Protect Our Care

What Protect Our Care does

Protect Our Care is a healthcare advocacy organization dedicated to making high-quality, affordable, and equitable healthcare a right for all Americans. It is structured as a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with a related 501(c)(3) affiliate called the Protect Our Care Education Fund that accepts tax-deductible donations. The organization is led by Chair Leslie Dach and President Brad Woodhouse, and it focuses its advocacy on protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and Medicare, while also addressing drug prices, reproductive health, and health equity.

Its core 'products' are advocacy initiatives and research/reporting assets rather than technology offerings. These include Hospital Crisis Watch (tracking 1,000+ facilities facing closure or service cuts), Premium Disaster Watch (monitoring premium increases and coverage losses), Health Care Sabotage Tracker (documenting ACA-undermining administrative actions), Public Health Project (overseeing HHS leadership and vaccine policy under RFK Jr.), and Faces of the GOP Health Care Crisis (personal story collection). The organization explicitly does not position itself as a technology company; there are no software products, APIs, or AI capabilities described in available materials.

The business model is donation-based: revenue comes from contributions to the Sixteen Thirty Fund (501(c)(4)) and the Protect Our Care Education Fund (501(c)(3)). The go-to-market motion is community-led, combining grassroots organizing, earned media campaigns, policy advocacy, and coalition building (e.g., the 'One Nation, Overcharged' campaign) to influence healthcare policy and mobilize supporters. Distribution is multi-channel: website, social media (Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Threads), email newsletters, press events, and coalition partnerships. Customer/supporter base is the general American public concerned about healthcare affordability and access, with no paying product customers in a conventional sense.

Name

Protect Our Care

Legal name

Sixteen Thirty Fund

Website

https://protectourcare.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Protect Our Care is a 501(c)(4) healthcare advocacy organization (a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund) that campaigns to protect and expand affordable healthcare access, Medicaid, and the ACA in America through grassroots organizing, earned media, and coalition building.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Advocacy, Navigation & Access to Care (BPAGACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Consumer Rights & Public Interest Advocacy (BPAGAFAK), Public Health Communications, Risk Communication & Community Engagement (HLAJAMAH), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Healthcare advocacy
• Policy research
• Grassroots organizing
• Nonprofit campaigns
• Healthcare policy tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: Protect Our Care is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. Revenue comes from donations and contributions from supporters. They also have a 501(c)(3) affiliate called the Protect Our Care Education Fund for tax-deductible donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Protect Our Care is a nonprofit healthcare advocacy organization that educates the public, influences policy, supports healthcare champions, and holds politicians accountable on issues including Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, drug prices, and reproductive health. Its core work consists of running advocacy campaigns, publishing research and tracking reports (Hospital Crisis Watch, Premium Disaster Watch, Health Care Sabotage Tracker, Public Health Project), organizing grassroots supporters, and engaging in direct policy advocacy with lawmakers.

Product overview

Protect Our Care is a healthcare advocacy organization structured as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization (with a related 501(c)(3) education fund). Rather than a technology product company, its offerings consist of advocacy campaigns, research reports, and monitoring initiatives. Key offerings include Hospital Crisis Watch (live tracking of 1,000+ facilities at risk), Premium Disaster Watch (premium increase monitoring), Health Care Sabotage Tracker (ACA sabotage documentation), Public Health Project (RFK Jr. oversight), and Faces of the GOP Health Care Crisis (personal story collection). These are informational advocacy tools, not software products with technical integrations or AI capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hospital Crisis Watch: An initiative tracking hospital closures, cuts, and at-risk facilities following GOP healthcare legislation.
• Premium Disaster Watch
• Health Care Sabotage Tracker
• Public Health Project

Products and services

• Hospital Crisis Watch

Quantifiable outcome

• Tracked 900+ healthcare facility closures, cuts, and at-risk situations
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 314 ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 June 2026Co-hosted emergency virtual event with 314 Action featuring Sen. Cory Booker, public health experts, and cancer advocates to condemn the SCOTUS Monsanto v. Durnell decision on glyphosate liability. Both organizations are dedicated to science-based public health policy.
• One Nation, Overcharged CoalitioncoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 June 2026Participating organization in 'One Nation, Overcharged' - a nationwide, summer-long campaign to demand a health care system that puts people first. Campaign involves signing up, speaking up, and showing up to demand healthcare as a right, not a luxury.
• Sixteen Thirty FundcoreOthers · 1 June 2026Sixteen Thirty Fund is the parent organization - Protect Our Care is a project of this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The Sixteen Thirty Fund provides organizational infrastructure and handles donations.
• Climate PowercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Joint report partnership with Climate Power titled 'Sicker By Design' outlining how Trump's pro-polluter agenda is making Americans sicker while increasing healthcare costs. The report details how Trump gutted 31 pollution protections that were set to deliver $275 billion in benefits per year and prevent 30,000 deaths annually.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Families USA: National nonpartisan healthcare advocacy organization focused on affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans. Directly comparable to Protect Our Care in mission (ACA/Medicaid protection), advocacy tactics, and Washington-based policy engagement.
• Center for American Progress: Progressive think tank with major healthcare policy division advocating for universal coverage. Closely mirrors Protect Our Care's policy-advocacy approach, D.C. presence, and coalition-style campaigns on ACA/Medicaid.
• Community Catalyst: National nonprofit advocacy organization focused on healthcare access, equity, and Medicaid/ACA expansion. Comparable to Protect Our Care in grassroots organizing, state-level engagement, and consumer-rights advocacy.
• KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation): Independent nonprofit focused on health policy research, polling, and journalism. Comparable to Protect Our Care's research/tracker work (Hospital Crisis Watch, Premium Disaster Watch) on healthcare-policy impacts.
• Health Care for America Now: Healthcare advocacy coalition originally launched to pass and defend the ACA. Comparable as a grassroots coalition focused on ACA/Medicaid protection messaging in the same progressive-advocacy lane.

Broad incumbents

• AARP Public Policy Institute: Large, well-funded advocacy arm of AARP covering Medicare/Medicaid protection, drug pricing, and healthcare access. Overlaps with Protect Our Care's policy priorities at far larger scale and budget.
• American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network: Large nonprofit advocacy organization focused on cancer-relevant health policy including ACA, Medicaid, and drug pricing. Shares Protect Our Care's earned-media and coalition-driven approach with a much larger institutional base.
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Large national nonprofit with a policy/advocacy arm operating at the intersection of healthcare access and reproductive rights. Comparable coalition-building and earned-media tactics relevant to Protect Our Care's reproductive-health vertical.

Emerging players

• National Health Council: Nonprofit advocacy and policy organization representing chronic disease patients. Comparable to Protect Our Care's patient-access framing and Medicare/Medicaid advocacy.
• 314 Action: Science-based political action organization that co-hosted events with Protect Our Care. Comparable as a coalition partner using earned media and policymaker engagement on public-health topics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/protectourcare
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC6wN2qaaPxir78tQjMtZpYQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/protectourcare
• Instagraminstagram.com/protect.our.care
• TikToktiktok.com/@protectourcare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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