Prevention Partners

What Prevention Partners does

Prevention Partners, operating as For Prevention, was a North Carolina-based 501(c)-style nonprofit founded in 1998 that developed evidence-based organizational wellness products for workplaces, schools, hospitals, and government entities. Its core product portfolio comprised four flagship offerings — WorkHealthy America (executive workplace wellness), LearnHealthy America (school health policy framework), LeadHealthy America (alliance/coalition coaching), and Patient Quit-Tobacco System (hospital/clinic tobacco cessation) — supplemented by Zone Health and Simple Steps. The underlying platform combined weighted survey instruments, executive reporting (including letter grades), comparative benchmarking against sector, size, and geographic peers, and online toolbox/training resources, supported by a Research Council that leveraged the proprietary database of 1,000+ organizational assessments to drive research in tobacco and obesity prevention.

The organization operated a direct enterprise sales model with annual subscription licenses and tiered pricing. LeadHealthy America consultation packages ranged from $25,000 to $75,000 depending on coaching and customization, with additional site visits and coaching sold as add-ons; other products (Patient Quit-Tobacco System, WorkHealthy, LearnHealthy) were sold as annual licenses with unlimited organizational access. Anchor customers included the Department of Defense, Oklahoma Hospital Association (member-hospital rollout), and 78 North Carolina schools reaching 119,431 students. Marketing relied on content (blog, resource library, newsletters) targeting mid- and top-of-funnel demand from wellness and policy stakeholders. The organization was led by founder and CEO Dr. Meg Molloy (DrPH, MPH, RD), with Whitney Davis, MPH, as Research & Evaluation Director, and operated with roughly 22 employees. On February 17, 2017, after 18 years of operation, Prevention Partners suspended all operations, ending active product support while retaining the forprevention.org website as an informational resource.

Name

Prevention Partners

Legal name

Prevention Partners

Website

https://forprevention.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Prevention Partners (dba For Prevention) was a North Carolina-based nonprofit that sold evidence-based wellness assessment and benchmarking subscriptions (WorkHealthy, LearnHealthy, LeadHealthy, Patient Quit-Tobacco) to 1,000+ workplaces, schools, hospitals, and government entities before suspending operations in February 2017.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Organizational Wellness Software

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Employer Wellness & Population Health Programs (HLAEAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC), Health Promotion, Prevention & Wellness Education (EDALAFAF), Workplace Wellness & Wellbeing Education (EDAAAHAN), Wellness Program Design & Accountability Coaching (HSADAGAC)

Keywords

• Workplace wellness programs
• Tobacco cessation systems
• School health frameworks
• Organizational health benchmarking
• Preventive health solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Product Licensing: Organizations purchase annual licenses for products including WorkHealthy America, LearnHealthy America, Patient Quit-Tobacco System, and LeadHealthy America. Licenses provide unlimited access to assessments, reports, training materials, and toolbox resources for the licensed organization.
2. Consultation and Coaching Services: LeadHealthy licenses range from $25,000 to $75,000 depending on the amount of coaching and customization. Additional site visits, coaching sessions and other services are purchased as optional add-ons.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Prevention Partners sells evidence-based organizational wellness programs (WorkHealthy America, LearnHealthy America, LeadHealthy America, and Patient Quit-Tobacco System) to workplaces, schools, hospitals, and government entities via annual licenses. The offerings combine online assessment and benchmarking platforms, executive reporting, training toolboxes, and optional coaching/consultation services to help organizations address preventable disease drivers such as tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and obesity.

Product overview

Prevention Partners (doing business as For Prevention) offered a suite of organizational wellness products addressing the major causes of preventable disease: tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, obesity, and stress. The core product portfolio included WorkHealthy America (workplace wellness), LearnHealthy America (school health), LeadHealthy America (coalition coaching), and Patient Quit-Tobacco System (hospital/clinic tobacco cessation), along with sub-products Simple Steps and Zone Health. The products shared a common evidence-based assessment framework with benchmarking capabilities, action planning tools, and multi-phase implementation support. Prevention Partners suspended operations as of February 17, 2017, impacting support for all products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WorkHealthy America: Executive-level workplace wellness solutions to enhance employee well-being, including comprehensive assessments, reports, training, and recognition programs.
• LearnHealthy America
• LeadHealthy America
• Patient Quit-Tobacco System
• Zone Health
• Simple Steps

Products and services

• WorkHealthy America
• LearnHealthy America
• LeadHealthy America
• Patient Quit-Tobacco System
• Zone Health
• Simple Steps

Quantifiable outcome

• 119,431 students at 78 North Carolina schools benefited from LearnHealthy America framework
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Oklahoma Hospital AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Oklahoma Hospital Association to implement WorkHealthy America framework across member hospitals. The multi-phase implementation support helped hospitals integrate tobacco cessation into patient care, demonstrating how a strategic framework can drive significant change.
• Department of DefensecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment of Defense uses LeadHealthy America consultation package to implement and evaluate workplace wellness initiatives. Partners in New York City, South Carolina, Virginia, and Oklahoma also utilize the package for health program implementation.
• New York City PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadHealthy America partners in New York City implementing workplace wellness initiatives with coaching and customization.
• South Carolina PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadHealthy America partners in South Carolina using the consultation package to implement and evaluate workplace wellness.
• Virginia PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadHealthy America partners in Virginia implementing workplace wellness initiatives.
• Oklahoma PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeadHealthy America partners in Oklahoma using the consultation package for workplace wellness implementation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wellsteps: Wellsteps provides a worksite wellness platform with assessments, programs, and benchmarking for employers — closely aligned with Prevention Partners' organizational assessment and licensing model.
• Limeade: Limeade is an employee well-being platform used by enterprises to deploy wellness programs, health assessments, and engagement tools — a direct competitor in the employer wellness technology space that Prevention Partners served.
• Virgin Pulse: Virgin Pulse is a leading enterprise well-being and engagement platform serving global employers with health assessments, coaching, and lifestyle programs — competing for the same employer buyers Prevention Partners targeted.
• Action for Healthy Kids: Action for Healthy Kids is a nonprofit that partners with schools to promote nutrition, physical activity, and wellness policies — directly comparable to Prevention Partners' LearnHealthy America framework.
• Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO): HERO is a nonprofit membership organization advancing employee health and well-being research and best practices for employers, with benchmarking and thought-leadership content comparable to Prevention Partners' evidence-based employer wellness approach.
• WELCOA (Wellness Councils of America): WELCOA is a national nonprofit membership organization providing worksite wellness frameworks, benchmarking tools (Well Workplace Awards), and training resources to employers — directly comparable to Prevention Partners' WorkHealthy America and LeadHealthy America offerings.

Broad incumbents

• National Business Group on Health: National Business Group on Health is a large nonprofit representing major employers on health, well-being, and benefits strategy — a broader incumbent operating in the employer wellness space with policy advocacy and benchmarking comparable to Prevention Partners' employer-facing work.
• American Cancer Society: American Cancer Society is a large nonprofit with extensive tobacco-control programs, hospital cessation partnerships, and school health initiatives — overlapping with Prevention Partners' Patient Quit-Tobacco System and tobacco-free school work at greater scale.
• CDC Division of Population Health: CDC's Division of Population Health runs the Workplace Health Promotion and School Health programs that Prevention Partners' products operationalize — a public-sector incumbent whose frameworks and funding shape the same employer and school wellness market.

Others

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a major philanthropic funder of culture of health, prevention, and population health initiatives — thematically adjacent and a potential ecosystem partner or funder for prevention-focused nonprofits comparable to Prevention Partners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nc-prevention-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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