision Confidential advisory and supervision service for volunteers and civil society organizations facing challenges or conflicts in their engagement work, delivered via email and telephone.
• AKTIVOLI-FreiwilligenBörse Annual volunteer fair organized jointly with major welfare associations, bringing together 100+ non-profit organizations seeking volunteers with prospective volunteers from across Hamburg. (Not held in 2025 for financial reasons.)

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ training offerings published via the FreiwilligenAkademie online portal
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

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

• BürgerStiftung HamburgcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2022AKTIVOLI and BürgerStiftung Hamburg formed a joint trustee partnership (Trägerverbund) in 2022 to operate the Haus des Engagements. This is a flagship strategic partnership, with both organizations sharing governance responsibilities for Hamburg's central civic engagement hub. The partnership combines AKTIVOLI's network expertise with BürgerStiftung's community foundation experience.
• United Nations (UN) / Agenda 2030coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKTIVOLI-ALN aligns its activities with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guiding framework. The network's sustainability efforts cover SDGs 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 9 (Industry/Innovation), 10 (Reduced Inequalities), 12 (Responsible Consumption), 16 (Peace/Justice), and 17 (Partnerships).
• Landesfrauenrat Hamburg e.V.majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of the Equal Care Day Festival 2024 with AKTIVOLI and Haus des Engagements. Landesfrauenrat is Hamburg's largest women's lobby with 300 member organizations, contributing expertise on gender equality and care work to the partnership.
• Haus des EngagementscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project of AKTIVOLI and BürgerStiftung Hamburg. The Haus des Engagements serves as a central physical hub for Hamburg's civic engagement community, offering coworking spaces, meeting rooms, advisory services, and community events. It is a flagship initiative of Hamburg's Engagementstrategie.
• Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked with AKTIVOLI in developing the 'Charta für engagementfreundliche Einrichtungen' (CEE), providing guidance on constructive collaboration between paid employees and volunteers. Supported by the Hamburger Fachkräftenetzwerk.
• Hamburger Freiwilligenagenturen / lagfa HamburgcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAKTIVOLI houses the lagfa Hamburg (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freiwilligenagenturen), a network of all 7 district-level volunteer agencies in Hamburg. The Freiwilligenagenturen provide free in-person consulting and matching services for volunteers across all Hamburg districts via www.freiwillig.hamburg.
• Universität Hamburg (Zentrum für zivilgesellschaftliche Entwicklung)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for research and knowledge exchange on civil society development. University of Hamburg's Center for Civil Society Development (zze) supported the development of Hamburg's Engagementstrategie and continues to collaborate on projects such as the 'Campus meets Community' festival and research on Houses of Engagement.
• Forschungsbüro für Soziale Innovation (ROSI) – Universität HamburgmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerROSI coordinates annual cooperation projects between science and civil society. The Haus des Engagements is a partner of ROSI's pilot project 'Campus meets Community-Lab' (CC-Lab), fostering exchange between academia and the civic engagement community.
• Hochschule für Polizei und Verwaltung NRW (AG Zivilgesellschaftsforschung BBE)minorOthersProf. Dr. Andrea Walther from this institution serves as speaker of the BBE Civil Society Research working group. She provides expertise on the 6th German Volunteer Survey, which AKTIVOLI presents and comments on for Hamburg stakeholders.
• Sozialbehörde Hamburg (Hamburg Social Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Hamburg Social Authority funds and oversees the Haus des Engagements and the broader Hamburger Engagementstrategie. It published the Engagementstrategie (updated 2020) and supports funding guidelines for civic engagement across all Hamburg districts.
• Hamburger FachkräftenetzwerkminorOthersSupported AKTIVOLI and the DGB in developing the 'Charta für engagementfreundliche Einrichtungen', contributing expertise on skilled labor issues in the Hamburg employment market.
• DA NICH' FÜR – Deine NachbarschaftshilfemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKTIVOLI co-supports the 'DA NICH' FÜR' neighborhood help project, which connects people who need short-term help with those willing to provide it, free of charge and as quickly as possible.
• AWO Landesverband Hamburg, Caritasverband Hamburg, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, Diakonisches Werk Hamburg, Der Paritätische WohlfahrtsverbandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFive major welfare associations (Wohlfahrtsverbände) form the Fachkreis Wohlfahrtsverbände within AKTIVOLI. They are founding members of AKTIVOLI and initiators of the annual FreiwilligenBörse. Together they contribute broad knowledge, long-standing experience, and cross-cutting perspectives to the network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement (BBE): Germany's national cross-sector network for civic engagement, bringing together civil society, government, and business actors. AKTIVOLI's Hamburg Senate-integrated Landesnetzwerk model operates as a regional counterpart to BBE's national convening function.
• AWO Bundesverband e.V. One of Germany's six major welfare associations and a founding Fachkreis Wohlfahrtsverbände member of AKTIVOLI. Comparable as a large incumbent civic-engagement operator with overlapping volunteer-infrastructure roles but a national rather than Hamburg-specific scope.
• Bagfa - Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freiwilligenagenturen: National umbrella of Germany's Freiwilligenagenturen. AKTIVOLI's district-level lagfa Hamburg is part of this network, making Bagfa the closest national-level counterpart coordinating the same volunteer-infrastructure function.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest welfare association and a Fachkreis Wohlfahrtsverbände member of AKTIVOLI. Operates parallel volunteer coordination, social services, and engagement infrastructure at national scale, partly overlapping with AKTIVOLI's nonprofit-segment services.
• Der Paritätische Gesamtverband: National umbrella of non-confessional nonprofit organizations and a Fachkreis Wohlfahrtsverbände member of AKTIVOLI. Comparable as a large incumbent operating extensive volunteer infrastructure, training, and member services for civil society organizations in Germany.
• Diakonie Deutschland: National umbrella of Protestant welfare organizations and a Fachkreis Wohlfahrtsverbände member of AKTIVOLI. Runs comparable volunteer engagement, social services, and corporate volunteering programs at a national level.
• Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK) Bundesverband: National German Red Cross society and Fachkreis Wohlfahrtsverbände member of AKTIVOLI. Comparable as a large welfare association operating extensive volunteer programs, training, and community engagement services across Germany.

Direct peers

• betterplace.org: Germany's largest online platform for nonprofit volunteering and donation matching. Competes with AKTIVOLI's DA NICH' FÜR and Freiwilligenagenturen partnerships by offering national-scale digital volunteer discovery.

Emerging players

• vostel Volunteering Platform: Berlin-based digital platform matching volunteers with nonprofits. Operates in the same civic-engagement matchmaking space as AKTIVOLI's volunteer-coordination services, with stronger digital discovery but weaker local physical infrastructure.

Regional players

• Freiwilligen-Agentur Berlin: Berlin's longstanding volunteer agency providing in-person volunteer matching, training, and corporate engagement services. Closest functional regional peer to AKTIVOLI's lagfa Hamburg district-level operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@aktivoli.hamburg
• Facebookfacebook.com/aktivoli
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aktivoli-landesnetzwerk
• Instagraminstagram.com/aktivoli.hh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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