The German Caritas Association

The German Caritas Association is a registered charity. It is recognised by the German Bishops’ Conference as the institutional association and representation of the Catholic welfare association Caritas in Germany.

Caritas Association

Creating a just society in Germany

As a non-statutory welfare association, German Caritas Association plays an active role in socio-political debates. We speak out for disadvantaged people and develop our own ideas on how to create a just society in Germany. Mehr

Our goals

Goals of the German Caritas Association

This statement of goals of the German Caritas Association formulates tasks and goals, challenges and perspectives. It is directed toward all volunteer and professional workers and should help them in identifying with Caritas’ goals and tasks. It aims to give the public a clear and realistic picture of the Caritas Association. Mehr

Institutions

Our Governance and Working Structures

Caritas in Germany wants to help people in need, both today and in the future. The aim is to participate in shaping social development in Germany and Europe. Its organisational structure – the structure of the German Caritas Association – helps to achieve these goals. Mehr

Particulars

President and Board

The President of the German Caritas Association is elected by the Assembly of Delegates for a term of six years. She is the Association’s official spokesperson to the Church and the public. The operations of the Association are overseen by the Board of two persons. Mehr

Finances

Financing the Work of the German Caritas Association

The German Caritas Association is not an affiliated group; it is an amalgamation of its member organizations. Each member organization is financially and economically independent and not supervised or controlled by the head office, but has its own supervisory board. Mehr

Memberorganisations

The German Caritas Association as an Umbrella Organization

The German Caritas Association has personal, corporate, and associated corporate members. The German Caritas Association strengthens and promotes its members’ possibilities for self-representation and participation. Mehr

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Organizational Structure of the Central Office Caritas Germany

The chart shows the organizational structure of the German Caritas Association in Freiburg, Brussels and Berlin (November 2023).

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Caritas in Germany - Tasks, staff and fields of work

Findings of the most recent survey conducted by Caritas on 31 December 2020 (released in 2022).

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Institutions of the German Caritas Association

Infographic: Structure of the Caritas Association of Germany (Okt 2023).

Official Headquarters of German Caritas Association

Central Office
Deutscher Caritasverband e. V.
Karlstraße 40
D - 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau
Telephone 0049 761 200-0
info@caritas.de

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Representative Office Berlin
Deutscher Caritasverband e. V.
Reinhardtstraße 13
D - 10117 Berlin
Telephone 0049 30 28 44 47 6
Fax 0049 30 28 44 47 88
berliner.buero@caritas.de

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Representative Office Brussels
The German Caritas Association’s EU Office
4-6, rue de Pascale
B - 1040 Brussels
Telephone 0032 2 230 4500
Fax 0032 2 230 57 04
euvertretung@caritas.de

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