Face2Face Fundraising GmbH

What Face2Face Fundraising GmbH does

Face2Face Fundraising GmbH is an Austrian private limited company (GmbH) headquartered in Vienna that operates as a face-to-face fundraising agency for non-profit organizations. The company executes street and door-to-door campaigns to recruit regular donors on behalf of charity clients that include humanitarian organizations (UNICEF Österreich, UNHCR, Ärzte ohne Grenzen, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz), environmental groups (Greenpeace, Global 2000, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society), children's welfare charities (Österreichisches Kinderhilfswerk, World Vision), and social service organizations (Volkshilfe, Arbeiterwohlfahrt, Vier Pfoten). It is led by Managing Director Robert Buchhaus, who has 35 years of fundraising experience, and positions itself as a pioneer of face-to-face advertising in Austria, having driven many of the sector's quality standards and legal frameworks.

The company's core service is professional face-to-face donor acquisition, executed through independent self-employed sales partners and start-up partner agencies rather than temporary staff. Face2Face provides these partners with training, customer contacts, established campaign systems, and financial backing to build fundraising businesses, effectively operating a hybrid agency-plus-platform model. It is a member of the Global Fundraising Group, an international network of fundraising agencies spanning 9 countries (Australia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Austria, UK, USA, Mexico, Philippines) with additional partnerships in numerous other countries.

Commercially, the company generates revenue through transaction fees on successful donor acquisitions for its charity clients. No publicly disclosed pricing, revenue figures, or funding rounds are available. The company is a privately held subsidiary within the Global Fundraising Group network, with 14 employees and a 35-year operating history during which it has facilitated over 200 million euros in donations for client organizations.

Name

Face2Face Fundraising GmbH

Legal name

Face2Face Fundraising GmbH

Website

https://face2facefundraising.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Face2Face Fundraising GmbH is an Austrian face-to-face fundraising agency that recruits regular donors through street and door-to-door campaigns for non-profit clients including humanitarian, environmental, and social service organizations, operating as a member of the Global Fundraising Group network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Fundraising Services

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Fundraising & Donor Acquisition Calling (Nonprofit) (BPAAADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lead Generation & List Building Services (Prospecting, Data Sourcing) (BPAFAKAE)

Keywords

• Face-to-face fundraising
• Nonprofit donor acquisition
• Street fundraising campaigns
• Door-to-door fundraising
• Charity fundraising services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna (Wien)

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Fundraising Campaign Services: The company generates revenue by providing face-to-face fundraising campaign services to non-profit organizations (Vereine/charities). They work with independent sales partners and agency partners to execute street and door-to-door campaigns that recruit regular donors for their charity clients. The company takes a commission or fee based on successful donor acquisitions and ongoing donations generated for clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Face2Face Fundraising GmbH plans and executes professional face-to-face fundraising campaigns for non-profit organizations (Vereine and charities), using street marketing and door-to-door outreach to recruit loyal, long-term regular donors. Campaigns are delivered by independent self-employed sales partners and start-up partner agencies that Face2Face supports with training, customer contacts, established systems, and financial resources to build successful fundraising businesses.

Product overview

Face2Face Fundraising GmbH operates as a single-service face-to-face fundraising company offering direct donor recruitment campaigns. The core offering consists of Face-to-Face Fundraising Kampagnen (street and door-to-door campaigns) designed to acquire loyal, long-term donors for nonprofit organizations. The company functions as an intermediary between NGOs and trained independent fundraising partners, providing campaign management, training, and operational infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Face-to-Face Fundraising Kampagnen

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 million euros in donations raised for client organizations over 35 years

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Global Fundraising GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFace2Face Fundraising is part of the Global Fundraising Group - an international network of fundraising agencies. This global network is currently present in 9 countries (Australia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Austria, UK, USA, Mexico, Philippines) and has cooperations in numerous other countries. This international network enables knowledge sharing, best practices, and cross-border expertise that benefits both clients and distribution partners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Funraise: Modern digital fundraising platform for nonprofits that substitutes for face-to-face donor acquisition through online donation flows; an emerging indirect competitor for the same NGO acquisition spend.
• Sales Force Europe: European face-to-face and field sales agency with a growing footprint in nonprofit donor acquisition, partial overlap with Face2Face's street-fundraising model.

Direct peers

• Appco Group: Global face-to-face sales and fundraising network providing direct donor acquisition and brand activation campaigns for charities and nonprofits, highly comparable to Face2Face's street and door-to-door model.
• Public Interest Communications: US-based face-to-face fundraising agency serving major nonprofits with street and door-to-door donor acquisition, providing a North American benchmark for Face2Face's service model.
• DialogueDirect: International face-to-face fundraising agency operating across multiple European and Latin American markets, directly competing with Face2Face in the same donor acquisition niche for major NGO clients.
• The Fundraising Company: European face-to-face fundraising agency executing street and door-to-door donor acquisition campaigns for international NGOs, directly overlapping with Face2Face's core service offering.
• Global Fundraising Group: The international network of face-to-face fundraising agencies of which Face2Face is a member; comparable in service offering (F2F campaigns, donor acquisition for NGOs) and represents both the parent and the most direct competitive benchmark for cross-border expansion.
• Door2Door Fundraising: UK-based face-to-face fundraising agency specializing in door-to-door regular donor acquisition for charities, comparable in channel mix and nonprofit client base.

Others

• GiveDirectly: Nonprofit operating a different donation model (direct cash transfers); while not a direct competitor, it represents the type of NGO that may allocate acquisition budget between face-to-face channels and digital alternatives.

Broad incumbents

• Blackbaud: Large incumbent provider of fundraising software, CRM, and donor management tools to nonprofits; competes indirectly for the same NGO marketing budget as Face2Face but through digital/CRM channels rather than face-to-face.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/face2face-fundraising-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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