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No one in our country should die a preventable death, suffer from chronic pain that could be relieved, or have to cope with a debilitating physical or mental illness that could be treated. And yet, for too many, that is the harsh reality of the American health care system. We can do better. We can make health care affordable for everyone in our nation. Our health care storytellers are an example of why our work matters so much.
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Ways To Give
There are many ways to give to Protect Our Care and the Protect Our Care Education Fund. Protect Our Care operates as a 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit that is fiscally sponsored by the Sixteen Thirty Fund. Donations to the Sixteen Third Fund to support our work are not tax deductible. The Protect Our Care Education Fund operates as a 501(c)(3) public charity that is fiscally sponsored by the New Venture Fund. Donations to the New Venture Fund to support our work are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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For c4 donations:
- Make Payable To: Sixteen Thirty Fund
- Memo Line: Protect Our Care
- Mail To:
- Sixteen Thirty Fund, PO Box 38066, Baltimore, MD 21297
- Overnight Mail/Signature of Receipt: Sixteen Thirty Fund, Box 38066, 400 White Clay Center Drive, Newark, DE 19711
- EIN #: 26-4486735
For c3 donations:
- Make Payable To: New Venture Fund
- Memo Line: Protect Our Care Education Fund
- Mail To:
- New Venture Fund, PO Box 37734, Baltimore, MD 21297
- Overnight Mail/Signature of Receipt: New Venture Fund, Box 37734, 400 White Clay Center Drive, Newark, DE 19711
- EIN #: 20-5806345
Wire Transfers
You may directly transfer funds to our account. Please contact the Development team at [email protected] to learn more.
Stock
Support Protect Our Care’s work through a gift of stock or other assets. If you’d like to make a gift of stock, certificates held by a bank or broker can be transferred to Protect Our Care electronically. Contact the Development team at [email protected] to learn more.
Donor Advised Funds
To make a recommended tax deductible gift from any donor advised fund to support Protect Our Care’s work, please contact the Development team at [email protected].
Foundation Grants
Institutional donors such as foundations can make general fund grants to Protect Our Care and the Protect Our Care Education Fund, may designate funding for specific initiatives, and/or may fund a special project through a restricted grant with clearly defined goals, deliverables and expenses.
Why is Health Care So Important?
The Protect Our Care team fights to make health care better and more affordable. We do this because people need health care to succeed in education and in the workforce and so that they can be physically and emotionally healthy throughout their lives. People need health care…
To Be Healthy
- People without insurance coverage are much more likely to delay or forgo getting care, including preventive care and services for major health conditions and chronic diseases.
- Thanks to the ACA, insurers cannot deny coverage to the 50%+ of Americans who have a pre-existing health condition like asthma, diabetes, cancer, or who are pregnant.
For Financial Security
- Health care is so expensive that nearly one-third of GoFundMe campaigns are dedicated to raising money to help people pay medical debt.
- 1 in 5 seniors do not take their prescribed medications because they’re too expensive.
For Success in Education and for Economic Mobility
- The ACA improves reading scores for children born to low income mothers.
- Expansion of Medicaid coverage has benefited pregnant women and their infants and made it much more likely that they will graduate from high school.
For Emotional Well-Being
- Medicaid is the single-largest payer for mental health services in America, serving 26% of all adults living with a serious mental health condition.
- 12% of Medicaid enrollees 18+ receive comprehensive care for a substance use disorder.
Why Give to Protect Our Care?
- We are a One-of-a Kind “War Room” for Health Care: We are the first line of defense against relentless right wing attacks on health care. We are successful lobbyists for more positive health care legislation. We are nimble, strategic and we move fast. Put simply, we know how to win.
- We do the Politics of Health Care: Health care is a politicized policy issue. We fill a unique space in the world of progressive policy advocacy by holding politicians accountable for their health care records, and championing those who are in this fight with us.
- We Deliver Profound Social Impact: 45 million Americans with health care thanks to the ACA. Seniors saving thousands of dollars per year on the cost of their medications. Maternal and mental health care being provided for millions, free vaccines and affordable care for poor children, insulin payments for seniors capped at $35 per month. And more…
- Our Cause is Underfunded: Compared to other causes, the philanthropic resources devoted to health care policy advocacy are small. The need for more donations to groups like Protect Our Care is real and the social impact return on that charitable investment is exceptional.
- We are Cost-Effective: As a fiscally sponsored organization with full-time equivalent staff of 24 that works remotely, we have very low overhead costs. We estimate that approximately 90% of a donation is invested in the people and programs that directly achieve our mission.