Deutscher Verein

Name

Deutscher Verein

Legal name

Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge e.V.

Website

https://deutscher-verein.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1880

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Deutscher Verein is a 145-year-old Berlin-based non-profit association that convenes German municipalities, federal states, welfare organizations, and academia to develop consensus-based policy, publications, and events on social work and social law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Policy Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAI), Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Conference Proceedings & Research Reports Publishing (EDAGAFAL), Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Social policy forum
• Welfare association
• Social work publications
• Policy advisory services
• Professional conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

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. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from municipalities, welfare organizations, federal states, private social services, and academic institutions that participate as members of the Deutscher Verein.
2. Publication Sales: Sale of professional publications including the Nachrichtendienst (NDV) journal, Rechtssprechungsdienst (NDV-RD), specialized books on social work topics, commentaries, and special publications through the Buchshop.
3. Event and Conference Fees: Registration fees for professional events and conferences including Deutscher Fürsorgetag, Podium Altenhilfe, Fachkongresse, and various workshops and seminars.
4. Government Project Funding: Project-based funding from government ministries such as the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMBFSFJ) for specific initiatives like the Lagebild § 71 SGB XII project.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Deutscher Verein is a non-partisan membership-based forum and professional association for German social policy, social law, and social work. It sells annual memberships, publishes professional journals and books (notably the Nachrichtendienst/NDV), organizes the Deutscher Fürsorgetag congress and other events, develops expert recommendations and policy positions, and runs federally-funded projects such as the Lagebild § 71 SGB XII nationwide assessment and the Umsetzungsbegleitung BTHG implementation support program.

Product overview

Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge e.V. is a professional association and forum for social policy, social law, and social work in Germany—not a technology product company. The organization's 'offerings' consist primarily of publications (journals, legal commentaries, books), conferences (Deutscher Fürsorgetag), policy recommendations, newsletters, video content, and specialized projects. The Nachrichtendienst (NDV) is the flagship monthly journal for social work professionals. Publications are organized by topic (child/youth/family, elder care, rehabilitation, migration, international policy). The association also organizes the annual Deutscher Fürsorgetag conference, provides expert recommendations and position statements, operates the International Social Service (ISD) for cross-border cases, and manages federally-funded projects like the Lagebild implementation assessment and BTHG implementation support. Members receive the NDV journal free of charge and access to the member portal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Deutscher Fürsorgetag: Annual national congress on social policy and welfare
• Cäcilia-Schwarz-Förderpreis
• Nachrichtendienst (NDV)
• Internationaler Sozialdienst (ISD)
• Umsetzungsbegleitung BTHG

Quantifiable outcome

• Conducts nationwide Lagebild assessments on elderly care implementation (§ 71 SGB XII) providing representative data on elderly care services and structures across all German states
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMBFSFJ)coreOthers · 14 August 2025German Federal Ministry providing project funding for the 'Lagebild zur Umsetzung des § 71 SGB XII' project. Project runs from 14.08.2025 to 31.12.2026, conducting nationwide assessment of elderly care infrastructure and planning as defined in § 71 SGB XII.
• International Council for Social Welfare (ICSW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeutscher Verein is a member of ICSW, a non-governmental organization comprising national and regional organizations from over 70 countries worldwide that work for better conditions for social development and social justice. Membership enables international exchange and collaboration on global social policy issues.
• European Social Network (ESN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeutscher Verein is a member of ESN, a European network with approximately 140 members including social services directors, social offices, regions, counties, municipalities, public social service funders, and research institutions from 35 European countries. The partnership facilitates pan-European professional exchange.
• Stiftung Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private FürsorgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation associated with Deutscher Verein supports the organization's mission through dedicated funding and initiatives, extending the reach and impact of the parent organization's work in social welfare.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bertelsmann Stiftung: Largest private operating foundation in Germany, publishing influential social and economic policy research. Directly comparable to Deutscher Verein in producing consensus-driving policy recommendations for German federal and state governments, though with significantly larger resources and broader thematic scope.
• Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb): Federal agency providing civic and political education including social policy topics. Comparable as a publicly-funded body producing educational publications and conferences targeting similar professional audiences in social policy.

Direct peers

• AWO Bundesverband: One of Germany's six major welfare umbrella organizations and a member of Deutscher Verein. Operates a similar membership-driven model in social welfare, runs own conferences and publications, and engages in social-policy advocacy — making it a directly comparable peer in both organizational structure and mission.
• Deutscher Caritasverband: Largest German welfare confederation and a member of Deutscher Verein. Comparable as a national membership-based welfare association with policy advocacy, professional publications, and event programming around social work and care.
• Diakonie Deutschland: Protestant welfare confederation and a member of Deutscher Verein. Closely comparable peer: membership-driven, runs policy advocacy and conferences on social work, and operates parallel publishing activity.
• European Social Network (ESN): European network for social service leaders of which Deutscher Verein is a member. Directly comparable as a membership-based social-policy network producing publications, events, and policy guidance for public social-service stakeholders across Europe.
• International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW): International NGO of national social welfare organizations, of which Deutscher Verein is a member. Directly comparable as a global membership-driven social-policy forum producing policy positions, conferences, and publications.

Emerging players

• Nationale Armutskonferenz (nak): German anti-poverty coalition bringing together welfare associations and advocacy groups. Comparable to Deutscher Verein as a coalition-style platform producing social-policy recommendations and positions, though focused specifically on poverty and basic security rather than the full social-policy remit.
• DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung): German economic research institute producing influential policy-relevant research on social and labor markets. Comparable to Deutscher Verein in producing evidence-based recommendations consumed by German federal policymakers, though with an academic research orientation rather than practitioner-led consensus.
• ifo Institut: Munich-based economic research institute publishing policy-relevant analysis on social, labor, and fiscal topics. Comparable as a German policy-research voice whose publications are consumed by federal policymakers, partially overlapping with Deutscher Verein's advisory role.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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