SolidarCité

What SolidarCité does

Association SolidarCité is a French non-profit association headquartered at 4 rue Corneille, Wattrelos (Hauts-De-France region), that channels corporate donations, volunteer hours, and financial aid toward solidarity projects in four associated municipalities: Roubaix, Tourcoing, Marquette-Lez-Lille, and Wattrelos. Its mission focuses on four verticals: professional integration, digital inclusion, educational success, and entrepreneurship. The association operates through a 24-member SolidarCité Committee composed of executives from 10 partner companies (including La Redoute, Vertbaudet, Blancheporte, Movitex, IESEG, PP Yarns & Co, and Boost Communication), CCAS directors from Roubaix, Tourcoing, and Wattrelos, and elected municipal officials, with metropolitan-level representation from the Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL).

SolidarCité delivers its activity through four named programmes. The Appel à Projets Solidaires is a competitive funding mechanism that awards financial aid to local projects in the four verticals. Programme DONS redistributes new clothing and equipment donated by corporate partners to associations across the Hauts-De-France region. Programme SOUTIEN mobilises employee volunteers and patronage from partner companies. Programme AIDE channels direct financial assistance to residents of the associated municipalities through CCAS offices. There is no proprietary technology platform, mobile app, or API; operations rely on the website (solidarcite.org), email, and CCAS-mediated outreach.

The revenue model is donation-driven rather than commercial: in-kind contributions of new goods from corporate partners, volunteer time, and likely modest municipal/CCAS support and grant funding. No pricing, no pay-for-service, and no disclosed financial figures are available; the organisation is volunteer-staffed with no paid headcount mentioned. Customer/beneficiary segments are residents of the four municipalities (as aid recipients) and local associations (as redistribution partners), segmented horizontally by use case rather than by economic value. The go-to-market motion is community-led, leveraging municipal networks and partner-company channels.

Name

SolidarCité

Legal name

Association SolidarCité

Website

https://solidarcite.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Association SolidarCité is a Wattrelos-based French non-profit that redistributes corporate donations and runs solidarity project calls to fund professional integration, digital inclusion, educational success, and entrepreneurship across four Hauts-De-France municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Business Associations (81391)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Federated Giving Organizations (e.g., United Way-type) (BPAGAKAG)

Keywords

• Community solidarity programs
• Donation redistribution services
• Professional integration support
• Social welfare programs
• Non-profit association services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Donations redistribution: Receives donations of new clothing and equipment from partner companies and redistributes them to local associations in the Hauts-De-France region. No direct revenue generation; the organization operates through in-kind donations and likely government/municipal support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SolidarCité is a French non-profit association that redistributes in-kind donations (new clothing and equipment) from 10 corporate partner companies to local associations in the Hauts-De-France region, and channels financial aid to residents of four associated municipalities (Roubaix, Tourcoing, Marquette-Lez-Lille, and Wattrelos) through a competitive Appel à Projets Solidaires focused on professional insertion, digital inclusion, educational success, and entrepreneurship.

Product overview

SolidarCité is a non-profit association offering a portfolio of solidarity programs rather than a unified technology product. The core offerings consist of four interconnected programs: the Appel à Projets Solidaires (a competitive project funding mechanism), the Programme DONS (a donation redistribution service), the Programme SOUTIEN (volunteer and patronage support), and the Programme AIDE (direct financial assistance). These programs work together to support professional insertion, digital inclusion, educational success, and entrepreneurship in associated municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Appel à Projets Solidaires (Solidarity Project Call)

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• La RedoutecoreOthersMajor retail partner contributing donations of clothing and equipment. Employees participate as volunteers. Representatives serve on the SolidarCité Committee including the Directeur Général (Philippe BERLAN), Responsable comptable (Abdelkrim BOUHASSOUN), and Directeur logistique (Patrice FITZNER).
• VertbaudetcoreOthersRetail partner contributing to donation redistribution. The Président Directeur Général (Mathieu HAMELLE) and Directeur International (Aurélien DE BETTIGNIES) serve on the committee.
• BlancheportesecondaryOthersRetail company partner. The Directrice Ressources Humaines (Caroline LEMAIRE) participates on the committee.
• MovitexsecondaryOthersCompany partner represented by volunteer Carole DEPRICK (Élective Retraitée).
• IESEGsecondaryTechnology or IntegrationBusiness school partner providing expertise and volunteers. The Responsable services généraux (Philippe BUISINE) serves on the committee.
• PP Yarns & CosecondaryOthersYarn/textile company partner represented by the Directeur associé (Pierre-Jean CAYUELA) on the committee.
• Boost CommunicationsecondaryOthersCommunication agency partner. The Fondateur (François Xavier DELIGNIES) serves on the committee and likely provides marketing/communication support.
• CCAS de RoubaixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Communal d'Action Sociale of Roubaix - municipal social action center. The Directrice Générale (Séverine SOETAERT) serves on the committee. CCAS offices serve as channels for distributing aid to residents.
• CCAS de TourcoingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Communal d'Action Sociale of Tourcoing - municipal social action center. The Vice président (Christophe DESBONNET) and Directrice de l'Action Sociale (Christelle FRANÇOIS) serve on the committee.
• CCAS de WattreloscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Communal d'Action Sociale of Wattrelos - municipal social action center. The Référent pôle solidarité (Sebastien REDELSPERGER) serves on the committee.
• Ville de RoubaixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality of Roubaix - one of the four associated municipalities. Élue Camille DE RUIELLE represents the city and serves as Administratrice au CCAS.
• Ville de TourcoingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality of Tourcoing - one of the four associated municipalities served by the association's solidarity programs.
• Ville de WattreloscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality of Wattrelos - hosting the association's headquarters. Élue Annie CHANTRIE represents the city.
• Ville de Marquette-Lez-LillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipality of Marquette-Lez-Lille - one of the four associated municipalities. Élue Carole DEPRICK represents the city.
• Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerLille European Metropolis. Alain BERNARD, Maire de Bouvines and Vice-president of MEL, serves on the committee, indicating metropolitan-level governance support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fondation de France: France's largest umbrella grantmaking foundation, aggregating corporate, individual, and municipal donors to fund local associations across hundreds of causes. Comparable as a federated grantmaking intermediary, though operating at a national scale far beyond SolidarCité's regional scope.
• Croix-Rouge française: French Red Cross, a leading humanitarian organization providing emergency aid, social support, and integration programs across France. Comparable on the combination of in-kind donation mobilization, volunteer-driven operations, and CCAS-equivalent local partnerships.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French foundation addressing housing exclusion and poverty through advocacy, program funding, and field operations. Comparable mission overlap on social inclusion and partnership-driven grantmaking, but at far greater national scale and organizational capacity.
• Secours Populaire Français: Large French nonprofit providing material aid (clothing, food) and program funding to vulnerable populations, with a federated departmental structure. Compares to SolidarCité on the donation-redistribution model and reliance on volunteer networks, though at national scale.

Others

• France Bénévolat: National association that connects corporate volunteers with nonprofit needs across France. Comparable ecosystem role on the volunteer/patronage side of SolidarCité's model, and a potential scaling channel if SolidarCité were to expand its corporate volunteering program nationally.

Direct peers

• Fondation de Lille: Community foundation operating in the Hauts-de-France / Lille metropolitan area, mobilizing corporate, municipal, and civic partners to fund local solidarity projects. Directly comparable to SolidarCité by geography, multi-stakeholder governance, and grantmaking focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/solidarcite59

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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