Stiftung Bunter Kreis

What Stiftung Bunter Kreis does

Stiftung Bunter Kreis is a German charitable foundation established in 1992 and headquartered in Augsburg, Bavaria. It operates as a 360° support organization for families in Bayerisch-Schwaben with seriously, chronically, or terminally ill children and adolescents (ages 0–27), serving approximately 2,500 families annually. Its service portfolio spans social-medical aftercare (the 'Modell Bunter Kreis'), specialized ambulatory pediatric palliative care (SAPV-KJ), an ambulatory children's hospice service with trained volunteer family companions, multidisciplinary counseling (social-legal, epilepsy, financial, nutritional, lactation), an array of therapies (animal-assisted, occupational, physical, adventure pedagogy, psychological), sibling support programs, and pastoral care. The foundation delivers services across multiple sites — the Augsburg Nachsorgezentrum, the Therapiezentrum Ziegelhof in Stadtbergen, and a branch in Memmingen (opened 2014) — and is currently building the Brückenhaus teilstationäres Kinderhospiz (8 care places, opening spring 2028) to become the first inpatient pediatric hospice in the region.

The organization's revenue model is donation-based, drawing on private individual donations, long-tenure corporate sponsorships (WashTec, Rosenberger OSI, PCI, Hilti, Sparkasse Schwaben-Bodensee, FC Augsburg, LEW), institutional foundation grants (notably Sternstunden e.V., the Offene Stiftergemeinschaft endowment umbrella, and Bavarian state ministries), statutory health insurance reimbursements for regulated medical services, court-allocated fines (Geldauflagen) under OLG München's DB-Nr. 7525 registration, and dedicated legacy-giving programs via the NACHLASS-PORTAL. Operating structure includes the foundation itself plus its wholly-owned operating subsidiary Bunter Kreis – Nachsorge gGmbH, with a reconstituted Kuratorium (supervisory board) seated in 2025. Technology and proprietary software development are explicitly not part of the operating model; service delivery is human-led and clinically intensive.

Name

Stiftung Bunter Kreis

Legal name

Stiftung Bunter Kreis

Website

https://bunter-kreis.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stiftung Bunter Kreis is a German charitable foundation, founded in 1992 and based in Augsburg, that provides medical aftercare, pediatric palliative care, therapy, counseling, and hospice services to approximately 2,500 families annually in Bayerisch-Schwaben who have seriously, chronically, or terminally ill children, fully funded by donations, grants, and statutory health insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Aftercare and Hospice Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Home Health Care Services (62161), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Hospice & Palliative Care (HLADAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK), Pediatric Hospice & Palliative In-Home Care (HSABAFAE), Community-Based Palliative Care (Home-Based Non-Hospice) (HLADAHAH), Routine In-Home Hospice Care (HSABAFAA)

Keywords

• Pediatric aftercare services
• Children's hospice care
• Pediatric palliative care
• Social-medical aftercare
• Family support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Augsburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations from private individuals: One-time and recurring donations from private donors, facilitated via the organization's donation service, online portal, and fundraising events. Donors can give at preset amounts (30€, 90€, 150€) or custom amounts.
2. Corporate sponsorships and partnerships: Sustained financial support from regional and national companies including WashTec, Rosenberger OSI, PCI, Hilti, Sparkasse Schwaben-Bodensee, FC Augsburg, LEW, and many others. Corporate partners support through direct donations, employee fundraising campaigns, and cause-marketing activities.
3. Foundation grants: Major institutional funding from Sternstunden e.V. (Bayerischer Rundfunk benefaction — 1.5 million € for the Brückenhaus), Bavarian state ministries (1.7 million € combined for the Brückenhaus from Gesundheitsministerium, CSU-Fraktion, and Bayerische Landesstiftung), Stiftung Kartei der Not, and the Offene Stiftergemeinschaft Bunter Kreis under the Kreissparkasse umbrella. The open donor community raises funds through various mechanisms.
4. Government subsidies and public funding: Statutory health insurance and other public funders cover portions of the Nachsorge and SAPV-KJ services. Additional support from Bayerisches Landesamt für Pflege and Bayerische Demenzstrategie for the children's hospice project.
5. Testamentary bequests and legacy donations: The organization actively promotes planned giving, inviting donors to include the foundation in their wills or establish named endowments. A dedicated Nachlass team handles estate inquiries and provides advisory materials.
6. Court-allocated fines and penalties (Geldauflagen): The foundation is registered on the Munich Oberlandesgericht's supraregional list for charitable organizations (DB-Nr. 7525), allowing courts to allocate criminal fines and penalties to the organization as part of sentencing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Stiftung Bunter Kreis provides free, multidisciplinary aftercare, pediatric palliative care, and hospice services to families with seriously, chronically, and terminally ill children (ages 0–27) in the Bayerisch-Schwaben region. Its core offerings include the "Modell Bunter Kreis" social-medical aftercare program, Harl.e.kin-Nachsorge for premature infants, specialized ambulatory pediatric palliative care (SAPV-KJ), an ambulatory children's hospice service with trained volunteer family companions, and a therapy center offering animal-assisted, occupational, physical, and adventure pedagogy services. The foundation supplements medical and nursing care with social-rights counseling, epilepsy consultation, psychological support, sibling programs, and pastoral care.

Product overview

Stiftung Bunter Kreis ist eine gemeinnützige Organisation, die ein umfassendes Netzwerk von Unterstützungsangeboten für Familien mit schwer, chronisch und lebensverkürzend erkrankten Kindern bereitstellt. Das Kernangebot umfasst die sozialmedizinische Nachsorge nach dem 'Modell Bunter Kreis', die seit fast 35 Jahren Familien in Bayerisch-Schwaben begleitet. Die Organisation gliedert ihre Dienste in mehrere Bereiche: Nachsorge und Begleitung (inklusive Harl.e.kin-Nachsorge und ambulanter Palliativversorgung), Beratungsleistungen (sozialrechtlich, Epilepsie, Finanzen, Ernährung), therapeutische Angebote (Tiergestützte Therapie, Ergo- und Physiotherapie, Erlebnispädagogik), psychologische Hilfe, sowie Hospiz- und Palliativdienste. Ein zentrales Projekt ist das 'Brückenhaus', ein derzeit im Bau befindliches teilstationäres Kinderhospiz für Kinder und Jugendliche bis 27 Jahre. Die Dienstleistungen werden ergänzt durch spezielle Angebote für Geschwisterkinder, Patientenschulungen und das Therapiezentrum Ziegelhof.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Brückenhaus: Partially inpatient children's hospice for children, adolescents and young adults up to 27 years with life-limiting conditions
• Therapiezentrum Ziegelhof
• Ambulanter Kinderhospizdienst
• Harl.e.kin-Nachsorge

Products and services

• Sozialmedizinische Nachsorge (Modell Bunter Kreis)
• Harl.e.kin-Nachsorge Specialized aftercare for premature and at-risk newborns and their families, providing early-intervention medical and psychosocial support.
• Stationäre Begleitung Accompaniment and support for families during their child's inpatient hospital stay, bridging the hospital-to-home transition.
• Sozialmedizinische Nachsorge – Beratung (Sozialrecht, Epilepsie, Finanzen, Stillen, EUTB) Counseling services covering social-security law, epilepsy (Augsburg-Nordschwaben), financial support, lactation and breast-pump lending, and independent rehabilitation/participation counseling (EUTB) for families with seriously ill children.
• Therapiezentrum Ziegelhof (Tiergestützte Therapie, Ergotherapie, Physiotherapie, Erlebnispädagogik) Multidisciplinary therapy center offering animal-assisted therapy and pedagogy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and adventure pedagogy for seriously ill children and their families.
• Psychologische und psychotherapeutische Begleitung Psychological and psychotherapeutic support for children, parents, and siblings coping with serious pediatric illness.
• Ernährungsberatung und Diättherapie Nutritional counseling and diet therapy, including individual trainings and unimodal rehabilitation aftercare for children and families.
• Diabetes-Schulungen (Patiententrainings) Training program for children and families on managing pediatric diabetes, delivered as part of the foundation's patient education services.
• Spezialisierte ambulante Palliativversorgung (SAPV-KJ) Specialized ambulatory palliative medical care for children and adolescents with life-shortening illnesses, enabling medically supported end-of-life care at home.
• Ambulanter Kinder- und Jugendhospizdienst (AKHD) Ambulatory hospice service deploying trained volunteer family companions to support families with children with life-shortening illnesses, active for 15 years.
• Palliclowns Therapeutic clown visits that provide emotional support and lighten the daily life of seriously ill children and their families.
• Brückenhaus Teilstationäres Kinderhospiz Partial-inpatient children's hospice for children, adolescents, and young adults up to age 27 with life-limiting illness, offering respite and end-of-life care. Planned opening: spring 2028.
• Seelsorge & Spiritual Care Pastoral and spiritual care for families of seriously ill children, addressing existential, religious, and emotional needs.
• Geschwisterkinder-Angebote (Geschwister-Club & Geschwister-Kindergarten) Support programs for the healthy siblings of seriously ill children, including the Geschwister-Club (sibling club) and Geschwister-Kindergarten (sibling kindergarten), to prevent sibling trauma and family breakdown.
• Transition und Inklusion Transition support and inclusion services that help seriously ill adolescents and young adults navigate life-stage transitions and access community participation.
• Selbsthilfegruppen (Self-Help Groups) Self-help groups for parents and families affected by pediatric serious illness, providing peer support and shared coping resources.
• Medizinische Kinderakademie Dr. Kiebitz Annual children's health education program (Medizinische Kinderakademie Dr. Kiebitz) co-hosted with Uniklinik Augsburg, delivering health knowledge to children.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 2,500 families with chronically, oncologically, and seriously ill children helped per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

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

• FC Augsburg (FCA)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerFC Augsburg engages repeatedly with Bunter Kreis through ticket donations, jersey and merchandise gifts, and presence at matches. FCA's Spiel der Herzen (Game of Hearts) charity initiative has generated significant donations and public awareness for the foundation.
• Der Paritätische in BayernminorOthersBunter Kreis is a member of Der Paritätische in Bayern, one of the largest welfare associations in Germany. Membership provides organizational support, advocacy representation, and network access.
• Kinderschutzbund (German Child Protection League)minorOthersBunter Kreis is a member of the Kinderschutzbund, signaling alignment with child welfare standards and accessing the broader child protection network in Germany.
• NACHLASS-PORTALminorGTM or Marketing PartnerA consortium of charitable organizations in Germany that jointly promotes planned giving and bequests. Bunter Kreis is a member, gaining access to shared educational resources, online lectures, and a community of practice around legacy donations. Holds the 'transparent & rechtssicher' (transparent and legally compliant) seal.
• Uniklinik Augsburg (Universitätsklinikum Augsburg) / Mutter-Kind-Zentrum SchwabencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe University Hospital Augsburg and its mother-child center are the primary clinical referral partner. Together they co-host the Medizinische Kinderakademie (Children's Medical Academy) and share a joint summer festival. The hospital's discharge planning connects patients to Bunter Kreis aftercare services. Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Frühwald, Director of the Children's Clinic, also serves as a Bunter Kreis ambassador.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/BunterKreisAugsburg
• Facebookfacebook.com/bunterkreis
• Instagraminstagram.com/bunter_kreis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stiftung-bunter-kreis

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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