What Doctors For America does

Doctors for America (DFA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2009 and headquartered in Washington, DC, that operates as a physician-led advocacy movement mobilizing over 40,000 physicians, medical trainees, and allied advocates across all 50 states to influence U.S. health policy. Its core offerings include a tiered annual membership program ($20–$200/year) with CME credits, the biennial National Leadership Conference, the Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship, Advocacy Grand Rounds webinars, an Op-Ed writing program, an Action Center for grassroots policymaker engagement, and issue-specific working groups organized around four impact areas: Access to Affordable Care, FDA Task Force, Community Health & Prevention, and Health Justice & Equity.

DFA is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and funded through a combination of foundation grants ($789,438 reported in 2024), individual donations (~$79,000 in 2024, approximately 16% of annual budget), and membership dues. Major institutional donors include the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity. DFA maintains a strict policy of refusing funding from pharmaceutical, insurance, and for-profit healthcare entities, which the organization cites as central to its independence.

The organization operates with a lean core staff of 1–10 employees led by Executive Director Angie Bakke, supported by a physician-majority Board of Directors and a national network of state chapter leaders. Its go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Bluesky, LinkedIn), earned media, email newsletters, and event-driven engagement rather than paid acquisition. DFA has cultivated relationships with 87+ coalition partners spanning medical societies, healthcare unions, and consumer advocacy organizations, and reported 300+ meetings with congressional and federal agency leaders between 2022–2025 alongside a June 2026 federal lawsuit challenging HHS ACA enrollment regulations.

Name

Doctors For America

Legal name

Doctors for America

Website

https://doctorsforamerica.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Doctors for America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2009 that mobilizes over 40,000 physicians and medical trainees nationwide to advocate for equitable, evidence-based U.S. health policy through membership programs, training, and coalition partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Advocacy Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Patient Advocacy, Navigation & Access to Care (BPAGACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC), Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Healthcare & Life Sciences PR (MPAAADAD), Healthcare & Medical Congresses (MPAGAGAF)

Keywords

• Physician advocacy organization
• Health policy nonprofit
• Medical advocacy training
• Healthcare equity movement
• Grassroots healthcare lobbying

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual paid memberships from physicians, medical students, residents/fellows, and advocates at various tier levels ($20-$200/year). Provides access to CME opportunities, member networking, resources, and advocacy tools.
2. Individual Donations: Individual contributions from donors, with approximately 16% of annual budget coming from individual donors. Includes monthly recurring donors (noted with ^) and major donors in the Founders Society ($25,000+).
3. Foundation Grants: Funding from foundations including Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (fiscal sponsor), Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity. In 2024, $789,438 in grant funding was received.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Doctors For America is a physician-led nonprofit advocacy organization that mobilizes doctors, medical trainees, and advocates to influence U.S. health policy. Its core offering is a tiered annual membership program ($20–$200/year) bundled with advocacy training, CME opportunities, an Action Center for contacting policymakers, an Op-Ed Program for media amplification, advocacy webinars (Grand Rounds), the Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship, the biennial National Leadership Conference, advocacy toolkits, an FDA Task Force, and a storytelling platform — all oriented toward advancing health equity and evidence-based healthcare policy.

Product overview

Doctors for America operates as a physician-led nonprofit advocacy organization offering a membership-based platform centered around health equity and evidence-based healthcare policy. The core offerings include tiered membership programs with CME opportunities, advocacy training through programs like Advocacy Grand Rounds and the Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship, the biennial National Leadership Conference, an Op-Ed Program for media amplification, an Action Center for grassroots mobilization, Toolkits & Resources, an FDA Task Force focused on regulatory advocacy, a Member Portal for content access, and a Storytelling Platform for narrative advocacy. These products function as an integrated advocacy ecosystem where membership provides access to training, resources, and action tools that enable physicians and medical trainees to influence health policy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 40,000 physicians and medical trainees mobilized nationwide
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Cities of Columbus, Baltimore, Chicago, and Pima County, ArizonacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 June 2026Democrat-led cities and county that joined DFA and Main Street Alliance in filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for Maryland to overturn HHS regulation on ACA plans that plaintiffs say will restrict enrollment and cause up to 2 million people to lose coverage by 2027.
• American Academy of Family PhysiciansmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. AAFP is one of the largest national medical organizations representing family physicians, with shared interests in healthcare access and equity.
• American College of PhysiciansmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. ACP represents internists and provides collaboration on policy priorities and advocacy efforts.
• American College of CardiologymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. ACC collaboration on cardiovascular health policy and advocacy initiatives.
• American Medical Student AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. AMSA partnership supports medical student advocacy and leadership development.
• National Medical AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. NMA represents African American physicians and is committed to eliminating health disparities.
• National Association of Community Health CentersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. NACHC represents federally qualified health centers serving underserved communities.
• SEIU HealthcaremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare union partner. SEIU Healthcare collaboration on healthcare worker advocacy and policy initiatives.
• Community CatalystmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsumer advocacy organization partner. Community Catalyst works to build consumer advocacy voice in health policy.
• Families USAmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsumer health advocacy organization. Long-standing coalition partner in national campaigns for healthcare access, drug pricing reforms, and patient protections.
• Main Street AlliancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmall business advocacy organization. Partner in lawsuit against ACA rule that would increase uninsured rate and affect small business communities.
• American Osteopathic AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. AOA represents osteopathic physicians and supports advocacy for healthcare access.
• Society of General Internal MedicinemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. SGIM collaboration on general internal medicine policy and advocacy.
• HIV Medicine AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. HIVMA represents clinicians working in HIV care and supports advocacy for HIV/AIDS policy.
• National Hispanic Medical AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. NHMA represents Hispanic physicians and addresses health disparities in Hispanic communities.
• Public CitizenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsumer advocacy organization. Coalition partner in advocacy for drug pricing, pharmaceutical accountability, and patient safety.
• United States Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsumer advocacy organization. Coalition partner in campaigns for pharmaceutical pricing reforms, PBM transparency, and patient protections.
• Committee of Interns and Residents / SEIUmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare union partner. CIR/SEIU represents medical residents and interns and collaborates on healthcare advocacy.
• Association of Clinicians for the UnderservedmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. ACU represents clinicians working with underserved populations and supports health equity advocacy.
• American Association of Physicians of Indian OriginmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. AAPI represents Indian American physicians and supports healthcare policy advocacy.
• Association of Pakistani Physicians of North AmericamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. APPNA collaboration on healthcare advocacy and policy initiatives.
• National Physicians AlliancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth care provider group partner. NPA represents physicians across specialties committed to healthcare reform.
• Enroll AmericamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsumer and state-based group partner. Coalition partner focused on ACA enrollment and healthcare coverage outreach.
• Community Action PartnershipmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization partner. Coalition partner in community health and advocacy efforts.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Families USA: Leading national consumer health advocacy nonprofit. Long-standing DFA coalition partner working on identical drug pricing, PBM transparency, and ACA enrollment issues; serves as a comparable nonprofit advocacy peer with similar foundation funding model.
• Public Citizen: National consumer advocacy organization with a dedicated Access to Medicines program. Coalition partner with DFA on drug pricing and pharmaceutical accountability, making it a directly comparable advocacy peer in the health policy space.
• U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group): National consumer advocacy federation. Coalition partner with DFA on pharmaceutical pricing reforms and patient protections; a directly comparable nonprofit advocacy peer with similar grassroots mobilization tactics.
• Physicians for a National Health Program: Physician-led advocacy organization focused on single-payer health reform and equitable access. Directly comparable as a grassroots, physician-driven advocacy nonprofit with overlapping policy priorities on access, equity, and reform.
• Community Catalyst: Consumer health advocacy organization focused on building grassroots power in health policy. A DFA coalition partner working on healthcare access and equity, comparable in nonprofit advocacy model and target funders.
• National Physicians Alliance: Physician-led organization advocating for healthcare reform and integrity in medical practice. Listed as a DFA coalition partner and pursues overlapping advocacy on healthcare access, drug pricing, and public health policy.

Broad incumbents

• American Academy of Family Physicians: Major national physician society representing family physicians. DFA coalition partner with shared focus on healthcare access and equity; a relevant incumbent peer for advocacy infrastructure and CME offerings.
• American College of Physicians: Large internal medicine specialty society with active advocacy arm. Listed as a DFA coalition partner; comparable in providing physician-led health policy advocacy and CME, but far larger and broader in scope.
• American Public Health Association: Largest U.S. public health professional organization with advocacy on health equity and access. Comparable in mission around health equity and evidence-based policy, though broader in scope and operating model.
• American Medical Association: The largest U.S. physician professional association with deep advocacy, policy, and CME operations. Comparable in advocating for physicians on health policy, but far broader in scope, much larger membership, and accepts industry funding that DFA refuses.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/drsforamerica
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/DoctorsforAmerica
• Facebookfacebook.com/DoctorsforAmerica
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/doctorsforamerica
• Instagraminstagram.com/drsforamerica

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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