Caritas Jura

What Caritas Jura does

Caritas Jura is a regional nonprofit social welfare organization headquartered in Delémont, Canton du Jura, Switzerland, affiliated with the Swiss Caritas network through the Caritas Regio federation. Founded in 1970 and employing 37 staff, the organization delivers a comprehensive portfolio of social services to residents of the Jura canton, spanning social and legal consultation, debt management, family and couple counseling, migrant integration, employment reintegration, emergency aid (food, shelter, clothing), and educational courses including end-of-life accompaniment and French-language training.

The organization operates nine physical sites across Delémont, Bienne, Porrentruy, and Saignelégier. Its two principal sub-brands are COMM9, a four-store second-hand retail network selling donated clothing, furniture, books, and household goods, and LARC (Lieu d'Accueil et de Rencontres), a community meeting place hosting workshops and social activities. Additional operational arms include the Ateliers d'Insertion (insertion workshops), Atelier Couture (sewing), bicycle repair and rental services, a repair café, upcycling/revalorisation, a recovery collection service, and catering.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid model: individual and corporate donations (financial and in-kind), corporate social responsibility partnerships, and earned income from COMM9 retail, restaurants, low-cost meals, paid training courses, and subsidized employment via Chèque Emploi. Core social services — emergency aid, social consultations, family support, and migrant integration — are provided free of charge. The organization holds ZEWO and SQS ISO 9001 certifications.

Name

Caritas Jura

Legal name

Caritas Jura

Website

https://caritas-jura.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Caritas Jura is a nonprofit social welfare organization serving the Canton du Jura in Switzerland, providing emergency aid, debt counseling, family support, migrant integration, and employment programs, supplemented by a four-store second-hand retail network (COMM9).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Housing Services (62422), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (62431)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN), Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Debt counseling
• Employment integration
• Migrant integration support
• Second-hand retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Delémont

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Caritas Jura receives financial donations from individuals and organizations to support its social welfare programs and services for people in precarity.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Caritas Jura is a regional nonprofit social welfare organization affiliated with the Swiss Caritas network that delivers emergency aid, social and legal consultations, debt counseling, family and couple support, employment integration, and migrant integration services to vulnerable people in the Canton du Jura. It also operates an earned-income arm through the COMM9 second-hand retail network (four stores) and the LARC community meeting place, alongside standalone offerings such as CarteCulture, Épicerie Caritas, and Chèque Emploi subsidized employment.

Product overview

Caritas Jura is a social welfare institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of interconnected social services for people in difficult life situations. The organization operates as a unified platform with multiple service divisions: Social and Legal Support provides debt management, legal advice, and administrative assistance; Small Budgets services offer affordable access to groceries, cultural activities, and second-hand goods through COMM9 stores; Work Integration programs include subsidized employment (Chèque Emploi), apprenticeships, and job search assistance; Family Services provide parenting support, childcare, and youth counseling; Emergency Aid offers food assistance and shelter; and various Skills Services include sewing workshops, bicycle repair, and digital training. Key sub-brands include COMM9 (second-hand retail network with 4 locations) and LARC (community meeting place for social activities). All services are designed to fight poverty and promote social integration in the Canton of Jura.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Soutien social et juridique (Social and Legal Support)

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Caritas RegiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaritas Jura is part of the Caritas Regio network, a regional grouping of Caritas organizations in French-speaking Switzerland. This affiliation provides shared values, resources, and coordination across the federation.
• ZEWO FoundationcoreOthersZEWO certification provides assurance to donors that Caritas Jura handles donations responsibly and transparently. This is a key quality certification for Swiss charitable organizations.
• SQS (ISO 9001)coreOthersISO 9001 quality management certification through SQS demonstrates Caritas Jura's commitment to quality processes and continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Guide SocialminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Guide Social platform for sharing information about social aid available in the Canton du Jura, helping connect people with relevant services.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pro Juventute: National Swiss foundation focused on children, youth and families; overlaps with Caritas Jura's parenting support, youth counseling, and family service offerings within a larger national footprint.
• Winterhilfe Schweiz: Swiss foundation offering direct financial aid, food assistance and emergency support to individuals in need — overlapping Caritas Jura's emergency-aid and small-budgets service lines.
• Croix-Rouge suisse / Swiss Red Cross: National humanitarian organization delivering social support, integration, healthcare and emergency services across Switzerland. Overlaps with Caritas Jura in family support, migrant services, and emergency aid, but at national scale and broader mandate.
• Pro Senectute: National foundation serving older adults in Switzerland with social counseling, financial aid, and caregiver support — adjacent to Caritas Jura's family/caregiver and end-of-life accompaniment services.

Direct peers

• Caritas Genève: Canton Geneva affiliate of Caritas Switzerland offering social support, migrant integration, employment programs, and second-hand shops. Operates the same federation model and service mix as Caritas Jura, on a larger urban scale.
• Caritas Vaud: Regional Caritas organization serving Canton de Vaud with a comparable portfolio of social support, integration, family services, and second-hand retail (La Brouette). Structurally near-identical to Caritas Jura under the same Caritas Regio umbrella.
• Centre Social Protestant (CSP): French-Swiss social services organization providing legal consultations, debt counseling, asylum support and integration services, with strong overlap in the legal-aid and migrant-support space.
• HEKS / EPER: Swiss aid organization of the Protestant Churches providing social services to refugees, migrants and people in poverty across Switzerland, with overlapping integration, family and emergency-aid programs.
• Caritas Neuchâtel: Direct regional Caritas counterpart serving Canton de Neuchâtel with the same combination of social consultations, integration, family services, and second-hand retail. Comparable size, mandate and federation relationship.
• Caritas Fribourg: Bilingual Caritas affiliate covering Canton de Fribourg, providing debt counseling, integration programs, and second-hand stores under the same Swiss Caritas federation framework as Caritas Jura.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/caritasjura
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caritas-jura
• Instagraminstagram.com/caritasjura/?hl=fr

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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