Israeli Heart Association (IHA)

What Israeli Heart Association (IHA) does

The Israeli Heart Association (IHA; אגודת הלב הישראלי, registered nonprofit עמותה) is a volunteer-led patient-support and advocacy organization founded in 2019 by journalist Gil Meltzer. It is the first and only nonprofit in Israel dedicated to heart and cardiovascular disease patients and their families, and claims to represent over 1 million diagnosed individuals—approximately one in six Israelis—to government bodies and decision-makers. Services are delivered free of charge through a Wix-hosted website, a membership club (Israeli Heart Club / מועדון אגודת הלב הישראלי), a peer-to-peer support network (M2M / רשת תמיכה) of patient-volunteers who visit hospitalized cardiac patients, a telephone helpline (Sun–Thu 09:00–20:00, Fri until 14:00), multiple condition-specific Facebook support groups, monthly newsletters, and webinars featuring leading Israeli cardiologists. A medical-rights consultation hotline is offered in partnership with Lavan Peren (לבנת פורן). The organization conducted Israel's first national Heart Health Survey in 2022 and is governed by a board chaired by Prof. Yosef Rozenman (former Israel Heart Society President).

Name

Israeli Heart Association (IHA)

Legal name

אגודת הלב הישראלי (ע"ר)

Website

https://israeli-heart.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Israeli Heart Association (IHA) is a volunteer-led Israeli nonprofit founded in 2019 that provides free peer support, education, helpline services, and advocacy for over 1 million heart and cardiovascular disease patients and their families in Israel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patient Advocacy Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health & Support Communities (BPAMABAL)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy services
• Heart disease support
• Cardiovascular patient education
• Peer support programs
• Health nonprofit services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and contributions: As a registered nonprofit association (עמותה) in Israel, IHA operates primarily through donations and charitable contributions. Membership in the association's club is free of charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IHA provides free peer-to-peer support, education, and advocacy services for heart and cardiovascular disease patients and their families in Israel. Core offerings include a free membership club, a volunteer-led Support Network (M2M) where heart patients counsel fellow patients in hospitals and online, a telephone helpline, condition-specific Facebook support groups, cardiologist-led webinars, a Medical Rights Consultation Hotline (in partnership with Lavan Peren), an online patient forum, and healthy living educational resources. All services are provided free of charge and funded by donations and event sponsorships.

Product overview

Israeli Heart Association (IHA) operates as a nonprofit patient-support organization, not a technology company. Its primary offering is the Israeli Heart Association Website — a comprehensive digital platform and membership-based service. The portfolio includes the Israeli Heart Club (a free membership program providing webinars, pharmacy discounts, group meetings, and a monthly newsletter), a peer support network (M2M) connecting patient-volunteers with hospitalized heart patients, a telephone hotline staffed by patient-volunteers, a medical rights consultation service, and educational healthy-living resources. IHA also publishes a national Heart Health Survey, runs multiple Facebook support groups, and organizes webinars with leading cardiologists. All services are free or membership-based; there are no technology products, software platforms, or developer-facing tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Israeli Heart Club (מועדון אגודת הלב הישראלי)

Quantifiable outcome

• Represents over 1 million people diagnosed with heart disease in Israel
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lavan Peren (לבנת פורן)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIHA partnered with Lavan Peren to provide a free medical rights hotline. Lavan Peren, a medical rights advocacy firm, delivers professional guidance on National Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) benefits, tax authority matters, insurance claims, pension funds, and other patient rights. IHA members receive preferential pricing for extended services.
• Prof. Yonatan SharaabicoreOthersDirector of the Hypertension Institute at Sheba Medical Center. Past chairman of the Israeli Society for Hypertension. Serves on IHA's Medical Advisory Board.
• Prof. Sami WiskindcoreOthersCardiology specialist, Director of Inpatient Cardiology and Holter/ECG/Ergometry Laboratory at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov). Member of IHA's Medical Advisory Board.
• Prof. Zaza YakobishvilicoreOthersCardiology and internal medicine specialist, senior cardiologist in the Electrophysiology Unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem, Jerusalem. Member of IHA's Medical Advisory Board.
• Prof. Saar ManecoreOthersSenior cardiologist, Director of Invasive Cardiology Unit at Shamir Medical Center. Member of IHA's Medical Advisory Board.
• Dr. Michal LaifcoreOthersCardiology specialist and Director of Heart Failure Services at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov). Member of IHA's Medical Advisory Board.
• Prof. Yosef RozenmancoreOthersCardiology specialist, Professor of Cardiology at Tel Aviv University. Past director of the Cardiac Center at Wolfson Medical Center. Former President of the Israel Heart Society. Chair of IHA's Board of Directors.
• MedtronicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedtronic sponsored IHA's webinar on cardiac catheterizations, heart attacks, and TAVI valve replacement procedures, presented by Prof. Chaim Danziger.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• British Heart Foundation: UK heart charity combining research funding, patient information, and policy advocacy. Comparable mission to IHA as a national heart-patient advocacy organization, though at significantly greater scale and funding.
• American Heart Association: Large US-based heart health nonprofit funding research, advocacy, and patient education. IHA is the Israeli analog but at a far smaller scale, addressing a similar patient advocacy and awareness mission in a single country.

Regional players

• Israel Cancer Association: Largest Israeli health-focused nonprofit, dedicated to cancer patients and awareness. Closest domestic peer to IHA in structure: Israeli nonprofit association providing patient support, education, and advocacy in a specific disease vertical.
• JDRF Israel (Netziv Israel): Israeli affiliate of JDRF supporting type 1 diabetes patients and families with peer support, education, and advocacy. Closely comparable operating model to IHA within Israel: volunteer-led chronic-disease patient community.
• Israel Diabetes Association: Israeli nonprofit supporting diabetes patients with peer communities, education, and advocacy. Operates within Israel in a parallel chronic-disease patient-support structure similar to IHA.
• Heart Foundation (National Heart Foundation of Australia): Australia's national heart health charity focused on prevention, patient support, and research. Operates with a similar nonprofit advocacy and education model to IHA but in a different geography.
• Heart Foundation of New Zealand: New Zealand nonprofit promoting heart health and supporting people with heart disease. Same nonprofit heart-advocacy model as IHA, scaled to a national population.

Others

• World Heart Federation: Global cardiovascular health umbrella organization connecting heart-related patient groups and professional societies worldwide. Adjacent to IHA through the same disease focus and international advocacy infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCzLaKLRx7-6wsCfYG0NKRPw
• Facebookfacebook.com/IsraeliHeartAssociation
• Instagraminstagram.com/israeli.heart.association
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/israeli-heart-association

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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