Name

Caritas Genève

Legal name

Caritas Genève

Website

https://caritas-ge.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1942

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Caritas Genève is a Geneva-based non-profit association, founded in 1942 and part of the national Caritas Switzerland network, delivering social, legal, food, housing, employment, family, and integration services to vulnerable populations across the canton of Geneva.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Genève

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: Caritas Genève receives financial donations from individuals, corporations, and organizations through various giving programs including one-time donations, recurring donations, commemorative donations, and corporate social responsibility contributions.
2. Membership fees: Revenue from individuals and organizations becoming members of the association.
3. Public subsidies: Government funding and subsidies from public authorities for social services and integration programs.
4. Service fees: Minimal fees for certain services such as restaurant meals, thrift store purchases, and other low-cost social services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Caritas Genève is a non-profit association providing direct social and humanitarian services to people in precarious situations in the canton of Geneva. Its offering spans social and legal consultations, debt and administrative assistance, housing support, food aid through social grocery stores, professional integration programs, family and childcare services, migrant integration support, emergency aid, training courses, and community services such as second-hand retail, sewing workshops, bike repair, interpretation, restaurants, and catering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Recyclerie: Second-hand store and brocante offering sustainable and solidarity-based shopping.
• CABOOM
• Epiceries Caritas
• Les Tables du dimanche

Products and services

• Soutien social et juridique (Social and legal support) Integrated social and legal support for people in precarious situations in Geneva, covering legal advice, social consultations, debt relief, administrative help, housing support, life accompaniment, and diaconia.
• Petits Budgets (Small budgets services) Affordable services for people with limited budgets, including the CarteCulture discount card, social grocery stores, affordable eating, and second-hand shopping.
• Travail (Work and professional integration) Professional integration and employment support for job seekers in Geneva, including integration programs, job search assistance, apprenticeships, internships, and the Chèque Emploi employment voucher.
• Cours et Formation (Courses and training) Educational and training services including end-of-life accompaniment courses, French language learning, digital support, and financial management training.
• Familles (Family services) Family support services including 'avec moi' sponsorship, parental support, crèche/childcare, caregiver support, youth counseling, and couple/family consultations.
• Intégration (Migrant integration) Integration support services for migrants in Geneva, including integration accompaniment, migrant assistance, social integration centers, and social activities.
• Aide d'urgence (Emergency aid) Emergency aid services for individuals and families in acute crisis, including food assistance, emergency housing, and the social clothing bank.
• Services (Community services) Community services including sewing workshops, bike repair, repair cafés, interpretation, provident fund, restaurants, upcycling, bike service and rental, recovery service, laundry, and catering.
• Epiceries Caritas (Social grocery stores) Social grocery stores offering affordable food products to people on limited budgets, recorded 173,131 checkout transactions serving low-income individuals in Geneva.
• Permanence sociale (Social consultation service) Ongoing social consultation service providing guidance and support for individuals in need across permanent offices in Geneva, contributing to 2,389 annual social and legal consultations.
• Permanence juridique (Legal consultation service) Legal consultation service providing free or low-cost legal advice to people in precarious situations in Geneva.
• Vestiaire social (Social clothing bank) Social clothing bank providing free or low-cost clothing to people in need as part of Caritas Genève's emergency aid line.
• La Recyclerie (Second-hand stores) Second-hand stores and flea markets offering affordable, ecological and solidarity-based shopping, branded under Caritas Genève.
• Actions pour les aîné-es (Senior programs) Programs for elderly in Geneva, including weekly Sunday meals (Tables du dimanche) and intergenerational volunteer activities to combat isolation among seniors.
• Cuisine et Santé (Cooking and health workshops) Health and cooking workshops teaching healthy and affordable eating while promoting social connection among participants.
• Médiation intercommunautaire (Inter-community mediation) Inter-community mediation pole promoting peaceful coexistence and fighting discrimination, particularly against Roma communities in Geneva.
• CarteCulture (Cultural discount card) Cultural card offering reduced-price access to cultural events and activities for people on limited budgets in Geneva.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,389 social and legal consultations provided annually
• +2 more outcomes

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

One partnership is on record.

• Caritas Switzerland (Caritas Suisse)coreOthersCaritas Genève is part of the Caritas Switzerland regional network (Organisations régionales Caritas). The organization operates under the Caritas umbrella brand and coordinates with national Caritas initiatives, sharing resources, best practices, and unified charitable missions across Swiss cantons.

Scale indicators4 records

Direct peers

• Caritas Vaud: Sister regional Caritas organization serving canton Vaud with the same integrated social services model (food aid, legal consultations, integration, family support). Operates under the same Caritas Switzerland umbrella with directly comparable service portfolio and target beneficiaries.
• Pro Senectute Genève: Specialized Geneva non-profit providing services for elderly citizens including social integration, meal programs (overlapping with Caritas' "Tables du dimanche"), and volunteer engagement. Directly comparable peer for the elderly service segment.
• Association Suisse des Soupes Populaires (Tischlein deck dich): Swiss non-profit providing daily meals and food assistance to people in need. Comparable specialized food security peer overlapping with Caritas' social grocery and meal service operations.
• Croix-Rouge genevoise: Geneva chapter of the Swiss Red Cross providing humanitarian aid, integration support, family services, and emergency assistance. Directly comparable humanitarian non-profit serving overlapping vulnerable populations in the same canton.
• Centre Social Protestant (CSP) Genève: Protestant-affiliated Geneva social services organization offering legal consultations, asylum support, food assistance, and integration programs. Closely comparable faith-based non-profit peer with overlapping service lines in the same geography.
• Caritas Jura: Another regional Caritas organization serving canton Jura with comparable integrated social services. Sister peer in the same Caritas network, comparable scale and service breadth, useful for benchmarking operating efficiency.
• Hospice général de Genève: Geneva's public social assistance institution providing emergency aid, financial support, housing assistance, and integration services to vulnerable populations in the same canton. Direct peer competing for both beneficiaries and government subsidy allocations within Geneva.
• Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés (OSAR): Swiss refugee aid umbrella coordinating refugee support and advocacy nationally. Comparable peer on the refugee/migrant integration dimension, with overlapping beneficiary populations and policy advocacy functions.

Broad incumbents

• Armée du Salut Suisse: Swiss arm of the international Salvation Army operating shelters, food programs, and social reintegration services across Switzerland. Comparable humanitarian non-profit model with broader geographic reach and overlapping beneficiary segments.
• Caritas Suisse (Caritas Switzerland): National umbrella organization of which Caritas Genève is a regional member. Operates the same brand and service philosophy at national scale, sets quality standards, and coordinates cross-canton programs — the parent/incumbent peer for the regional organization.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CaritasGeneve
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caritas-geneve
• Instagraminstagram.com/caritas.geneve

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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