Die Wille gGmbH

What Die Wille gGmbH does

Die Wille gGmbH is a Berlin-based non-profit limited liability company (gemeinnützige GmbH) that operates as a Stadtteilzentrum (neighborhood center) delivering employment-integration, counseling, and adult-education services to vulnerable populations. The organization is wholly owned by the Paul Gerhardt Stift zu Berlin, a Protestant Diakonie foundation with approximately 150 years of operating history, and operates across four Berlin locations in Mitte, Neukölln, Wedding, and Spandau. Its service portfolio is structured around three pillars — Arbeit (Work), Beratung (Counseling), and Bildung (Education) — and is delivered through sub-brands including Berliner Jobcoaching (open-door walk-in work counseling), Ausbildungsbrücke (apprentice mentoring), DANA (apprenticeship-retention program for under-25s, delivered inside the DNA Berlin network), EDIS (counseling for newly immigrated EU citizens), Familienberatung (family counseling), and Beratung 60+ (services for adults over 60).

All services are provided free of charge (kostenfrei) to beneficiaries. Revenue is generated indirectly through two streams: (1) public-sector social-services contracts — primarily with German employment agencies (Jobcenter / Agentur für Arbeit) and other public authorities funding job coaching, vocational counseling, and training programs under German social code (SGB II/III) frameworks — and (2) charitable donations routed through Bank für Kirche und Diakonie and the parent Paul Gerhardt Stift. The organization employs approximately 10 multilingual professional staff capable of delivering services in German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and English, and operates with roughly ten professional staff across its multi-site footprint. Die Wille has no proprietary technology products, no digital platform, no AI capabilities, and no disclosed revenue, funding rounds, or external investment.

Name

Die Wille gGmbH

Legal name

Die Wille gGmbH

Website

https://diewille.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Die Wille gGmbH is a Berlin-based non-profit social enterprise delivering free employment, counseling, and education services across four city districts, targeting job seekers, at-risk apprentices, EU migrants, seniors, and families under the Paul Gerhardt Stift zu Berlin.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services / Vocational Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Benefits Counseling & Financial Literacy for Transition-Age Youth (EDAKANAJ)

Keywords

• Vocational training support
• Job coaching services
• Career counseling
• Social services
• Employment integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public/Government Funding: Core services funded through public social service contracts and government programs. Services such as job coaching, vocational counseling, and training programs are funded by public employment agencies and social services.
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Accepts donations through dedicated accounts at Bank für Kirche und Diakonie. Church-affiliated funding through the Paul Gerhardt Stift zu Berlin.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Die Wille gGmbH is a non-profit social enterprise that helps individuals in Berlin access employment, vocational training, and education. Its portfolio spans job coaching, career and education counseling, vocational orientation, mentoring for at-risk apprentices, and counseling for newly migrated EU citizens, families, and adults aged 60+. All services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries through four neighborhood locations in Berlin (Mitte, Neukölln, Wedding, Spandau) under three pillars: Arbeit (Work), Beratung (Counseling), and Bildung (Education).

Product overview

Die Wille gGmbH is a social enterprise offering a coordinated portfolio of employment and education support services. The organization provides job coaching, career counseling, vocational training, and various specialized counseling services (including services for seniors, families, and migrants) under three main service pillars: Arbeit (Work), Beratung (Counseling), and Bildung (Education). These services are delivered through multiple locations in Berlin and are designed to help individuals access employment and education opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Berliner Jobcoaching: Walk-in counseling service for work, training, qualifications, and support in all life situations
• Ausbildungsbrücke
• DANA – Deine Ausbildung Neu Aufstellen
• EDIS-European, diverse, inclusive, social
• DNA Berlin – Dein Netzwerk für Ausbildungserfolg

Products and services

• Berliner Jobcoaching Walk-in open-door counseling service delivered at Silbersteinstraße 29-33 (Neukölln) covering work, training/apprenticeship, qualification, and support needs across all life situations. Free of charge for individual beneficiaries.
• Beratung zu Bildung und Beruf Free, confidential, independent, multilingual career and education counseling covering professional (re-)orientation, continuing education, pathways to professional qualifications (apprenticeship, retraining, entry qualification, study), recognition of foreign qualifications, and financing of education. Focused on health, care, and social professions, including lateral entry (e.g., educator).
• Ausbildungsbrücke Mentoring program to prevent training dropouts, connecting at-risk apprentices with volunteer mentors. Free program for at-risk apprentices.
• DANA – Deine Ausbildung Neu Aufstellen Free program to prevent training dropouts for apprentices under 25 years, part of the DNA Berlin network for apprenticeship success.
• EDIS – European, diverse, inclusive, social Counseling program for newly immigrated EU citizens, particularly from Southern Europe, supporting access to social services and integration. Delivered at Müllerstraße 116 in Berlin.
• Beratung 60+ Counseling program for adults aged 60 and above, providing career guidance, continuing education, and social engagement support. Delivered at Müllerstraße 116 in Berlin.
• Familienberatung Family counseling service for families needing integrated social support, particularly those facing employment challenges with caregiving responsibilities. Delivered at Lutherplatz 2 in the Spandau district of Berlin.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DNA Berlin – Dein Netzwerk für AusbildungserfolgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDANA program (Deine Ausbildung Neu Aufstellen) is part of the DNA Berlin network, a collaboration focused on preventing apprenticeship dropouts. This network brings together various Berlin organizations working on vocational training support.
• Paul Gerhardt Stift zu BerlincoreOthersParent organization and founding institution. Die Wille gGmbH is part of the Paul Gerhardt Stift zu Berlin, a Protestant church foundation (Diakonie) providing social services across Berlin since 1870.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• ZAQ – Zentrale Auslands- und Fachvermittlung: German federal agency supporting recognition of foreign qualifications and labor market integration, with significant overlap to Die Wille's BBB (Beratung zu Bildung und Beruf) services for EU migrants seeking qualification recognition.

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Germany: The Catholic counterpart to Diakonie, Caritas operates vocational rehabilitation, employment integration, family counseling, and senior services across Germany. Same service categories as Die Wille at a meaningfully larger scale, competing for the same public funding contracts.
• Diakonie Deutschland: The national umbrella organization of Protestant social welfare services in Germany, the same Diakonie network to which Die Wille belongs via Paul Gerhardt Stift. Operates the same job coaching, vocational integration, and family counseling service lines nationally, providing both a sister-organization peer and a source of competitive contracting pressure.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): Major German welfare association providing vocational integration, apprenticeship support, family counseling, and senior services. Directly competes with Die Wille for Berlin municipal contracts and public employment agency funding.
• Kolpingwerk Deutschland: Catholic social association with vocational training, apprenticeship support, and employment integration programs across Germany. Comparable in mission and beneficiary segments, particularly in apprenticeship dropout prevention adjacent to Die Wille's DANA and Ausbildungsbrücke programs.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): One of Germany's largest social services organizations, delivering vocational training, youth programs, migration support, and employment integration across the country. Operates as a direct comparable in apprenticeship dropout prevention, job coaching, and EU migrant integration — the same core services as Die Wille — but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Der Paritätische Berlin: Umbrella organization for non-statutory welfare services in Berlin, coordinating dozens of social services providers including vocational integration and counseling organizations. Die Wille's membership or interaction with Paritätische Berlin makes it a direct ecosystem peer.

Direct peers

• IN VIA Berlin-Brandenburg: Catholic social services organization operating in Berlin and Brandenburg with vocational training, youth migration support, and employment integration programs. Direct peer in service categories and regional coverage, competing for the same public funding contracts.
• gsub Gesellschaft für soziale Unternehmensberatung mbH: Berlin-based social enterprise providing consulting and operational support for employment and education integration programs. Operates job coaching, qualification, and apprenticeship support services targeting the same vulnerable populations as Die Wille in Berlin.

Others

• Jobcenter Berlin: Public employment agency in Berlin that both funds and refers beneficiaries to Die Wille's job coaching services. Not a direct competitor but a critical funder/partner relationship that defines Die Wille's service model and beneficiary pipeline.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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