Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung

What Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung does

Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung, founded in 1886 and headquartered in Zürich, is a Swiss nonprofit foundation operating an integrated portfolio of epileptology, social-care, and educational services. Its medical arm, the Swiss Epilepsy Center, functions as a tertiary referral hospital with an EEG department performing roughly 4,500 examinations per year, an IVHSM-accredited epilepsy surgery program, and adult outpatient clinics. The foundation also runs residential homes for adults with disabilities, special schools, and vocational workshops (EPI MöbelWerk, WaldWerk), forming a campus-based care and education ecosystem that spans medical, social, and pastoral services.

The technical stack combines clinical electroencephalography, AI-assisted MRI image analysis for epilepsy diagnostics, and digital biomarker research, supported by academic collaborations with the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, and University Hospital Leipzig. The organization maintains the joint venture Klinik Lengg AG with Stiftung Kliniken Valens for neurology and neurorehabilitation services.

Revenue is generated through statutory Swiss reimbursement channels — health insurance under KVG and accident insurance UVG for medical services, federal disability insurance (IV) and cantonal funds for residential and workshop services — supplemented by donations, legacies, and ancillary income from a foundation-run restaurant, craft shop, and events. The foundation employs approximately 1,000 staff and does not publish consolidated revenue given its nonprofit status.

Name

Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung

Legal name

Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung

Website

https://swissepi.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1886

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung is a Zürich-based Swiss nonprofit foundation that runs the Swiss Epilepsy Center, residential homes for adults with disabilities, special schools, and vocational workshops, serving epilepsy patients and people with disabilities across German-speaking Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Neurological Healthcare and Social Services

NAICS

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities (6232), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399), Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (6222)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders (HLAKAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Neurorehabilitation Centers (HLAFAFAH), Specialized Student Support (Foster/Homeless/Migrant/McKinney-Vento) (EDAJAIAJ), Student Health Services (School Nursing, Health Office) (EDAJAIAE)

Keywords

• Epilepsy treatment services
• Neurological rehabilitation
• Special needs education
• Residential disability care
• Vocational training services

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Services Revenue: Revenue from medical treatment services at the EPI Klinik (Klinik Lengg AG), including inpatient and outpatient epileptology services, neurological rehabilitation, and diagnostic procedures. Billed through health insurance (KVG) and accident insurance (UVG, MVG).
2. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, corporations, and organizations supporting specific projects such as therapeutic riding, social counseling, and WaldWerk programs. Donations are tax-deductible in all Swiss cantons.
3. Social Services and Residential Care: Revenue from residential care (WohnWerk), day programs, workshops, and supported employment services for adults with cognitive and psychiatric disabilities. Funded through disability insurance (IV), cantonal contributions, and private payments.
4. Educational Services: Revenue from specialized education services including the Oberstufenschule Lengg (secondary school for students with special needs), hospital school, and vocational training programs.
5. Inheritance and Legacies: Bequests and legacies from donors who include the foundation in their wills, providing long-term financial support for foundation activities.
6. Event and Hospitality Services: Revenue from the EPI Park restaurant, seminar center, and events venue open to the public.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung operates an integrated campus in Zürich that delivers medical diagnostics and treatment for epilepsy and other neurological conditions at Klinik Lengg, alongside residential, educational, vocational, and social-counseling services for people with epilepsy and neurological impairments. The foundation coordinates a multi-divisional offering spanning hospital care (EPI Klinik), sheltered housing and workshops (EPI WohnWerk), a secondary school for students with special needs (Oberstufenschule Lengg), a youth residential home (Schenkung Dapples), a hospital school (EPI Spitalschule), social counseling (Sozialberatung), animal-assisted therapy, and an epileptology research center.

Product overview

The Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung operates as a multi-divisional healthcare, social services, and education organization. The core offerings include EPI Klinik (Klinik Lengg), Switzerland's largest epilepsy and neurological rehabilitation center; EPI WohnWerk, providing residential homes and vocational workshops for ~200 adults with disabilities; Oberstufenschule Lengg, a special secondary school; Schenkung Dapples, a youth home for vocational training; EPI Park with public restaurant and seminar facilities; EPI Spitalschule for hospitalized children; and free Sozialberatung social counseling. Supporting offerings include Heilpädagogisches Reiten (therapeutic riding), Handmacherei craft shop, an on-site pharmacy, EPI Kirche with pastoral care, and an EPI Jobs Portal for recruitment. The organization also operates a research center for epileptology. The EPI serves approximately 1,000 employees and is jointly partnered with the Zürcher RehaZentren as shareholder of Klinik Lengg AG.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EPI WohnWerk: Residential homes and workplaces for adults with cognitive and psychiatric impairments
• EPI Park
• EPI Klinik
• EPI Spitalschule
• EPI Wäscherei
• EPI WaldWerk
• EPI MöbelWerk
• EPI Handmacherei
• EPI Kirche
• Oberstufenschule Lengg (OSSL)
• Schenkung Dapples

Products and services

• EPI Klinik (Klinik Lengg)
• Prächirurgische Diagnostik (Presurgical Diagnostics)
• Neuropsychologische Diagnostik
• Neurorehabilitation
• Forschungszentrum für Epileptologie
• EPI WohnWerk
• Oberstufenschule Lengg
• Schenkung Dapples
• EPI Spitalschule
• Sozialberatung (Social Counseling)
• Heilpädagogisches Reiten (Therapeutic Riding)
• EPI Park Seminar & Restaurant
• Handmacherei
• Tier-Patenschaft (Animal Sponsorship)

Quantifiable outcome

• The majority of patients are completely seizure-free after epilepsy surgery
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stiftung Kliniken ValenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-owner of Klinik Lengg AG alongside the Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung. The partnership enables integration of epileptology services with neurological rehabilitation through the Valens clinic network.
• Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the USZ Department of Neurosurgery for epilepsy surgery procedures. Surgical interventions for presurgical patients are performed at USZ following diagnostics at Klinik Lengg.
• Universität Zürich (UZH) and ETH ZürichcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partnership with the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. EPI researchers are accredited at the Center for Neuroscience (ZNZ). Collaboration includes neuroimaging research, AI-based diagnostics, and clinical studies.
• ETH Zürich - DRS Research LabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Prof. Markus Gross's research lab for photosensitive epilepsy research, studying how light stimuli trigger seizures in collaboration with PhD candidate Lili Timar.
• Pro InfirmisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for inclusive theater courses. Pro Infirmis organizes theater courses that enable EPI WohnWerk residents to participate in performances, promoting social inclusion and cultural participation.
• UK-Netzwerk ZürichminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsored and installed the first inclusive playground communication board at EPI, featuring 66 METACOM symbols for supported communication, promoting inclusion for people with speech impairments.
• Klinik Lengg AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe EPI Klinik operates as part of Klinik Lengg AG, a joint venture between Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung and Stiftung Kliniken Valens. Offers the full spectrum of epileptology and neurological rehabilitation services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Klinik Lengg AG: The joint venture between Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung and Stiftung Kliniken Valens that operates the EPI Klinik and neurorehabilitation services — a direct operating peer sharing governance, staff, and patient pathways with EPI.
• Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ): Switzerland's largest university hospital with a neurology and neurosurgery department; performs the actual epilepsy surgeries on EPI's pre-surgical patients and represents the closest clinical peer for tertiary neurology in Zürich.
• Universitätsklinikum Epilepsiezentrum — Universitätsklinikum Freiburg: One of Germany's largest dedicated epilepsy centers with pre-surgical diagnostics, video-EEG monitoring, and research programs — the closest international peer to EPI's epileptology and presurgical service portfolio.
• Stiftung Kliniken Valens: Co-owner of Klinik Lengg AG and a leading Swiss rehabilitation group; directly comparable on the neurorehabilitation side of EPI's service portfolio and shares the non-profit foundation governance model.
• RehaClinic Group: Swiss network of rehabilitation clinics offering neurological and musculoskeletal recovery programs — comparable to EPI's neurorehabilitation offering and a regional competitor for post-acute patient flow.

Broad incumbents

• CHUV — Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois: Swiss university hospital with a neurology service and epilepsy program; comparable as a competing Swiss tertiary epileptology center with broader academic hospital capabilities.
• Schulthess Klinik: Swiss specialty clinic (musculoskeletal) operating as a foundation/non-profit with an integrated care model; comparable in governance and specialty-care positioning, though in a different clinical specialty.
• Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern: Swiss university hospital providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, and epileptology services; broader portfolio than EPI but the most relevant national peer for tertiary epilepsy and neurosurgery outside Zürich.

Regional players

• Bethesda Spital Basel: Swiss private/non-profit hospital with a neurology offering serving the Basel region; comparable as a Swiss specialty care provider but operating in a different geography than EPI's Zürich campus.

Others

• Schweizerische Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft: Swiss non-profit foundation supporting people with a chronic neurological disease through counseling, residential services, and advocacy; comparable as a fellow Swiss disease-specific foundation with a similar multi-service, donation-funded operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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