Fabu Fonden

What Fabu Fonden does

Fabu Fonden (legal name Fabu-Fonden) is a Danish non-profit charitable foundation operating as a specialized social work consultancy for vulnerable children, young people, and families. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Rødovre, Denmark, Fabu delivers five integrated service pillars — Undersøgelser (assessments), Forebyggelse (prevention), Anbringelse og samvær (placement and visitation), Hjemgivelse (return-home support), and Kurser og supervision (courses and supervision) — through five physical facilities across Zealand (Rødovre, Hillerød, Ringsted, Vordingborg, Holbæk) and a distributed team of roughly 18 permanent staff plus 30-40 external consultants and affiliated psychologists. Its underlying methodology is a portfolio of certified clinical frameworks: ICS (Indsatsen Cirka Barnet) child professional investigations, MIM-P (Marschak Interaction Method Psychometrics) interaction observations, Samarbejdssamtaler collaboration conversations, neuroaffective analysis developed with Aalborg University, TF-CBT trauma treatment, and Barnets Bevidning child witnessing. Fabu is an official VISO (National Specialist Advisory) supplier via Socialstyrelsen, providing two specialists in neglected-child cases, and operates administratively under parent organization Landsforeningen LIVSVÆRK, which encompasses approximately 1,000 professionals serving around 800 children nationally.

Fabu's revenue model is fee-for-service professional services commissioned by Danish municipalities (kommuner) on a per-case basis with an administration fee applied to all engagements, complemented by KL-recommended foster family rates. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the foundation's almenvelgørende status and unpaid board allow cost-price delivery of certain services such as §75 support persons and free thematic courses for partner municipalities and foster families. The go-to-market is almost entirely referral-driven, relying on Fabu's VISO listing, formal cooperation agreements with 68+ Danish municipalities (including Københavns, Odense, Aarhus, Holbæk, and Vejle Kommuner), and LIVSVÆRK's national network. Customers include municipal child welfare departments, national bodies such as Socialstyrelsen and Statsforvaltningen, and NGOs including Red Barnet. As a foundation, Fabu reinvests all surplus into the organization rather than distributing profits.

Name

Fabu Fonden

Legal name

Fabu-Fonden

Website

https://fabu.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fabu Fonden is a Danish non-profit social work consultancy delivering child welfare investigations, foster care support, supervised visitation, and family reunification services to municipalities and vulnerable families across Denmark, operating under Landsforeningen LIVSVÆRK as a VISO-certified specialist.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Work Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Respite Care for Families of Children with Disabilities (HSAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Social work consulting
• Child welfare services
• Family support services
• Foster care placement
• Municipal social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rødovre

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipality-commissioned social services: Fabu is commissioned by Danish municipalities (kommuner) to deliver specialized social services including børnefaglige undersøgelser (child-professional investigations), samvær (contact/visitation services), støtteperson (§75 support persons), familiepleje (foster care), samarbejdssamtaler (cooperation conversations), supervision, courses, and therapeutic services. Services are billed per case/commission with an administration fee applied to all cases. Fabu is a non-profit foundation (almenvelgørende fond) that reinvests surplus into the organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fabu Fonden is a non-profit charitable foundation in Denmark that delivers specialized social work services — including child welfare investigations, family visitation, foster care placement, parental competency assessments, mediation, and aftercare for care leavers — commissioned primarily by Danish municipalities and through the national VISO specialist pool to support vulnerable children, young people, and families. Service delivery relies on a hybrid model combining ~18 in-house staff with a network of 30–40 external specialist consultants.

Product overview

Fabu Fonden is a non-profit social work consulting firm organized as a charitable foundation (Fabu-Fonden). The organization operates through five interconnected service pillars: 1) Undersøgelser (Investigations/Assessments) - including child professional investigations, parent competence assessments, child psychological investigations, and interaction observations; 2) Forebyggelse (Prevention) - including support services, facilitating conversations, contact persons, relief stays, and conversation therapy; 3) Anbringelse og samvær (Placement and Visitation) - including supervised visitation, §75 support persons, collaboration conversations, network care, and foster family services; 4) Hjemgivelse (Return Home Support) - including supportive interventions, supervision, advisor consultation, and life history work; 5) Kurser og supervision (Courses and Supervision) - including professional development courses and supervision services. The organization provides these services through approximately 18 permanent staff and 30 external consultants across locations in Rødovre, Ringsted, Vordingborg, Hillerød, and Holbæk.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Welfare Investigations (§ 50 udredninger)

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple municipalities have provided testimonials praising Fabu's high professional quality, objective written reports, rapid response, and stable personnel.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Aalborg Universitet (Lektor Stine Lindahl Jacobsen, Post doc Susan Hart, Forskningsassistent Jens Anderson-Ingstrup, Lektor Gustavo Gattino)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021FABU and LIVSVÆRK entered a research partnership with Aalborg University in 2021, involving the development and certification of new assessment tools for evaluating emotional and social competencies in vulnerable populations. 150 professionals were certified in the methods. Fabu's Ann Sofie Haugbjerg was among those trained.
• LIVSVÆRK (Landsforeningen LIVSVÆRK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabu is part of LIVSVÆRK — a national association for children and young people who need special support and care. LIVSVÆRK administers Fabu and includes approximately 1,000 professionals sharing daily life with about 800 children and young people across Denmark. LIVSVÆRK has also supported a research project with 3.8 million DKK.
• VISO (Socialstyrelsen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabu is an official VISO supplier as part of LIVSVÆRK. VISO advises on the most specialized cases in social services and special education. Fabu provides two specialists for cases involving neglected children, including specialized focus on placed children's contact visits and conflicts related to placement.
• VIVE – Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for VelfærdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVIVE follows Fabu's TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) treatment program for placed children and young people as part of a research project. VIVE researchers study the experience of using the assessment tools in practice.
• Landsforeningen Plejefamilier (PLF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabu collaborated with PLF and SL (Socialpædagogernes Landsforbund) to distribute a survey on digital contact between placed children and their families and extended networks.
• Projekt 'Mig og min plejefamilie' (Finansieret af TrygFonden og Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFabu participated in the 'Mig og min plejefamilie' project, initiated by Nationalt Videncenter om Udsatte Børn og Unge (NUBU) and funded by TrygFonden and the A.P. Møller Foundation, to strengthen well-being for children and young people placed in foster care using Samarbejdssamtaler.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Broad incumbents

• Barnardo's (UK): UK's largest children's charity, delivering fostering, adoption support, mental health, and family services — a useful international benchmark for the kind of broad, multi-service child welfare provider Fabu could evolve into at greater scale.
• SOS Børnebyerne (SOS Children's Villages Denmark): Larger Danish child welfare NGO providing residential villages, family strengthening, and advocacy for vulnerable children. Comparable as a competing or complementary municipal-commissioned provider in Denmark's child welfare ecosystem.
• Casey Family Programs (US): US foundation focused on child welfare, foster care, and family preservation with an explicit research and evidence-based practice orientation. Comparable to Fabu's combination of direct service delivery, LIVSVÆRK parent affiliation, and Aalborg University research partnership.
• Red Barnet (Save the Children Denmark): National Danish child welfare NGO operating across a much broader portfolio than Fabu, including advocacy, family support, and direct services. Already a listed partner of Fabu, making it the closest large incumbent reference point for Denmark-wide child and family services.

Others

• Landsforeningen LIVSVÆRK: Parent association administering Fabu and encompassing ~1,000 professionals across ~800 children. Not a competitor but the most structurally entangled comparable organization and the source of Fabu's national scale and brand.
• Socialpædagogernes Landsforbund (SL): Danish union and professional association for social educators that Fabu has collaborated with on survey work. Comparable as a stakeholder in the same child welfare professional ecosystem, though not a direct service competitor.

Direct peers

• Center for Familiepleje: Danish specialized provider focused on family foster care (familiepleje), matching, supervision, and training of foster families — directly overlapping with Fabu's plejefamilie and netværkspleje service modules.
• KFUM's Sociale Arbejde (KFUM Social Work): Danish social services organization running residential care, outreach, and family support programs — directly comparable to Fabu's anbringelse, forebyggelse, and rådgivning service lines, and serving a similar municipal-commissioned population.
• Børn, Unge & Sorg (Children, Youth & Grief): Danish specialized NGO offering counseling and therapeutic support to children and young people who have lost a parent or experienced serious illness — closely comparable to Fabu's samtaleterapi and TF-CBT therapeutic service modules in target population and delivery model.

Regional players

• Stiftelsen Barnavård: Swedish child welfare foundation offering investigations, family support, and treatment to municipalities — directly comparable service mix to Fabu, but operating in Sweden, making it a regional peer rather than a direct Danish competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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