Sos Health Services

What Sos Health Services does

SOS Health Services of Walla Walla is a faith-based, non-denominational nonprofit organization founded in 2000 by a service-minded physician to provide free immediate/walk-in medical care to uninsured and underinsured individuals in the Walla Walla Valley. The organization operates a single clinic at 1200 SE 12th Street, Suite 4, College Place, WA, delivering approximately 1,500 patient visits per year (up from approximately 1,400 previously cited) across Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon. Services are provided without regard to citizenship status or geographic location, and ability to pay is not a criterion for care. The patient base includes uninsured individuals generally and farm and vineyard workers specifically.

The organization does not operate a technology platform; its primary product is the SOS Clinic, an in-person urgent-care service staffed by volunteer physicians, nurses, students, phlebotomists, and transcriptionists, alongside a small paid staff of 1-10 employees led by Medical Director Dr. Paul McLain and Clinic Director Noemi Reed. Currently operating by appointment only due to COVID-era factors, the clinic conserves emergency room and hospital resources by serving as an alternative care location for non-emergency needs. A specialized sub-program, the LIFESAVER FUND, partners with Providence St. Mary Medical Center to provide free mammogram screening for uninsured women over 40.

SOS Health Services operates a charitable care revenue model with no fees charged to patients. Funding comes from individual donations (framed at $35 per patient visit), recurring giving through the DonorPerfect donor portal, and community fundraising events including the annual SOS Chili Cook-off and a recurring Wine Tasting Series. Strategic partners include Vital Wines (a non-profit winery), SonBridge Community Center, Providence St. Mary Medical Center, CAVU Cellars, and The Drayman House as venue partners. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Kimberly Mueller.

Name

Sos Health Services

Legal name

SOS Health Services

Website

https://soshealthservices.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SOS Health Services is a faith-based nonprofit clinic in College Place, WA, founded in 2000, that provides free immediate-care medical services to uninsured and underinsured individuals in the Walla Walla Valley, delivering approximately 1,500 patient visits annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Healthcare Clinic Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Care for Underserved Populations (e.g., migrant, homeless, refugee clinics) (HLAFAGAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Retail & Walk-In Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAC), After-Hours & Walk-In Primary Care Clinics (HLAFADAH)

Keywords

• Free medical clinic
• Urgent care services
• Charitable healthcare
• Uninsured patient care
• Community health clinic

Headquarters

HQ city

College Place

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Primary revenue stream from individual and community donations. Every $35 donation provides compassionate medical care to one community member. All donations are tax deductible. Donors can give one-time or recurring gifts via credit/debit through the donor portal or by mailing checks.
2. Events and Fundraising: Revenue generated through community fundraising events such as the annual SOS Chili Cook-off competition and monthly Wine Tasting Series events that benefit the clinic.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SOS Health Services operates a free, faith-based, non-denominational immediate care clinic in College Place, Washington, providing walk-in and appointment-based urgent-care medical services to uninsured and underinsured individuals in the Walla Walla Valley. The clinic is staffed by volunteer physicians, nurses, students, phlebotomists, and transcriptionists, and delivers roughly 1,500 patient visits annually regardless of patients' citizenship status or geographic location.

Product overview

SOS Health Services operates a single faith-based, non-denominational clinic providing free healthcare to uninsured and underinsured community members in the Walla Walla Valley. The organization does not offer a platform or multiple software products; its primary offering is the SOS Clinic, which delivers approximately 1,400-1,500 patient visits annually through volunteer physicians, nurses, students, phlebotomists, and administrative staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SOS Clinic (Free Immediate/Urgent Care Services) Free, faith-based, non-denominational walk-in and appointment-based immediate/urgent care medical services for uninsured and underinsured individuals in the Walla Walla Valley, regardless of citizenship status or geographic location. Approximately 1,500 patient visits are delivered annually by volunteer physicians, nurses, students, phlebotomists, and transcriptionists.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 1,500 patient visits per year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vital WinescoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVital Wines is a local Walla Walla winery that helps the community through partnership with SOS Health Services. Many patients of the clinic are farm and vineyard workers essential to providing the wines and agricultural products that make the valley thrive.
• SonBridge Community CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner working with SOS Health Services to provide healthcare and service to the community. Together with SonBridge Community Center and other amazing donors, the services are the beautiful results of care pouring in from a number of different people and organizations.
• Providence St. Mary Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner providing support including the LIFESAVER FUND for free mammogram screening for women over 40 years of age with no financial resources or insurance. Also partners with the clinic for community healthcare safety net services.
• Walla Walla General HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormer hospital partner mentioned in historical context of clinic operations and community healthcare safety net development.
• CAVU CellarsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner for the 2nd Annual SOS Chili Cook-off fundraising event, hosting the competition at CAVU Cellars' Event Center in Walla Walla, WA.
• The Drayman HouseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVenue partner hosting Wine Tasting Series events at 10 N. 7th Ave., in Walla Walla, WA.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Providence Health & Services: Large Catholic nonprofit health system that operates hospitals including Providence St. Mary Medical Center, which is a documented SOS Health Services partner. Compares as the broader incumbent hospital system supporting community safety-net clinics.
• Unity Health Care: Large nonprofit federally qualified health center network serving uninsured and underinsured patients with primary care. Comparable mission and patient mix but operates at materially larger scale.
• National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics: Umbrella association representing free and charitable clinics nationwide. Comparable ecosystem participant and category leader for organizations like SOS.

Direct peers

• HealthPoint (formerly Community Health Centers of King County): Washington-state nonprofit community health center serving uninsured and underinsured patients with primary and urgent care. Comparable scope, payer mix, and target population.
• Sea Mar Community Health Centers: Washington-based nonprofit community health network operating clinics that serve uninsured, underinsured, and migrant populations. Comparable in mission, geography, and faith-tinged community service orientation.
• Volunteers in Medicine: National nonprofit network of free clinics relying on volunteer clinicians to serve uninsured populations. Directly comparable as a volunteer-driven free clinic model.
• Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic: Federally qualified community health center serving farmworkers and uninsured populations across Washington and Oregon. Closest comparable peer because of shared geography, agricultural-worker focus, and nonprofit clinic delivery model.
• Remote Area Medical: Nonprofit that operates free pop-up clinics providing urgent and primary care to uninsured and underserved populations. Comparable free-care delivery model and target demographic.

Regional players

• Salud Family Health Centers: Federally qualified health center operating in Colorado serving uninsured, migrant, and low-income patients. Comparable mission and target population but different regional geography.
• Clinica Sierra Vista: California-based nonprofit community health network serving uninsured, migrant farmworker, and underinsured populations. Comparable agricultural-worker patient focus but operates in a different region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/soshealthclinic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sos-health-services

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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