Bistum Osnabrück Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Don Bosco Kinderheim

What Bistum Osnabrück Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Don Bosco Kinderheim does

Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe Osnabrück is a Catholic non-profit youth welfare organization operating under the legal trusteeship of the Bischöflicher Stuhl zu Osnabrück and the umbrella of the Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. Founded in 1917 (renamed Don Bosco Kinderheim in 1957 and rebranded to its current name in the late 1990s), the institution delivers ambulatory, semi-stationary, and stationary child and youth welfare services under the German Social Code (SGB VIII §§ 27–35a and SGB IX). It serves approximately 400 children, youth, young adults, and families per year across more than 10 service lines, including residential children's groups, toddler groups, special educational groups, youth residential groups for unaccompanied minor refugees (UMA), supported housing, educational placements, crisis intervention (Inobhutnahme), integration assistance for children with intellectual disabilities, day groups, and sociopedagogical family assistance. Service delivery is decentralized across Osnabrück city and Landkreis Osnabrück (Wallenhorst, Bramsche, Bersenbrück, Melle) and is supported by an in-house transportation service.

The organization employs roughly 360–370 staff (educators, social workers, specialists) and operates over 400 placements. Its technology footprint is limited to standard office IT, a WordPress public website, and an internal fleet management system for transportation; there is no proprietary software or AI capability. The business model is essentially managed services funded by public-rate contracts with Jugendämter under statutory SGB VIII and SGB IX tariff frameworks, supplemented by donations. The organization holds no patents and uses the Don Bosco/Waisenhaus Stadthalle naming as unregistered common-law marks. Distribution is exclusively through statutory public-sector referrals; there is no commercial go-to-market, no consumer demand-generation, and no e-commerce channel.

Name

Bistum Osnabrück Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Don Bosco Kinderheim

Legal name

Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe Osnabrück

Website

https://donbosco-osnabrueck.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe Osnabrück is a Catholic non-profit youth welfare organization in Lower Saxony, Germany, delivering ambulatory, semi-stationary, and stationary child and youth welfare services under SGB VIII and SGB IX to approximately 400 beneficiaries annually across Osnabrück city and Landkreis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Welfare Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Residential Care Facilities (6239)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Wraparound Student Support & Case Management Services (At-Risk K–12) (EDAJAEAJ)

Keywords

• Youth welfare services
• Residential child care
• Family support services
• Integration assistance
• Ambulatory social work

Headquarters

HQ city

Osnabrück

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Statutory Youth Welfare Services (SGB VIII): Revenue is generated through public-rate contracts with youth welfare offices (Jugendämter) under the German Social Code SGB VIII (§§ 27–116). Services include ambulatory, semi-stationary, and full residential care for children, youth, and families. Rates are set by public tariff agreements for recognized welfare providers (freie Träger). The organization is a member of the Deutscher Caritasverband e.V., whose AVR (Arbeitsvertragliche Richtlinien) tariff framework governs employee remuneration and service billing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe Osnabrück is a Catholic non-profit freier Träger (independent welfare provider) delivering stationary, semi-stationary, and ambulatory child and youth welfare services under Germany's SGB VIII and SGB IX frameworks. The organization provides over 400 residential and ambulatory placements including children's residential groups, toddler groups, special educational groups, youth residential groups for unaccompanied minor refugees (UMA), supported youth living, educational placements, crisis intervention (Inobhutnahme), residential groups for children with intellectual disabilities, day groups, sociopedagogical family assistance, and individualized support programs.

Product overview

Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe Osnabrück is a Catholic youth and integration welfare facility under the Bischöflicher Stuhl zu Osnabrück, offering a differentiated portfolio of outpatient, part-time, and stationary child and youth welfare services. The organization provides over 400 places for children, youth, young adults, and families in difficult life situations. The service portfolio includes residential children's groups (Kinderwohngruppen), toddler groups (Kleinkindgruppen), special educational groups (Heilpädagogische Gruppe), youth residential groups for unaccompanied minor refugees (Jugendwohngruppen/UMA), supported youth living (Betreutes Wohnen), educational placements (Erziehungsstellen), crisis intervention (Inobhutnahme), residential groups for children with intellectual disabilities (Wohngruppen für Kinder mit geistiger Behinderung), day groups (Tagesgruppe), sociopedagogical family assistance (Sozialpädagogische Familienhilfe), and individual assistance programs (Individuelle Hilfen). The organization has operated for over 100 years, serving approximately 400 people with around 360 employees across Osnabrück and the district of Osnabrück.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stationäre Jugendhilfe - Kinderwohngruppen

Quantifiable outcome

• 340 children, youth, and families served in 2017; growing to 380 by 2018–2022 and 400 by 2023–2024, demonstrating consistent growth in service delivery.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bischöflicher Stuhl zu OsnabrückcoreOthersThe Bischöflicher Stuhl zu Osnabrück (Hasestraße 40a, 49074 Osnabrück) is the legal trustee (Träger) and parent organization of Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe. As the founding ecclesiastical authority, it holds institutional and financial responsibility for the facility.
• Deutscher Caritasverband e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Deutscher Caritasverband e.V. (Karlstraße 40, 79104 Freiburg) is the Spitzenverband (umbrella association) for Catholic welfare organizations in Germany. Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe operates under its tariff and quality frameworks, including the AVR (Arbeitsvertragliche Richtlinien) employment guidelines that govern staff remuneration, and the KZVK (Kirchliche Zusatzversorgung) pension scheme.
• Stadtwerke OsnabrückminorOthersStadtwerke Osnabrück supplies the facility with 100% renewable energy (Ökostrom from regenerative sources), supporting the organization's environmental sustainability commitment.
• Freiwilligendienste Bistum OsnabrückcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFreiwilligendienste Bistum Osnabrück is the central diocesan office coordinating voluntary social service programs (FSJ — Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr, and BFD — Bundesfreiwilligendienst). It provides Don Bosco Kath. Jugendhilfe with a pipeline of volunteer workers and delivers the mandatory accompanying educational seminars (begleitende Bildungsarbeit) for volunteers placed at the facility.
• SKM (Sozialdienst katholischer Männer)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe SKM (Sozialdienst katholischer Männer) entered a cooperation agreement 'über Dach't' (under the umbrella/trade association) in the field of ambulatory services (2001–2006). This was the first of several subsequent cooperations with other freie Träger in Osnabrück city and Landkreis.
• Various freie Träger der Jugendhilfe (Independent Youth Welfare Providers)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollowing the initial SKM cooperation (2001–2006), the organization developed further cooperations with other independent (freie) youth welfare providers in Osnabrück city and Landkreis Osnabrück, sharing resources and coordinating ambulatory service delivery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• St. Ansgar Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Hamburg: Catholic freie Träger in northern Germany offering residential child welfare, ambulatory, and family support under SGB VIII. Comparable scope, regulatory standing, and Caritas alignment, though operating in a different regional market.
• Wichern Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Bavaria: Diakonie-affiliated (Protestant equivalent of Don Bosco/Caritas) freie Träger operating residential groups, ambulatory, and family support under SGB VIII. Direct counterpart by mission, regulatory status, and service portfolio — differences are primarily denominational rather than structural.
• SOS-Kinderdorf Deutschland: One of the largest non-church-affiliated freie Träger operating residential family-style child welfare village settings under SGB VIII. Comparable in resident count, stationary/ambulatory offering, and Jugendamt commissioning model, with a different (non-denominational) brand positioning.
• Caritas Kinder- und Jugendhilfe (various diocesan chapters): Don Bosco Jugendhilfe operates under the Caritas tariff framework (AVR); other diocesan Caritas Jugendhilfe chapters deliver the same SGB VIII service mix with comparable payment structures, making them sister-organization peers in the same welfare umbrella.
• Don Bosco Jugendhilfe Köln: Operates within the same German Salesian/Don Bosco Catholic child and youth welfare network. Provides ambulatory, semi-stationary, and stationary SGB VIII services under the same Salesian pedagogical tradition, with comparable scope and public-funding model — making it the closest direct network peer.
• Pestalozzi Kinder- und Jugendhilfe Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Regional freie Träger operating residential and ambulatory SGB VIII services in a different German state. Similar size and public-funding model; useful as a structural benchmark for cost-per-placement and staffing ratios.
• AWO Jugendhilfe (various regional chapters): Major secular welfare association operating SGB VIII residential and ambulatory youth welfare services across multiple German states. Comparable in scale and service mix; differs structurally as a non-denominational umbrella with a wider social-welfare footprint.

Regional players

• Stiftung ICP München (Heilpädagogische Kinderheim): Heilpädagogische residential provider combining SGB VIII and SGB IX services for children with disabilities, directly comparable to Don Bosco's Heilpädagogische Gruppe and 2023 Eingliederungshilfe launch. Operates in a different German region but offers the same specialist disability residential niche.

Others

• Stadtjugendamt Osnabrück: Direct commissioning counterpart — the municipal Jugendamt that buys SGB VIII placements from Don Bosco. Not a competitive peer but a key ecosystem participant whose contracting decisions drive Don Bosco's occupancy and revenue.

Broad incumbents

• Bethel im Norden (v. Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel): One of Germany's largest Diakonie-affiliated welfare foundations, operating an extensive SGB VIII and SGB IX (Eingliederungshilfe) service portfolio including residential child welfare. Significantly larger and more diversified, but directly comparable on the disability residential service line Don Bosco expanded into in 2023.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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