Itsenaisyyden Juhlavuoden Lastensaatio Sr

Name

Itsenaisyyden Juhlavuoden Lastensaatio Sr

Legal name

Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö sr

Website

https://itla.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (Itla) is a Finnish non-profit foundation that acts as a backbone organization running collective impact work, evidence-based psychosocial method adaptation, and leadership training for Finnish municipalities, well-being areas, and child- and family-welfare professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Family Welfare Foundation Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

Keywords

• Child welfare reform
• Collective impact methodology
• Family services development
• Leadership training programs
• Psychosocial intervention adaptation

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foundation operations / Public funding: Itla operates as a charitable foundation (säätiö sr) funded through grants, institutional partnerships, and possibly government or EU funding. Revenue is not derived from commercial product sales; all services including training, coaching, and adaptation support are provided free of charge to partner organizations. The foundation publishes annual reports and operates publicly funded programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Itla (Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö sr) is a Finnish non-profit foundation that operates as a backbone organization advancing systemic reform of child, youth, and family welfare services. It delivers collective impact (yhteisövaikuttavuus) methodology support to municipalities, well-being areas, and third-sector organizations; offers leadership training programs (Lapsuuden rakentajat); runs an adaptation clinic for evidence-based psychosocial interventions; maintains a digital observation tool (Näkymä); and produces research, publications, and a podcast.

Product overview

Itsenäisyyden juhlavuoden lastensäätiö (Itla) is a Finnish foundation that serves as a pioneer in promoting comprehensive reform of children's, youth and family welfare services. The organization offers a multi-layered portfolio centered on collective impact work (yhteisövaikuttavuus), evidence-based psychosocial methods, and leadership development. Key products include the digital Näkymä observation tool, the Intervention Portal (Menetelmäpankki), the Lapsuuden rakentajat leadership training and mentoring programs, the YOUNG program, an adaptation clinic for evidence-based methods, research publications, and the Lapsuuden rakentajat podcast. These offerings work together to advance systemic reform of Finnish family services through cross-sector collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Näkymä-työkalu (Näkymä Digital Observation Tool) A digital tool (Android app and web browser version) for professionals such as teachers, early childhood educators, social workers, and librarians to submit anonymous observations about children's wellbeing. The data is aggregated into leadership-actionable intelligence used by municipalities in Oulu, Tampere, and Vesilahti.
• Yhteisövaikuttavuus-työ (Collective Impact Work) A research-based approach to developing local service systems for children, youth, and families through cross-sector collaboration between well-being areas, municipalities, third-sector organizations, and parishes. Itla serves as a backbone organization providing facilitation, training, coaching, and research support.
• Menetelmäpankki (Intervention Portal) An online database cataloguing psychosocial interventions and methods for children, youth, and families, including information about the evidence base, applicability, and implementation guidance for Finnish contexts.
• Lapsuuden rakentajat -johtamiskoulutus (Childhood Builders Leadership Training) A long-term leadership training program for cross-sector leaders in child, youth, and family welfare, including practical trial projects where participants develop cross-sector solutions. Provided free of charge to participating leaders from municipalities, well-being areas, and partner organizations.
• Lapsuuden rakentajat -mentorointiohjelma (Childhood Builders Mentoring Program) A mentoring program that pairs experienced alumni of the Lapsuuden rakentajat leadership training with current leaders working in child, youth, and family welfare positions across Finnish regions.
• YOUNG-ohjelma A program focused on children and youth as future wellbeing creators, supporting their participation, future confidence, and inclusion in societal decision-making.
• Adaptointiklinikka (Adaptation Clinic) A structured expert support service offering guidance on planning, executing, and documenting the adaptation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for the Finnish context. Includes mapping meetings, work planning, and follow-up sessions for method maintainers, researchers, and practitioners.
• Kasvun tuki -aikakauslehti (Growth Support Journal) A periodical magazine covering early intervention and psychosocial methods for children, youth, and families, distributed to professionals and decision-makers in Finland.
• Lapsuuden rakentajat -podcast A podcast series featuring expert discussions on children's welfare, collective impact, leadership, and systems change for Finnish welfare professionals and policy audiences.
• Monialainen lapsuuden ja nuoruuden vahvistaminen -koulutus (Master's Program in Multidisciplinary Childhood and Youth Strengthening) A two-year higher professional degree program (YAMK) in multidisciplinary strengthening of childhood and youth, delivered in partnership with Xamk (Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu). Itla acts as trainer partner, combining academic study with work-based development projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 well-being areas, Helsinki, and 135 municipalities actively engaged in collective impact work since autumn 2020
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oulun yliopisto (University of Oulu)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Itla collaborates with the University of Oulu as a core strategic partner. Together they operate a multidisciplinary research HUB where research, practical development, and experiential expertise intersect. The partnership covers research on collective impact, child welfare, mental health risk and protective factors, out-of-home care, and service system reform. Oulu's School of Education provides faculty for Itla's leadership training and co-develops educational programs.
• Brita Maria Renlundin muistosäätiö (Brita Maria Renlund Memorial Foundation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrita Maria Renlundin muistosäätiö is a named co-developmental partner of Itla's collective impact work. The foundation provides funding and programmatic support for the collective impact methodology application in Finnish child and family welfare.
• Kaakkois-Suomen ammattikorkeakoulu (Xamk)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItla is a trainer partner (kouluttajakumppani) for Xamk's Multidisciplinary Childhood and Youth Strengthening Master's program (YAMK). The two-year degree program targets multidisciplinary professionals and combines academic learning with work-based development projects. Joint goal: strengthen child and youth welfare through cross-professional education.
• Kipinä CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKipinä Company collaborated with Itla's Lapsuuden rakentajat program to survey nearly 200 children and young people about hope, producing 'Toivon teesit' (Theses of Hope). The project included a celebratory concert in partnership with Vantaa cultural services and El Sistema Finland.
• Kouluterveys (School Welfare surveys)minorOthersItla's research uses the national School Welfare Survey (Kouluterveyskysely) as a data source for analyzing youth mental health trends, service utilization, and intervention outcomes. This is a government survey program, not a formal partnership agreement.
• Auta Lasta ry (Help the Child association)minorOthersAuta Lasta ry's Järjestövarikko (NGO warehouse) is referenced as a practical partner in implementing child welfare interventions and research findings from Itla's collective impact studies on youth mental health.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Folkhälsan rf: Established Swedish-speaking Finnish foundation focused on health, welfare, and family wellbeing, with research and service programs. Comparable as a larger, more established Finnish welfare foundation with research assets and national reach — broader scope but similar foundation model and Finnish nonprofit structure.
• The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF): Large global philanthropic foundation funding programs on children's wellbeing, education, and systems change. Comparable as a substantially larger incumbent foundation with similar evidence-based systems-change approach to children's welfare, though operating globally rather than within a single national welfare system.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Large US-based philanthropic foundation focused on health systems change, employing similar backbone organization methodology and cross-sector collective impact approaches. Comparable as a larger incumbent using analogous systems-change and research-driven methodology, though applied to broader population health rather than child welfare specifically.

Regional players

• Barnfondet: Swedish child rights NGO working on child welfare, family support, and international child rights advocacy. Comparable as a Nordic regional peer operating in the same child welfare field with similar mission and public-sector partnerships, though based in the Swedish rather than Finnish welfare system.
• Stiftelsen Allmänna Barnhuset: Swedish government-affiliated foundation supporting research and development on child welfare and children's rights in Sweden. Comparable as a Nordic peer foundation operating the same child welfare research/practice mission in a neighboring welfare state with similar institutional context.

Direct peers

• Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto (MLL): Finland's largest child welfare NGO, offering child and family services, advocacy, and parenting support. Directly comparable to Itla in mission focus on Finnish children's wellbeing, though operating a broader service-delivery model rather than the backbone/collective impact methodology.
• Lastensuojelun Keskusliitto: Finnish national child welfare coalition coordinating NGOs and child welfare services. Directly comparable as a co-signatory with Itla on family center policy advocacy (e.g., June 2026 joint statement referenced in news), operating in the same family services reform space.
• Pelastakaa Lapset ry (Save the Children Finland): Finnish branch of the international child rights NGO, working on child welfare, advocacy, and family support programs across Finland. Comparable as a child welfare nonprofit operating in the same Finnish public-sector ecosystem and partner network.

Others

• Sitra: Finnish Innovation Fund — an independent, parliament-connected foundation using backbone and strategic change methodologies to drive systemic reform in Finland. Comparable as a peer foundation employing similar backbone/collective impact-style methods to influence national policy, though focused on innovation and sustainability rather than child welfare.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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