Croce Verde Torino

What Croce Verde Torino does

Croce Verde Torino (legal name: Pubblica Assistenza Croce Verde Torino ODV) is a non-profit volunteer public assistance association founded in 1907 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The organization is affiliated with ANPAS (Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze), the national association of Italian health volunteer organizations, and provides emergency medical services (118), ambulance transport, healthcare transportation for disabled persons, first aid training for schools, health education programs, and mountain rescue services. It operates across six section locations in the Torino metropolitan area — Torino (headquarters at Via Tommaso Dorè 4), Alpignano, Borgaro/Caselle, Ciriè, San Mauro Torinese, and Venaria Reale — making it a regional community-based provider rather than a national-scale operator.

The organization's core "technology" is operational rather than digital: standard 118 emergency dispatch protocols, ambulance fleets staffed by volunteer rescue crews, and a published tariffario (rate schedule) for non-emergency transport services. Croce Verde Torino does not maintain a proprietary software product, mobile application, or AI-enabled capability; service delivery is human-resource-intensive and relies on trained volunteers supplemented by seasonally hired driver-rescuers. The paid headcount is 71, with annual seasonal hiring of 26–28 driver-rescuers under the CCNL ANPAS C1 contract for the July–September summer period.

The revenue model is hybrid and typical of Italian ODV (Organizzazione di Volontariato) entities: (1) tariffed healthcare transport services billed to patients or institutional clients, (2) public contracts and government contributions, (3) 5x1000 tax designation donations from Italian taxpayers (tax code 05248350018), and (4) implicit subsidy from volunteer labor. The organization does not publicly disclose revenue figures but publishes an annual bilancio sociale (social balance sheet) from 2020 through 2025, along with transparency disclosures of public contributions received. There are no funding rounds, venture capital backers, or external equity owners; governance rests with a Consiglio Direttivo elected by the membership, and an Ethical Committee was constituted in November 2023 to oversee whistleblowing and ethics reporting.

Name

Croce Verde Torino

Legal name

Pubblica Assistenza Croce Verde Torino ODV

Website

https://croceverde.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1907

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Non-profit volunteer emergency medical services organization founded in 1907 in Turin, Italy, providing 118 ambulance response, patient transport, and health education across six municipalities in the Torino metropolitan area under the ANPAS national network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

akta.pro primary industry

Dispatch, Communications & Medical Control Centers (PSAP/ECC) (HLAFANAK)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Ambulance transport services
• Volunteer rescue services
• Healthcare transportation
• Public assistance association

Headquarters

HQ city

Torino, Piemonte

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Emergency and Transport Services: Provides emergency medical transport and healthcare transportation services to persons in need, funded through public contracts and service fees.
2. 5x1000 Donations: Receives 5 per thousand tax designation donations from Italian taxpayers who choose to support the organization.
3. Public Contributions: Receives public funding and contributions from government bodies as documented in annual contribution reports.
4. Volunteer Services: Delivers free public assistance services through volunteer labor, reducing operational costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Croce Verde Torino is a volunteer-based public assistance organization (ODV - Organizzazione di Volontariato) operating since 1907. It delivers emergency medical response through the national 118 system, ambulance and healthcare transport for persons in need, civil service programs for young adults, and community health education initiatives across six municipalities in the Turin metropolitan area.

Product overview

Croce Verde Torino is a non-profit volunteer-based public assistance association founded in 1907, affiliated with ANPAS (the national association of health volunteer organizations). The organization provides emergency medical services, ambulance transport, and community health support across multiple locations in the Turin area. The organization operates through volunteer rescue crews, civil service programs, and educational initiatives rather than a traditional product-based portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Medical Response (118 Service)
• Healthcare Transport Services
• Universal Civil Service Program (Servizio Civile Universale)
• Health Education and First Aid Training
• Mountain Rescue Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 24 civil service positions filled in 2026 program across emergency and health education projects
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• ANPAS (Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCroce Verde Torino is associated with ANPAS, the national association of public assistance organizations in Italy. This membership connects the organization to a broader network of voluntary healthcare providers and provides access to shared resources, training standards, and collective representation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• ANPAS - Associazione Nazionale Pubbliche Assistenze: The national network of which Croce Verde Torino is an affiliated member. Provides shared training standards, collective representation, and benchmarking across Italian volunteer EMS providers; functionally an ecosystem umbrella rather than a direct competitor.
• 118 - Sistema di Emergenza Sanitaria (Regione Piemonte): The public regional emergency-dispatch system through which Croce Verde Torino is activated. Functions as a key operational partner and customer rather than a competitor, controlling dispatch volume and protocol.

Direct peers

• Croce Rossa Italiana: The Italian Red Cross, the largest Italian volunteer emergency medical and humanitarian assistance organization. Competes head-to-head with Croce Verde Torino for volunteer recruitment, public funding, and 118 emergency response assignments in the Torino metropolitan area.
• Croce Verde Milano: A sister regional Croce Verde pubblica assistenza in Lombardy offering the same emergency 118 ambulance and medical transport model; comparable in structure, volunteer-led operating model, and community-based service mix.
• Misericordie d'Italia: Confederazione Nazionale delle Misericordie d'Italia, one of Italy's oldest and largest Catholic volunteer EMS organizations. Operates parallel ambulance, transport, and civil service programs comparable to Croce Verde Torino, competing for both volunteers and municipal contracts.
• Croce Rossa Italiana - Comitato di Torino: Local Torino chapter of the Italian Red Cross providing directly overlapping 118 ambulance, transport, and community health services in the same territory, making it one of Croce Verde Torino's closest operational peers.
• Croce Bianca Torino: A Torino-area pubblica assistenza providing emergency ambulance and transport services, often functioning as a direct twin to Croce Verde Torino in the same catchment area and competing for the same 118 dispatches and donor pool.

Regional players

• Fabio Sandrin / Pubblica Assistenza di Volontariato Operator Network: Other regional public-assistance volunteer EMS associations within ANPAS that operate parallel seasonal driver-rescuer hiring and Servizio Civile programs; comparable operating model but operating in non-overlapping geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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