Building Together

What Building Together does

Building Together is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, operating with 1-10 employees. Its mission is to create joint Palestinian-Israeli agricultural enterprises that build economic cooperation and trust between communities. The organization's primary technical interventions include high-tech tractor-pulled pollination machines delivered to West Bank date farmers, solar-powered water pumping systems in Palestinian villages, and joint date honey (silan) factories under construction at Kibbutz Samar in Israel and Al-Auja in the Palestinian territories. The flagship consumer product, Building Together Date Honey, is distributed across the United States for use in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian religious holidays including Rosh Hashana, Passover, Ramadan, and Christmas.

Name

Building Together

Legal name

Building Together

Website

https://buildingtogether.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Building Together is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds joint Palestinian-Israeli agricultural enterprises, primarily producing date honey (silan) and delivering agricultural technology, funded by U.S. donors across faith communities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Charitable Organization

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA), Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

Keywords

• Nonprofit peacebuilding
• Interfaith cooperation
• Date honey products
• Agricultural joint ventures
• Charitable community programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

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 Contributions: Building Together is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that generates revenue primarily through donations from individuals and organizations. Donors receive jars of date honey (silan) as gifts for their contributions.
2. Date Honey Product Sales: Donors contribute $25 for 1 jar of silan or $50 for 3 jars. The organization supports building factories in Palestinian and Israeli communities to produce date honey for sale across the U.S.
3. Corporate Sponsorships: Major sponsors including Macquarie, Kirkland & Ellis, and White & Case provide support for events and organizational operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Building Together is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that funds and operates joint Palestinian-Israeli agricultural and economic development projects, most prominently the Building Together Date Honey (silan) initiative. It sells jars of date honey to U.S. donors through a tiered donation program and supports West Bank and Israeli date farmers with agricultural technology, solar-powered water systems, and joint production factories. The organization also runs an interfaith community engagement and educational program reaching U.S. faith institutions and schoolchildren.

Product overview

Building Together is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of tangible agricultural products and charitable giving programs. The core product is Building Together Date Honey (Silan), a joint Palestinian-Israeli enterprise producing date honey for use across multiple faith traditions. Supporting products include the BUILD Snack Bar made from collaboratively grown dates. Donors can contribute through a Silan Donation Program where contributions of $25-$300 receive jars of date honey as gifts. The organization also provides educational engagement programs reaching over 1,000 U.S. schoolchildren through a Harvard/MIT-developed curriculum on dignity and coexistence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Building Together Date Honey: Joint Palestinian-Israeli product - date honey (silan) produced by two partnering farming communities, one Palestinian and one Israeli, distributed across the USA for various religious and cultural celebrations.

Products and services

• Building Together Date Honey (Silan) Joint Palestinian-Israeli date honey (silan) produced by two partnering farming communities, sold across the U.S. for use in Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions including Rosh Hashana, Passover, Ramadan, and Christmas.
• BUILD Snack Bar A snack bar made from dates grown by Palestinian and Israeli farmers, serving as a tangible symbol of cooperation, shared missions, and economic development between the two communities.
• Silan Donation Program A charitable giving program where donors receive jars of date honey (silan) as a thank-you gift: $25 donation receives 1 jar; $50 donation receives 3 jars; $300 donation receives 18 jars. U.S. orders only.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered high-tech pollination machine to Marj al Ghazal village, enabling safer, faster, and more efficient pollination
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Palestinian Wastewater Engineers Group (PWEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Monther Hind in 2004, PWEG provides environmental guidance to local and national authorities with special focus on protecting water resources. Works with marginalized Palestinians and Israelis offering practical solutions for water scarcity, water security, and solid waste management. PWEG has installed cisterns for farmers and built household-size gray-water treatment plants in Palestinian villages.
• Arava Institute for Environmental StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClive Lipchin serves as director of the Arava Institute's Center for Transboundary Water Management. The institute oversees research and development projects, workshops and conferences focusing on transboundary water and environmental problems facing Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
• Palestinian-American Artist Dima ZaghalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated hand-carved tree of life award presented to Imam Abdullah Antepli, symbolizing Building Together's mission of planting seeds and growing together as a community.
• Kibbutz SamarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIsraeli kibbutz in southern Negev desert with long history of organic date farming. Partnering with Building Together to pilot the date honey enterprise, building a factory to produce date honey in tandem with Palestinian village Al-Auja.
• Al-Auja (Palestinian farming village)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPalestinian farming village north of Jericho, approximately 165 miles from Kibbutz Samar. Partnering with Israeli community to build joint date honey business that will cultivate relationships and drive revenue for both communities.
• The New York TimesflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured Building Together's solar project pairing Muslims and Jews to aid West Bank farmers in a prominent news article.
• The Jerusalem PostflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerReported on Building Together winning the Bloomberg-funded Genesis Challenge award.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jewish National Fund: Jewish National Fund is a major established nonprofit funding land development, agricultural, and community projects in Israel. It is comparable to Building Together's agricultural focus (date farming, water access) and donor-driven development model, but operates as a much larger incumbent with a century-long track record.
• New Israel Fund: New Israel Fund is a major U.S.-based grantmaking organization supporting Israeli civil society and progressive causes. It is comparable to Building Together in its U.S.-donor-to-Israeli/Palestinian-project funding pipeline and its multi-faith donor base, but operates at significantly larger scale as an established incumbent.
• American Jewish World Service: AJWS is a U.S.-based Jewish nonprofit funding grassroots development and human rights globally, including in the West Bank and Gaza. Comparable to Building Together in its international grantmaking and agricultural livelihood focus, though it operates at substantially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Seeds of Peace: Seeds of Peace runs youth leadership programs that bring together young people from conflict regions, including Israelis and Palestinians. It is comparable to Building Together's BUILD curriculum (Harvard/MIT-developed) reaching 1,000+ U.S. schoolchildren in that both invest in youth-driven coexistence and interfaith engagement.
• OneVoice Movement: OneVoice Movement is an international grassroots organization that empowers Israeli and Palestinian moderates to build consensus for peace. Comparable to Building Together in its cross-border constituency-building approach and emphasis on tangible civic engagement over pure advocacy.
• EcoPeace Middle East: EcoPeace Middle East is an environmental peacebuilding organization that brings together Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian stakeholders around shared water and environmental challenges. Directly comparable to Building Together's environmental cooperation angle (Arava Institute partnership, solar projects, water systems) and shared cross-border economic cooperation model.
• Americans for Peace Now: Americans for Peace Now is a U.S.-based nonprofit advocating for Israeli-Palestinian peace through grassroots organizing and donor engagement. It is comparable to Building Together's donor-driven, faith-engaged, U.S.-based support infrastructure for Middle East peacebuilding projects.
• Arava Institute for Environmental Studies: Arava Institute is an existing strategic partner of Building Together and runs cross-border environmental research and education programs in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. It is comparable as both a peer organization and partner because it shares the academic-research-backed, Israeli-Palestinian cooperation model and interfaith environmental engagement.
• Rebuilding Alliance: Rebuilding Alliance supports Palestinian community-led construction and economic development projects. It is comparable to Building Together's model of channeling U.S. donor funds into tangible Palestinian/Israeli joint infrastructure and livelihood projects, including agricultural capacity-building.
• T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights: T'ruah mobilizes Jewish rabbis and communities around human rights issues including Israeli-Palestinian relations. It is comparable to Building Together's faith-institution engagement (Jewish, Muslim, Christian) and interfaith mobilization as a model for donor and community activation around shared values.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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