Rachel's Vineyard

What Rachel's Vineyard does

Rachel's Vineyard is a U.S.-based nonprofit ministry founded in 1994 that provides weekend healing retreats for women and men affected by abortion. Retreats are delivered through a decentralized network of over 375 sites across North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central America, with localized operations in German, Spanish, French, and Italian. The ministry also operates toll-free national hotlines (877-HOPE-4-ME and H3LPLINE), publishes the bimonthly Vine & Branches newsletter, runs the Oaktrees Aftercare program for ongoing post-retreat support, offers Memorial Services, and produces published resources including the co-founders' book "Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion."

The core technology is a structured therapeutic retreat methodology rather than software; the platform architecture is a distributed human-facilitator network trained and certified through the Rachel's Vineyard Team Training program. Counseling is provided by a coordinated mix of counselors, lay ministers, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists, with co-founders Theresa Karminski Burke, PhD, and Kevin Burke, MSS, LSW, providing ongoing leadership.

The business model is donation-based, with revenue sourced from individual contributions, church partnerships, and likely grants, supplemented by sales of printed materials through affiliated outlets. Distribution is event-driven: participants are acquired through digital channels (website, social media on six platforms), church bulletin announcements, and hotline referrals, and matched to locally hosted weekend retreats. The primary customer segment is post-abortive individuals (women and men) seeking confidential, faith-based emotional and spiritual reconciliation, with male participants addressed through a dedicated outreach track.

Name

Rachel's Vineyard

Legal name

Rachel's Vineyard

Website

https://rachelsvineyard.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rachel's Vineyard is a nonprofit ministry founded in 1994 that runs confidential weekend healing retreats at 375+ sites globally for women and men affected by abortion, supplemented by hotlines, aftercare, training, and published resources, funded primarily through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-based post-abortion healing ministry

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Wellness Retreat Centers (Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness) (THAGAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wellness Retreats & Immersions (Multi-day, Digital Detox, Mind-Body Programs) (THAJAHAB)

Keywords

• Post-abortion healing retreats
• Faith-based counseling ministry
• Weekend grief retreats
• Spiritual reconciliation services
• Interdenominational healing programs

Headquarters

HQ city

King Of Prussia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Support: Rachel's Vineyard is a nonprofit ministry that operates primarily through donations, charitable contributions, and volunteer support. The organization accepts donations through its website and likely relies on individual gifts, church partnerships, and grant funding to sustain operations and expand retreat availability.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rachel's Vineyard operates weekend healing retreats at more than 375 sites worldwide, providing post-abortive men and women a confidential, non-judgmental, faith-based environment to express, release, and reconcile painful emotions and begin restoration. The ministry supplements retreats with national hotlines, facilitator team training, the Oaktrees aftercare program, a bimonthly newsletter, memorial services, and published educational resources.

Product overview

Rachel's Vineyard is a ministry organization offering a single, unified product: weekend healing retreats for individuals affected by abortion. The core offering consists of weekend retreats held at over 375 locations worldwide, providing a supportive environment for post-abortive healing. The organization complements retreats with hotline services (877-HOPE-4-ME and H3LPLINE), team training programs for facilitators, the bimonthly Vine & Branches newsletter, Oaktrees aftercare support, memorial services, and published resources including books and multimedia materials. The product portfolio centers entirely on providing spiritual and emotional healing services rather than technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rachel's Vineyard Weekend Retreats Structured weekend retreats held at more than 375 sites worldwide, providing post-abortive men and women a supportive, confidential, and non-judgmental environment to express, release, and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions and begin restoration, renewal, and healing.
• National Hotline Services Toll-free national hotline numbers providing immediate support and retreat referrals for individuals affected by abortion, enabling confidential intake and connection to local retreats.
• Rachel's Vineyard Team Training Training program for counselors, lay ministers, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists who want to become part of the international network for spreading the Rachel's Vineyard healing process and facilitating retreats locally.
• Oaktrees Aftercare Ongoing aftercare program providing continued support and resources for retreat participants after their initial weekend retreat experience.
• Memorial Service Service offered for individuals who wish to commemorate and honor losses related to abortion.
• Vine & Branches Newsletter Bimonthly newsletter (Vine & Branches) providing updates, testimonies, and educational content to subscribers and the broader Rachel's Vineyard community.
• Books and Educational Resources Published materials including 'Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion', multimedia content, printed materials, and recommended reading supporting healing, education, and outreach around post-abortion experiences.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Priests for LifeminorOthersRachel's Vineyard maintains a relationship with Priests for Life, linking to their educational resources on post-abortion topics. Frank Pavone, a prominent Pro-Life Leader, is referenced as associated with the ministry.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Project Rachel: Project Rachel is the Catholic Church's official post-abortion healing ministry, offering referrals to licensed counselors and healing services for men and women. It is the most directly comparable peer — same target population (post-abortive individuals), same faith-integrated counseling model, same confidential one-on-one and group support approach.
• SaveOne: SaveOne is a faith-based post-abortion recovery program that trains and equips leaders to lead healing groups for men and women affected by abortion. It is highly comparable to Rachel's Vineyard in mission (post-abortion healing), facilitator-training model, and faith-integrated small-group format.
• Support After Abortion: Support After Abortion is a non-profit network connecting individuals to healing resources after abortion, including secular and faith-based providers. It is comparable as a directory/hotline-based entry point for post-abortive individuals seeking referrals to local healing services.
• Her Choice to Heal: Her Choice to Heal is a faith-based post-abortion recovery program offering retreats and small-group studies. It directly mirrors Rachel's Vineyard's multi-day retreat model and Christian-integrated healing methodology for women affected by abortion.

Broad incumbents

• Care Net: Care Net is a network of more than 1,100 pregnancy resource centers across North America providing counseling, support, and resources. It is comparable as a broader faith-based pro-life pregnancy services ecosystem that overlaps in target population (women facing pregnancy decisions) and referral networks, though it focuses upstream of abortion rather than post-abortion healing.
• Heartbeat International: Heartbeat International is a global network of pregnancy help organizations, including pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, and abortion recovery programs. It is comparable as a broader umbrella for the pregnancy-help movement and connects post-abortion recovery programs to a wider service ecosystem.

Others

• Priests for Life: Priests for Life is a Catholic pro-life ministry that publicly endorses Rachel's Vineyard and links to its educational resources on post-abortion topics. It is comparable as a complementary faith-based pro-life organization operating in adjacent mission space (pro-life advocacy and education) and an explicit partner.

Emerging players

• Silent No More Awareness: Silent No More Awareness is a campaign gathering testimonies from individuals who have experienced abortion. It is comparable as a faith-rooted post-abortion awareness initiative that shares Rachel's Vineyard's constituency (post-abortive men and women) and frequently refers participants to healing ministries like Rachel's Vineyard.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RVHealing
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/rachelsvineyard
• Facebookfacebook.com/rachelsvineyard
• Instagraminstagram.com/rvhealing
• Pinterestpinterest.com/rachelsvineyard
• TikToktiktok.com/@rachelsvineyard?

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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