KINYAN ERETZ YISRAEL INC

What KINYAN ERETZ YISRAEL INC does

Kinyan Eretz Yisrael is a U.S.-domiciled non-profit association (EIN 46-4493948, headquartered in Lakewood, New Jersey) that enables Jews worldwide to acquire halachically valid ownership of agricultural land in Israel in order to fulfill the 28 mitzvos hatluyos ba'aretz — the agricultural commandments tied to the Land of Israel, including terumos, ma'aseros, shmittah, leket, shikechah, and pe'ah. Founded in 2005 by Dayan HaRav Meir Leibowitz, Shlit"a, the organization cultivates wheat fields at Moshav Mazkeret Batya and a vineyard at Moshav Beit Uziel, both near Rechovot, and registers individual plots under members' names in cooperation with Harav Shaul Reichenberg's Beis Hamidrash for Agricultural Halachah, which serves as halachic proxy.

The organization sells three core subscription products — a Wheat Field plan (1-year $190, 2-year $340, 3-year $444), a Vineyard plan (1-year $380, 2-year $680, 3-year $888), and a Combined Wheat Field + Vineyard plan (1-year $520, 2-year $912, 3-year $1,190) — all tax-deductible and available as monthly billed subscriptions (with a 15% monthly discount) or prepaid annual purchases (5% discount). Plans are sold directly to consumers through the organization's website (kinyaneretzyisrael.com) and via telephone and fax enrollment; acquisition is driven primarily by word-of-mouth referrals within Orthodox Jewish communities and by rabbinic endorsements from leading gedolim.

Go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer with no intermediary distribution, supported by an educational School Program for Jewish schools in Israel (with development underway for yeshivot and summer camps abroad). The organization employs 1-10 staff and reports thousands of members worldwide, including Admorim, Rabanim, and Poskim. Operations have continued through multiple shmittah cycles over 16 years, and the organization holds U.S. non-profit tax-deductible status with no disclosed funding rounds, no outside investors, and no parent company.

Name

KINYAN ERETZ YISRAEL INC

Legal name

Kinyan Eretz Yisrael Association

Website

https://kinyaneretzyisrael.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kinyan Eretz Yisrael is a U.S. non-profit that enables Jews worldwide to acquire halachically valid ownership of wheat and vineyard plots in Israel, allowing them to fulfill the 28 agricultural mitzvos tied to the Land of Israel through tax-deductible subscription plans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership/Subscription Fees: The organization generates revenue through annual membership fees for ownership of agricultural land plots (wheat fields and/or vineyards) in Israel. Members pay yearly, bi-yearly, or tri-yearly subscription fees and receive certification of land ownership, halachic representation for performing mitzvos, and the right to visit their plots and receive produce during harvest.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Kinyan Eretz Yisrael is a non-profit organization that enables observant Jews worldwide to acquire ownership of agricultural land plots in Israel through yearly, multi-year, or monthly membership subscriptions. The organization cultivates and manages wheat fields and vineyards in Israel as halachic proxies for members, enabling them to fulfill the 28 agricultural mitzvos tied to the Land of Israel (mitzvos hatluyos ba'aretz). Members receive certified legal and halachic land ownership, personal plot identification, halachic representation for performing mitzvos, and the ability to visit their plots and take home produce during harvest.

Product overview

Kinyan Eretz Yisrael is a non-profit organization offering a single-tier membership service centered on agricultural land ownership in Israel. Members purchase plots in either wheat fields (located in Moshav Mazkeret Batya near Rechovot) or vineyards (located in Moshav Beit Uziel near Rechovot), or both combined. The organization handles all cultivation work and serves as members' halachic representatives, enabling participation in 28 agricultural mitzvos that can only be performed by land owners in Israel. A companion School Program provides educational materials about these mitzvos to Jewish schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wheat Field Plan

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 unique mitzvos can be fulfilled through membership

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HaRav Meir Leibowitz (Founder)coreOthersFounder and spiritual leader of Kinyan Eretz Yisrael, a Dayan in Jerusalem who established the organization 16 years ago and has done extensive research into Mitzvos of the Land of Israel, authoring a book on the topic

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ezer Mizion: Ezer Mizion provides health, family, and community support services across Israel with broad donor support from the observant community. It is comparable as a large, faith-aligned, recurring-donor-funded nonprofit, but operates a much broader social-service mission than Kinyan Eretz Yisrael.
• Agudath Israel of America: Agudath Israel is the umbrella advocacy and community organization for Orthodox Jewry in the US, representing a far broader mandate but operating on member dues, fundraising, and donor cultivation from the same observant Jewish demographic that Kinyan Eretz Yisrael targets.
• Orthodox Union (OU): The OU is the largest Orthodox Jewish congregational umbrella in North America, operating membership, kashrut, and educational programs from the same observant community that Kinyan Eretz Yisrael serves. It overlaps on community-wide religious service delivery but at vastly greater scale.
• Tomchei Shabbos: Tomchei Shabbos provides Shabbos food packages to families in need through a community-funded, volunteer-driven nonprofit model. It targets the same observant Jewish donor demographic and operates on recurring donor contributions, but is a broader social-service organization rather than a religious-participation product.
• Bonei Olam: Bonei Olam funds fertility treatment and family-building support for observant Jewish couples. Comparable as a faith-aligned nonprofit that converts religious priority (pru u'revu) into a packaged, donor-funded service with member-like engagement.

Regional players

• Yad Sarah: Yad Sarah is one of Israel's largest volunteer-based nonprofits, providing equipment loans and social services nationwide. It is comparable as a high-trust, faith-aligned nonprofit serving a Jewish community with physical-asset-based service delivery, though its mission and geography are Israeli rather than diaspora-focused.
• Magen David Adom (American Friends): American Friends of Magen David Adom is a US-domiciled nonprofit that raises funds for Israel's national emergency medical service. It shares Kinyan Eretz Yisrael's Israel-asset-backed, US-donor-funded nonprofit model and target community, though the underlying beneficiary service is different.

Direct peers

• Dirshu: Dirshu runs a subscription-based model that allows observant Jews worldwide to participate in structured Talmud study through paid shiurim and tests. It shares the same subscription-recurring revenue motion, target persona (committed diaspora yeshiva-world Jews), and reliance on rabbinic authority for credibility. Both convert religious obligation into a packaged, renewably-purchasable participation product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCrRGNNi9-0g_k81wkOqZO5g
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kinyan-eretz-yisrael-inc

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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