What Harboring Hearts does

Harboring Hearts Housing Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York (P.O. Box 2674, New York, NY 10163) that provides emergency housing, food, transportation, and emotional support programming to cardiac surgery and transplant patients and their families across the New York Metro Area. The organization operates four core programs: an Emergency Fund that issues small financial grants for housing, food, and transportation; Community Events that include volunteer-led support groups and Heart Parties; a Caregiver Food Delivery program that delivers meals to bedside; and Hope 4 Hearts, which provides personalized recovery experiences for patients. All services are delivered free of charge to eligible patients and are funded entirely through donations and corporate partnerships.

The organization's distribution is anchored in a network of 10 hospital partners — including NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia, Cornell, and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Mount Sinai, Montefiore, NYU Langone, Westchester Medical Center, Northwell North Shore and Cohen Children's, and Stony Brook University Hospital — with more than 200 affiliated physicians and social workers making direct patient referrals. The revenue model combines individual donations (processed via donorperfect.io), corporate partnerships with 40+ companies spanning healthcare, financial services, consumer brands, and local businesses, event fundraising anchored by an annual golf outing that raised more than $500,000 on September 23, 2025, and a grateful patient giving program. Technology infrastructure is minimal: the organization runs on a Squarespace website with standard donor management tooling and has no proprietary technology products.

Cumulative program reach includes more than 8,000 patients supported through community events and more than 3,000 patients served through the Emergency Fund, with 95% of 2024 Emergency Fund recipients reporting household income under $80,000. The organization holds the Platinum Candid Seal (GuideStar's highest transparency rating) and operates with an event-driven, referral-anchored go-to-market that combines hospital-based clinical referrals, grassroots community building through a Junior Board, and a recurring event calendar including the NYC Half Marathon, TCS NYC Marathon, wellness days, and the annual golf outing.

Name

Harboring Hearts

Legal name

Harboring Hearts Housing Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://harboringhearts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Harboring Hearts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides emergency housing, food, transportation, and emotional support to cardiac surgery and transplant patients and their families through 10 hospital partners in the New York Metro Area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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. Individual Donations: The organization accepts individual donations through its website via donorperfect.io platform. Donors can give one-time or recurring contributions.
2. Corporate Partnerships: Companies partner with Harboring Hearts through sponsorship packages, care package assembly events, and in-kind donations. The corporate partnership page showcases over 40 corporate partners including healthcare companies, financial institutions, and local businesses.
3. Event Fundraising: Annual events including golf outings, wellness days, and marathon teams generate revenue. The 2025 Golf Outing raised more than $500,000.
4. Grateful Patient Contributions: Former patients and families give back through a dedicated grateful patients program.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Harboring Hearts provides emergency housing, transportation, food, and emotional support programming to cardiac surgery and transplant patients and their families. Services are delivered free of charge through four core programs (Emergency Fund grants, Community Events, Caregiver Food Delivery, and Hope 4 Hearts experiences) in partnership with 10 hospital systems across the New York Metro Area, with patients referred by social workers and physicians.

Product overview

Harboring Hearts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides emergency housing, transportation, food, and emotional support programming to cardiac surgery and transplant patients and their families. The organization operates four core programs: Emergency Fund (financial grants for housing, food, and transportation), Community Events (volunteer-led emotional support activities including support groups and Heart Parties), Caregiver Food Delivery (meals delivered to bedside), and Hope 4 Hearts (personalized experience outings for recovering patients). Services are delivered in partnership with 10 hospital partners across the New York Metro Area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,000+ patients received emotional support at Community Events
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DeloittecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDeloitte is listed as a corporate partner. The organization has participated in Deloitte Impact Day, assembling care packages for heart surgery patients and their families.
• Corzo ContractingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner supporting Harboring Hearts.
• BridgeBiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner supporting Harboring Hearts.
• Johnson & Johnson MedTechcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner. JJMT logo is prominently featured on the corporate partner page.
• AbiomedcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner. Abiomed is a heart pump technology company that supports Harboring Hearts.
• NuwellisminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner supporting Harboring Hearts.
• Veronica BeardminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner supporting Harboring Hearts.
• Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a corporate partner. GNYHA represents hospitals in the New York area and likely provides strategic partnership for referrals and awareness.
• CareDxminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner supporting Harboring Hearts.
• Brooklyn Candle StudiominorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an in-kind partner providing candles or merchandise for events.
• Bob's Discount FurnitureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an in-kind partner potentially providing furniture for patient housing support.
• NateraminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner supporting Harboring Hearts.
• Stew LeonardsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as a corporate partner, potentially providing food donations.
• WegmansminorGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as an in-kind partner, potentially providing food for caregiver meal delivery program.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Heart Association: Largest US cardiovascular health nonprofit, with broad research, advocacy, and patient support programming. Overlaps with Harboring Hearts' cardiac patient mission but operates nationally with vastly greater resources.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities: Major nonprofit providing housing and support to families of seriously ill children near hospitals. Shares the housing-for-medical-families model with Harboring Hearts but serves a broader pediatric population at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Children's Heart Foundation: National nonprofit focused specifically on congenital heart defects, funding research and supporting affected children and families. Comparable to Harboring Hearts' pediatric cardiac patient family support model.
• National Foundation for Transplants: Nonprofit raising funds to help transplant patients cover uninsured medical and related expenses. Directly comparable emergency financial assistance model for transplant patients, including cardiac transplant recipients served by Harboring Hearts.
• Mended Hearts: National nonprofit providing peer-to-peer support, education, and patient visits for heart disease patients and families. Closest direct analog to Harboring Hearts' cardiac patient support mission, though operating nationally rather than regionally.
• Second Wind Lung Transplant Association: Patient-run nonprofit supporting pre- and post-lung transplant candidates and recipients. Comparable transplant-patient emotional support and family caregiver model to Harboring Hearts' Community Events programming.
• Help Hope Live: Nonprofit helping patients fundraise for medical needs including transplants and cardiac procedures via community-based fundraising. Closely matches Harboring Hearts' Emergency Fund financial-assistance model for cardiac surgery patients.
• Heart Brothers Foundation: Nonprofit supporting heart failure patients and their families, particularly those awaiting or recovering from heart transplant or LVAD. Highly comparable cardiac-specific patient support scope.
• Children's Organ Transplant Association (COTA): Nonprofit helping children and young adults needing transplants via fundraising, family support, and advocacy. Strongly aligned with Harboring Hearts' pediatric transplant family support model.

Regional players

• Samaritan Health Foundation: Regional cardiac and community health nonprofit supporting cardiac patients and families in a specific US metro. Comparable regional non-profit model focused on cardiac patient assistance outside of NY.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harboring-hearts-housing

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Investors

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Investments

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