Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V.

What Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V. does

Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V. is a registered nonprofit association (eingetragener Verein) under German law, affiliated with the Catholic Caritas network through the Diözesan-Caritasverband Bamberg, the Landes-Caritasverband Bayern, and the Deutscher Caritasverband. Founded in its current form in 1978 and rooted in a Fürth welfare tradition dating to 1942, the organization delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social services across Fürth city and the surrounding district in Bavaria — serving a catchment area of approximately 250,000 residents, of whom roughly 25% are Catholic. Core services include general social counseling (Allgemeine Soziale Beratung), ambulatory nursing care through the Caritas-Sozialstation (~110 care recipients supported at home), refugee and integration counseling, addiction counseling (Suchtberatung, including substitution management), family and couple counseling, housing emergency assistance, and a neighborhood work program (Quartiersarbeit) operating four Quartiersbüros in Fürth Südstadt, Cadolzburg, Stein, and Roßtal. Complementary volunteer-run community projects include the social café Caritasse, two second-hand clothing stores (Kleidbar, Zeppelin 12), a Repair-Café, a Digitaler Salon for digital literacy, and a Stromspar-Check energy advisory service.

The business model blends several revenue streams with no commercial sales motion: negotiated fee-based contracts with health insurance funds (Krankenkassen) and districts (Bezirke) for home nursing and home care; public-sector funding for social counseling; semi-annual parish-collected donations (Frühjahrs- and Herbstsammlung); membership dues from approximately 330 association members; proceeds from the Hans Fässler Caritas Fürth Stiftung foundation; and client co-payments. Go-to-market is community-led: services are accessed via direct in-person contact at six specialized Beratungsstellen, supplemented by an Online-Beratung digital channel, parish networks, neighborhood offices, and volunteer centers. Operations are supported by approximately 70 full-time staff and around 200 volunteers. The organization does not position itself as a technology provider; the 'Digitaler Salon' is a community digital-literacy program, and Online-Beratung is a human-counselor channel, with no proprietary technology stack disclosed. Management is led by Geschäftsführender Vorstand Michael Bischoff (since January 2018) and Caritasvorsitzender Hans Fässler, with a board restructuring recorded in 2017. An announced merger with the Caritasverbände Scheinfeld and Landkreis Neustadt/Aisch (AIS), effective June 1, 2026, will extend the association's territorial footprint beyond its historical Fürth catchment.

Name

Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V.

Legal name

Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V.

Website

https://caritas-fuerth.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V. is a Catholic-affiliated German nonprofit delivering social counseling, ambulatory home care, refugee support, addiction services, and neighborhood community programs to approximately 250,000 residents across Fürth city and district, with an announced 2026 merger extending its reach to Scheinfeld and Neustadt/Aisch.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fürth

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and government contracts: Funding from public sector (Kostenträger) for social services including home care (Häusliche Krankenpflege), home assistance (Häusliche Pflegehilfe), and social counseling — covering fees negotiated with health insurance funds and districts.
2. Donations from public collections: Semi-annual donation campaigns (Frühjahrs- and Herbstsammlung) collected through Catholic parishes, with flyers and online donation options.
3. Membership fees: The association has approximately 330 members who pay membership dues.
4. Emergency fund contributions: A 'Notlagenfonds Pflege' (emergency care fund) was established in 2024, funded partly by donation campaign proceeds, to support low-income care recipients.
5. Hans Fäßler Caritas Fürth Foundation: A named foundation supporting the social work of the Caritas through donations and fundraising events (auctions, etc.).
6. Client co-payments and insurance reimbursements: Patients share some costs for home care services not fully covered by health insurance; in 2023-2024, fees were increased in two stages (16% and 24% respectively) to address financing gaps.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Caritas Fürth is a Catholic charitable association that delivers social welfare services across the Fürth city and district area. Its core offerings include general social counseling, ambulatory home nursing care (Sozialstation), addiction counseling, refugee and integration support, family services, and neighborhood-based community work. Complementing these are volunteer-run community projects such as Café Caritasse, second-hand clothing stores (Kleidbar, Kleiderladen Zeppelin 12), a Repair-Café, and a digital literacy program (Digitaler Salon).

Product overview

Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis Fürth e.V. is a charitable social services organization offering a portfolio of interconnected support services, community projects, and digital offerings. The core services include general social counseling, ambulatory nursing care, refugee and integration support, addiction counseling, and family services. These are complemented by volunteer-run community projects including Café Caritasse, Kleidbar, Kleiderladen Zeppelin 12, Digitaler Salon, and Repair-Café Cadolzburg. The organization also operates neighborhood-based social work programs (Quartiersarbeit) in multiple districts and provides an online counseling service. The offerings span from direct social intervention and healthcare to community building and digital inclusion, all coordinated through the main office at Königstraße 112-114 in Fürth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Soziales Café Caritasse: A social café operated by volunteers, offering community meeting space and social engagement.
• Kleidbar
• Kleiderladen Zeppelin 12
• Repair-Café
• Digitaler Salon
• SoFa Stein (Sozial- und Familienzentrum)
• Hans Fäßler Caritas Fürth Stiftung

Products and services

• Allgemeine Soziale Beratung (General Social Counseling) General social counseling service providing advice and support to individuals and families on challenges including poverty, illness, family issues, crisis situations, and referrals to other specialized services.
• Ambulante Pflege / Sozialstation (Home Nursing Care) Ambulatory nursing care service enabling approximately 110 care recipients to remain in their own homes by providing nursing care, household assistance, and caregiver support, partially covered by health insurance and long-term care insurance.
• Suchtberatung (Addiction Counseling) Addiction counseling services including outpatient and inpatient treatment referrals, outreach work at clinics (aufsuchende Arbeit am Klinikum), substitution management, prevention, and support groups such as the alkoholfreier Freizeitclub Alexanderoase.
• Flüchtlings- und Integrationsberatung (Refugee and Integration Counseling) Refugee and integration counseling services supporting migrants and asylum seekers with housing search, employment assistance (Arbeitsgesuche der Flüchtlingshilfe Fürth), legal questions, and social integration, including a Wohnungsbörse housing exchange.
• Quartiersarbeit (Neighborhood Work Programs) Neighborhood-based social work programs in Fürth Südstadt, Cadolzburg, Stein, and Roßtal offering community events, intergenerational activities, exercise programs (Fürth bewegt), community gardens, and social cohesion initiatives reaching 5,281 people across 354 events in 2025.
• SoFa Stein (Sozial- und Familienzentrum Stein)

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,281 people reached through neighborhood projects across 354 events in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Erzdiözese Bamberg (Archdiocese of Bamberg)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 September 2025The Erzdiözese Bamberg is the Catholic diocese that includes Fürth. The 2025 autumn collection opening (diözesanweiter Auftakt) was held at St. Otto Church in Cadolzburg, attended by Domvikar Gerd-Richard Neumeier and officials from the DiCV Bamberg.
• Diözesan-Caritasverband BambergcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fürth Caritas is a member of the Diözesan-Caritasverband Bamberg, which is the umbrella organization for Caritas work in the Archdiocese of Bamberg. The DiCV provides coordination, funding support, and represents Caritas at the diocesan level. It recently initiated a 'Notlagenfonds Pflege' (emergency care fund) with contributions from local associations.
• Caritasverband Deutschland (Deutscher Caritasverband, DCV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational umbrella organization for all German Caritas associations. Sets strategic direction, provides campaign themes (e.g., 'Zusammen geht was. Caritas verbindet Generationen' 2026), and coordinates nationwide campaigns and policy positions.
• Landes-Caritasverband BayerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBavarian state-level Caritas umbrella organization that coordinates welfare work across Bavaria.
• Caritas InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational arm of German Caritas. The 'In der Tat gut' traveling exhibition from Caritas International was hosted at Caritas Fürth's headquarters in 2025.
• Katholische Pfarreien in FürthcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCatholic parishes across Fürth serve as distribution points for the semi-annual donation campaigns (Frühjahrs- and Herbstsammlung), distributing flyers with payment slips. Pastors also promote campaigns during Mass.
• Stadt FürthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe city of Fürth co-finances the coordinated neighborhood network (Stadtteilnetzwerk) and various community projects in the Südstadt district.
• Landkreis FürthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe district of Fürth provides support including a €2,500 grant from the Landkreisstiftung to the SoFa Stein center in 2026. Also supports neighborhood projects.
• Hans Fäßler Caritas Fürth StiftungcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNamed foundation supporting the social work of Caritas Fürth. Organizes fundraising auctions (e.g., 'Kunst und Kuriositäten') with proceeds supporting social programs. Also funded a drinking water dispenser for SoFa Stein.
• SoFa Stein (Sozial- und Familienzentrum Stein)coreOthers
• Krankenkassen und Bezirke (Health Insurance Funds and Districts)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNegotiated fee agreements with health insurance funds (Krankenkassen) and Bezirke (administrative districts) for home nursing and home care services. These agreements (Entgeltverhandlungen) in 2023-2024 resulted in fee increases of 16-24% for home care services.
• Gesundheitsregion plus (Health Region Plus)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner in the 'Fürth bewegt' and 'Südstadt bewegt' health promotion projects.
• Demenznetzwerk FürthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDementia network co-founded by Caritas Fürth in 2017, coordinating dementia care services across providers in Fürth.
• Helene-Lange-Gymnasium and Hans-Böckler-SchuleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchools in Fürth whose students participated in the Müttergenesungswerk (Mother's convalescence) fundraising collection in 2023, receiving recognition for their efforts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz - Kreisverband Fürth: Bavarian Red Cross chapter serving Fürth, providing adjacent welfare, care, and social services under similar public-funding contracts and infrastructure models. Directly competes for staff, volunteers, and government contracts in the same catchment.
• Caritasverband für die Erzdiözese Bamberg e.V. Diocesan Caritas umbrella for the Archdiocese of Bamberg, which includes Fürth. Operates the same model (32 Sozialstationen, ~1,800 employees, ~4,600 daily care recipients) and coordinates funding, policy direction, and the Notlagenfonds Pflege that Caritas Fürth draws on — direct parent/peer.
• Caritasverband Nürnberg e.V. Adjacent regional Caritas association in Nuremberg under the same Bavarian Caritas umbrella, offering social counseling, home care, refugee services, and community projects to a comparable Middle Franconian population. Same organizational model, same funding mix, same donor funnel.
• AWO Kreisverband Fürth-Stadt: Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Workers' Welfare) chapter in Fürth — the largest secular welfare organization in Germany. Provides similar services (senior care, family support, social counseling) funded via analogous public contracts, member fees, and donations.
• Caritasverband für die Stadt und den Landkreis München und Freising e.V. Larger Bavarian Caritas local association applying the identical service blueprint (social counseling, ambulant care, refugee support, neighborhood projects) at metropolitan scale. Useful benchmark for understanding how Caritas Fürth's model could mature.
• Diakonie Fürth: Protestant counterpart welfare organization operating in the same city of Fürth with parallel services including social counseling, family support, and senior care, supported by public-sector contracts and member/donation funding. The closest non-Catholic peer.

Broad incumbents

• Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Bayern: Bavarian umbrella association of voluntary welfare organizations; Caritas Fürth is structurally similar to its member affiliates. Comparable funding models (public contracts, donations, member dues) and a shared mission serving welfare-dependent populations in Bavaria.
• Malteser Hilfsdienst gGmbH: Catholic aid organization with a national network providing comparable services (refugee integration, social counseling, mobility/assisted-living support). Operates more broadly across Germany rather than only locally in Fürth, but the service portfolio, donor base, and institutional Catholic grounding are highly comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/caritas.fuerth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caritasverband-f%C3%BCr-die-stadt-und-den-landkreis-f%C3%BCrth-e.v.

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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