Save a Child's Heart

What Save a Child's Heart does

Save a Child's Heart (SACH) is an Israeli-based international humanitarian nonprofit founded in 1995 that provides free life-saving pediatric cardiac surgery and catheterization to children from developing countries who lack access to such care. All surgical treatment is delivered through the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel, where more than 100 medical professionals participate in SACH activities. Over its 30-year history the organization has saved more than 8,000 children, examined 9,500+, trained 170+ medical professionals, and conducted 150+ medical missions across 75+ countries. Patients are referred by partner hospitals and physicians globally, with an average of one child's life saved every 24 hours.

The core operational infrastructure is the Ida Cabakoff International Pediatric Cardiac Center (ICIPCC) housed within the 7-floor Sylvan Adams Children's Hospital, opened in 2023, featuring three operating rooms, a hybrid catheterization laboratory operating room described as one of the only such facilities in the world and the most advanced in the Middle East, and capacity for 300+ pediatric heart surgeries and 400+ catheterizations per year. The Legacy Heritage Children's Home (opened 2011) provides accommodation for up to 60 children, mothers, and trainees. SACH complements direct treatment with international medical missions and a multi-year fellowship training program for doctors and nurses from developing countries to build sustainable local pediatric cardiac capacity. Partner sites include the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (Tanzania), Children's Cardiac Center (Ethiopia), and Makassed Hospital (Jerusalem).

SACH's revenue model is donation-funded: the cost to treat one child is approximately $15,000 USD, raised through individual donors, corporate sponsors, family/patient foundations, and grants. The organization maintains 11 international fundraising/support offices spanning the US, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, and Vietnam, plus its Israeli headquarters. Donor stewardship is supported by tiered sponsorship products ($10,000 treatment, $3,500 accommodation, $1,500 travel) and recurring campaigns such as "Give Your Heart Out." SACH holds a Charity Navigator Accountability & Transparency score of 100/100 and a GuideStar Platinum Transparency Seal.

Name

Save a Child's Heart

Legal name

Save a Child's Heart

Website

https://saveachildsheart.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Save a Child's Heart is an Israeli humanitarian nonprofit founded in 1995 that provides free life-saving pediatric cardiac surgery and catheterization to children from developing countries at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, training 170+ medical professionals and serving 75+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Pediatric Cardiac Care

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF), Ambulatory Cardiology Diagnostic & Procedure Centers (Non-hospital-based) (HLAFABAK)

Keywords

• Pediatric cardiac surgery
• Humanitarian medical services
• Medical training programs
• Cardiac catheterization care
• Global health nonprofit

Headquarters

HQ city

Holon

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Save a Child's Heart is funded primarily through donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government grants. The organization maintains an Accountability & Transparency score of 100 out of 100 on Charity Navigator.
2. Fundraising Events and Campaigns: Annual fundraising campaigns including 'Give Your Heart Out' young leadership campaign, community events, marathons, pickleball tournaments, tea events, and social media fundraisers. Donations go directly toward life-saving activities.
3. Program Service Revenue: Treatment cost per child is approximately $15,000 USD, raised through personal funds, donors, government or corporate sponsorship. The cost covers medical treatment but not flights for families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Save a Child's Heart provides free pediatric cardiac surgery and catheterization to children from developing countries who lack access to cardiac care, performing all procedures at the Ida Cabakoff International Pediatric Cardiac Center at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel. The organization supplements direct treatment with structured training of medical professionals from partner countries and recurring international medical missions that screen and treat children locally.

Product overview

Save a Child's Heart is a humanitarian charitable organization, not a technology product company. Its offering consists of a unified set of medical and support services: pediatric cardiac treatment and surgery (core service), international medical missions, medical training programs for healthcare professionals, and two physical facilities — the Ida Cabakoff International Pediatric Cardiac Center (IPCC) at the Sylvan Adams Children's Hospital and the Legacy Heritage Children's Home. These services work together to provide comprehensive cardiac care to children from developing countries, from initial diagnosis through surgery and recovery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Cardiac Treatment and Surgery Life-saving cardiac surgeries and catheterization procedures for children under 18 with congenital and rheumatic heart disease, performed primarily at Wolfson Medical Center in Israel and during international medical missions. Provided free of charge to patients regardless of race, religion, nationality, or financial status.
• Medical Training Programs Long-term fellowship-style training programs for doctors, surgeons, nurses, and cardiologists from developing countries to build sustainable local pediatric cardiac care capacity. Currently training medical professionals from Zambia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the Palestinian Authority, and Gaza in Israel.
• International Medical Missions Short-term medical missions in which SACH clinical teams travel to partner countries to screen, diagnose, and treat children with heart disease, and to train local medical professionals. Over 150 missions have been conducted, including in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia.
• Ida Cabakoff International Pediatric Cardiac Center (IPCC) / Sylvan Adams Children's Hospital State-of-the-art 7-floor children's hospital facility in Holon, Israel, housing three operating rooms, a hybrid catheterization operating room, advanced 2D and 3D imaging, and intensive care capabilities. The largest pediatric cardiac care facility in the Middle East, enabling at least 300 pediatric heart surgeries and 400 catheterizations per year.
• Legacy Heritage Children's Home Residential facility at SACH's headquarters in Holon, Israel, providing accommodation, dining, and common areas for up to 60 children, accompanying mothers, nurses, and medical professionals in training during treatment periods in Israel.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,000+ children saved through life-saving cardiac procedures
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wolfson Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe primary hospital base in Holon, Israel where all pediatric cardiac surgeries and catheterizations are performed. More than 100 medical professionals participate in SACH activities from this center. The Ida Cabakoff International Pediatric Cardiac Center (ICIPCC) is housed within this facility.
• Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute (JKCI) - TanzaniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSACH partner site in Tanzania where initial surgeries are performed and follow-up care is provided. Children are screened by SACH missions and treated locally or referred to Israel.
• Children's Cardiac Center - EthiopiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe only pediatric cardiac center serving Ethiopia's population of 109 million. SACH conducts missions here and has trained Dr. Yayu Mekonnen as Ethiopia's first pediatric cardiac surgeon.
• Makassed Hospital - JerusalemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPalestinian hospital that diagnoses and refers patients to SACH for treatment. SACH conducts free weekly clinics for Palestinian families from West Bank and Gaza.
• MitrelliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner that helps fund treatment for children from Ivory Coast and other countries.
• Shevat AchimminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in initial treatment of patients like Shaida from Kurdistan.
• Royal Children's Hospital MelbourneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining hospital where SACH trainee Dr. Yayu Mekonnen completed his fellowship before returning to Ethiopia.
• Various Israeli EmbassiesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEmbassies in various countries (e.g., Israel embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Ambassador to Solomon Islands) facilitate visa processing and travel arrangements for patients.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CardioStart International: Nonprofit providing pediatric and adult cardiac surgical missions and training in low- and middle-income countries. Operates a similar missions-plus-training humanitarian model targeting congenital heart disease.
• International Children's Heart Foundation (BabyHeart): Memphis-based nonprofit sending volunteer medical teams to perform pediatric cardiac surgery and catheterizations in developing countries. Shares the surgical mission and training model that defines SACH's core offering.
• Operation Smile: Virginia-based nonprofit providing free surgeries (primarily cleft lip/palate) to children in developing countries, with a similar model of surgical missions, local training, and global donor fundraising footprint.
• Heart Care International: Nonprofit that organizes pediatric cardiac surgery mission trips to Latin America, with similar volunteer-medical-team and training-of-local-professionals mechanics as SACH.
• Children's HeartLink: Minneapolis-based nonprofit focused on training pediatric cardiac medical teams in developing countries. Directly comparable to SACH's training-plus-treatment capacity-building model, though without SACH's centralized Israel surgical hub.

Others

• Project HOPE: Global health nonprofit delivering humanitarian medical programs, training, and emergency response worldwide. Comparable on international-scale humanitarian health delivery, though not specialized in pediatric cardiac surgery.
• Partners In Health: Boston-based nonprofit building healthcare capacity in resource-poor settings through training and infrastructure. Comparable on the capacity-building, mission-driven model rather than direct pediatric cardiac overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Mercy Ships: Operates hospital ships delivering free surgical care and training in sub-Saharan Africa. Broader humanitarian-surgical scale than SACH, but shares the cross-border treatment-plus-training operating model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/SaveChildsHeart
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/saveachildsheart1
• Facebookfacebook.com/saveachildsheart
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/save-a-child's-heart
• Instagraminstagram.com/saveachildsheart
• TikToktiktok.com/@saveachildsheart

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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