Cultures du Cœur

Name

Cultures du Cœur

Legal name

Association Nationale Cultures du Cœur

Website

https://culturesducoeur.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cultures du Cœur is a French non-profit association that provides free cultural, sporting, and leisure access to people in precarious situations through a national network of 37 territorial associations, 4,684 social relays, and 5,327 cultural partners across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Mediation Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations (BPAGAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural Heritage & Traditional Festivals (Folk, Ethnic, Indigenous) (MPAGAEAB)

Keywords

• Cultural mediation services
• Social inclusion programs
• Nonprofit association
• Cultural accessibility
• Community outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris, Île-de-France

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Institutional and Patron Support: The organization is funded through institutional partners (ministries, regional and departmental councils, territorial collectivities) and private patrons/mécènes who provide financial support, skills sponsorship, or equipment donations. The association operates on a non-profit basis with free services to beneficiaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cultures du Cœur is a French nonprofit association that provides free access to cultural, sporting, and leisure activities for people in precarious or vulnerable situations. It operates a national network of 37 territorial associations coordinating 4,684 social relay structures and 5,327 cultural/sporting partners, enabling social workers to reserve free cultural outings for beneficiaries. The association also runs training programs in cultural mediation (since 2004), third-place cultural workshops (La Fabrique Culturelle et Citoyenne), a knowledge observatory, and remote outreach programs (Allô l'Artiste).

Product overview

Cultures du Cœur operates as a national association (Loi 1901) providing a digital platform and coordinated network for cultural mediation targeting people in precarious situations. The core offering comprises an invitation management platform enabling social workers to reserve free cultural outings for beneficiaries, supported by a national network of 4,684 social relays and 5,327 cultural/sports partners across 37 territories. Complementary services include training programs (since 2004), La Fabrique Culturelle et Citoyenne third-place workshops, the Observatoire knowledge platform with methodological resources, and diverse cultural projects such as Allô l'Artiste, singing/dance workshops, and heritage discovery outings. The ecosystem facilitates free access to culture through three principles: cultural offer gratuity, free choice, and beneficiary autonomy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Allô l'Artiste: Remote cultural mediation project launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to address the halt of cultural outings and digital divide, connecting people with artists via phone or video.
• Fabriques culturelles et citoyennes
• Observatoire de la Médiation culturelle dans le Champ Social

Products and services

• Plateforme d'Invitations Culturelles Digital platform enabling social workers to browse cultural events and reserve free invitations for beneficiaries in precarious situations, facilitating access to culture, sports, and leisure activities.
• Formations en Médiation Culturelle Training programs for social workers and cultural mediators, teaching cultural mediation methodologies and practices since 2004, building capacity within social structures.
• La Fabrique Culturelle et Citoyenne Third-place cultural workshop initiative creating spaces for cultural exchange and citizen engagement in priority neighborhoods, empowering inhabitants to participate in co-constructed cultural projects.
• Allô l'Artiste Remote cultural outreach program developed during the pandemic to address digital divide, connecting people with artists through phone-based cultural engagement when in-person outings were not possible.
• Observatoire de la Médiation Culturelle Knowledge platform providing methodological guides, video resources, articles, and shared experiences on cultural mediation in the social field, serving as an expert resource center.
• Permanences Culturelles Regular cultural presence sessions in social structures, where social workers assist beneficiaries in selecting cultural events and managing outing preparations and feedback.

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Festival Off d'AvignoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Partnership with the Festival Off d'Avignon 2026 to provide cultural access for beneficiaries. This partnership enables people in precarious situations to attend performances at one of France's largest theater festivals.
• RCF (Radio Chrétienne Francophone)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerRCF radio station featured Cultures du Cœur 13 in a special 30-minute program 'Témoins de Provence' to share the organization's vision and mission with listeners.
• Agence du Service CiviquecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership established in 2010 to host young people in Service Civique. The organization has welcomed nearly 300 young people who are placed at the center of the mediation device.
• FRAC Centre Val de LoireminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on cultural projects including the 'BIFACE' molding workshop at La Fabrique culturelle. Students from the National Architecture School of Nantes worked on representing the T17 building.
• Tous BénévolescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for producing the 'Guide de la médiation culturelle dans le champ social' and creating training videos for volunteers on cultural mediation.
• Les Petits DébrouillardscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on dialogue between mediators and the development of '11 clés pour une médiation' resource for cultural mediation in the social field.
• Institut du Monde ArabeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner for heritage discovery outings as part of the 'Partageons en famille' project.
• Ville d'OrléanscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership through a triennial convention for providing places for outings throughout the year during school holidays, with significant social partnership through CCAS d'Orléans.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fédération Française des Médiations Culturelles: National federation structuring and professionalizing cultural mediation in France — directly comparable sectoral body whose membership and policy work intersect with Cultures du Cœur's mediation practice.
• Le Chaînon Manquant: French association focused on providing cultural access to people in vulnerable or precarious situations, with a directly comparable cultural mediation mission and beneficiary base in France.

Broad incumbents

• Emmaüs Solidarité: Major French nonprofit providing broad services to people in precarious situations, including housing and social support; serves a similar beneficiary base with a wider social-services mandate.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Established French nonprofit addressing housing precarity and social exclusion; adjacent mission of supporting vulnerable populations with potential overlap in cultural inclusion programming.
• Secours Populaire Français: Large French nonprofit addressing poverty and social exclusion through cultural, leisure, and welfare activities; shares the cultural-leisure access for vulnerable populations mission at national scale.

Others

• Orchestre National d'Île-de-France: Cultural institution that runs educational and outreach programs for underserved audiences; comparable as a cultural partner in the mediation ecosystem rather than as a direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Les Petits Débrouillards: French association running cultural and scientific mediation programs for youth and vulnerable groups; documented partner of Cultures du Cœur and operates in overlapping social-cultural mediation territory.
• La Friche la Belle de Mai: Marseille-based cultural third-place combining arts programming and citizen engagement in a priority neighborhood — comparable 'Fabrique culturelle' third-place model in a different operator context.

Regional players

• Cultures du Cœur Belgique: Belgian sister organization with the same cultural mediation model and brand lineage, operating in a different national market with comparable programmatic structure for vulnerable populations.
• Culture pour Tous (Québec): Quebec-based organization facilitating cultural access for underprivileged populations through a coordinated network of cultural partners — closely aligned mission and model in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfr-fr.facebook.com/pages/Association-Nationale-Cultures-du-Coeur/198254693666208
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/culturesducoeur

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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