Diakonisches Werk Darmstadt-Dieburg

What Diakonisches Werk Darmstadt-Dieburg does

Diakonisches Werk Darmstadt-Dieburg, doing business as Regionale Diakonie Südhessen, is a Protestant church-affiliated charitable social services organization headquartered in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It delivers a broad portfolio of counseling, housing, and support programs organized across twelve service categories: family/children/youth services, pregnancy and conflict counseling, elder care, refugee and migration support, homelessness services, crisis intervention, addiction recovery, mental health, disability services, employment and finance counseling, post-prison reintegration, and community engagement. Target beneficiaries span vulnerable and at-risk populations across the South Hesse (Südhessen) region, including families in crisis, refugees, homeless individuals, people with addiction or mental illness, people with disabilities, the elderly, job seekers, and those in conflict with the law. The organization operates through physical facilities such as counseling centers (e.g., Teestube KONKRET), shelters (LIV Frauenwohnen, Z14, MuKiS), contact stores (scentral Kontaktladen), food banks (Tafeln in Lampertheim, Rimbach, and Bürstadt), and community centers, with branches in Darmstadt, Bensheim, and Lampertheim.

The organization's underlying operating model is a regionally distributed network of social service programs delivered face-to-face by professional staff and trained volunteers, with no proprietary software platform, no AI/ML systems, and no digital product offering. Its technology footprint is limited to a public-facing website (diakonie-suedhessen.de) used for service information, news, and donation intake. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer through walk-in centers, mobile outreach (Streetwork), and facility-based services; no commercial sales channels exist.

Revenue is generated through two streams: individual and corporate donations (channeled via bank transfer to a published donation account) and public-sector grants from federal, state, and municipal sources covering mandated programs such as Jugendmigrationsdienst (JMD), Migrationsberatung für Erwachsene (MBE), and other publicly funded welfare services. Services are provided free of charge or at subsidized rates; no pricing model is disclosed. Marketing and client acquisition rely on community referrals, public institution referrals (schools, hospitals, employment agencies), community events (Interkulturelle Woche, Pride Month, Gedenktag), and earned media rather than commercial promotion. The organization holds no patents, has no disclosed leadership team, and operates with no parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

Diakonisches Werk Darmstadt-Dieburg

Legal name

Regionale Diakonie Südhessen

Website

https://dw-darmstadt.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Regionale Diakonie Südhessen is a Protestant church-affiliated charitable organization in South Hesse, Germany, providing free counseling, housing, and support services across twelve categories — including family, migration, homelessness, addiction, mental health, disability, and elder care — to vulnerable populations through multiple physical facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Housing Services (62422), Temporary Shelters (624221), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services (BPAGACAE), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Humanitarian counseling
• Homeless shelter services
• Migration support services
• Addiction recovery support

Headquarters

HQ city

Darmstadt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Individual and corporate donations from the community to support various social programs and services.
2. Public Funding and Government Grants: Government-funded social services including youth migration services (JMD), migration counseling for adults (MBE), and other publicly mandated social welfare programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Regionale Diakonie Südhessen provides a comprehensive portfolio of charitable social services across the South Hesse region, including counseling, supervised housing, shelters, food banks, and crisis intervention for vulnerable populations. The organization operates programs spanning family/child/youth services, refugee and migration support, homelessness assistance, addiction and mental health services, disability services, elderly care, and community engagement.

Product overview

Regionale Diakonie Südhessen is a charitable social services organization that provides a comprehensive portfolio of counseling, support, and assistance programs for people in difficult life situations. The organization operates as a unified platform of interconnected social service programs rather than a single product, organized across 12 main categories: Family/Children/Youth Services, Pregnancy Counseling, Old Age/Care Services, Refugee/Migration Services, Homelessness Services, Crisis Support, Addiction Services, Mental Health Services, Disability Services, Employment/Finance Services, Legal Conflict/Prison Release Services, and Community Engagement. Each category contains multiple specific programs and facilities such as supervised housing, counseling centers, food banks (Tafeln), contact stores (scentral), overnight shelters (LIV Frauenwohnen, Z14), family centers, and volunteer agencies. The services are provided free of charge or at low cost to vulnerable populations in the South Hesse region of Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Familien, Kinder und Jugendliche (Family, Children and Youth Services)

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• JES Bundesverband e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation partner for the International Gedenktag (Memorial Day) for deceased drug users. The scentral contact center of Regionale Diakonie Südhessen participates with JES Bundesverband in this annual commemorative event held on July 21.
• Wissenschaftsstadt DarmstadtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe city of Darmstadt participates in the International Gedenktag event organized by the scentral center, demonstrating cooperation between the organization and municipal government.
• Volksbühne Lampertheim e.V.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCultural organization that supports the Tafel Lampertheim (food bank) operated by Regionale Diakonie. The Volksbühne donated 1,000 euros during its 100th anniversary celebration to support the Tafel.
• Ghost 7.0 (Bürstädter Trio)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMusical group that performed a benefit concert raising 514 euros for the Tafel Bürstadt (food bank), supporting Regionale Diakonie's food assistance program.
• Tuna TüneyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational renowned Turkish pianist performing at the Interkulturelle Woche (Intercultural Week) 2026 event organized by Regionale Diakonie.
• World Metality Day / Live Music Hall WeiherminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent venue and organizers that collected food donations for Tafel Rimbach during the World Metality Day event, benefiting Regionale Diakonie's food bank operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. (Landesverband Hessen/Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland): Faith-based welfare and emergency aid organization providing migration services, youth programs, and social support overlapping Diakonie's portfolio across Hesse.
• Diakonie Hessen: State-level Diakonie federation that the Darmstadt-Dieburg chapter operates under; provides governance, funding access, and shared service infrastructure across all Hessian Diakonie chapters.
• Malteser in Hessen und Rheinland-Pfalz: Catholic aid organization offering adjacent services such as migration support, youth work, and crisis intervention across Hesse and neighboring federal states.
• Caritasverband für die Diözese Mainz e.V. Diocesan-level Caritas organization covering parts of the same geography with broader funding access, larger institutional footprint, and overlapping service categories.

Direct peers

• AWO Südhessen: Workers' welfare association chapter providing overlapping social services including youth, family, migration, and elderly care across the same Hessian region under a parallel nonprofit model.
• DRK Kreisverband Darmstadt-Stadt e.V. German Red Cross chapter in Darmstadt delivering comparable community-based social services such as migration counseling, family support, and crisis intervention in the same territory.
• Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Hessen: Umbrella welfare association representing and coordinating member social services organizations across Hesse, including many services directly overlapping Diakonie's family, disability, and crisis support offerings.
• Caritasverband Darmstadt e.V. Regional Catholic welfare counterpart operating the same breadth of social services (homeless shelters, addiction care, family counseling, migration support) in the same Darmstadt/Südhessen geography.

Regional players

• Regionale Diakonie Nord- und Osthessen: Sibling Diakonie regional chapter operating an analogous multi-service social welfare model in a different Hessian geography, useful for replication benchmarking.
• Sozialverband VdK Hessen-Thüringen: Social advocacy organization focused on disability, elder care, and social benefits navigation, serving an adjacent but partially overlapping member base in Hesse and Thuringia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/diakonisches-werk-darmstadt-dieburg

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