Stichting Kinderen in Nood

Name

Stichting Kinderen in Nood

Legal name

Stichting Kinderen in Nood

Website

https://kindereninnood.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Shelter, NFIs & Winterization for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAG), Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition Technical Assistance (BPADAEAG)

Keywords

• Humanitarian aid services
• Aid collection logistics
• Relief goods transport
• Disaster relief assistance
• Charitable foundation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bussum

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Gifts: One-time and periodic financial donations from individuals, corporations, schools, and organizations. Donations fund transport costs, food procurement, medical supplies, and operational expenses. The foundation is ANBI-certified (Public Benefit Organization) making donations tax-deductible in the Netherlands.
2. Goods Donations: Collection of donated goods including clothing, medical supplies, furniture, toys, and food from individuals and businesses. These goods are sorted, packed, and transported to Eastern Europe.
3. Bequests and Legacies: Accepts legacy donations and bequests as part of planned giving.
4. Sponsorship Programs: Corporate sponsors provide financial support, goods donations, and in-kind services. Sponsors include local businesses, Kiwanis chapters, schools, and foundations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Stichting Kinderen in Nood (SKIN) is a Dutch charitable foundation that collects donated goods (clothing, medical supplies, food, furniture, toys) and financial donations in the Netherlands, then organizes volunteer-led transport logistics to deliver aid to disadvantaged children, families, and institutions in Eastern Europe, particularly Ukraine, Romania, and Hungary. The foundation runs specialized programs including a medical supplies collection stream, seed envelope program for sustainable food aid, food procurement for Ukrainian refugees, and benefit concerts for fundraising.

Product overview

Stichting Kinderen in Nood (SKIN) operates as a charitable aid organization rather than a technology product company. Its offering consists of aid collection and transport logistics services — collecting donated goods (medical supplies, clothing, food, toys, bedding) and organizing transports to Eastern Europe and Ukraine — alongside financial donation processing, a sponsor programme, a medical supplies collection stream, a seed envelope programme for sustainable food aid, a food procurement programme for Ukrainian citizens and refugees, and benefit concerts for fundraising. These are operational charitable services, not software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aid Collection and Transport Logistics Collection of donated goods including medical devices, clothing, shoes, food, toiletries, toys, bedding, and children's items; organizing and financing transport logistics to deliver aid to Eastern Europe and Ukraine. Operates with volunteer labor and partnerships with Drivers for Hope and other transport foundations.
• Financial Donation Processing Processing of one-time and periodic financial donations to fund transports, operational costs, and aid projects in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. Accepts bequests and legacies as part of planned giving. Donations are tax-deductible under ANBI certification.
• Sponsor Programme Structured sponsorship programme enabling individuals and organizations to financially support the foundation's aid transports and projects. Sponsors include local businesses, Kiwanis chapters, schools, and other foundations.
• Medical Supplies Collection Specific collection of medical goods including breast prosthesis, first aid articles, bottle warmers, incontinence material, syringes, diapers, sanitary products, masks, gloves, walkers, wheelchairs, and bandages for transport to Ukraine. Sourced from medical companies and partners such as Amsterdam UMC.
• Seed Envelope Programme Annual programme raising funds to send seed envelopes in spring, enabling families to grow and harvest their own vegetables. Each envelope costs €5 including transport and logistics, sourced from the World Seed Program.
• Food Procurement for Ukrainian Citizens and Refugees Regular purchasing of food for Ukrainian refugees and citizens at the request of foreign contacts, distributed to families and children affected by disasters, violence, or personal suffering.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of donations go directly to those in need due to volunteer-only operations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Drivers for HopecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKey transport partner that delivers aid goods from the Netherlands to Ukraine. Drivers volunteer to transport goods to Uzhhorod, Kyiv, Lyubashivka and other destinations. Collaborated on dozens of transports including transport 355-363 and many others. Provides logistics expertise and driver volunteers.
• Stichting Hulpgoederen TransportcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTransport foundation that collaborates on shipments to Romania. Responsible for logistics coordination for goods going to Rupea and Râmnicu Sărat, Romania.
• Stichting BabyhopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for purchasing incubators for Ukrainian hospitals. Joint initiative to provide neonatal equipment to healthcare facilities in Ukraine.
• Stichting HumaneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in transport 340 providing hospital beds and mattresses for Lyubashivka hospital.
• Stichting Music for UkraineminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOleg Lysenko's foundation organizing benefit concerts. Revenue from concerts funds ambulance purchases and medical supplies transported to Ukraine.
• Yulya Sokol / Point of ReferencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey partner in Kyiv running Point of Reference aid organization. Provides assistance to hospitals, refugee shelters, orphanages, children's homes, and homes for people with disabilities. Concentrates aid in Kyiv with deliveries also to Dnipro and Chernihiv regions. Received government medal in June 2026 for war relief work.
• Rudolph BalazhineccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey contact in Ukraine since 2022. Manages storage center in Uzhhorod for relief supplies and food parcel distribution to those in need and institutions in eastern Ukraine. Received a design figurine from Ukrainian design company as thanks for transport support.
• Dimitri Fomin (Hospital Director Lyubashivka)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDirector of hospital in Lyubashivka, Odesa region. Works seven days a week organizing aid. Coordinates distribution of relief supplies in Odesa region and eastern Ukraine with his network.
• Gusztáv FodorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey contact in Hungary, instrumental in border coordination and logistics. Arranged police priority for Drivers for Hope at border crossings. Coordinates distribution of goods through Hungary to Ukraine.
• Zoltán SzilágyicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContact in Romania originally from Ukraine. Speaks Ukrainian language and has extensive network in Ukraine. Visits projects and locations in Ukraine on behalf of SKIN to verify goods distribution.
• Olena Koretskaa (Food Kitchen Lutsk)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRuns a food kitchen in Lutsk. Receives purchased food and relief supplies for distribution to refugees, institutions, war victims, and poor families.
• Julia KovacsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKindergarten teacher in Romania organizing distribution to children and families in rural Romania. Manages projects including seed envelope distribution and Christmas celebrations for children.
• Vladimir SkalzkijminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContact in Cluj-Napoca, Romania of Moldovan/Ukrainian descent. Key contact person with network in Lyubashivka and organizes administration for Lyubashivka transports.
• Visscher CaravelleminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTransport company from Poland that collaborated on carpet/flooring transports to Hungary and Romania.
• Amsterdam UMCminorOthersDonated hospital beds for multiple transports to Romania and Hungary. Collaborated on transports 317-328 and others.
• Kiwanis LarenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKiwanis chapter organized Art Fair and donated proceeds to SKIN. Sponsored last transport of 2023 for Ukraine.
• World Seed ProgramminorOthersProvides fruit and vegetable seeds to aid organizations worldwide on non-profit basis and at low cost. Seeds enable families to grow vegetables for a year at €5 per envelope.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stichting Vluchteling: Dutch foundation dedicated to refugee support including Ukrainian refugees in Romania and neighboring countries. Directly comparable beneficiary population and ANBI structure, but with paid staff and broader policy advocacy mandate.
• Giro555: Dutch coalition of major humanitarian organizations running joint disaster relief appeals (including for Ukraine). Directly comparable ANBI-registered fundraising vehicle targeting Dutch donors for Eastern European humanitarian crises, but operating as a consortium rather than single foundation.
• Dorcas: Dutch humanitarian and development organization with historical Eastern European (including Romanian) aid operations. Comparable ANBI foundation structure with volunteer engagement, though broader geographic scope and paid operational model.
• Cordaid: One of the largest Dutch development and humanitarian aid organizations, active in Eastern Europe and Ukraine. Overlaps with SKIN on refugee/displaced persons aid and medical supply distribution but operates at vastly greater scale with paid staff.
• Rode Kruis (Red Cross Netherlands): Largest Dutch humanitarian organization with active Ukraine refugee response and emergency relief operations. Comparable ANBI-registered humanitarian mission and Eastern European reach, though at massively larger organizational scale.
• Oxfam Novib: Dutch affiliate of Oxfam International, active in humanitarian relief and development in Eastern Europe. Comparable beneficiary populations and ANBI registration, but operates as a professionally staffed global NGO rather than volunteer-only foundation.

Direct peers

• Stichting Hulpgoederen Transport: Dutch foundation that collaborates with SKIN on transport logistics for goods shipments to Romania. Operates as a near-twin volunteer-run humanitarian transport foundation with the same goods-collection-and-trucking model in the Netherlands.
• Stichting Babyhope: Dutch charitable foundation that co-finances incubators and medical equipment for Ukrainian hospitals alongside SKIN. Small volunteer-driven NGO with near-identical Eastern Europe medical aid focus and donor base profile.
• Drivers for Hope: Volunteer driver network that has delivered dozens of SKIN transports directly to Ukraine destinations including Uzhhorod, Kyiv, and Lyubashivka. Functionally operates as a peer humanitarian transport entity with overlapping beneficiary geography.

Emerging players

• Stichting Music for Ukraine: Smaller Dutch foundation (Oleg Lysenko) co-organizing benefit concerts with SKIN to fund ambulances and medical supplies for Ukraine. Functions as both partner and adjacent peer in the niche of Dutch-Ukrainian humanitarian fundraising.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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