What Link050 does

Link050 is the designated volunteer center (vrijwilligerscentrale) of the municipality of Groningen, Netherlands, operating as a non-profit platform that connects individual volunteers with nonprofit and community organizations seeking support across the city's neighborhoods. The organization was founded in 2015 and is headquartered at Herestraat 100, Groningen, with a lean team of 14 employees. Its core functional offering is a digital volunteer matching service, supported by a job board of 716 open positions at the time of the latest source, free training and workshop programs under the Ontwikkellink brand, and a Besturenloket governance portal for nonprofit board members. The organization also targets businesses seeking to engage employees in corporate volunteering and serves as the municipality's official coordination point for civic participation.

The underlying technology is not proprietary: Link050 is built entirely on the Deedmob platform, which provides the volunteer management system, job posting functionality, training registration, blog/content management, and organizational account tooling. The platform's distinguishing features are operational rather than technical, including neighborhood-based filtering across Groningen districts (Centrum, Oude Wijken, Zuid, West, Oost, Haren, Ten Boer), a content layer of volunteer stories, and curated partnerships with local organizations such as Noorderzon Festival, Buurtbemiddeling, and the Repair Café.

From a business model perspective, Link050 does not generate commercial revenue. Services are free for both volunteers and organizations, and the organization is publicly funded through municipal support as the official vrijwilligerscentrale of Gemeente Groningen. There are no disclosed pricing tiers, no transactional fees, no advertising inventory, and no reported financial figures. The organization is essentially a publicly subsidized civic infrastructure layer, with Go-to-market executed through community outreach, municipal partnerships, content marketing via the blog, and the Deedmob-powered website as the primary self-serve channel.

Name

Link050

Legal name

Link050

Website

https://link050.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Link050 is the designated volunteer center of the municipality of Groningen, Netherlands, operating a free, Deedmob-powered digital platform that matches individual volunteers with nonprofit organizations across all city neighborhoods and runs training programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Volunteer Coordination Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Volunteer matching services
• Community engagement coordination
• Nonprofit volunteer training
• Municipal volunteer central
• Corporate volunteer programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Groningen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Funding: As the designated volunteer center (vrijwilligerscentrale) of the municipality of Groningen, Link050 appears to be publicly funded through municipal support to facilitate volunteer matching and community engagement across the region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Link050 operates the official volunteer center (vrijwilligerscentrale) for the municipality of Groningen, delivering a free digital matching platform that connects individual volunteers with nonprofit organizations and companies. The platform bundles a vacancy job board (Vacaturebank), the Ontwikkellink training and workshop program for volunteers and organizations, and the Besturenloket advisory service for organization boards. All services are offered free of charge to volunteers and organizations in the Groningen region.

Product overview

Link050 operates as a unified digital volunteer central platform for the municipality of Groningen, built on Deedmob technology. The platform consists of a Vacaturebank (job board) for listing volunteer vacancies and training programs, the OntwikkelLink training workshop module, and a Besturenloket for board support. The system enables neighborhood-based search functionality across Groningen districts (Centrum, Oude Wijken, Zuid, West, Oost) and surrounding areas like Haren and Ten Boer, connecting volunteers with organizations through matching services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Link050 Vrijwilligersplatform Central digital volunteer matching platform that connects individual volunteers with organizations in the municipality of Groningen, featuring a job board, training programs, and neighborhood-based search capabilities. Free for volunteers and organizations.
• Vacaturebank Job board listing volunteer vacancies and training opportunities from organizations across the Groningen region. Free for volunteers to browse and for organizations to post.
• Ontwikkellink Training and workshop program offering free personal development courses for volunteers and organizations, including workshops on communication skills, mindfulness walking, and professional development topics such as the Wandellink Herfst Mind-Walk and Linksessie sessions.
• Besturenloket Board portal service providing support, advice, and resources for board members of organizations operating in the Groningen volunteer ecosystem.
• Organisatie Matching Service connecting organizations seeking volunteers with individuals looking for volunteer opportunities, with filtering by neighborhood and interest area across the Groningen municipality.

Quantifiable outcome

• 716 open volunteer positions available across the Groningen region

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DeedmobcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeedmob provides the underlying technology platform and tools powering Link050's website, volunteer matching system, job board functionality, training registration, and organizational management. The partnership enables Link050 to operate its volunteer center digitally across the Groningen municipality.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Catchafire: Skills-based volunteer matching platform connecting professionals with nonprofit opportunities. Comparable as a volunteer-organization matching service, with a narrower focus on skills-based engagements rather than general volunteering.

Direct peers

• VolunteerMatch: US-based nonprofit volunteer matching platform connecting individuals with opportunities at nonprofit organizations. Highly comparable in core function (online volunteer-organization matching) and community-led model, though operating in a different geography.
• Vrijwilligerswerk.nl: Dutch volunteer matching platform aggregating opportunities from multiple nonprofit organizations. Comparable in core function (volunteer-organization matching) and target market (Netherlands) but operates as a centralized digital platform rather than a designated municipal center.
• Deedmob: Deedmob is the technology platform provider that powers Link050's entire volunteer matching infrastructure. As a multi-region volunteer engagement SaaS, Deedmob serves as both a technology partner and a potential direct competitor or disintermediator in the Dutch volunteer market.
• NLvoorelkaar: National Dutch volunteer matching platform connecting individuals with volunteer opportunities across the Netherlands. Directly comparable as a volunteer matching marketplace, but operating at a national rather than municipal level.
• Vrijwilligers Centrale Amsterdam: Designated volunteer center for the municipality of Amsterdam, serving the same vrijwilligerscentrale function as Link050 but in a different Dutch city. Highly comparable in mission, municipal-designation status, and service model.

Broad incumbents

• Oranje Fonds: Major Dutch national foundation supporting volunteering and social initiatives through grants, programs, and national campaigns. Comparable as a large-scale ecosystem player in the Dutch volunteering landscape that could complement or compete with Link050's local role.
• Idealist (Idealist.org): Global nonprofit platform for volunteer opportunities, jobs, and community engagement. Comparable in function (volunteer matching for nonprofits) and target audience, but operating internationally rather than at a municipal level.

Regional players

• Maastrichts vrijwilligersnetwerk: Municipal volunteer center for Maastricht. Operates the same vrijwilligerscentrale model in a different Dutch city, providing a direct functional and structural comparable to Link050's Groningen operations.
• Utrechtse Vrijwilligerscentrale: Designated volunteer center for the city of Utrecht, performing the same municipal volunteer matching and training role as Link050 in a different region of the Netherlands.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/link050

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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