HUKAs - De Huidkanker Stichting

What HUKAs - De Huidkanker Stichting does

HUKAs - De Huidkanker Stichting is a Dutch nonprofit patient organization (Stichting) founded in 2019 and headquartered in Nijkerk, Netherlands, dedicated to skin cancer patients and their families. It operates a comprehensive Dutch-language knowledge platform covering prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, aftercare (wound care, scars), and mental support across all major skin cancer types — melanoma, basaalcelcarcinoom (BCC), plaveiselcelcarcinoom (PCC), actinische keratose, and rarer forms. Core products and services include the hukas.nl website and knowledge base, peer-support facilitation through forums, contact days, and one-to-one conversations with experiential experts (ervaringsdeskundigen), webinars and educational events, a downloadable scar-treatment care pathway PDF, a UV-index advisory service, and an email newsletter. HUKAs also delivers patient-perspective education into medical training at Amsterdam UMC and the University of Amsterdam.

The organization holds ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) status, making donations tax-deductible, and operates with a 10-person staff. Revenue is generated through individual donations and memberships (€10, €25, €50, or custom), corporate support, planned giving ("schenken en nalaten"), and volunteer-driven fundraising — no pricing model applies as services are free to patients and families. Its most significant commercial-scale partnership is with Dutch health insurer Zilveren Kruis, which has placed sunscreen stations ("smeerpalen") at 120+ Dutch locations with HUKAs acting as knowledge partner. HUKAs extends its awareness reach through recurring presence at events such as the Redhead Days Festival (80+ countries of attendees) and Damloop by Night, plus co-organized patient meetings with regional partners such as Inloophuis de Boei Rotterdam. Technology is limited to standard web/social infrastructure (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, email, WordPress-based site); there is no proprietary technology stack, AI/ML capability, mobile app, or API.

Name

HUKAs - De Huidkanker Stichting

Legal name

De Huidkanker Stichting

Website

https://hukas.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HUKAs - De Huidkanker Stichting is a Dutch nonprofit patient organization that provides skin cancer patients, families, and clinicians with independent information, peer support, and prevention advocacy via its website, contact days, webinars, and partnerships such as the Zilveren Kruis sunscreen-station program across the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patient Advocacy and Health Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Disease-Specific Research & Support (e.g., Cancer, Diabetes, ALS) (BPAGACAA)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy services
• Skin cancer education
• Peer support programs
• Health awareness campaigns
• Nonprofit patient organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Nijkerk

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: HUKAs generates revenue through donations from supporters who become members. Donors receive a welcome package including sunscreen and their contributions are tax-deductible due to ANBI status.
2. Corporate Support: The organization receives support from businesses that contribute to the foundation's activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HUKAs is a Dutch nonprofit patient organization (patiëntenorganisatie) that provides independent, reliable information about all forms of skin cancer, facilitates peer contact between skin cancer patients through forums and contact days, and advocates for patient interests with government and healthcare providers. The foundation supports research into early detection and innovative treatment methods, and promotes prevention awareness in collaboration with partners such as Zilveren Kruis.

Product overview

HUKAs - De Huidkanker Stichting is a patient organization (patiëntenorganisatie) for skin cancer patients, operating primarily as a website-based knowledge platform and support service rather than a technology product. The organization offers a comprehensive information website covering prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of all forms of skin cancer, supplemented by downloadable resources (such as the 'Zorgpad na huidkanker' scar treatment document), patient contact facilitation through forums and contact days, webinars and educational events, UV index information services, and a newsletter subscription. The portfolio consists of information services, peer support services, and educational resources delivered primarily through their website platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patient Contact and Peer Support Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Sunscreen stations at 120+ locations across the Netherlands through Zilveren Kruis partnership

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Zilveren KruiscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHUKAs and Zilveren Kruis collaborate on skin cancer prevention awareness and behavioral change. Zilveren Kruis places sunscreen stations (smeerpalen) at over 120 locations in the Netherlands. HUKAs supports this initiative as a knowledge partner, with the goal of making prevention accessible, visible, and effective.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cancer Research UK: Major UK cancer charity combining research funding, patient information, and prevention campaigns. Comparable mission elements (information, prevention advocacy) but much larger scale and all-cancer scope.
• European Cancer Patient Coalition: European umbrella organization representing cancer patient groups across disease types. Comparable as an advocacy and information platform, but operating at EU policy level rather than country-specific patient support.
• KWF Kankerbestrijding: The dominant Dutch cancer nonprofit funding research and supporting all cancer patients. Overlaps with HUKAs in patient advocacy and skin cancer prevention but operates at much larger scale across all cancer types.

Regional players

• Skin Cancer Foundation: Leading US-based nonprofit dedicated exclusively to skin cancer education, prevention, and early detection. Directly comparable mission (information, prevention advocacy, public campaigns) but serves North America rather than the Netherlands.

Others

• Patiëntenfederatie Nederland: National Dutch umbrella federation representing patient organizations collectively. HUKAs is a member/affiliated entity-type peer; comparable as an advocacy actor interfacing with government and healthcare providers on patient interests.
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dermatologie en Venereologie (NVDV): Dutch professional society for dermatologists. Comparable as a dermatology-knowledge stakeholder HUKAs collaborates with for healthcare-professional education, though it represents clinicians rather than patients.

Direct peers

• Huidfonds: Dutch foundation focused on healthy skin and skin disease awareness. Comparable as a Dutch nonprofit using prevention campaigns, public events, and partnerships to address skin-related health issues, though with a broader dermatological remit.
• Stichting Melanoom: Dutch patient organization specifically focused on melanoma. Most directly comparable peer: also a Dutch nonprofit providing patient information, peer contact, and advocacy, but with a narrower disease focus than HUKAs' full skin cancer scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/huidkankerstichting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/de-huidkanker-stichting
• Instagraminstagram.com/huidkankerstichting

Compliance1 record

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Investments

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