Cáritas Diocesana de león

What Cáritas Diocesana de león does

Cáritas Diocesana de León is the diocesan arm of the Spanish Cáritas confederation, a Catholic Church-affiliated charitable organization operating in the province of León, Spain. It delivers social action programs addressing poverty, material deprivation, homelessness, immigration vulnerability, unemployment, family hardship, elder loneliness, gender-based violence, prison reintegration, and substance use disorders, alongside international humanitarian emergency response (Venezuela 2026 earthquakes, Ukraine, Holy Land). Service delivery relies on a decentralized parish network (Cáritas Parroquiales) covering the entire diocese, supplemented by a central headquarters, two training centres, and direct channels (telephone, website, WhatsApp). The organization employed approximately 24 staff in 2024 and is supported by an extensive volunteer base across 12 program areas, including an average of 280 daily volunteers during the 2026 Venezuela emergency response.

The business model is donation- and grant-funded rather than commercial. Revenue streams include recurring individual memberships (socios), one-time public donations (via card, Bizum, bank transfer, SMS), targeted emergency fundraising campaigns, corporate partnerships with fiscal deductions under Spanish Law 49/2002, legacies and bequests, and the operating surplus of its wholly-owned social insertion company Comparte León S.L. Comparte León manages the Moda Re textile-recycling social enterprise: 83 clothing collection containers and two second-hand retail stores in León city that employ people at risk of social exclusion while generating funds for Cáritas programs. Cáritas Diocesana de León is governed by its own board and team (Director Aurora Baza, Secretary General José Antonio Oliva, Delegate Francisco José Pérez Rodríguez) and operates as a registered religious entity under the Spanish Ministry of Justice, parented by Cáritas Española.

Operationally, Cáritas Diocesana de León runs a structured Volunteering Program, an authorized Placement Agency for employment intermediation, a comprehensive immigration regularization service, an art-based participation group (Kaawral), and active emergency-response fundraising channelled through the international Cáritas network. It does not develop proprietary technology; its infrastructure consists of a website with online donation portal, a digital tool project (GUIA-T con Corazón) for parish-level bureaucratic support funded by Cáritas Española's FONDOVOL programme, and standard social media channels. Outcomes in 2024–2026 included accompanying 1,098 people through employment programs (193 contracts), 853 people through extraordinary immigration regularization, and raising €18,800 locally in two weeks for the Venezuela earthquake response.

Name

Cáritas Diocesana de león

Legal name

Cáritas Diocesana de León

Website

https://caritasdeleon.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cáritas Diocesana de León is a Catholic diocesan charity serving vulnerable populations across León province, Spain, delivering social assistance, immigration support, employment training, and humanitarian emergency response through a parish network, 24 staff, and the Comparte León social enterprise (Moda Re textile recycling).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Social Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Charitable social services
• Humanitarian aid programs
• Social enterprise employment
• Immigration regularization support
• Volunteer community outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

León

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and membership (socios): Regular monthly or annual donations from individual members (socios), as well as one-time donations from the public, constitute a core revenue stream. Donation destinations can be directed to specific causes such as Acción Social, Formación y Empleo, or general Cáritas León purposes.
2. Fundraising campaigns and emergency appeals: Targeted fundraising campaigns for specific emergencies (e.g., Venezuela earthquake, Ukraine crisis) and thematic campaigns (e.g., Corpus/Caridad campaign, double X tax assignment). Collections are channelled through the website, bank transfers, Bizum, and SMS donations.
3. Social economy enterprises — Comparte León / Moda Re: Through the insertion company Comparte León S.L., Cáritas operates Moda Re second-hand clothing stores and manages a network of 83 textile collection containers. Revenue from clothing sales funds employment for people at risk of social exclusion and supports the organization's social programs.
4. Legacies and inheritances: Individuals can include Cáritas Diocesana de León in their testamentary wills. Bequests and legacies are a long-term revenue source with fiscal advantages for donors under Law 49/2002.
5. Corporate partnerships and institutional donations: Businesses and institutions make economic contributions, sponsor campaigns, or engage in cause-related marketing (e.g., employee giving programs, solidarity gifts). Tax benefits (40%–50% deductions) are offered to corporate donors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

Cáritas Diocesana de León is a Catholic diocesan charitable organization that provides free social-action services to people in situations of poverty, vulnerability, and exclusion across the province of León, Spain. Its core offerings include direct material assistance (food, clothing, medication, utilities), immigration regularization support, employment training and placement intermediation, housing and homelessness programs, women's shelter, prison reintegration, elderly companionship, and humanitarian emergency fundraising. It also operates the Comparte León / Moda Re social-insertion enterprise, which runs 83 textile collection containers and two second-hand clothing stores that generate employment for people at risk of social exclusion.

Product overview

Cáritas Diocesana de León is the diocesan arm of the Caritas confederation (Catholic Church social outreach), offering a portfolio of social intervention programs and services rather than a unified software product. Its core social action services include: a Volunteering Program spanning 12 areas (accommodation, migration, homelessness, childhood, women, prison, elderly, etc.); the GUIA-T con Corazón digital tool and practical guide for food-card management in parish Caritas; a 3-phase Employment and Training service (orientation, vocational training, placement agency no. 0800000276); the Comparte León / Moda Re textile-recycling social enterprise operating 83 collection containers and 2 second-hand stores; an Immigration Support program (853 people in 2025 regularization); the Kaawral art-based participation group; and active emergency responses for Venezuela (earthquake), Ukraine, and Holy Land. Supporting infrastructure includes an online donation platform (card, Bizum, bank transfer), a WhatsApp communication channel, a Whistleblower Software channel, and a Solidary Testament program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Moda Re: Social textile recycling initiative generating employment through the collection, selection, reuse, and recycling of clothing. Managed by Comparte León S.L. with physical store locations in León.

Products and services

• Volunteering Program (Programa de Voluntariado) Structured volunteer programme offering participation across 12 areas (reception and primary care, migration, homelessness, childhood, women, employment and training, prison, Cáritas Parroquiales, elderly, awareness and campaigns, food bank, and administrative tasks) with a four-phase itinerary covering orientation, training, accompaniment, and completion. For individuals who want to support Cáritas Diocesana de León's social action work.
• Reception and Accompaniment Programs (Acogida y Acompañamiento) Personalised reception and accompaniment services for people in vulnerable situations in León, including a women's shelter (Casa de Acogida), a housing-first programme for people without shelter, and a prison programme with a package-delivery service for inmates. For individuals experiencing homelessness, gender-based violence, or post-incarceration reintegration challenges.
• GUIA-T con Corazón Practical guide and digital tool project to facilitate the bureaucratic management of food cards in Cáritas Parroquiales, streamlining administrative processes and improving accompaniment in social action across the parish network. For Cáritas Parroquiales teams supporting beneficiaries.
• Formación y Empleo (Employment and Training) Three-phase employment itinerary: labour orientation, vocational training (pre-labour workshops and vocational certificates), and labour intermediation through an authorised Placement Agency (Agencia de Colocación no. 0800000276). 2024 data: 1,098 people accompanied, 4,098 interventions, 360 training participants, 193 job contracts. For unemployed individuals, migrants, people with disabilities, and those in recovery from addiction in León province.
• Comparte León / Moda Re (Social Insertion Enterprise) Social insertion company managing the complete textile recycling cycle: collection via 83 containers across León province, sorting and preparation for reuse, and sale through two Moda Re second-hand clothing stores in León city. Generates employment for people at risk of social exclusion. 2024 data: 83 containers, 100 tonnes collected, 6,650 kg donated, 9 people in labour insertion. For the general public (customers) and people at risk of social exclusion (employees).
• Immigration Support — Regularization Program (Extranjería) Comprehensive support programme for migrants including information sessions, individualised attention, documentation assistance, regularization process preparation and submission, administrative follow-up, and accompaniment. Accompanied 853 people in the 2025 extraordinary regularization process. For people of foreign origin in regular or irregular administrative situations in León province.
• Kaawral Participation Group Art-based participation and social awareness group for people in vulnerability situations, named after a Senegalese word meaning 'group of people working for the common good.' Currently 13 members developing a storybook project for human rights awareness. For participants in Cáritas programmes seeking participation, expression, and social inclusion through art.
• Cáritas con Venezuela — Emergency Response Humanitarian emergency response to the double earthquake in Venezuela (July 2026), leveraging 37 Cáritas diocesan and 600+ parish structures. Priority lines: food security, water/sanitation/hygiene, healthcare, temporary housing, protection, psychosocial support, and livelihood recovery. Delivered 4,481 food kits, 2,220 hygiene kits, 1,000 search-and-rescue kits, 120,000+ litres of water, 73,356 medical supplies, and assistance to 4,481 families (approximately 72,000 people). For earthquake-affected populations in Venezuela and Spanish donors funding the response.
• Emergencies — Ukraine and Holy Land Active emergency programmes for Ukraine (war response, channelling funds to Cáritas Ukraine and Cáritas-Spes, which have assisted 1.86 million people, distributed 5,625 tonnes of aid, and repaired 3,387 homes) and the Holy Land. Coordinated through the international Cáritas confederation of 165 national organisms. For conflict-affected populations in Ukraine and the Holy Land, and Spanish donors supporting the response.
• Online Donation Platform Website-based donation system accepting one-time and recurring donations (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual) with options to direct funds to specific causes (Acción Social, Formación y Empleo, Venezuela Emergency, Caridad 2026 Campaign). Accepts bank account, card payments, and Bizum, with suggested donation tiers of €10, €30, €50 or custom. For individual donors and members of the public.
• Solidary Testament / Legacy Program Legacy and bequest programme inviting supporters to include Cáritas Diocesana de León (CIF R2400103D, address Sierra Pambley 6–1º, 24003 León) in their wills to support essential programmes. Legacies are exempt from inheritance tax under Spanish Law 49/2002. For individuals planning their estate and legacy giving.

Quantifiable outcome

• 853 people successfully accompanied through the extraordinary immigration regularization process (2026)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, flagship and core.

• Escuelas Católicas de León (17 schools)supportingGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 June 2026Network of 17 Catholic schools in León that organised the V Marcha Solidaria, raising approximately 6,000 euros for Cáritas Diocesana de León's social programmes. Engages over 3,000 students annually in solidarity activities linked to the Global Education Pact.
• Cáritas VenezuelaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Cáritas Diocesana de León participates in Cáritas Española's coordinated response to the Venezuela earthquake emergency, channelling donations (18,800 euros raised locally) through Cáritas Venezuela. Cáritas Española has mobilised 1 million euros and deployed a cooperant. Long-standing cooperation relationship spanning 30+ years.
• Cáritas EspañolaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Parent confederation entity. Coordinates national emergency response campaigns (Venezuela, Ukraine, Tierra Santa). Provides institutional support, funding programmes (FONDOVOL), training, and strategic guidance to Cáritas Diocesana de León. Also publishes annual reports and economic memoires.
• CRS (Cáritas Estados Unidos)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Part of the international Cáritas network deployed in Venezuela following the 2026 earthquakes. Provides specialist support in WASH, risk management, food security, and livelihoods alongside other international Cáritas partners.
• Cáritas AlemaniasupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026International Cáritas partner deployed in Venezuela earthquake response, contributing specialist personnel to the coordinated humanitarian operation alongside Cáritas Venezuela and other confederation members.
• Cáritas América Latina y CaribesupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Regional confederation body coordinating Cáritas response across Latin America. Participating in the international team deployed to Venezuela following the 2026 earthquakes.
• Cáritas Puerto RicosupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026International Cáritas confederation member participating in the coordinated humanitarian response to the Venezuela earthquake emergency, contributing specialist expertise to the operation.
• Cáritas Ukraine and Cáritas-Spes UkrainecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Cáritas Diocesana de León participates in Cáritas Española's Ukraine response programme. Since 2022, more than 18 million euros have been channelled to Ukraine. Cáritas-Spes Ukraine has attended 1.86 million people, distributed 5,625 tonnes of aid, and repaired 3,387 homes.
• Comparte León S.L.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Social insertion company created by Cáritas Diocesana de León in 2018 to manage the Moda Re textile recycling project. Handles clothing collection (83 containers), sorting, reuse, and sale in two retail stores. Generates sustainable employment for people at risk of social exclusion while funding Cáritas social programmes.
• Loterías y Apuestas del EstadocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLoterías y Apuestas del Estado collaborates with Cáritas Diocesana de León in its integral attention programme for foreign nationals (both regular and irregular). Their support enables the accompaniment of migrants through regularization processes, providing funding and visibility for this initiative.
• Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (loteriasyapuestas.es)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerSupports the migrant accompaniment programme of Cáritas Diocesana de León through the initiative accompanying Delis and other Dominican participants in their path toward training and dignified employment. Provides collaborative funding for social inclusion activities.
• Cáritas border countries (Polonia, Eslovaquia, Hungría, Rumanía, Moldavia, Bulgaria, República Checa)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCáritas network in European border countries working on reception and protection of people displaced by the Ukraine conflict. Cáritas Diocesana de León contributes to these efforts through Cáritas Española's coordinated international response.
• Comparte León (textile collection management)supportingOthersExternal partner organisation managing the Moda Re project and textile collection containers, operating in coordination with Cáritas Diocesana de León. Website: comparteleon.org

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cáritas Diocesana de Valladolid: Neighbouring Castilian-Leon Cáritas diocesan branch operating an almost identical portfolio (parish network, employment/training, immigration, social economy textile recycling Moda Re) in a comparable provincial context.
• Manos Unidas: Catholic development NGO sister to Cáritas within the Spanish Bishops' Conference, focused on international development and emergency fundraising — comparable in faith-based fundraising mechanics and access to parish networks.
• CEAR (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado): National refugee-aid NGO offering immigration legal accompaniment and social integration support closely overlapping Cáritas Diocesana de León's Extranjería programme, although CEAR focuses specifically on asylum/refugees rather than the full beneficiary spectrum.
• Cáritas Española (Confederación de Cáritas): Cáritas Española is the national confederation of Cáritas diocesan branches in Spain and the direct parent coordinating body for Cáritas Diocesana de León; it is the most direct comparable given shared branding, programmes, and funding channels (FONDOVOL, national emergencies).
• ACCEM: Spanish NGO dedicated to the social inclusion of migrants, refugees, and people in vulnerable situations, operating comparable immigration regularisation, housing-first, and employment programmes across Spain.

Regional players

• Fundación Montemadrid / Acción Social Castellana y Leonesa: Regional foundation funding and running social-action programmes in Castile and León, partially overlapping Cáritas's poverty and inclusion mandate in the same geography.

Broad incumbents

• Cruz Roja Española: Spain's largest humanitarian organisation, providing overlapping social-assistance, immigration, employment, and emergency-response services across the territory with a much broader national footprint and volunteer base than Cáritas.
• Cáritas Internacionalis / Caritas Internationalis: Global confederation of 165 national Cáritas entities coordinating Cáritas Diocesana de León's international emergency programming (Venezuela, Ukraine), with shared branding and humanitarian-response methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/caritasdeleon
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@caritasdiocesanadeleon2318/about
• Facebookfacebook.com/CaritasDiocesanaLeon
• Instagraminstagram.com/caritasleon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/c%C3%A1ritas-diocesana-de-le%C3%B3n

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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