Casa Hogar

Name

Casa Hogar

Legal name

New Casa Hogar vzw

Website

https://casahogar.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Children's Residential Care & Education Support

NAICS

Other Residential Care Facilities (6239), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO)

Keywords

• Child welfare services
• Residential orphan care
• Education support programs
• Nonprofit child sponsorship
• Corporate charity partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Brugge

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Personal Donations: Individual donors contribute personal gifts to support orphaned and street children in Mexico. Donors receive fiscal attestations for tax purposes.
2. Compañero Corporate Partnerships: Companies enter multi-year commitments (1-3 years) to support Casa Hogar's operations. Three tiers available: Oro (€5,000/year), Plata (€2,500/year), Bronce (€1,500/year). Corporate partners receive visibility benefits, event tickets, and networking opportunities.
3. Charity Events: Annual fundraising events including Charity Dinners and Beach Run generate funds for Casa Hogar and MamaStart. Events offer networking opportunities for corporate partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Casa Hogar operates a residential shelter for orphaned and street children in Toluca, Mexico, providing safe housing, daily transportation to school, homework support, tutoring, vocational training, and continued guidance beyond age 18. The program covers education from primary school through university, medical care via an on-site nurse, practical life-skills training, and a car wash program for children's pocket money. Complementary literacy programs are run through six community centers in disadvantaged neighborhoods around Toluca.

Product overview

Casa Hogar is a charitable non-profit organization (vzw) operating since 1987, founded by the Belgian Red Devils football team during the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The organization provides shelter, education, and support services for orphaned and street children in Toluca, Mexico. Casa Hogar does not offer commercial products or technology services; rather, it operates as a humanitarian organization providing childcare, educational support from primary through university level, psychological services, and practical life skills training. The organization is supported through donations, corporate partnerships (Compañeros program), and fundraising events. New Casa Hogar vzw is headquartered in Bruges, Belgium, while the shelter operates in Toluca, Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential shelter and education support for orphaned and street children Safe housing, daily transportation to school, homework support, tutoring, vocational training, medical care via an on-site nurse, and continued guidance beyond age 18 for orphaned and street children aged 5-21 in Toluca, Mexico.
• Compañero corporate partnership program Multi-year corporate donation program for Belgian companies and entrepreneurs, available in three tiers (Oro €5,000/yr, Plata €2,500/yr, Bronce €1,500/yr), offering visibility, event tickets, and networking opportunities.
• Annual Charity Dinner events Ticketed fundraising dinners combining charitable fundraising with networking opportunities for corporate partners, with editions held at three football venues since 2023.
• Casa Hogar Beach Run Annual community running event in Knokke-Heist that combines fundraising with awareness, with proceeds shared between Casa Hogar and MamaStart.
• Community literacy centers (Toluca neighborhoods) Literacy programs run through six community centers in disadvantaged neighborhoods around Toluca, extending Casa Hogar's educational reach beyond the residential shelter.
• Online personal donation program Voluntary online donations of any amount from private individuals, with optional anonymity and fiscal attestations for Belgian tax purposes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of children successfully transitioned to independent lives
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MamaStartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVzw MamaStart supports young families in vulnerable situations in Belgium. The organizations share proceeds from events like the Beach Run, with funds split between supporting street children in Mexico and vulnerable families locally.
• Royal Antwerp FCminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBelgian football club that hosted a Charity Dinner event on 21 November 2024 to raise funds for Casa Hogar. The partnership combines sports networking with charitable fundraising.
• SV Zulte Waregem (Essevee)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerBelgian football club (Essevee) that organized a Charity Business Dinner on 27 November 2025 in collaboration with the Essevee Business Community to benefit Casa Hogar.
• Stapelhuis Entrepot OostendeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue in Ostend, Belgium that hosted a Charity Dinner on 21 November 2023 to raise funds for Casa Hogar.
• Ruud VormerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional footballer who supported the Casa Hogar Beach Run 2026 event, helping to raise awareness and funds for the organization.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Kwasa Kwasa / Straatbabbels (Belgian street-child network): Smaller Belgian nonprofit providing direct support and shelter to street children, primarily in Belgium rather than Mexico. Comparable in mission and the small-team, volunteer-driven operational model but differentiated by geography.

Broad incumbents

• Plan International Belgium: Larger established international NGO with a Belgian office focused on children's rights, including in Mexico. Competes for the same Belgian corporate-CSR and individual-donor budget but operates at significantly greater scale across multiple cause areas.
• UNICEF Belgium: National committee of a major global children's fund with strong brand recognition in Belgium. Competes for child-welfare donations and corporate partnerships, though with a much broader mandate than Casa Hogar's residential-care focus.
• Terre des Hommes Belgium: Belgian branch of an international children's rights and aid organization. Shares the Belgian fundraising market for child welfare causes and runs programs in Latin America, though with broader development scope.

Direct peers

• Nuestra Familia Unida (MamaStart): Belgian nonprofit (vzw) that explicitly co-funds Casa Hogar events (e.g., the Beach Run) and is listed as a core strategic partner. Operates in the same Belgian-raised-funds-for-vulnerable-populations space with a similar community/event-driven fundraising model.
• Fundación Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH): International organization operating residential homes for orphaned and abandoned children across Latin America (including Mexico). Closest direct peer in terms of mission: long-term residential care, education through university, and family-style homes for at-risk children.
• Aldeas Infantiles SOS Belgium: Operates family-style residential care villages for children who have lost parental care, with a strong Belgian fundraising presence. Directly comparable in residential-care-for-orphans model and Belgian-corporate-partnership-driven fundraising.
• Compassion International Belgium: Child-sponsorship organization running programs in developing countries, including Mexico. Comparable as a Belgian-raised, internationally-delivered child welfare charity with a recurring-donor model.

Others

• ORBIT vzw: Belgian nonprofit supporting education and child welfare projects in Latin America. Thematically and operationally adjacent to Casa Hogar's Belgian-funded, Mexico-delivered model, though focused on education access rather than residential care.

Regional players

• Casa Alianza (Covenant House Latin America): Operates shelters and support services for street children in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Highly comparable mission (street children, shelter, education, long-term support) but separate geographic/institutional structures.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@casahogarvzw
• Facebookfacebook.com/CasaHogarBE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/casa-hogar
• Instagraminstagram.com/casahogarvzw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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