What Mehrgenerationenhaus does

Mehrgenerationenhaus, formally the Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhaus. Miteinander – Füreinander, is a federally administered German government program operated by the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) and headquartered in Berlin. The program funds and coordinates approximately 530 community centers, each called a Mehrgenerationenhaus, that serve as neighborhood meeting points across Germany. The current program phase launched in February 2021 under former Federal Minister Franziska Giffey. Core products include the community centers themselves, annual nationwide Aktionstage that surfaced record participation in 2026, a benchmarking report, an email newsletter, expert thematic dossiers, and a suite of social services such as Repair-Cafés, Speed-Friending events, Family Literacy programs, Digitalcafé digital-literacy sessions, and Kulturpaten cultural-mentoring initiatives.

The service offering is built on a decentralized delivery model: ~530 local houses are operated independently by associations, churches, welfare organizations, and municipal bodies, supported by roughly 30,000 active volunteers and a small federal program staff of about 53 employees. The underlying technology stack is intentionally lightweight — a TYPO3-hosted informational website at mehrgenerationenhaeuser.de with a searchable house directory, Newsletter2Go for messaging, the self-hosted Matomo analytics platform, and embedded YouTube video — designed primarily for program coordination, information dissemination, and volunteer engagement rather than for software productization.

The business model is not commercial. All services are free to citizens and are funded through the BMFSFJ federal budget, supplemented by local government support, municipal contributions, and donations. The entity is legally a government program, not an investable company, with no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, no subsidiaries, and no equity ownership structure. Customer segments are defined by social need (families with children, seniors, migrants and refugees, the general community, and volunteers) rather than by commercial segmentation, and pricing is fully subsidized at the point of use.

Name

Mehrgenerationenhaus

Legal name

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend

Website

https://mehrgenerationenhaeuser.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Mehrgenerationenhaus is a German federal program operating approximately 530 community centers nationwide that provide free intergenerational services — including family support, senior assistance, integration, digital literacy, and community events — to citizens of all ages, funded by the BMFSFJ.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Intergenerational Day Programs (Seniors + Childcare) (HSABANAJ)

Keywords

• Community centers
• Social services
• Intergenerational programs
• Volunteer engagement
• Family support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Funding: The Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhaus is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ). Individual houses may also receive local government funding, municipal support, and donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhaus. Miteinander – Füreinander is a German federal government program that funds and coordinates approximately 530 local multi-generational community centers across Germany. The local houses serve as meeting points for all generations, offering free intergenerational programs, family support, senior companionship, migrant integration assistance, basic education (literacy, digital skills), and community activities staffed by paid coordinators and roughly 30,000 volunteers.

Product overview

Mehrgenerationenhaus is a federal program that operates approximately 530 multi-generational community centers across Germany under the motto 'Miteinander – Füreinander' (Together – For Each Other). The core offering is the Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhaus federal funding program, which supports these community centers providing intergenerational social services. The centers offer diverse programs including educational services (Digitalcafé, Grundbildungsarbeit), social services (Kulturpaten, Speed-Friending, Wunschgroßeltern), community initiatives (Repair-Café), cultural activities, and volunteer coordination. Communication is maintained through newsletters, video content (Videolinks), volunteer profiles (Engagiertenporträts), and expert knowledge resources (Fachinformationen). The program also publishes annual benchmarking reports tracking key statistics across the network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 530 community centers serving communities across Germany
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ)coreOthersThe Federal Ministry for Family Affairs manages and funds the Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhaus. It provides the primary funding, program coordination, and strategic direction for the network of 530 multi-generational houses.
• Frühe ChancenminorOthersRelated federal program focused on early childhood education and support for young families. Listed as thematically related program.
• ElternChanceNminorOthersRelated federal program supporting parents and families. Listed as thematically related program.
• Aktion ZusammenwachsenminorOthersRelated federal program focused on integration and social cohesion. Listed as thematically related program.
• Gleichstellung am ArbeitsmarktminorOthersRelated federal program under the BMFSFJ focusing on gender equality in employment. Listed as thematically related program.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA): Federal agency under BMG responsible for nationwide health education and prevention campaigns. Comparable to MGH as a federally funded institution delivering population-scale social programs through a coordinated national network.
• Diakonie Deutschland: The Protestant welfare federation in Germany, running nationwide social services including elder care, family support, refugee aid, and community programs. Directly comparable service portfolio to MGH across all five customer segments.
• Der Paritätische Gesamtverband: Umbrella organization for ~10,000 independent German social welfare non-profits spanning family services, elder care, and migration support. Comparable to MGH as a federated German welfare structure with semi-autonomous local member organizations.
• AWO Bundesverband: Arbeiterwohlfahrt is one of Germany's six major welfare umbrella organizations, operating nationwide facilities for elder care, family services, and community work. Comparable to MGH in providing multi-segment community welfare services across Germany.
• Deutscher Caritasverband: Germany's largest Catholic welfare association, operating nationwide social services for families, seniors, migrants, and those in need. Comparable to MGH as a major German welfare provider with overlapping service categories but broader religious-affiliated mission.

Direct peers

• Familienzentrum NRW: North Rhine-Westphalia's certified network of family centers providing early childhood education, parenting support, and community services. Directly comparable to MGH as a state/federally coordinated family-support center model serving similar customer segments.
• Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband (DVV): Umbrella organization for Germany's ~900 adult education centers (Volkshochschulen), which serve as local community education hubs. Highly comparable to MGH in operating community-based, locally responsive programming funded in part by public sources across Germany.
• Aktion Mensch: Germany's largest social lottery and welfare funding organization supporting inclusion of people with disabilities and social engagement. Comparable to MGH as a nationally scaled, federally backed vehicle for social cohesion programming across Germany.
• Aktive Bürgerschaft: German competence center for civic engagement, supporting citizen foundations, volunteer programs, and community initiatives. Comparable to MGH in promoting volunteer-driven community activity and intergenerational civic engagement at national scale.

Emerging players

• Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (DKJS): National foundation focused on education, participation, and youth development in Germany. Comparable to MGH's family/youth segments, though narrower in demographic focus and foundation-funded rather than directly federally managed.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mehrgenerationenhaus

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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