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As of 4 November 2026, 31,038 charitable foundations companies are based in Germany; 458 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 31,038
- Hiring now
- 458 · 174 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Local social welfare foundations · 7,286
- Top city
- Berlin · 1,505
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 258,040
Charitable foundations in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Local social welfare foundations | 7,286 | 23% |
| Grantmaking foundations | 4,270 | 14% |
| International relief charities | 3,829 | 12% |
| Patient support & health charities | 3,433 | 11% |
| Animal welfare charities | 3,190 | 10% |
| Charity fundraising organisations | 2,779 | 9% |
| Conservation & environmental charities | 2,221 | 7% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 1,927 | 6% |
| Child sponsorship charities | 1,878 | 6% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 1,164 | 4% |
| School support associations | 1,021 | 3% |
| Youth welfare organisations | 990 | 3% |
| Rescue & first aid organisations | 928 | 3% |
| Faith based charity associations | 797 | 3% |
| Food banks | 774 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 18,001 · 7 |
| 2-10 employees | 11,205 · 171 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,165 · 65 |
| 51-200 employees | 318 · 69 |
| 201-500 employees | 161 · 65 |
| 501-1000 employees | 101 · 42 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 63 · 27 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 8 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 16 · 10 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 1,505 | 5% |
| Hamburg | 956 | 3% |
| München | 817 | 3% |
| Köln | 647 | 2% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 388 | 1% |
| Düsseldorf | 342 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 331 | 1% |
| Bonn | 300 | 1% |
| Hannover | 290 | 1% |
| Essen | 227 | 1% |
| Bremen | 217 | 1% |
| Münster | 194 | 1% |
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The stack of charitable foundations in Germany
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Germany
Public, community & associations in Germany, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 127,410 →
Amateur sports clubs · 69,004 →
Membership associations & unions · 25,158 →
Churches congregations · 21,987 →
Public programmes & agencies · 14,414 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 9,196 →
Municipal government · 4,860 →
Justice & public safety · 612 →
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31,038 charitable foundations companies are based in Germany; 458 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/germany/charitable_foundations)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Charitable foundations in Germany: questions
How many charitable foundations companies are there in Germany?
31,038 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Charitable foundations → leaf niches such as local social welfare foundations, grantmaking foundations, international relief charities. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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