cooperativa sociale il sogno in sigla il sogno coop. sociale

What cooperativa sociale il sogno in sigla il sogno coop. sociale does

Cooperativa Sociale Il Sogno is an Italian Type B social cooperative founded in 1987 and headquartered in Domodossola (Verbano Cusio Ossola), operating across the VCO province and Alto Vergante. Its mission is labor-market integration of disadvantaged persons (people with disabilities, ex-detainees, individuals in social fragility) through productive work rather than purely assistive programs. The cooperative runs four operational divisions: Food & Drink (43 workers — canteens, Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale, Casa Ceretti Caffetteria, Banda Biscotti pastry lab, 200 daily covers and ~20,000 kg biscuits/year), Green (42 workers — nursery Garden at Villadossola, public/private green maintenance, forest management, 80 cantieri), Services (104 workers — cleaning, mechanical door-to-door waste collection, cemetery management, deratization, 90 cantieri), and Workshops (83 workers, of whom 74 are disadvantaged — bookbinding Legatoria, Nazareth and Fuoriorario assembly labs, with 20 B2B collaborations).

The business model combines three revenue streams: (1) recurring service contracts awarded via public procurement by municipal administrations in VCO and Alto Vergante (the dominant stream, employing the largest share of the workforce and supporting 85+ of 190+ active cantieri), (2) direct-to-consumer commercial revenue from food establishments and the Banda Biscotti pastry line, and (3) productive output from protected workshops sold to partner businesses. Cross-subsidization between commercial and social-mission activities is structural: commercial food and contract service surpluses support protected workshop placements that would not be commercially viable independently. The cooperative is financed primarily through grants from Italian philanthropic foundations (Fondazione Cariplo, Fondazione CRT, Fondazione San Zeno, 8x1000 Chiesa Valdese, GAL Laghi e Monti del VCO) and public co-financing (Comune di Verbania), supplemented by 5x1000 tax-redirected donations and project crowdfunding via Intesa Sanpaolo's For Funding platform. It is ISO 9001 certified and registered in the Albo Nazionale Gestori Ambientali (TO/001182), the Regional Register of Social Cooperatives (D.P.G.R. 5585/1994), and the MISE Cooperative Societies Register (A113157). Between 2018 and 2021 it merged with cooperatives Omnibus and Divieto di Sosta, and in 2024 it launched RiEsco Anch'io for the reintegration of people serving criminal sentences. Leadership is anchored by President and data controller Antonella Ghilini. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

cooperativa sociale il sogno in sigla il sogno coop. sociale

Legal name

Il Sogno Società Cooperativa Sociale Onlus

Website

https://coopilsogno.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Italian Type B social cooperative founded in 1987 in Domodossola, operating four divisions (food, green, services, workshops) that employ 272 workers across VCO province to deliver municipal contracts, food services, and work-integration pathways for disadvantaged persons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Domodossola

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public administration service contracts: The cooperative holds 80+ active contracts (cantieri) with public administrations across VCO and Alto Vergante for waste collection, cleaning and sanitization, cemetery management, school canteens, and green space maintenance. Revenue is generated through recurring service contracts awarded via public procurement processes. This is the dominant revenue stream and employs the majority of the workforce.
2. Commercial food operations: Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale, Casa Ceretti Caffetteria di Quartiere +, and Banda Biscotti laboratory generate direct commercial revenue from food and beverage sales to end consumers. Additionally, the cooperative manages internal kitchens at Casa don Gianni and school canteens in the province. 200 daily covers served in commercial operations; 3,500 meals distributed to fragile individuals.
3. Protected workshops and social reintegration services: Three protected workshops (Legatoria, Nazareth assembly, Fuoriorario assembly) provide work integration activities for disadvantaged persons. While not a direct revenue stream, these workshops maintain commercial collaborations with 20 companies and generate productive output (binding, assembly, Banda Biscotti products) that contributes to operating revenue.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cooperativa Sociale Il Sogno is a Type B social cooperative that delivers municipal and community services—cleaning, door-to-door waste collection, cemetery management, deratization, public green-space and forest maintenance, school canteens, garden nursery retail, and protected bookbinding/assembly workshops—primarily under public-administration contracts across the Verbano Cusio Ossola territory, while operating social restaurants, a community café, and a pastry lab that employ and train disadvantaged persons. Revenue is generated through service contracts with public administrations, direct consumer food sales, project grants from foundations, and donations.

Product overview

Il Sogno is a Type B social cooperative (Cooperativa Sociale di Tipo B) providing work integration services for disadvantaged individuals. The cooperative operates across four main divisions: (1) Food & Drink services including kitchen management at Casa don Gianni, school cafeterias, and three social enterprises (Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale, Casa Ceretti Caffetteria di Quartiere +, and Banda Biscotti pastry laboratory); (2) Green services including the Garden nursery center in Villadossola with plant sales and social garden cultivation; (3) Environmental Services including cleaning/sanitization, waste collection, cemetery management, and deratization; and (4) Protected Workshops including bookbinding and assembly workshops. Additionally, the cooperative offers apple juice production services utilizing local apple varieties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale: Social restaurant providing meals to fragile people and vocational training for disadvantaged individuals including detainees.
• Casa Ceretti Caffetteria di Quartiere +
• Banda Biscotti
• Garden Il Sogno

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ people per year receive training, skills development, and income through the cooperative's programs
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and major.

• Fondazione AgnelliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromoted the Matabì project (innovative mathematics didactics using LEGO-based visuo-spatial methods). Fondazione Agnelli is the implementing body (realizzato da), in collaboration with Politecnico di Torino and with support from The LEGO Foundation. Il Sogno assembled all educational kits in its binding workshop.
• The LEGO FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided support to the Matabì project (innovative mathematics didactics), promoted by Exor and realized by Fondazione Agnelli with Politecnico di Torino.
• ExorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromoter of the Matabì project (innovative mathematics didactics for primary schools), realized by Fondazione Agnelli with Politecnico di Torino and support from The LEGO Foundation. Il Sogno assembled all educational kits.
• Consorzio dei Servizi Sociali del VerbanomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in So-stare (housing poverty network project, €170,000 from Fondazione Cariplo + €27,500 from Comune di Verbania). Working together to provide integrated responses to poverty through a network of social actors.
• Gruppo Abele di Verbania OnlusmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in So-stare project (housing and social poverty network). Part of a multi-stakeholder network including Caritas, IEEMI, Mani Tese, and Comune di Verbania working to address housing deprivation.
• Centro di Ascolto Caritas OdVmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in So-stare project. Key community actor in the housing poverty network, working with multiple parish CARITAS groups across the VCO territory.
• Coop Il Sogno projects (Banda Biscotti, Casa Ceretti, Garden, Gattabuia)minorOthersPublic can direct donations to specific projects: Banda Biscotti, Casa Ceretti Caffetteria di Quartiere +, Garden Il Sogno, Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale. 5x1000 tax contribution mechanism available.
• Casa Circondariale di VerbaniamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrison institution collaborating on social reintegration. 4 detainees from Casa Circondariale di Verbania participate in Gattabuia Pizzeria Galeotta training (100-hour program). Also a key partner in Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale and RiEsco Anch'io projects.
• Ars.Uni.VCO ETS (capofila for RurACT)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead organization (capofila) for the RurACT project (€248,000 from Fondazione Cariplo). Partnership includes Ente di gestione Aree Protette dell'Ossola, Università di Milano DIVAS, Associazione Fondiaria TERRAVIVA, and Il Sogno.
• Università di Milano - Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria e Scienze Animali (DIVAS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner in RurACT project (Fondazione Cariplo, €248,000). Contributing expertise in agriculture, animal science, and biodiversity for valley development in Valle Antrona and Veglia Devero.
• Associazione Fondiaria TERRAVIVAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in RurACT and SociaALP projects. Manages new agricultural fields where old VCO plant varieties will be cultivated. Collaborates on terrace restoration and agricultural land reassignment.
• Ente di gestione Aree Protette dell'OssolamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in RurACT and SociaALP. Collaborates on biodiversity conservation, ancient plant variety recovery, and sustainable land management in protected areas.
• Comune di VerbaniamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner contributing €27,500 to So-stare project and generally as a key institutional partner in the VCO territory. Co-financer of community development initiatives.
• Ser.D e Dipartimento Salute Mentale dell'ASL VCOmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth service partners in Gattabuia Pizzeria Galeotta project. Contribute to the social reintegration pathway for disadvantaged persons alongside the prison system.
• Società di Scienze Naturali del VCOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in SociaALP and RurACT projects. Contributes natural sciences expertise for biodiversity and ancient plant variety conservation efforts.
• Intesa Sanpaolo (For Funding platform)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOnline donation platform (For Funding) used for Terrazze di Vita project. 56 people donated through this platform. Used as a channel for public fundraising.
• Cooperativa Sociale Divieto di SostamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAt end of 2021, Il Sogno received management of Divieto di Sosta's activities via donation act: social restaurant Gattabuia, caffetteria Casa Ceretti, and Banda Biscotti laboratory. Divieto di Sosta was merged into Il Sogno in 2018-2021 consolidation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Coopselios: Major Italian Type B social cooperative headquartered in Reggio Emilia providing multi-sector services including care, education, hospitality, and work integration across Italy. Closest direct comparable to Il Sogno's multi-sector cooperative model with similar work-integration mission.
• Camst Group: Italian cooperative providing food services, catering, and facility management across Italy, particularly schools and public administration clients. Comparable on Il Sogno's food service division (Gattabuia Ristorante Sociale, Casa Ceretti Caffetteria, school canteens).
• Codess Sociale: Italian social cooperative (Cooperativa Sociale Onlus) providing social-health services, education, and work integration programs across multiple Italian regions. Directly comparable multi-sector cooperative with similar mission of integrating disadvantaged persons through employment.
• Domus Assistenza: Italian social cooperative providing care, assistance, and social services with a strong focus on vulnerable populations across Lombardy and northern Italy. Comparable Type B social cooperative model with multi-sector service delivery.
• CIR Food: Italian cooperative providing food services, school catering, and public sector meal services across Italy. Directly comparable to Il Sogno's commercial food operations and school canteen catering within its Food & Drink division.

Broad incumbents

• Rekeep: Listed Italian facility services company providing cleaning, waste management, green maintenance, and integrated services to public and private clients. Competes for the same PA contracts as Il Sogno's Services and Green divisions but as a for-profit scaled operator.
• CGM - Consorzio Gino Mattarelli: Major Italian national consortium/network of social cooperatives, of which Il Sogno is structurally aligned through Confcooperative membership. Represents the broader social cooperative movement in Italy and provides benchmarking for organizational scale and policy positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Subsidiaries4 records

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