Hessischer Jugendring

What Hessischer Jugendring does

Hessischer Jugendring e.V. is the state-level federation (Landesjugendring) of youth associations in Hessen, Germany, founded in 1949 and headquartered at Schiersteiner Straße 31–33 in Wiesbaden. It coordinates roughly 100 member youth associations and trade unions operating across Hesse, serving as their collective representative in state youth-policy dialogue and as the operational hub for shared programs in democracy education, youth participation, inclusion, LGBTQ+ youth work, and refugee integration. Its leadership comprises Managing Director Reiner Jäkel and Chairman Mario Machalett, supported by four additional board members (Charlotte Rosa Dick, Charleen Dresen, Benjamin Seiler, Nadine Wacker).

The organization's product portfolio is service-based rather than technology-based, organized around specialist offices and multi-year projects: 'be part' (municipal child and youth participation advisory service), the HOP! Landesjugendkongress state youth congress, the Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage (NDC) Hessen anti-racism network, the Landesfachstelle 'Queere Jugendarbeit' (state specialist office for queer youth work, est. July 2018), 'Vielfalt erleben – Werkstätten für Demokratie' (2020–2024), 'Netzwerk Vielfalt' (2020–2022), and the current Aktion Mensch-funded model project 'Jugend(verbands)arbeit gemeinsam inklusiv gestalten' (2024–2026). Supporting services include the bi-annual 'hessische jugend' professional magazine and FM hearing-system lending for accessible events. No proprietary technology, API, or software platform is offered.

The business model is that of a registered non-profit association (eingetragener Verein): revenue is not publicly disclosed and is composed of public grants from the State of Hessen, lottery-funded grants from Aktion Mensch, member-association contributions, and donations collected through the annual Jugendsammelwoche (14 March–2 April 2026 in Hesse). Pricing for events and programs is generally free or subsidized for member organizations; specific event fees are communicated per event. The go-to-market is direct service delivery to member associations and the public through staff and project coordinators, with content distribution via the organization's website, email newsletter, Instagram, Facebook, Signal messenger channel, and accessible content formats (easy language, sign-language video).

Name

Hessischer Jugendring

Legal name

Hessischer Jugendring e. V.

Website

https://hessischer-jugendring.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hessischer Jugendring e.V. is the state-level federation (Landesjugendring) of roughly 100 youth associations in Hessen, Germany, coordinating programs in democracy education, inclusion, LGBTQ+ youth work, and refugee integration. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Wiesbaden, it operates as a non-profit funded by state grants, Aktion Mensch, and member contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Services / Non-profit Youth Association Federation

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139), Business Associations (81391), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Volunteer Program Funding, Scholarships & Fundraising Support (EDAIAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN)

Keywords

• Youth association services
• Youth participation programs
• Democracy education
• Inclusive youth work
• Non-profit youth federation

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hessischer Jugendring is the state-level federation (Landesjugendring) coordinating and representing approximately 100 youth associations in Hessen, Germany. It delivers programs, projects, and consulting on youth participation, democracy and anti-racism education, inclusive youth work, LGBTQ+ youth support, and refugee integration, alongside professional development, publications, and events for member organizations and youth workers.

Product overview

Hessischer Jugendring is a non-profit youth association (Landesjugendring) – the coordination body for Hessian youth associations – offering a portfolio of programs, projects, and publications rather than a commercial software product. The portfolio centers on youth participation, democracy education, inclusion, LGBTQ+ youth work, and refugee integration. Key offerings include be part (advisory service for municipal youth participation), HOP! Landesjugendkongress (state youth congress), the Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage Hessen (democracy education network), the Landesfachstelle Queere Jugendarbeit (LGBTQ+ youth work office), Vielfalt erleben (democracy workshops for young refugees), the inclusive youth work model project, and the hessische jugend professional magazine. Supporting services include FM system lending and educational materials. All offerings are service-based programs for youth workers, educators, and young people, not software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HOP! Landesjugendkongress: State youth congress project
• Gemeinsam inklusiv gestalten
• Vielfalt erleben – Werkstätten für Demokratie
• Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage Hessen (NDC)
• Landesfachstelle Hessen 'Queere Jugendarbeit'
• Netzwerk Vielfalt
• be part
• hessische jugend

Products and services

• be part – Fach- und Beratungsstelle für kommunale Kinder- und Jugendbeteiligung Specialist advisory and consulting service for municipalities and professionals on child and youth participation, offering training modules and practical resources for participatory processes.
• HOP! Landesjugendkongress State-level youth congress providing a platform for youth participation and political engagement for young people across Hessen.
• Netzwerk für Demokratie und Courage Hessen (NDC) Network delivering project days and training sessions in schools and youth facilities focused on anti-racism, democratic coexistence, and empowerment, with trained multipliers delivering educational sessions.
• Landesfachstelle Hessen 'Queere Jugendarbeit' Statewide specialist office providing sensitization, qualification, networking, knowledge transfer, and consulting support for LGBTQ+ youth inclusion in Hessian youth associations and facilities.
• Vielfalt erleben – Werkstätten für Demokratie Project (2020–2024) promoting political and social participation of young refugees and people with flight experience, supporting member associations in implementing regional and local projects and providing conceptual advisory services.
• Jugend(verbands)arbeit gemeinsam inklusiv gestalten Model project (2024–2026) developing inclusive youth (association) work through three cooperation projects between youth associations, integration-assistance providers, and self-representation organizations of people with disabilities, coordinated by a dedicated project position at Hessischer Jugendring.
• Netzwerk Vielfalt – Empowerment und Selbstorganisation junger Geflüchteter in Hessen Project (2020–2022) funded by Aktion Mensch promoting political and social participation of young refugees through networking, political education, and empowerment offerings accompanying them toward voluntary engagement in civil society and youth work.
• hessische jugend (Fachmagazin) Specialized professional magazine (Fachmagazin) published by Hessischer Jugendring covering topics relevant to youth association work in Hesse.
• Verleih FM-Anlage Lending service for FM (frequency modulation) hearing-assistance systems, available to support accessible events for people with hearing impairments.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Sportjugend Region KasselminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWithin the 'Gemeinsam inklusiv gestalten' project, Sportjugend Region Kassel cooperates with Ambulante Dienste Nordhessen (ADN) to expand inclusive sports offerings in and around Kassel.
• Jugendrotkreuz FrankfurtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWithin the 'Gemeinsam inklusiv gestalten' project, Jugendrotkreuz Frankfurt cooperates with KOMM e.V. to build inclusive holiday and leisure offerings for young people in Frankfurt am Main.
• DGB-Jugend Hessen (German Trade Union Confederation Youth Hesse)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDGB-Jugend Hessen co-initiated the Network for Democracy and Courage (NDC) in Hessen. Hessischer Jugendring assumed custodianship of the NDC Hesse office in May 2016 and continues its work.
• BDKJ Hessen (Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend Hessen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBDKJ Hessen co-initiated the Network for Democracy and Courage (NDC) in Hessen alongside DGB-Jugend. Hessischer Jugendring has operated the NDC Hesse office since 2016.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landesjugendring Rheinland-Pfalz: Rhineland-Palatinate's state-level youth association federation, a neighboring state to Hesse. Directly comparable in organizational structure, federal-state funding model, and member-based coordination mandate.
• Landesjugendring Baden-Württemberg: Baden-Württemberg's state-level youth association federation. Directly comparable as an equivalent state-level umbrella body serving approximately 30 member youth associations with similar programmatic and advocacy functions.
• Bayerischer Jugendring: Bavaria's state-level youth association federation (Landesjugendring), the largest by membership in Germany. Directly comparable in organizational form, mandate, and funding model to Hessischer Jugendring, serving as the equivalent coordination body in a different state.
• Landesjugendring Niedersachsen: Lower Saxony's state-level youth association federation. Directly comparable as one of the 17 state-level Landesjugendringe in Germany, providing the same coordination, advocacy, and program delivery role for member youth associations.
• Landesjugendring Berlin: Berlin's state-level youth association federation. Directly comparable in structure and mission as the state-level coordination body for youth associations, with additional Berlin-specific urban programming focus.
• Landesjugendring Nordrhein-Westfalen: NRW's state-level youth association federation. Comparable in mandate as the state-level umbrella body for youth associations, operating in Germany's most populous state with a similar coordination and advocacy role.

Broad incumbents

• Deutsches Bundesjugendring (DBJR): The federal-level umbrella body for German youth associations, of which Hessischer Jugendring is a member. Operates one tier above Hessischer Jugendring with national-level advocacy, federal policy engagement, and cross-state coordination, overlapping with but broader than Hessischer Jugendring's state-level role.

Others

• Aktion Mensch: Germany's largest social funding organization focused on inclusion for people with disabilities. A core financial partner of Hessischer Jugendring (funding the inclusion model project and refugee network) rather than a direct competitor, but a critical ecosystem player that shapes available funding for inclusion-focused youth work.
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kinder- und Jugendhilfe (AGJ): The German national association for child and youth services, bringing together youth welfare organizations, state youth rings, and umbrella bodies. Functions as a policy and coordination partner in the same ecosystem as Hessischer Jugendring, though at the federal policy level rather than direct service delivery.

Emerging players

• Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendarbeit: A regional provider of training and professional development for youth workers in Baden-Württemberg. Comparable in its focus on youth worker qualification and continuing education, partially overlapping with Hessischer Jugendring's training and professional development offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hessischerjugendring
• Instagraminstagram.com/hessischer.jugendring
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hessischer-jugendring

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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