Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Évora

Name

Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Évora

Legal name

Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Évora

Website

https://scmevora.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare and Healthcare Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Museums (712110)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Elder Services & Aging Support (BPAGAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Independent Living with Supportive Services (Light ADL/IADL Support) (HLADAAAE)

Keywords

• Elderly residential care
• Social welfare services
• Charitable healthcare
• Community home care
• Cultural heritage services

Headquarters

HQ city

Évora

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Social Services & Healthcare Fees: Revenue is generated through the operation of social and healthcare facilities including residential elderly care homes (Lar Nossa Senhora da Visitação, Recolhimento Ramalho Barahona), a hospital (Hospital da Misericórdia de Évora), a pharmacy (Farmácia da Misericórdia), home care services (Serviço de Apoio Domiciliário), childcare/creche (Creche Rainha D. Leonor), and a social canteen (Cantina Social). These services likely operate under a mixed model combining government social security subsidies, user fees, and third-party payer arrangements common to Portuguese social institutions.
2. Government & Public Subsidies: As a recognized social welfare institution (Instituição de Solidariedade Social) registered with Portuguese social security authorities, the organization receives public funding for operating contracted social responses including elderly care residences, home care, and childcare services. These subsidies form a core part of recurring operational revenue.
3. Donations, Legacies & Brotherhood Contributions: As a Misericórdia — a centuries-old Catholic charitable brotherhood — the institution receives voluntary contributions from its brotherhood members (irmandade), legacies, and donations from the faithful and community supporters. The annual Electoral Assembly and membership structure indicate an ongoing base of brotherhood contributions.
4. Cultural & Heritage Activities: Revenue is generated through cultural and heritage activities including the Museu da Misericórdia de Évora (open to visitors), the publication of books and guides on the institution's history and heritage, and the organization of cultural events such as annual Christmas concerts. These activities serve both cultural preservation and revenue diversification purposes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Évora is a centuries-old Portuguese charitable brotherhood that delivers an integrated portfolio of social, healthcare, and cultural services to the community of Évora. It operates residential elderly care homes, a hospital, a pharmacy, home care, a creche, a social canteen, a social shop, social scholarships, and a museum/heritage church under one institutional umbrella.

Product overview

Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Évora is a charitable institution providing an integrated portfolio of social, healthcare, and cultural services to the Évora community. The organization operates a multi-service model including healthcare facilities (Hospital da Misericórdia, Farmácia, and Continuing Care Unit), elderly residential care (Lar Nossa Senhora da Visitação and Recolhimento Ramalho Barahona), home care services, childcare/educational services (Creche Rainha D. Leonor), social assistance (Social Canteen, Social Store, Social Scholarships), and cultural heritage preservation (Museu, Igreja da Misericórdia). The institution also maintains a digital presence through its mobile application (APP IME) and compliance channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital da Misericórdia de Évora General hospital providing medical services to the community of Évora, located at Avenida Sanches de Miranda.
• Farmácia da Misericórdia Pharmacy service operated by the institution, located at Praça do Giraldo in central Évora.
• Lar Nossa Senhora da Visitação Residential care home for elderly people located at Rua Mendo Estevens, Évora.
• Recolhimento Ramalho Barahona Elderly residential care facility operated by the institution under its residential elderly care program.
• Serviço de Apoio Domiciliário (SAD) Home support service providing care and assistance to people in their own homes in the Évora community.
• Creche Rainha D. Leonor Creche and kindergarten facility providing early childhood education services to children and families in Évora.
• Cantina Social Social canteen providing meals to community members in need.
• Unidade de Cuidados Continuados Integrados Integrated continuing care unit providing extended care and rehabilitation services to patients.
• Museu da Misericórdia de Évora Museum showcasing religious art, paintings, tiles, and the history of the Misericórdia institution, open to community and visitors.
• Bolsas Sociais Social scholarships providing financial support to community members in need.
• Loja Social Social store offering clothing and utility items to community members through a network of social partners.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Câmara Municipal de ÉvoracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with the Municipal Council of Évora for the annual Christmas concert program. The two institutions collaborate on cultural events held at the Igreja da Misericordia, with the Câmara providing support for the organization's cultural programming.
• Fundo Rainha D. LeonorcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Contract signed with the Fundo Rainha D. Leonor to fund the continued renovation works (beneficiação) of the Igreja da Misericordia. The Fundo provides financial support for heritage preservation in exchange for institutional partnership with the Misericordia.
• DGLAB — Direção Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas / Arquivo Distrital de ÉvoraminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Protocol signed between the Misericordia of Évora and DGLAB through the Arquivo Distrital de Évora, making the institution's Historical Archive (Arquivo Histórico) available digitally on the DGLAB website. The archive, dating from the institution's founding, is now accessible to researchers and the public.
• Universidade de ÉvoraminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018The Misericordia of Évora sponsors an annual Academic Excellence Award (Prémio de Excelência Académica) targeted at University of Évora students who are natural or resident in the municipality of Évora. The award supports research in social sciences areas relevant to the region, including sociology, education, social economy, entrepreneurship, and volunteering. The first edition was held on November 1st.
• Rede de Parceiros Sociais (Social Partner Network)minorOthersThe institution participates in social networks (Redes e Parcerias) for the coordination of social welfare responses in the Évora region. The Misericordia also operates a social shop (Loja Social) as a distribution point for donated clothing through a network of social partners.
• IEFP — Instituto do Emprego e Formação ProfissionalminorOthersThe institution participates in professional internship programs in partnership with IEFP (the Portuguese public employment and training service), providing vocational internship opportunities (estágios profissionais) for integration into supported partner entities.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de LisboaminorOthersThe Misericordia of Évora signed its Fundo Rainha D. Leonor contract at the facilities of the Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa, indicating an institutional connection and shared network among the Misericordia brotherhood institutions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fundação Champalimaud: Large Portuguese charitable foundation combining healthcare delivery with cultural and scientific activity; comparable as a heritage-rich Portuguese nonprofit with diversified healthcare and cultural programming.
• Residências Montepio Senior: Elderly residential-care brand of the Montepio mutual group, offering assisted-living and residential services across Portugal; an incumbent competitor in the same elderly residential category.
• EMEIS (formerly Orpea) Portugal: Major international elder-care group with Portuguese residential and continuing-care facilities; competes for both private families and public-sector contracts in the same elderly-care and continuing-care categories.

Direct peers

• Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto: Another major Portuguese Misericórdia operating hospital, elderly residential care, and social services under the same IPSS brotherhood structure — directly comparable in mission and service mix.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Coimbra: Regional Portuguese Misericórdia with the same institutional identity (founded 1500s) and similar portfolio of hospital, elderly care, and social responses, making it a close peer for benchmarking.
• DomusVi Portugal: One of the largest private residential and home-care operators for the elderly in Portugal, competing head-to-head with the Misericórdia's elderly homes and SAD service for the same regional pool of seniors and contracts.
• Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa: The flagship Portuguese Misericórdia, sharing the same centuries-old brotherhood institutional model and delivering an integrated portfolio of social, healthcare, and heritage services. It is the most directly comparable institutional peer, simply at much greater scale.
• Cáritas Portuguesa: Portugal's largest Catholic charitable network providing social assistance, food aid, and elder support — comparable as a faith-based nonprofit social-services competitor operating in the same beneficiary pool.
• Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa: Portuguese Red Cross society delivering home care, elderly support, and community health services; competes for IPSS contracts and overlapping elderly and social-care mandates with the Misericórdia.

Regional players

• Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central: Large Lisbon-based public hospital group operating continuing and integrated care units; relevant peer for benchmarking hospital and continuing-care operations even though geographically separate from Évora.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/scmevora
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/santa-casa-da-miseric%C3%B3rdia-de-%C3%A9vora

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

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