APERFOSA

What APERFOSA does

APERFOSA (Asociación Peniel de Rehabilitación y Formación Social) is a Christian, non-profit social-services association founded in the early 1990s in Córdoba, Spain, in response to the country's heroin epidemic. Headquartered at Plaza Lahore 1 in Córdoba, the organization operates across four Andalusian provinces through six functional areas: Área de Mujer e Igualdad, Área de Adicciones, Área de Acción Social, Área de Formación e Integración Social, Área de Mayores and Área de Cooperación Internacional, plus a youth and childhood area. Its core products are direct-service programs rather than technology — including the Comunidad Terapéutica Peniel addiction rehabilitation facility, the Hogar Alabastro and Los Almendros women's shelters, the Conexión 1×1 street-outreach program for homeless individuals, the Parakletos elderly-support program, refugee and migrant integration initiatives, and the Be Free / AGAR / Equality socio-labor insertion programs. Outputs are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries via mobile outreach units, residential facilities, day centers, a 24/7 emergency hotline and community events.

Operationally, APERFOSA runs with a small paid staff (~15 employees) supported by 39 active volunteers and 12 collaborators (51 total), and has served measurable beneficiary volumes in recent years — including 169 women through Be Free Innovación (Oct 2023–Sep 2024), 267 women and 11 minors through Proyecto Rescate in 2024, and 130 women plus 28 children at Hogar Alabastro since 2016. The technology stack is intentionally minimal — a WordPress-based website (aperfosa.org), Stripe/Donorbox payment processing for online donations, Facebook/Instagram for awareness, and direct phone/email channels — with no proprietary software, APIs or AI components disclosed.

The business model is mission-funded rather than commercial: zero revenue is generated from beneficiaries (all services are free). Income comes from individual donations (Bizum, bank transfer, PayPal, card via Stripe/Donorbox) layered on top of grants from Spanish national bodies (Ministerio de Igualdad, Secretaría de Estado de Derechos Sociales), the Junta de Andalucía (Consejería de Salud y Consumo, CISJUFI, IAM), the Ayuntamiento de Córdoba, the European Union (Next Generation-EU), and in-kind support from partners such as Cruz Roja, Banco de Alimentos de Medina Azahara, DIACONIA and Caravana de Esperanza. Distribution is regional/domestic across Andalusia with limited international activity (Lesbos refugee deployments). Go-to-market is community-led, with referrals from social services, law enforcement and direct community contact.

Name

APERFOSA

Legal name

ASOCIACION PENIEL DE REHABILITACION Y FORMACION SOCIAL

Website

https://aperfosa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

APERFOSA is a Córdoba-based Spanish non-profit Christian association delivering free addiction rehabilitation, women's shelter and anti-trafficking services, homeless outreach, elderly care, and migrant/refugee integration programs across Andalusia, funded primarily by Spanish and EU government grants and individual donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Domestic Violence & Abuse Support Services (BPAGAEAD), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Social services nonprofit
• Addiction rehabilitation
• Gender violence support
• Homeless outreach
• Migrant integration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Córdoba

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Individual Contributions: Individual donations through various channels including Bizum, bank transfer, PayPal, and credit/debit card payments. Donors can direct contributions to specific program areas.
2. Government Grants and Subsidies: Funding from Spanish government bodies including Junta de Andalucía (Consejería de Salud y Consumo, CISJUFI), Ministry of Equality, Secretaría de Estado de Derechos Sociales, and local authorities. EU funding through Next Generation-EU and IRPF tax assignment programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

APERFOSA (Asociación Peniel de Rehabilitación y Formación Social) is a nonprofit Christian organization providing free social services to vulnerable populations across Andalusia, Spain. Its portfolio spans addiction rehabilitation through a therapeutic community, comprehensive women's support (including shelters for trafficking and gender-based violence victims, mobile outreach, and labor insertion programs), homeless street outreach, elderly care, free migrant literacy classes, refugee assistance, and emergency social assistance. All services are provided at no cost to beneficiaries.

Product overview

APERFOSA (Asociación Peniel de Rehabilitación y Formación Social) is a non-profit Christian organization that offers a comprehensive portfolio of social intervention programs and services rather than a traditional technology product. The core offerings center on therapeutic rehabilitation (Comunidad Terapéutica Peniel), gender-based violence prevention and victim support (Área de Mujer e Igualdad including Hogar Alabastro and Los Almendros shelters), social emergency assistance, elderly care (Parakletos), homeless outreach (Conexión 1×1), immigrant integration (Alfabetización Inmigrantes, refugee programs), and various employment and empowerment programs (BeFree, Be Free Innovación, AGAR, Equality, Proyecto API, CRECE). The organization operates primarily in Córdoba, Spain, with additional services in Cádiz, Almería, and Jaén, providing integrated social support through multiple programs targeting vulnerable populations including drug-dependent persons, women victims of trafficking and exploitation, migrants, refugees, homeless individuals, elderly persons, and families in crisis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Comunidad Terapéutica Peniel Therapeutic community program for rehabilitation from drug addictions located in Santa María de Trassierra, accredited by the Junta de Andalucía. Provides information, referrals to resources, individual and group therapy, socio-laboral insertion, and a residential home. Has treated over 900 people in more than 40 years of operation.
• Área de Mujer e Igualdad Comprehensive intervention program for women in situations of risk and vulnerability, focusing on victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation, women in prostitution contexts, victims of gender-based violence, forced marriages, religious or ethnic persecution, and genital mutilation. Includes emergency phone line, mobile outreach units, day center, and shelter services.
• Hogar Alabastro Emergency shelter and recovery resource for women in situations of special vulnerability, particularly victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Accompanies women and their children in recovery processes in Córdoba. Since 2016, has accompanied 130 women and 28 children.
• Los Almendros Intermediate-phase residential resource located in Cádiz that bridges emergency shelter and autonomous living for migrant women with social exclusion, alone or with minors in their care. Funded by the Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer.
• BeFree Program for socio-laboral insertion of women in vulnerable situations through entrepreneurship and self-employment, including training in crafts, design, sewing, and other skills for labor market integration.
• Be Free Innovación EU-funded (Next Generation-EU) innovation program providing professional, economic, and formative resources for vulnerable women, including personal development, basic and professional training, digital competence improvement, and social-laboral inclusion actions. Worked directly with 169 women beneficiaries from October 2023 to September 2024.
• Be Free Now Program for women in vulnerability situations including group activities for personal development, socio-laboral skills, and occupational workshops such as recycling, fashion design, costume jewelry, and ecological agriculture.
• Proyecto Rescate Comprehensive care program for women with children in high vulnerability situations, with focus on victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, and prostitution contexts. Includes mobile units, shelter resources, day center, transition to autonomy, and parenting support. Funded through the Ayuntamiento de Córdoba. In 2024 attended 267 women and 11 minors.
• AGAR Program for women with addiction problems in disadvantaged areas and vulnerable contexts. Includes social skills workshops, empowerment workshops, occupational workshops, and employment insertion support.
• Equality Program for men over 18 addressing gender-based violence prevention through workshops on values, pornography problems, healthy relationships, technology dangers, female genital mutilation, and sexual violence in childhood and adolescence.
• Proyecto API Program for women alone or accompanied by their children in vulnerability contexts, providing social, legal, educational, and formative attention, including safe accommodation, voluntary return, and risk assessment.
• Parakletos Social intervention program for elderly persons focused on integration, empowerment, and providing respite to families. Addresses elder loneliness, abuse prevention, active aging programs, and caregiver support, including socio-sanitary, socio-legal, and socio-educational services.
• Conexión 1x1 Street outreach program for homeless individuals, creating trust bonds to facilitate exit from exclusion situations. Includes weekly mobile outreach, distribution of food and hygiene kits, and accompaniment to social protection resources.
• Asistencia Social / Urgencia Social Emergency social assistance program covering urgent needs of people without resources or at risk of social exclusion. Includes food distribution, school supplies, clothing, footwear, special holiday food parcels, and Christmas toy campaigns.
• Alfabetización Inmigrantes Free Spanish language classes at basic and intermediate levels for migrants with low socioeconomic resources and risk of social exclusion, including childcare service and socio-laboral accompaniment.
• Programa Refugiados International cooperation program for refugee attention and integration, working with Córdoba Ciudad Refugio Platform. Includes awareness campaigns, humanitarian attention to refugees in the field internationally (including deployments to Greece/Lesbos), and reception and integration support in Spain.
• Programa CRECE Socio-educational program for children and adolescents, including the School for Mothers and Fathers. Has graduated seven cohorts with 35 children completing their educational stage in the most recent cohort.
• Me Cuido y Protejo Prevention and self-care program for populations vulnerable and exposed to HIV and STIs, including preventive material distribution, rapid tests, health promotion workshops, and sanitary accompaniment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 900 people treated through Community Therapy in 40+ years with high rehabilitation and social integration rates
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Plataforma Córdoba Ciudad RefugiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Coalition of associations, organizations, unions, public and private institutions in Córdoba working together for sensitization, attention, and urgent help to refugees at international level and the reception and integration of this collective in Spain. APERFOSA works both independently and jointly with this platform.
• Cruz Roja (Cruz Roja Española)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood supplies sourced from Cruz Roja through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment for distribution to people in need
• Banco de Alimentos de Medina Azahara CórdobacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood bank partnership providing food supplies for distribution to vulnerable populations
• DIACONIAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides extraordinary food, hygiene, and cleaning product packages distributed biannually
• Caravana de EsperanzaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides extraordinary food, hygiene, and cleaning product packages for vulnerable populations
• Cádiz CF FundaciónminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the colloquium 'La mujer migrante y refugiada en Cádiz' as part of 8-M programming, promoting equality and visibility for migrant women

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Aldeas Infantiles SOS España: International NGO operating residential and family-support services for children and youth at risk in Spain. Comparable to APERFOSA's CRECE socio-educational program and Hogar Alabastro mother-and-child casework, with overlapping funder landscape.
• Asociación Nuevo Hogar para la Infancia y la Juventud: Smaller Spanish NGO providing residential care, socio-educational support, and family reinsertion for vulnerable children and youth. Comparable to APERFOSA in operating residential programs for at-risk minors and accessing Spanish regional/municipal social-services funding.

Direct peers

• Provivienda: Spanish foundation focused on housing access and homelessness support for vulnerable families, migrants, and women at risk. Directly comparable to APERFOSA's residential shelter and transitional housing operations (Hogar Alabastro, Los Almendros).
• Fundación Secretariado Gitano: Major Spanish social-services NGO delivering education, employment, gender-equality, and youth programs to the Roma community nationwide. Comparable to APERFOSA in multi-vertical integrated service delivery to vulnerable populations and similar reliance on EU and government grants.
• Cáritas Española: Spain's largest Catholic social-services NGO operating across addiction, homelessness, gender-violence, migrant, elderly and family-support verticals with regional diocesan offices. Directly comparable to APERFOSA as a faith-rooted multi-service NGO funded by donations and public grants.
• Hogar Sí: Spanish foundation (formerly RAIS Fundación) focused on homelessness intervention through housing-first models, mobile outreach, and social accompaniment. Directly comparable to APERFOSA's Conexión 1x1 street-outreach and Hogar Alabastro emergency-shelter model.
• CEAR (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado): Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid specializing in refugee reception, legal accompaniment, and integration. Directly comparable to APERFOSA's Programa Refugiados and Plataforma Córdoba Ciudad Refugio work with overlapping beneficiary profiles and institutional funders.
• Fundación Cepaim: Spanish NGO providing migrant reception, women's support, housing, and employment-inclusion programs across multiple regions. Closely comparable to APERFOSA's Alfabetización Inmigrantes, Hogar Alabastro, and Be Free socio-labor insertion vertical.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Española: Established Spanish Red Cross society providing food aid, emergency response, refugee support, and social intervention across all provinces. Comparable to APERFOSA in humanitarian service portfolio but at vastly greater scale and institutional footprint.
• Médicos del Mundo España: Spanish chapter of the international Doctors of the World network providing health and social support to vulnerable populations including migrants, trafficking victims, and sex workers. Comparable to APERFOSA in serving trafficking/exploitation victims and in mobile-unit outreach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Aperfosa
• Instagraminstagram.com/aperfosa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aperfosa

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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