Fundacja Widzialni

What Fundacja Widzialni does

Fundacja Widzialni is a Polish nonprofit foundation headquartered in Częstochowa, founded in 2009, operating with a 1-10 person specialist team focused exclusively on digital accessibility under the WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA framework. The foundation serves three primary customer groups: Polish public administration bodies required to comply with the 2019 Polish Accessibility Act and EU directives; private sector companies (banking, telecom, aviation, e-commerce) preparing for the European Accessibility Act; and NGOs/individuals via free tools and training. Core services comprise professional accessibility audits of websites and mobile applications (validated with users with disabilities), WCAG training delivered in-person and online-live, accessible PDF and multimedia document creation, and accessible event services.

The foundation's technology platform centers on the Polska Akademia Dostępności (PAD), an open-access ecosystem built around PAD CMS and 90 WordPress skins compliant with WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA, plus an e-learning catalog on accessible multimedia and web content. The accessibility assessment methodology was co-developed with the University of Silesia and is the basis of the annual Raport Dostępności, the only longitudinal benchmark of public administration website accessibility in Poland since 2013. Sub-brands include Dostępni.eu (consulting) and Widzialni CMS (template system).

The foundation operates a hybrid nonprofit revenue model. Paid professional services (audits, training, accessible document production, accessible event services) are sold quote-based to public and private clients. Free distribution of templates, e-learning, and reports functions as community building and standards adoption leverage. Operating capacity is supplemented by government and EU project grants from the Ministry of Digitization, Ministry of Administration, and the Polska Cyfrowa program. Strategic positioning is anchored by certifying-institution status for market qualifications in accessibility implementation and direct influence on the Ministry of Digitization's Rada Dostępności, including authorship of the 86% accessibility compliance threshold recommendation adopted in 2025 for EAA implementation guidance.

Name

Fundacja Widzialni

Legal name

Fundacja Widzialni

Website

https://widzialni.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fundacja Widzialni is a Częstochowa-based Polish nonprofit that provides WCAG accessibility audits, training, and free compliant templates to public administration, private companies, and NGOs across Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Accessibility Consulting and Auditing

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDALAGAG

Digital Accessibility & Web/App Compliance (WCAG)

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Disability Services & Accessibility

SECONDARYEDAFAHAL

Accessibility & Inclusive Design Tooling for Authoring (WCAG/508)

Education/Education Technology (EdTech) & Digital Learning/Content Authoring, Instructional Design & eLearning Development Tools

SECONDARYEDAGAKAJ

Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) & Inclusive Content Services

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Design & Content Development Services

Keywords

• Digital accessibility services
• WCAG compliance audits
• Accessibility training programs
• Accessible document services
• Web accessibility consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Czestochowa

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Accessibility Audits: Professional accessibility audits of websites and mobile applications, conducted by certified accessibility experts and tested with users with disabilities.
2. WCAG Training Services: In-person and online (live) training programs for developers, editors, administrators, and organizations on WCAG standards and digital accessibility implementation.
3. Accessible Document Services: Services producing accessible PDF documents and multimedia content for organizations required to meet accessibility standards.
4. Event Organization: Conference and event organization including the annual Włączenie Cyfrowe conference and the Strona Internetowa bez Barier competition.
5. EU/Government Project Funding: Projects funded by public sources including Ministry of Administration and Digitization, Ministry of Digitization, and European funds (e.g., Polska Cyfrowa program), for accessibility training, PAD platform development, and social activation programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fundacja Widzialni provides professional digital accessibility audits of websites and mobile applications against WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA standards, delivers in-person and online WCAG training programs for developers, editors, and administrators, and produces accessible PDF documents and accessible event services (sign language interpretation, live captions). The foundation also runs the Polska Akademia Dostępności (PAD) platform with free WCAG-compliant website templates, WordPress skins, and e-learning courses, and operates annual initiatives including the Raport Dostępności monitoring report, the Strona Internetowa bez Barier competition, and the Włączenie Cyfrowe conference.

Product overview

Fundacja Widzialni is a Polish foundation focused on digital accessibility, offering a portfolio of products and services built around WCAG compliance. The core offerings include professional accessibility audits, WCAG training programs, and accessible document services. The foundation provides the Widzialni CMS / Polska Akademia Dostępności (PAD) platform featuring free WCAG-compliant website templates and WordPress skins. Key initiatives include the annual 'Strona Internetowa bez Barier' competition, the Widzialni Watchdog monitoring project, and the annual Raport Dostępności (Accessibility Report). The foundation also offers market qualifications and certifications for accessibility implementation professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Polska Akademia Dostępności (PAD): A project providing free WCAG-compliant website templates, WordPress skins, and e-learning courses on digital accessibility.
• Dostępni.eu
• Widzialni CMS

Products and services

• Audyty dostępności (Accessibility Audits) Professional audits of websites and mobile applications evaluating compliance with WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA standards and identifying accessibility barriers, validated through testing with users with disabilities. Targeted at public administration and private organizations required to meet accessibility law.
• Szkolenia z WCAG (WCAG Training) Training programs on WCAG accessibility standards for developers, content editors, administrators, and organizational staff. Delivered in-person and online-live formats for organizations implementing digital accessibility.
• Dostępne dokumenty PDF (Accessible PDF Documents) Service for producing accessible PDF documents compliant with WCAG and Polish accessibility standards for organizations required to make digital documents available to users with disabilities.
• Dostępne wydarzenia (Accessible Events) Accessible event services providing sign language interpretation, live captions, and other multimedia accessibility solutions for conferences, seminars, and public events.
• Widzialni CMS - Szablony WCAG 2.1 Accessible website templates based on WCAG 2.1 standards, designed for public administration and organizations requiring digital accessibility compliance. Offered as a standalone downloadable template product.
• Polska Akademia Dostępności (PAD) Comprehensive free platform offering WCAG-compliant website templates, WordPress skins, e-learning courses, and educational resources for digital accessibility implementation. Targets NGOs, public administration, and individuals.
• Kwalifikacja Wdrażanie dostępności w organizacji Market qualification certification for implementing accessibility in organizations, with formal examination administered by Fundacja Widzialni as a certified market-qualifying institution. Awards the digital accessibility coordinator credential.
• Kurs e-learningowy Tworzenie dostępnych multimediów (E-Learning: Accessible Multimedia) E-learning course on creating accessible multimedia materials for people with special needs, delivered as part of the PAD platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,316+ free accessible website template downloads
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digitization)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Government ministry providing funding for accessibility projects (Polska Akademia Dostępności), hosting Group on Internet Resources Accessibility meetings, and collaborating on digital accessibility policy development and monitoring.
• Orange PolskacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor telecommunications partner supporting conferences (Włączenie Cyfrowe) and digital accessibility initiatives. Orange Polska has implemented telecom accessibility regulations under the foundation's guidance.
• Uniwersytet Śląski (University of Silesia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner jointly developing the website accessibility assessment methodology used in annual Raport Dostępności studies and the Strona Internetowa bez Barier competition.
• Szerokie Porozumienie na Rzecz Umiejętności Cyfrowych (SPRUC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation co-founded and co-leads the Group on Internet Resources Accessibility within this national digital skills coalition, bringing together government, industry, and civil society stakeholders.
• Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej (UKE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Office of Electronic Communications commissioned Fundacja Widzialni experts to conduct accessibility studies of telecom and postal operator websites and mobile applications.
• J. Walter Thompson Group PolandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson Group Poland, noted in 2017.
• Związek Banków Polskich (Polish Bank Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on developing Good Practices for Serving Persons with Disabilities in Banking, with the foundation contributing accessibility expertise.
• Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne (PTI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the e-health accessibility section 'e-zdrowie, życie bez barier' within the Group on Internet Resources Accessibility.
• IAB PolskaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFundacja Widzialni served as a media patron for the IAB MIXX Awards 2022, a prestigious digital marketing competition in Poland.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• AbilityNet: AbilityNet is a UK charity that provides digital-accessibility testing, training, and advice. It is a strong nonprofit and service-model analogue serving a different European geography.
• WebAIM: WebAIM provides web-accessibility evaluation, training, research, and guidance through a nonprofit initiative. Its auditing, education, and authority-building activities closely resemble Fundacja Widzialni's mission in the United States.
• Knowbility: Knowbility is a US nonprofit focused on digital accessibility, including testing, training, and inclusion programs. It is comparable through its service-led accessibility mission and nonprofit structure, although it serves a different geography.
• Accessibility Partners: Accessibility Partners provides digital-accessibility consulting, testing, and training for organizations and digital products. Its audit and advisory offering directly overlaps with Fundacja Widzialni's core services in a different regional market.

Direct peers

• Level Access: Level Access is a global digital-accessibility company combining testing, audits, training, compliance workflows, and software. It closely overlaps with Fundacja Widzialni's WCAG audits, training, and compliance work, although it has a more enterprise software-led model.
• accessiBe: accessiBe provides AI-based web-accessibility automation and compliance tooling. It is directly relevant because it addresses the same WCAG-compliance need, although its overlay-oriented approach differs from Fundacja Widzialni's expert audits, training, and user validation.
• AudioEye: AudioEye offers digital-accessibility testing, monitoring, and remediation through an automation-led platform. It competes for the same organizational accessibility-compliance budgets as Fundacja Widzialni, with greater emphasis on scalable software delivery.
• UsableNet: UsableNet provides digital-product accessibility testing, consulting, and assistive-technology evaluation. Its audit and advisory services serve the same accessibility-compliance use cases as Fundacja Widzialni.
• Deque Systems: Deque Systems provides accessibility testing, auditing, training, and developer tools. Its standards expertise, target organizations, and combination of services and technology are directly comparable to Fundacja Widzialni's accessibility practice.

Broad incumbents

• Siteimprove: Siteimprove is a broader digital-governance platform with web accessibility scanning, reporting, and monitoring. It competes for centralized web-compliance budgets but addresses a wider set of content, SEO, and governance needs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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