Citizens For Europe gUG

Name

Citizens For Europe gUG

Legal name

Citizens For Europe gUG

Website

https://citizensforeurope.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Society and Anti-Discrimination Consulting Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Anti-discrimination consulting
• Civil society empowerment
• Diversity research
• Re-granting programmes
• Anti-racism training

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Grants: Government grants and funding from public bodies constitute the largest revenue stream, totaling €182,000 in 2018. Sources include Thüringer Staatskanzlei (€147,000) and Kulturprojekte Berlin (€75,000).
2. Foundation Grants and Donations: Private foundation grants and donations totaled €90,000 in 2018. Key funders include Bertelsmann Stiftung (€75,000), LOTTO Stiftung Berlin (€35,000), and Fondation Charles Leopold Mayer (€15,000).
3. Service Provision: Fee-for-service consulting, research, and facilitation work for commissioned clients, generating €75,000 in 2018. Clients include cultural institutions, public administration, and international organizations.
4. Private Donations: Individual private donations totaled €300 in 2018.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Citizens For Europe gUG is a Berlin-based non-profit civil society organization that provides foundations, public authorities, and cultural institutions with expertise in diversity and anti-racism, workshop facilitation and moderation, re-granting and micro-granting programme design and management, and audio-visual project documentation. Its core programmatic offerings include the European Democracy Network that empowers activists across Europe, the ViRaL Action Fund that pairs €5,000 micro-grants with year-long coaching for local anti-racism initiatives, and the Vielfalt entscheidet – Diversity in Leadership applied research programme.

Product overview

Citizens For Europe gUG is a non-profit civil society organization offering a portfolio of programs, research studies, and publications rather than a commercial product platform. The core offerings include the European Democracy Network (EDN) that connects and empowers activists across Europe; the ViRaL Action Fund providing re-granting and micro-granting with coaching for local diversity and anti-racism initiatives; Vielfalt entscheidet – Diversity in Leadership delivering applied research, workshops, and organizational development on diversity and anti-discrimination; and the CHIEF Project facilitating multi-stakeholder dialogue on cultural heritage and identity. The organization also produces research publications including the #Afrozensus study on anti-Black racism in Germany, #VielfaltImFilm survey on discrimination in the film industry, and the Open Citizenship journal published in partnership with Allianz Summer Academy. Additional offerings include the Democracy beyond Voting toolkit for youth education, and various multimedia documentation and policy advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Open Citizenship: An online magazine and journal about citizenship and participation in Europe, published by Citizens For Europe. Available at oc.citizensforeurope.org.
• Vielfalt entscheidet – Diversity in Leadership
• Action Fund ViRaL

Products and services

• Diversity and Anti-Racism Consulting and Advisory Services Strategic advisory and consultancy services in diversity, anti-discrimination, and inclusive organizational development for foundations, public authorities, and cultural institutions.
• Workshop Facilitation and Moderation Professional workshop facilitation, conference moderation, and multi-stakeholder dialogue design for institutional clients such as Kulturstiftung des Bundes, UNAOC, and Diakonie.
• Re-Granting and Micro-Granting Programme Design and Management End-to-end design, management, and coaching support for re-granting and micro-granting programmes that channel foundation funding to grassroots anti-racism initiatives, combining €5,000 grants with a 14-month training programme.
• Audio-Visual Project Documentation Audio-visual documentation of projects and partnerships, including multimedia storytelling for programmes such as Tandem Europe and video toolkits like "Democracy beyond Voting".
• European Democracy Network (EDN) A network programme that supports, empowers, and connects activists fighting against erosion of democracy, rise of nationalism and white supremacy, and shrinking civic spaces across Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Syria, Ukraine, and Turkey.
• ViRaL Action Fund Re-granting scheme awarding €5,000 per selected initiative combined with a year-long tailored accompanying programme, open to informal groups and smaller associations without legal status in Germany.
• Vielfalt entscheidet – Diversity in Leadership Applied research and diversity advisory programme that conducts research on diversity and discrimination through expert interviews, focus groups, and online surveys; provides workshops and organizational development support for diversity and anti-discrimination work for institutions such as Thüringer Staatskanzlei, Kulturprojekte Berlin, and Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
• Open Citizenship Journal Online journal and magazine about citizenship and participation in Europe, featuring academic essays, commentaries, movement profiles, and critical reviews; published in partnership with the Allianz Summer Academy. Available via subscription after two free articles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 6,000 Black, African, and Afro-diasporic people in Germany participated in #Afrozensus, producing Germany's first comprehensive dataset on anti-Black racism.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

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

• DiakonieminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018In 2018, CFE provided consultation to Diakonie leadership and delivered several keynotes on diversity and equality data collection. CFE designed and hosted a workshop at Diakonie's 'Forum Intercultural Opening'.
• European Democracy Network (EDN) PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018CFE co-founded and leads the European Democracy Network, a partnership with 7 organizations from Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Poland, and Germany. The EDN supports, empowers, and networks activists fighting against erosion of democracy, rise of nationalism and white supremacy, and shrinking civic spaces. The network includes activists from Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Syria, Ukraine, and Turkey.
• DeGeDe (Deutsch-Deutsche Gesellschaft für demokratische Bildung)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018DeGeDe is CFE's partner in the DIYW (Democratic Innovations in Youth Work) project. DeGeDe organized a workshop in Berlin with more than 20 young people to test educational activities developed within the partnership.
• Aston University (Horizon2020 CHIEF project)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Since 2017, CFE has been accompanying Aston's Horizon2020 project CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and European Identities), which aims to facilitate a future of Europe based on more inclusive notions of cultural heritage and cultural identity. CFE designs methodology and facilitates multi-stakeholder dialogue between young people, education practitioners, activists, community leaders, and policy-makers to develop effective policy recommendations.
• Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017In 2017 and 2018, CFE delivered keynotes for the foundation's nationwide roadshow on the 360° Fund, which pushes cultural institutions to embrace perspectives encompassing all of society's diversity. CFE also provided a series of in-house workshops on diversity-oriented staff acquisition, organizational development, and diversity and non-discrimination topics.
• MPG (Migration Policy Group)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017In 2017, CFE was contracted by MPG to carry out research in Rostock, Leipzig, and Berlin on 'Measuring the impact of the ICC approach on community cohesion.' The assignment included desk research and qualitative interviews for MPG's transnational and comparative studies.
• Kulturprojekte BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016In 2016, Kulturprojekte Berlin employed CFE's 'Vielfalt entscheidet – Diversity in Leadership' team to undertake a practice and policy-oriented study on diversification of Berlin's cultural sector. Following the study's recommendations, the Berlin state government established a diversity fund and the 'Diversity. Arts. Culture' project office. Kulturprojekte Berlin provided €75,000 in 2018.
• UNAOC (United Nations Alliance of Civilizations)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016In 2016, CFE designed and facilitated a three-day interactive Alumni Meeting for 20 global awardees of the Intercultural Innovation Award in Bali, Indonesia, and moderated the IIA international press conference with ~200 journalists and diplomats. Since 2016, CFE has been part of UNAOC's Intercultural Leaders Group within the 'Vielfalt entscheidet – Diversity in Leadership' project.
• Diversity Arts Culture (DAC) BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016DAC, a design and consultation office for diversity development in Berlin's cultural sector, contracted CFE to carry out comparative statistical analysis of audience data with city census, collection of equality data in cultural institutions, and qualitative research on discrimination and barriers in the cultural sector.
• Tandem Europe (European Cultural Foundation, MitOst e.V., Fondazione Cariplo)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015CFE created a multimedia documentation for the first round of Tandem Europe (2015-2017), a programme co-created by the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam), MitOst e.V. (Germany), and Fondazione Cariplo (Italy). CFE documented the collaboration stories of programme participants and the methods used to strengthen their partnerships.
• Allianz Kulturstiftung (Allianz Summer Academy)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Since 2014, CFE has produced the journal of the Allianz Summer Academy, which brings together students from five renowned international universities with representatives from business, civil society, and European institutions. CFE conceives and coordinates the publication, selecting and inviting civil society actors from its network to engage in dialogue with students. CFE has collaborated on three issues (2014, 2016, 2018/2019).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Migration Policy Group (MPG): Brussels-based independent think tank on migration, diversity, and equality policy; CFE has been a commissioned research subcontractor for MPG, and the two share thematic overlap in equality data collection and intercultural dialogue work.
• Each One Teach One (EOTO) e.V. Berlin-based NGO run by and for Black people in Germany, offering anti-discrimination education, empowerment, and community research — closely overlapping CFE's #Afrozensus and racial-justice mandate and the same Berlin/anti-racism ecosystem.
• Civitates: European philanthropic initiative pooling foundation funds to defend civic space and independent civil society — a peer in re-granting and democratic-resilience work that could either partner with or substitute for CFE in EU grantmaking flows.
• Antidiskriminierungsverband Deutschland (advd): National umbrella association of German anti-discrimination offices; a long-standing CFE partner on the 'Vielfalt entscheidet – Equality Data' methodology, making it a direct peer in anti-discrimination advisory and data infrastructure.
• MitOst e.V. German-headquartered cultural civil-society network active across Europe; a confirmed CFE partner on Tandem Europe, sharing re-granting, cultural exchange, and cross-border civil-society programming in the same ecosystem.

Regional players

• Culture Action Europe: Europe-wide cultural-sector advocacy forum; comparable to CFE in working at the intersection of cultural institutions and policy on diversity/inclusion, but operating at EU-level rather than national/local.

Broad incumbents

• European Network Against Racism (ENAR): Pan-European anti-racism network of ~160 NGOs; competes with CFE for EU democracy and rights funding while addressing the same racial-justice agenda across more countries, operating at a significantly larger scale.
• Kulturprojekte Berlin: Berlin cultural-policy program office that has commissioned CFE for diversity studies; a comparable Berlin-based cultural-sector intermediary with broader programming scope that often hires CFE as an expert subcontractor.

Others

• Demokratie leben! (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung): Large German federal programme for civic education and democracy promotion; not a competitor but a key potential funder and ecosystem actor whose grants define the funding environment in which CFE's anti-discrimination and youth-participation work operates.

Emerging players

• Phineo gAG: Berlin-based non-profit analytics and advisory organization working with foundations and NGOs on impact analysis and program design — adjacent to CFE's research/advisory offering but with a broader social-impact remit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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