Jugendring Dortmund

What Jugendring Dortmund does

Jugendring Dortmund, legally "Jugendring Dortmund Verwaltungsausschuss e.V.", is a German registered non-profit association (e.V.) founded in June 1946 and headquartered at Hansastraße 44 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It functions as an umbrella coordination body (Arbeitsgemeinschaft) for 30 Dortmund youth associations spanning political, religious, sports, cultural, and social orientations. Its work is concentrated on political representation of youth interests to municipal government, coordination of joint programs among member associations, and delivery of shared services to its members and the wider Dortmund youth community.

The organization operates across eight programmatic working areas — Jugendbotschaft (youth "embassy" for political representation), Jugend und Demokratie (political youth education and democracy promotion), JuLeiCa-Koordinierung (joint with the municipal Jugendamt for youth-leader card training and certification), Zukunft braucht Erinnerung and Botschafter'innen der Erinnerung (historical-political education and human-rights ambassadorship), Internationale Jugendarbeit (international youth work, established 2021 with a "Young Urban Diplomacy" focus), Kinderschutz (child protection), and the Servicestelle Jugendbeteiligung (service center for youth participation). It also runs the affiliated Stiftung Jugend und Demokratie foundation, which administers the Schüler*innenhaushalt (student budget) program.

The organization's revenue model is non-commercial: it is sustained through membership contributions from its 30 member associations and through public funding for youth work from the City of Dortmund. It employs 8 staff and is governed by a Vorstand (board) and Verwaltungsausschuss (administration committee). Services are delivered through the member-association network rather than via direct pricing; no commercial pricing model or revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Jugendring Dortmund

Legal name

Jugendring Dortmund Verwaltungsausschuss e.V.

Website

https://jugendring-do.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jugendring Dortmund is a registered non-profit umbrella association of 30 Dortmund youth organizations, founded in 1946, that coordinates youth-political representation, democracy education, and shared services such as JuLeiCa training for its members and Dortmund's young people.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Services and Civic Advocacy

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Sports & Recreation-Based Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Youth association coordination
• Youth civic representation
• Political youth education
• Youth leader certification
• Democratic participation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dortmund

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: Sustained through contributions from its 30 member youth associations and organizations, forming the operational funding base of the youth ring.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Jugendring Dortmund is an umbrella working group of approximately 30 Dortmund youth associations that coordinates, represents, and supports organized youth work across political, religious, cultural, and sports dimensions. It delivers program areas including the Jugendbotschaft (youth embassy for political representation), democracy education, JuLeiCa youth-leader certification, international youth work, child protection, and remembrance education, alongside services such as project funding administration and holiday trip coordination for member associations.

Product overview

Jugendring Dortmund is a cooperative body (Arbeitsgemeinschaft) of approximately 30 Dortmund youth associations, founded in June 1946. The organization functions as an umbrella network rather than a single product, offering multiple programmatic areas including the Jugendbotschaft (youth embassy for political representation), Jugend und Demokratie (democracy education), JuLeiCa-Koordinierung (youth leader certification), international youth work, child protection, and commemorative work. Services include project funding, holiday trips (Ferienfreizeiten), and materials. The affiliated Stiftung Jugend und Demokratie (Foundation for Youth and Democracy) runs programs including Schüler*innenhaushalt. The core offering is coordination, representation, and support for diverse youth work across political, religious, cultural, and sports-based organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jugendbotschaft: Einrichtung zur Interessenvertretung junger Menschen in Dortmund
• Stiftung Jugend und Demokratie
• Servicestelle Jugendbeteiligung

Products and services

• Jugendbotschaft (Youth Embassy)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Jugendamt Dortmund (Dortmund Youth Office)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJuLeiCa-Koordinierung is a joint initiative between Jugendring Dortmund and the Dortmund Youth Office (Jugendamt). The partnership coordinates youth leader card training and certification for voluntary youth workers.
• 30 Member Youth AssociationscoreOthersThe youth ring comprises 30 Dortmund youth associations including: Radfahrjugend Dortmund, Adventjugend, Alevitische Jugend, Arbeiter-Samariter-Jugend, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Evangelischen Jugend, Bund der Deutschen Katholischen Jugend (BDKJ), DGB Jugend, Deutsche Beamtenbundjugend, Deutsche Schreberjugend, Die Christengemeinschaft, Ferien-Füchse e.V., JugenDOrth, Jugendfeuerwehr Dortmund, Jugendrotkreuz, Junge Humanisten, Karnevalsjugend Dortmund, Kreisjugendwerk der AWO, Naturfreundejugend Dortmund, Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände (rdp), SJD - Die Falken, Sportjugend Dortmund, THW-Jugend Dortmund, Train of Hope Dortmund, Viktoria mit Herz, Wendtheide e.V., and Westfälisch-Jüdischer Jugendbund.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Landesjugendring Nordrhein-Westfalen: State-level umbrella of youth associations in NRW, the same state where Jugendring Dortmund operates. Highly comparable organizational structure (Arbeitsgemeinschaft of member Jugendverbände), with the same mission of coordinating, representing, and advocating for youth work.
• Frankfurter Jugendring: Frankfurt's municipal youth ring, an Arbeitsgemeinschaft of youth associations providing joint representation to city government. Operates an essentially identical model to Jugendring Dortmund at the municipal level.
• Berliner Jugendring: Berlin's municipal youth ring, an umbrella of local youth associations providing coordination, representation, and project funding. Structurally and functionally analogous to Jugendring Dortmund, differing only in city size and federal-state context.
• Kölner Jugendring: Municipal youth ring in Cologne with a near-identical structure: an Arbeitsgemeinschaft of local youth associations providing coordination, political representation, and shared services. The most direct structural peer to Jugendring Dortmund in another major NRW city.
• Hamburger Jugendring: Hamburg's municipal youth ring, working group of youth associations focused on representation, political youth education, and shared services. Comparable in mission, structure, and operating model to Jugendring Dortmund.
• Münchner Jugendring: Munich's municipal youth ring, coordinating numerous member youth associations across political, religious, and sports orientations. Operates the same Arbeitsgemeinschaft model as Jugendring Dortmund and serves as a benchmark for comparable urban youth umbrella bodies.

Broad incumbents

• Deutscher Bundesjugendring: The national umbrella of German youth associations and youth rings. Directly comparable as the federal-level coordination body for youth organizations, performing analogous representation, advocacy, and democratic participation functions as Jugendring Dortmund does at the municipal level.

Emerging players

• Sportjugend NRW: State-level umbrella of sports-based youth organizations in NRW. Sportjugend Dortmund is one of Jugendring Dortmund's 30 member associations, making Sportjugend NRW a thematic overlap rather than direct competitor; both represent slices of the same youth ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/JugendringDortmund
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jugendring-dortmund
• Instagraminstagram.com/jugendring_do

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