Stichting Lodewijk de Raet

Name

Stichting Lodewijk de Raet

Legal name

Stichting Lodewijk de Raet SON

Website

https://stichtinglodewijkderaet.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social-Cultural Adult Education & Civic Participation Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic Education & Community Engagement (Voting, Local Government) (EDAAAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Civic participation programs
• Community development services
• Citizen empowerment training
• Social-cultural adult education
• Local government support

Headquarters

HQ city

Gent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Gifts: The foundation accepts donations from individuals and organizations. Bank account provided for contributions with reference to 'Florerende Gemeenschappen' (Flourishing Communities). Tax-deductible gifts starting from €40 per year require national registration number.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stichting Lodewijk de Raet is a Flemish non-profit foundation that supports and connects 'gangmakers' (citizens who take initiative) and local governments through community empowerment programs, adult civic education, and cocreation projects. Its central offering is the 'Florerende Gemeenschappen' (Flourishing Communities) cluster, which builds learning places (leerplekken) in neighborhoods and operates alongside the 'Burgerkracht' (Citizen Power) concept, the 'De Raetkamer' think tank, and a learning platform. The foundation delivers dedicated service tracks for local governments (instapsessies, deepening programs, custom trajectories, care programs) and civic change agents (helpdesk, storytelling, alliance building).

Product overview

Stichting Lodewijk de Raet is a social-cultural adult organization that operates as a single unified offering centered on community empowerment and citizen participation, rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core program is 'Florerende Gemeenschappen' (Flourishing Communities), which builds on the foundational 'Burgerkracht' (Citizen Power) concept. The organization provides services for local governments and community initiators ('gangmakers'), maintains a learning platform, and houses the 'Raetkamer' think tank. Former specialized clusters 'Kwadraet' (cocreation training) and 'Schakel' (local cocreation projects) have been integrated into or spun off from the main offering. The organization functions as a facilitation and support structure rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kwadraet: Cluster specialized in personal development and group coaching around co-creation
• Schakel
• Actief na Pensioen
• de RaetKamer
• Florerende Gemeenschappen

Products and services

• Voor lokale besturen (Support for Local Governments) Comprehensive support services for Flemish local governments including entry sessions, deepening programs, employee support, citizen support, customized trajectories, and care programs for community empowerment.
• Voor gangmakers (Support for Initiators)

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Gemeente KaprijkecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality partner for the Lefhuis project - a collaborative space functioning as co-shop and co-work space for local makers, neighbors, and entrepreneurs supporting circular economy and community building.
• Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (VMM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlemish Environment Agency commissioning the Ledebeek reintegration project. SLdR participates in a cocreative process involving residents, entrepreneurs, farmers, schools, and policymakers for integral and participatory waterway management.
• Stad GentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity of Ghent partner for multiple community projects including Muide Meulestede urban renewal project 'Muide-Meulestede Morgen', Vergroening initiatives, and Rijsenbergbuurt cocreation trajectory.
• Vlaamse OverheidcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlemish Government - SLdR operates as a recognized social-cultural adult education organization under government mandate to build an inclusive, just, and reciprocal society.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Centrum voor Volksontwikkeling (CVO): Flemish adult education organization historically connected to the same 'volkshogescholen' (folk high school) tradition as SLdR. CVO and SLdR share the Scandinavian-inspired adult civic education roots and operate under overlapping Flemish policy frameworks.
• Uit De Marge: Flemish expertise center for youth work and youth civic participation, sharing SLdR's logic of empowering a specific citizen segment ('gangmakers' vs. marginalized youth) and partnering with local governments, but specializing in youth rather than general civic engagement.
• Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten (VVSG): The umbrella association for Flemish municipalities, directly aligned with SLdR's primary customer segment of 'Lokale Besturen'. VVSG supports the same municipalities SLdR serves but from an inter-municipal policy and capacity-building angle rather than citizen-empowerment programs.
• Bond Beter Leefmilieu: Flemish umbrella for environmental and civic engagement organizations. Comparable in mobilizing citizens and partnering with municipalities, and overlaps with SLdR's environmental projects (e.g., Vergroening Muide Meulestede, Ledebeek), but focused on environmental causes.
• De Ambrassade: Flemish umbrella for youth work organizations, comparable to SLdR in that it sits between Flemish government policy and grassroots civic actors, coordinating support and capacity building for member organizations across a defined community segment.
• Welzijnszorg: Flemish non-profit fighting poverty and social injustice through community action and civic mobilization, sharing SLdR's bottom-up community-led model and reliance on donations and government partnerships, but focused on poverty rather than general community building.
• Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen: Flemish refugee support non-profit using a similar mix of civic mobilization, volunteer empowerment, government partnership, and community-based service delivery. SLdR and Vluchtelingenwerk both operate as recognized Flemish social-cultural organizations with a community-led GTM.

Broad incumbents

• Koning Boudewijnstichting: The largest community foundation in Belgium, active across civic, social, and community-development themes. SLdR already partners with KBS's Omgevingsfonds Milde Meetjes, and KBS operates at a comparable civic-participation space but with much broader scale and grantmaking scope.

Emerging players

• Eva vzw: Flemish expertise center for gender equality and emancipation, structurally similar to SLdR as a Flemish government-recognized social-cultural organization, but focused on a specific cause-driven segment rather than general civic empowerment.
• Habitech vzw: Flemish non-profit focused on sustainable building and community renovation initiatives. Habitech overlaps with SLdR's community-development projects (neighborhood revitalization, cocreation with local governments) but centers on built-environment sustainability.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/lefhuis
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stichtinglodewijkdereat

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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