Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-kopenick

What Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-kopenick does

Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-Köpenick is a nonprofit volunteer coordination center established on March 8, 2008, and operated as a project under Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin. The organization serves the borough of Treptow-Köpenick in southeastern Berlin, providing free advisory and matchmaking services that connect individuals seeking voluntary engagement with local nonprofits, associations, and clubs that need volunteer support. Its service portfolio comprises one-on-one consultations for prospective volunteers, recruitment and volunteer-management guidance for organizations, a shared database of engagement opportunities, monthly community gatherings (Engagement-Kaffee), periodic Freiwilligentage events, and recognition programs (Sterne des Monats and Sterne des Jahres).

The center has no proprietary technology platform; operations run through personal, in-person consultation at its single office at Oberspreestraße 182, supplemented by a WordPress-based website with blog content and standard web utilities (Google Analytics, Google Maps, YouTube, Complianz cookie management, eveeno event registration). Distribution is exclusively direct — walk-in office hours and pre-booked appointments — with no digital product, marketplace listing, or reseller channels.

The organization's revenue model is grant-driven rather than commercial. Primary funding arrives as institutional public-sector grants from Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick (as a Zuwendungsprojekt) and Senatskanzlei Berlin, supplemented by smaller project-specific grants and donations routed through Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin with "STERNENFISCHER" designated as the purpose. All services are provided free of charge to both individuals and organizations. The center's two primary customer segments are (a) individuals seeking meaningful civic engagement and (b) local organizations recruiting and managing volunteers, with the horizontal segmentation balanced between both groups.

Name

Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-kopenick

Legal name

STERNENFISCHER Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-Köpenick

Website

https://sternenfischer.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-Köpenick is a nonprofit volunteer coordination center in Berlin's Treptow-Köpenick borough, founded in 2008, that matches individuals seeking civic engagement with local organizations needing volunteer support, operating through free in-person consultation and public grant funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Volunteer Coordination Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAIAGAD

Education & Teaching Volunteer Programs

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/International Service Learning, Volunteering & Gap Year Programs

SECONDARYBPAGAKAG

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

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Philanthropy, Foundations & Grantmaking

Keywords

• Volunteer coordination services
• Civic engagement consulting
• Nonprofit community services
• Volunteer matching programs
• Borough volunteer center

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants (Bezirksamt Treptow-Köpenick): As a Zuwendungsprojekt (grant-funded project), Sternenfischer's primary funding comes from the district office of Treptow-Köpenick and the Berlin Senate Chancellery. This is institutional, recurrent public funding.
2. Donations: The organization solicits donations via the Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin, specifying 'STERNENFISCHER' as the designated purpose.
3. Project Grants: Sternenfischer applies for project-specific funding (Projektmittel) for smaller initiatives, supplementing the core government grant.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-Köpenick is a free, borough-mandated volunteer coordination center that provides in-person advisory services to individuals seeking meaningful civic engagement and to local organizations seeking volunteer support. The center matches prospective volunteers with engagement opportunities, advises organizations on volunteer recruitment and management, and hosts community events such as the monthly Engagement-Kaffee and periodic Freiwilligentage. All services are free of charge and funded through public grants and donations.

Product overview

Sternenfischer Freiwilligenzentrum Treptow-Köpenick operates as a volunteer coordination center offering a unified set of advisory and programmatic services. The core offering consists of consultation services for both individuals seeking volunteer opportunities and organizations seeking to recruit volunteers. These are supplemented by recurring event programs including the monthly Engagement-Kaffee meetings and periodic Freiwilligentage (Volunteer Days). The center also runs recognition programs (Sterne des Monats and Sterne des Jahres) to celebrate outstanding volunteers. Supporting resources include a database for organizations to post engagement offers, and the eveeno event registration software is used internally for event management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beratung för Interessierte (Consultation for Interested Individuals) Free advisory and matchmaking service for individuals living in or near Treptow-Köpenick who want to find a meaningful volunteer engagement. Delivered via walk-in office hours and pre-booked appointments, with personalized guidance on the most suitable engagement opportunities.
• Engagement-Beratung för Organisationen (Engagement Consulting for Organizations) Free consultation service for local nonprofits, associations, clubs, and other organizations in Treptow-Köpenick on recruiting and managing volunteers, including guidance on structuring volunteer roles and posting engagement opportunities.
• Engagement-Kaffee (Monthly Community Meeting) Recurring monthly open meeting program (held on the last Tuesday of each month, 14:00–16:00) offering informal coffee, conversation, and discovery of volunteer engagement opportunities. Free to attend; no registration required.
• Freiwilligentage (Volunteer Days) Periodic special volunteer event days for the Treptow-Köpenick community, coordinated by Sternenfischer to enable community-based engagement activities.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Stiftung Unionhilfswerk BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSternenfischer is a project of Stiftung Unionhilfswerk Berlin. The foundation acts as the organizational sponsor and institutional host, providing administrative infrastructure and facilitating donation collection (donations are made via the foundation with 'STERNENFISCHER' as the designated purpose).

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• Freiwilligenagentur Berlin-Mitte: Borough-level volunteer coordination center for Berlin-Mitte, operating the same Freiwilligenagentur model as Sternenfischer but in a different district. Directly comparable in service design, funding structure (district grants), and target audiences.
• Freiwilligenagentur Steglitz-Zehlendorf: Berlin borough-level volunteer agency serving Steglitz-Zehlendorf. Same Freiwilligenagentur concept, same funding model (district Zuwendungsprojekt), same volunteer-brokerage services — a structural peer in a neighboring district.

Broad incumbents

• United Way Worldwide: Global federated-giving and volunteer-engagement network. Conceptually analogous to the role a Freiwilligenzentrum plays locally — pooling community resources and routing them to civic causes — but at much larger scale.
• Aktion Mensch: Germany's largest social lottery and grantmaking organization, funding inclusion and civic engagement projects including volunteer infrastructure. Comparable as a higher-scale, national-level intermediary in the same civic-engagement funding ecosystem.
• Caritas Deutschland: Large German welfare organization that both recruits and deploys volunteers across social services. Comparable as a competitor/adjacent player for volunteer supply in Treptow-Köpenick and as a benchmark for scaled volunteer-management infrastructure.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Protestant welfare federation running extensive volunteer programs in social services and care. Comparable as a peer volunteer-deploying organization that competes for the same volunteer pool and offers similar engagement pathways in Berlin.
• Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement (BBE): National network umbrella for civic engagement in Germany, of which Berlin's Freiwilligenzentren are members. Comparable as the macro-level coordinating body for the same volunteer infrastructure that Sternenfischer operates at the borough level.
• Points of Light Foundation: US-based volunteer infrastructure organization with a global network of volunteer centers (HandsOn Network). Comparable as a broader-incumbent model showing how a federation of volunteer centers can scale beyond a single borough.

Emerging players

• VolunteerMatch: US digital volunteer-matching platform. Comparable in core function (matching volunteers to opportunities) but represents the digital-native approach that Sternenfischer currently lacks, making it an instructive peer for technology-enabled scale.

Regional players

• Treffpunkt Ehrenamt (Berlin): Berlin Senate-affiliated platform connecting volunteers with engagement opportunities across the entire city. Comparable as a citywide peer operating in the same market but with broader (Berlin-wide) scope versus Sternenfischer's single-district mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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