What ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital does

ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital is Israel's only dedicated pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation center, founded in 1932 by American orthopedist Dr. Henry Keller and operating today from a facility in Jerusalem's Kiryat Yovel neighborhood that opened in 1971. The hospital serves children from birth through adolescence with congenital and acquired physical disabilities — including ventilator-dependent children, brain injury survivors, and orthopedic patients — providing a multidisciplinary combination of physical therapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, respiratory rehabilitation, speech therapy, VR therapy, animal-assisted therapy, art therapy, clown therapy, music therapy, therapeutic sports, and counseling. All patient services are provided free of charge, with operations funded entirely through donations, grants, planned giving, and donor-advised funds. American Friends of ALYN Hospital (AFAH), the US-based 501(c)(3) fundraising arm established in 1934 and headquartered in New York, raised $3.3 million in the past year to support the hospital's mission.

The hospital's technology stack centers on a Motion Analysis Laboratory (the only pediatric facility of its kind in Israel), a rooftop hydrotherapy pool unique in Israel for accepting ventilator-dependent children, a Video-Fluoroscopy Swallow Studies system, powered wheelchair training simulators, and a Virtual Reality therapy room using products from ALYNnovation portfolio company Senserum. Innovation is structured through two complementary programs: ALYNnovation (established 2017), which partners with startups and international organizations on assistive technology development from concept to distribution, and PELE (Personalized Equipment Leading to Empowerment, launched 2018), which creates individually customized adaptive equipment such as feeding apparatus and mobility devices — 208 such solutions were produced in 2025 alone. A jointly-held patent with Sheba Medical Center covers a Tefillin device enabling one-armed amputees to observe Jewish ritual law.

The organization's go-to-market is community-led fundraising rather than product sales. AFAH drives donor engagement through flagship events (Wheels of Love cycling ride raised $2.3M from 320+ participants across 10+ countries in 2025; Heels of Love hiking trek), a national Young Professionals network across Boston, NYC, LA, Chicago, and Austin, community parlor meetings, social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok), a monthly "ALYNformation" newsletter distributed via email and WhatsApp, and multiple giving vehicles (online portal, tribute cards, Bricks of Love paver program, Mitzvah of Love bar/bat mitzvah projects, stock transfers, cryptocurrency, planned giving, DAF integration). The hospital also operates the ALYN PARC Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, which produced 19 publications and conference presentations in 2025.

Name

ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital

Legal name

American Friends of ALYN Hospital, Inc.

Website

https://alynus.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1932

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital is Israel's only pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation center, providing free multidisciplinary therapy to over 3,500 children annually across physical, occupational, respiratory, and assistive-technology programs funded entirely through donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Rehabilitation & Developmental Therapy Centers (PT/OT/SLP) (HLAFAJAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Rehabilitation & Physical/Occupational/Speech Therapy Centers (HLAFABAB), Long-Term Care Rehabilitation Centers (HLAFAFAD)

Keywords

• Pediatric rehabilitation
• Physical therapy services
• Assistive technology
• Hydrotherapy programs
• Occupational therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Jerusalem

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations and Fundraising: One-time and recurring donations from individual donors, event fundraising (Wheels of Love, Heels of Love), tribute cards, and direct appeals. This is the primary revenue source supporting ALYN Hospital's operations.
2. Foundation and Government Grants: Grant funding from foundations and institutional donors, actively pursued by the development team. Grants are described as essential for providing rehabilitation care to children with physical disabilities.
3. Planned Giving and Legacy Donations: Legacy planning, planned giving programs, stock transfers, and IRA-qualified charitable distributions offered as smart giving options for donors seeking tax-advantaged ways to support the hospital.
4. Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Giving: Donors can contribute through Donor-Advised Funds, allowing them to recommend grants to ALYN from their DAF accounts, providing tax benefits while supporting hospital programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital is Israel's only dedicated pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation center, providing inpatient, outpatient, and day-hospitalization rehabilitation services to children and adolescents with physical disabilities. Services include physical therapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, speech therapy, psychological support, and innovative VR-based therapy, delivered to patients free of charge and funded primarily through philanthropic donations.

Product overview

ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital operates as a unified pediatric rehabilitation center offering comprehensive, multidisciplinary services rather than a modular software platform. The core offerings include inpatient and outpatient physical therapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, respiratory rehabilitation, feeding rehabilitation, and educational day care. The hospital's technology innovation divisions—PELE (adaptive equipment) and ALYNnovation (startup partnerships)—work alongside clinical services to develop assistive technologies including VR therapy, motion analysis, and custom mobility solutions. Fundraising programs (Wheels of Love, Heels of Love) and community engagement initiatives support the hospital's operations while awareness programs like Engage in Empathy connect external audiences to the hospital's mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wheels of Love: Annual charity bike ride benefiting ALYN Hospital, started in 2000.
• Heels of Love
• ALYNnovation
• PELE
• Bricks of Love
• Mitzvah of Love

Products and services

• Inpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,553 children treated in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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No

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AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor, moderate and core.

• Israeli Archery Association (Maccabi Archery)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2026The Israeli national archery team held joint training sessions with ALYN Hospital's archery group for children in rehabilitation. Archery instructor Eliyahu Berlowitz-Levin and physiotherapist Amichai Gutman co-lead ALYN's therapeutic archery program. Athletes including European champions Michaela Moshe and Shamai Yamarom participated.
• Gilat FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 October 2025The Gilat Foundation, founded in memory of Gilat Eisenmann, provides therapeutic live theater to children in hospitals. The foundation held its first annual gala at ALYN Hospital, featuring an Ishay Ribo performance. ALYN is the first Israeli hospital in Gilat's network, expanding therapeutic theater performances from four to eight hospitals in Israel.
• SenserummoderateTechnology or IntegrationSenserum is an ALYNnovation portfolio company that developed the VR technology used in ALYN Hospital's Virtual Reality therapy room. The Senserum VR products are used by children in physiotherapy and occupational therapy sessions to make rehabilitation engaging and motivating through immersive game-based activities.
• Sheba Medical CentermoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerALYN Hospital and Sheba Medical Center jointly developed a patent for a device enabling amputees with one arm to put on tefillin while adhering to halachic guidelines. The device has been used by IDF soldiers injured in combat. The partnership represents co-development of assistive technology solutions.
• ALYNnovation Startup Portfolio CompaniescoreTechnology or IntegrationALYNnovation works with startup companies and international organizations leading to significant breakthroughs in child rehabilitation. The program facilitates assistive technology innovation from development to distribution, creating solutions individually manufactured for children. In 2025, there were 17 ALYNnovation startup collaborations. PELE (Personalized Equipment Leading to Empowerment) is a flagship project creating adaptive equipment for children.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Top-ranked US pediatric hospital with rehabilitation medicine, orthopedic, and brain injury programs. Comparable as a research-driven pediatric specialty institution, though ALYN is more narrowly focused on rehabilitation.
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Major pediatric academic medical center with strong rehabilitation, motion analysis, and orthopedic research. Comparable in pediatric rehab research output and clinical depth, though a much larger general pediatric institution.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Large academic pediatric medical center with extensive rehabilitation, neurology, and orthopedic programs. Comparable as a pediatric specialty care provider, though much broader in scope and not dedicated solely to rehabilitation.
• Shriners Children's: Network of nonprofit pediatric specialty hospitals offering orthopedic, spinal cord injury, and rehabilitation care for children. Comparable as a multi-site charitable pediatric care system, though broader in scope and geographically distributed across North America.

Direct peers

• Kennedy Krieger Institute: Specialty pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins, offering inpatient and outpatient PT/OT/SLP, assistive technology, and feeding/mobility programs. Directly comparable as a dedicated pediatric rehab institution with research output and custom adaptive equipment development.
• Children's Specialized Hospital: Largest pediatric rehabilitation system in the US, providing inpatient and outpatient PT/OT/SLP, brain injury rehab, and assistive technology for children from birth to 21. Closely comparable in mission, patient mix, and multidisciplinary therapy model.
• Gillette Children's: Specialty pediatric hospital focused on complex neurological, orthopedic, and rehabilitation conditions in children. Highly comparable in mission and patient population, with similar custom equipment, therapy, and assistive technology programs.
• Beit Issie Shapiro: Israel's leading developmental disability and pediatric rehabilitation nonprofit, providing therapy, assistive technology, and inclusion programs. The most direct in-country peer, operating under similar Israeli regulatory and donor-funding conditions as ALYN.
• St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children: New York-based nonprofit pediatric post-acute and long-term care provider offering rehabilitation, ventilator care, and assistive technology for medically complex children. Comparable in nonprofit pediatric rehab/ventilator specialization.

Regional players

• ALUT - Israeli Society for Children and Adults with Autism: Israeli nonprofit providing services and advocacy for children with developmental disabilities. Comparable as an Israeli peer nonprofit addressing pediatric disability needs, though focused on autism rather than physical rehabilitation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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