Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend

What Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend does

The Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMBFSFJ), commonly known as the Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, is a German federal ministry headquartered at Glinkastraße 24, 10117 Berlin, with a secondary office at Rochusstraße 8-10, 53123 Bonn. The ministry traces its institutional origins to the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs established in 1957, building on the Kinder- und Jugendplan des Bundes (KJP) federal funding instrument introduced in 1950. In 2022 the ministry was expanded and renamed to absorb federal education responsibilities alongside its original portfolios of family policy, senior citizens, gender equality, children and youth affairs, and civic engagement. It is led by Federal Minister Karin Prien and serves German residents across five primary segments — families, senior citizens, women, children and youth, and the civic engagement sector — through a multi-channel service infrastructure comprising the official website (www.bmbfsfj.bund.de), a service hotline, email contact, physical visitor services, and digital self-service tools.

The ministry's core product portfolio consists of interactive digital services and a large catalog of publications. Digital services include the Projekt-Landkarte (interactive map of local projects), the Elterngeldrechner (parental allowance calculator), the Kinderzuschlag Digital application tool, the mitwirken.gov.de youth participation platform, the Lebenskarte economic orientation portal, the Lohn-O-Mat income calculator, and the Weiterbildungsmentoring continuing education program. Supporting technology consists of a government website platform with Matomo web-behavior analytics, hosted and operated by IT service provider ]init[ AG. Affiliated agencies BAFzA (Bundesamt für Familie und zivilgesellschaftliche Aufgaben) and BZKJ (Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz) handle operational execution of citizen services and child/youth media protection respectively. The ministry runs flagship federal programs including Demokratie leben! (civic education and extremism prevention), Bundesfreiwilligendienst (federal volunteer service), Elterngeld (parental allowance), and the Kinder- und Jugendplan (KJP).

BMBFSFJ operates exclusively on a tax-funded federal government budget allocation model and does not generate commercial revenue. All citizen-facing information services, publications, and advisory support are provided free of charge. The ministry does not disclose a revenue figure and has no commercial pricing model. Marketing and citizen engagement are conducted through the website, six social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, TikTok), email newsletters, press releases, and downloadable or shipped publications. The Bundesprogramm 'Demokratie leben!' entered its third funding period (2025–2032), underscoring the ministry's role as a long-term institutional anchor for civic education and democratic resilience programming in Germany.

Name

Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend

Legal name

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend

Website

https://bmfsfj.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin, BE

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: The ministry is funded through the German federal government budget as a ministry of the German government. Revenue comes from tax-funded government allocations rather than commercial revenue streams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMBFSFJ) is a German federal ministry that develops and implements policy, provides federal funding through programs such as Kinder- und Jugendplan and Bundesfreiwilligendienst, and operates support services including hotlines, online portals, interactive calculators (Elterngeldrechner, Lohn-O-Mat), the Projekt-Landkarte project map, and a comprehensive publications portfolio covering family policy, elder care, gender equality, child and youth protection, and civic engagement for German citizens.

Product overview

The BMBFSFJ operates a digital service portal consisting of multiple interactive web services and publication offerings. Core interactive services include the Projekt-Landkarte (interactive project map) for locating local initiatives, the mitwirken.gov.de youth participation platform for youth parliament and project registration, and the lebenskarte.info economic orientation portal with its Lohn-O-Mat calculator. Additional services include the Elterngeldrechner (parental allowance calculator) and Kinderzuschlag Digital application tool. The ministry also distributes a comprehensive portfolio of publications including guides on maternity protection, parental leave, dementia care, domestic violence protection, and educational materials on equality and civic engagement. All services are accessible through a unified website with shopping cart functionality for physical publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Demokratie leben!: Federal programme for democracy promotion, diversity management and extremism prevention
• Bundesfreiwilligendienst (BFD)
• Elterngeld
• Kinder- und Jugendplan des Bundes (KJP)

Products and services

• Projekt-Landkarte (Project Map) Interactive map enabling users to search for local projects and initiatives. Uses mapping data from the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG).
• Weiterbildungsmentoring Continuing education mentoring program offering interactive applications for professional development of German citizens.
• mitwirken.gov.de Youth Participation Platform Digital participation platform for young people in Germany to discover and register for youth parliaments, events, and projects. Allows providers to manage registrations and participants efficiently.
• Lebenskarte Serviceportal Service portal for economic orientation and independence providing information about income, financial security, and retirement planning decisions.
• Elterngeldrechner (Parental Allowance Calculator) External online calculator enabling users to determine potential parental allowance (Elterngeld) entitlement in minutes.
• Kinderzuschlag Digital Online application tool for child allowance (Kinderzuschlag) managed by the Federal Employment Agency.
• Lohn-O-Mat Calculator enabling users to easily determine how career entry or family planning affects their income and financial security long-term, including in couple contexts.
• BMBFSFJ Publications Extensive collection of publications including guides, flyers, reports, and brochures covering family, youth, elderly care, equality, and civic engagement topics. Available for download (PDF) and physical ordering via shopping cart.
• Newsletter and Press Release Subscription Email subscription service for ministry newsletters and press releases with unsubscription capability.

Segments5 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Bundesamt für Familie und zivilgesellschaftliche Aufgaben (BAFzA)coreOthersBAFzA is a federal agency that handles service telephone, visitor services, and event management on behalf of the ministry. It serves as a key operational partner for citizen-facing services.
• Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz (BZKJ)coreOthersBZKJ is the federal central office for child and youth media protection, operating under the ministry's purview to protect children and youth in digital environments.
• ]init[ AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationIT service provider responsible for website hosting and digital operations of the ministry's web presence. Operates from Köpenicker Straße 9, 10997 Berlin.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: German Federal Agency for Civic Education. Comparable as a federally-funded entity with overlapping civic/democracy engagement mandate (similar to Demokratie leben! program), publishing extensive educational materials and operating nationwide civic programs with similar institutional structure.
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Highly comparable as the ministry responsible for education policy that was previously combined with BMBFSFJ; operates similar funding instruments, grantmaking programs, and academic/educational institution engagement models.
• Bundesministerium für Gesundheit: German Federal Ministry of Health. Closely comparable federal ministry addressing overlapping policy domains including elder care (Pflege), child health, and social services; shares the same federal structure, budget funding model, and multi-channel citizen engagement approach.
• Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales: German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Directly comparable as a peer German federal ministry covering overlapping social policy domains (social welfare, family-related labor policy, pension/aging policy), serving similar citizen populations through federal programs and budget allocations.

Regional players

• Ministère des Solidarités (France): French Ministry of Solidarity covering family, elder care, and social inclusion policies. Comparable as a peer European national ministry addressing analogous social/family policy domains, though focused on French citizen populations rather than German.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: U.S. federal department administering family/children services (ACF), aging programs (ACL), and women's health across a broader portfolio. Comparable as a national-level government entity covering similar demographic policy domains with grantmaking, social services, and citizen program administration.
• UK Department for Work and Pensions: UK department administering family benefits, pension/age-related support, and social welfare programs. Comparable in operating a national-scale portfolio of citizen-facing benefits and services with budget-funded program delivery, though broader than BMBFSFJ's mandate.

Emerging players

• Robert Bosch Stiftung: Major German foundation operating in adjacent areas of family policy, education, and social cohesion. Comparable as a grantmaking/advocacy organization addressing similar target populations and policy domains, though privately funded rather than government-operated.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/bmbfsfj
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/familienministerium
• Facebookfacebook.de/bmbfsfj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bmfsfj
• Instagraminstagram.com/bmbfsfj
• TikToktiktok.com/@jugendministerium

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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