EDE Fundazioa - Fundación EDE

What EDE Fundazioa - Fundación EDE does

EDE Fundazioa - Fundación EDE is a non-profit social foundation registered in the Basque Country, Spain (foundation registry F364; CIF G95748356), founded in 1976 and headquartered in Bilbao at Manuel Allende 10, with additional offices in Donostia-San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Madrid (via the related Fundación Luz Casanova). It operates four integrated program lines: EDE Conocimiento (research, consulting, organizational development including TEAL methodology, training, and visual thinking), EDE Intervención Social (social intervention spanning migrant reception, gender-based violence, child and adolescent programs, elderly services, families, and digital culture), EDE Empleo Inclusivo (employment training, job guidance, and labor insertion through subsidiaries Suspertu SL and Emaktiva), and EDE Internacional (Europe Direct Bizkaia, SIPE, and New European Bauhaus initiatives).

The foundation delivers services directly through its physical facilities and through commissioned partnerships with public institutions. Its core 'technology' consists of social intervention methodologies, community development frameworks, and organizational consulting approaches (including TEAL culture methods) rather than software or digital platforms. End beneficiaries include migrants and refugees, women in vulnerable situations, children and adolescents, elderly and isolated persons, unemployed job seekers, and public/private organizations seeking social development consulting. Operational scale includes managing four reception resources currently serving 160 migrants and refugees, 474 cumulative beneficiaries through Olakueta Etxea since 2018, proximity offices in 28 vulnerable neighborhoods through Opengela, and 200+ volunteers in BizkaiaGara civic-activation programs.

EDE generates no commercial revenue; it is funded almost entirely through public grants and institutional contracts from the Basque Government, Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, Spanish Ministry of Inclusion/Social Security/Migration, Lanbide, municipalities, and European programs. Pricing is non-existent in a commercial sense, with transparent reporting through its 'Cuentas claras' transparency section. The foundation has wholly-owned commercial subsidiaries (Suspertu SL for labor insertion in maintenance/shelter/restoration; Emaktiva for inclusive employment pathways) but operates as a regulated social entity governed by a Junta de Patronato, not a commercial enterprise.

Name

EDE Fundazioa - Fundación EDE

Legal name

Fundación EDE-EDE Fundazioa

Website

https://edefundazioa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EDE Fundazioa is a Bilbao-based non-profit social foundation, founded 1976, delivering migrant reception, gender-violence, child-protection, elderly, and inclusive-employment programs across the Basque Country through public grants, four offices, and two social-enterprise subsidiaries (Suspertu SL, Emaktiva).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Educational Support Services (6117), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

NGO/Nonprofit Education Programs & Service Delivery (EDADALAC), Emergency Education / Education in Emergencies (EiE) (BPADADAN), Education, Skills & Workforce Development Aid Programs (BPADABAE)

Keywords

• Social intervention services
• Inclusive employment programs
• Refugee reception services
• Organizational consulting training
• Community development programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilbao

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and institutional grants: As a registered foundation in the Basque Country (inscrita en el Registro de Fundaciones del País Vasco con el número F364), EDE Fundazioa operates primarily through public funding from government institutions including the Basque Government, Provincial Councils, and European programs. The foundation also receives funding through social programs administered by entities such as Lanbide (employment service) and international programs like Europe Direct.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EDE Fundazioa is a nonprofit social foundation that delivers social intervention services, organizational consulting and training, and inclusive employment programs across the Basque Country in Spain. It operates four main service lines — EDE Conocimiento (research, consulting, training), EDE Intervención Social (reception, diversity, gender-based violence, childhood, elderly), EDE Empleo Inclusivo (employment guidance, social enterprises), and EDE Internacional (EU programs) — delivered through its own facilities and through contracts with public institutions.

Product overview

EDE Fundazioa - Fundación EDE is a social organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of interconnected programs and services organized into four main areas: EDE Conocimiento (research, consulting, training, and visual thinking), EDE Intervención Social (social intervention including reception, diversity, childhood, elderly, and violence prevention), EDE Empleo Inclusivo (inclusive employment through training, guidance, and social enterprises like Suspertu SL and Emaktiva), and EDE Internacional (European programs including Europe Direct Bizkaia and SIPE). Supporting these core divisions are specialized commissions (IZADI for environmental sustainability, Orekatuz for gender equality, Kerala for women's leadership) and cross-cutting programs including BizkaiaGara (civic activation), Tratu On (child protection), HEZKUNTZA 360 (education), and Opengela (energy rehabilitation). The organization also operates direct social services including Olakueta Etxea reception center, Urrats violence victim assistance, and leisure school training. Located across three main offices in Bilbao, Donostia, and Vitoria-Gasteiz, plus Fundación Luz Casanova in Madrid.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EDE Conocimiento Knowledge division offering research, organizational consulting and advisory services, community development, training programs including leadership and leisure school, and visual thinking services for public and private organizations.
• EDE Intervención Social Social intervention division covering diversity and coexistence, migrant reception and social inclusion, digital culture, childhood and youth programs, elderly care, families, and combating gender-based violence, delivered to vulnerable populations.
• EDE Empleo Inclusivo Inclusive employment division providing employment training, career guidance, business collaboration, and running the Emaktiva program and Suspertu SL labor insertion company for job seekers and people facing labor market barriers.
• EDE Internacional

Quantifiable outcome

• 474 people served through Olakueta Etxea reception center since 2018
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• 3D Social MovementmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Close collaboration with 3D Social Movement to help Bilbao City Council shape its municipal strategy against unwanted loneliness and social isolation.
• Lantegi BatuakmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration with Lantegi Batuak for the BBK Bilbao Good Hostel (Bolueta) project, accompanying 65 people seeking international protection.
• CEAR (Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2021CEAR requested the reopening of Residencia Mañarikua in December 2021 for the first reception system of the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration. EDE manages this resource under this partnership.
• Fundación Jaume BofillmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020In September 2020, Jaume Bofill Foundation and EDE Fundazioa signed an institutional agreement for the development of HEZKUNTZA 360 in the Basque Country.
• Europe Direct BizkaiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDE Fundazioa is the hosting structure for Europe Direct Bizkaia, providing European Union information services to citizens in the territory.
• BBK (Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBBK is a key partner in BizkaiaGara project (along with Provincial Council of Bizkaia) and the BBK Bilbao Good Hostel reception resource.
• Diputación Foral de BizkaiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Provincial Council of Bizkaia is a core partner in BizkaiaGara citizen activation project and funder of various social programs.
• Gobierno VascocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBasque Government through its Department of Employment and Social Policies operates and funds resources like Olakueta Etxea Migrant Temporary Reception Center.
• Gobierno de España - Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y MigracionescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Spanish Ministry's first reception system for asylum seekers is implemented through resources managed by EDE Fundazioa.
• Ayuntamiento de BilbaomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical assistance provided for child-friendly cities programs, municipal strategies against loneliness, and child participation processes.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ACCEM: ACCEM is a Spanish NGO operating refugee reception centers, integration programs, and social services nationally. Competes with EDE for Spanish Ministry of Inclusion contracts and operates similar temporary accommodation and integration support services for asylum seekers across multiple Spanish regions.
• Cáritas Española: Caritas Spain delivers social services, refugee assistance, employment programs, and community development across Spanish dioceses. Highly comparable to EDE's Intervención Social and Empleo Inclusivo divisions, with similar funding model (public grants, donations) and beneficiary segments including migrants, families, and people in poverty.
• Fundación Secretariado Gitano: Fundación Secretariado Gitano is a Spanish social inclusion foundation providing employment training, education programs, and community-based social intervention. Comparable to EDE's inclusive employment and social intervention work, with similar program structure and beneficiary focus on vulnerable populations.
• Hogar Sí (formerly Fundación RAIS): Hogar Sí is a Spanish foundation addressing homelessness, social exclusion, and housing access through direct service delivery and policy advocacy. Operates housing-first programs comparable to EDE's reception resources and shares the integrated social-intervention-plus-employment model.
• Provivienda: Provivienda is a Spanish nonprofit foundation providing affordable housing solutions and social services for vulnerable populations. Comparable to EDE in its integrated housing-plus-social-support approach and its funding mix of public grants and institutional partnerships.
• Save the Children España: Save the Children Spain delivers child protection, education, and youth programs nationally, overlapping directly with EDE's Infancia, adolescencia y juventud programs and Tratu On initiative. Comparable funding model combining public contracts with private donations, and similar child participation methodologies.
• Fundación Cepaim: Fundación Cepaim is a Spanish nonprofit focused on migration, social inclusion, and intercultural coexistence. Operates similar reception resources, integration programs, and community-based interventions, and competes with EDE for the same regional and EU funding streams.
• Cruz Roja Española: Spanish Red Cross is Spain's largest humanitarian organization, providing social intervention, refugee reception, employment support, and community programs across all regions. Directly comparable to EDE as a multi-service social foundation competing for the same government contracts and serving overlapping beneficiary populations including migrants, vulnerable women, and youth.
• CEAR - Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado: CEAR is EDE's actual partner in operating Residencia Maňarikua, but also a direct competitor for refugee reception and integration contracts. Specializes in asylum seekers, international protection, and social inclusion for migrants - the same core program area as EDE's four reception centers.
• Fundación Luz Casanova: Fundación Luz Casanova operates as a related foundation under the EDE umbrella with a Madrid office, providing social intervention services to vulnerable populations. Listed as a 'sub-brand' within EDE's structure and operates programs comparable to EDE's social intervention divisions.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/edefundazioa

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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