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CheckRx
CheckRx
A Medicare research lab simplifying Medicare for seniors
Founded
January 2023
Capital Raised
$1.5M
People Helped
20,000+ seniors
CheckRx is a Medicare research lab focused on simplifying Medicare for seniors. We build market intelligence tools, conduct policy reform research, run field studies with seniors, and design software that makes Medicare easier to navigate — for health plans, agencies, seniors directly, and eventually government.
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Candor
Candor
An AI-native Medicare agency
Stage
Pre-seed
Founded
June 2026
Launch
Q3 2026
Candor is an AI-native Medicare agency built to strip out the fixed costs that keep traditional brick-and-mortar brokerages from scaling. Seniors enroll through AI agents or human agents — whichever they prefer — while every agent on the platform is equipped with a full suite of AI tools. The goal: a brokerage that serves seniors better at a fraction of the operational cost.
Visit candorinsurance.us →
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YPC
Youth Philanthropy Council
Youth-led philanthropy at national scale
Founded
2019
Capital Raised
$3.3M
Lives Impacted
40,000+
YPC is a youth-led nonprofit empowering the next generation to lead philanthropy at scale. From a Guinness World Record shoe drive to building schools abroad to raising over $1M for community health clinics, YPC mobilizes 5,000 members across the country to turn youth energy into measurable impact.
Achievements
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Guinness World Record
Most shoes donated in 24 hours
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Outstanding Philanthropic Institution
AFP, 2024
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3 schools built
Global Classroom Initiative
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$1M+ raised
SYH 55th Anniversary Gala
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5,000 members nationwide
Visit ypc.care →
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YPC Labs
YPC Labs
The most equitable teenage entrepreneurship competition in the US
Stage
Pre-launch
Founded
May 2026
Parent Org
YPC
YPC Labs is building what aims to be the largest-by-prize-pool and most equitable teenage entrepreneurship competition in the United States. Too many teen competitions reward kids who already have the network, resources, and access that come with the top 10% of schools — overlooking founders with equal or stronger ideas but less polish. YPC Labs is built for them. An initiative of YPC.
Visit ypclabs.org →
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2026
May 2026
Entrepreneur
CheckRx Is Making Medicare Manageable for Seniors
Apr 2026
San Diego BJ
Power 20 2026
2025
Oct 2025
CBS News LA
App Founder Explains the Senior Medicare Healthcare Assistance Program
Oct 2025
Patch
EO San Diego Announces Winner of 2025 GSEA Competition
Oct 2025
SD Union-Tribune
La Jolla News Nuggets
Oct 2025
Univ. of San Diego
USD News Feature
Aug 2025
Forbes
Gen Z Founders Writing a New Playbook for Business
May 2025
San Diego Metro
40 Under 40 (Youngest Nominee)
Mar 2025
ABC10 News
Youth Philanthropy Council Raises Millions Since 2019
Mar 2025
Scholastic Upfront
Giving Away 21,000 Pairs of Shoes
Jan 2025
SD Union-Tribune
Teens Break World Record Giving Away Shoes
2024
Dec 2024
The Guardian
Augustus Holm San Diego Shoe Drive World Record
Dec 2024
Guinness
Most Shoes Donated in 24 Hours
Dec 2024
Wharton Global Youth
Kicking Off a Gap Year With a World Record and an Angel Investor
Dec 2024
SD Union-Tribune
La Jolla App Valued at Over $8M Set to Expand in 2025
Dec 2024
Times of San Diego
YPC to Launch Nation's Largest 19-and-Under Entrepreneurship Competition
Dec 2024
Times of San Diego
Youth Council Aims for Guinness World Record at Kearny Mesa Event
Dec 2024
San Diego BJ
Startup Fills Prescription Needs
Nov 2024
PR Newswire
San Diego Teens Shatter Guinness World Record With 21,000 Shoes
Nov 2024
ThinkAdvisor
App Uses Pill Bottles to Look Up Medicare Drug Prices
Nov 2024
San Diego BJ
17-Year-Old Launches Tool for Medicare Beneficiaries
Nov 2024
The Star News
Volunteers Needed to Break World Record Holiday Drive
Nov 2024
Coronado Times
Youth Philanthropy Council to Host St. Nick's Kicks
Oct 2024
MediaPost
Checking In With Medicare Apps: Teenage Developer
Oct 2024
GB San Diego
Kids Helping Kids: YPC and San Ysidro Health Unite for Care
Oct 2024
AI in Healthcare
AI Healthcare Industry Digest
Sep 2024
Coronado Times
Age Is But a Number: Kid-Run Nonprofit Defies Impossibility
Sep 2024
SD Voyager
Exploring Life & Business With Augustus Holm of YPC
Aug 2024
Umbrex
An Introduction to Leading Latinx Startup Founders
Aug 2024
Fabulous California
Nonprofit of the Month: Youth Philanthropy Council
Jul 2024
SD Union-Tribune
Someone San Diego Should Know: Augustus Holm
May 2024
GB Magazine
Cover Feature, May 2024
2023
Oct 2023
SD Union-Tribune
La Jolla Student Develops App to Help Streamline Finding a Medicare Plan
Oct 2023
GB San Diego
Augustus Holm Feature
2022
Oct 2022
Mission Fed / AFP
National Philanthropy Day Award
2021
Dec 2021
Fox 5 San Diego
St. Nick's Kicks Shoes Given to Families in Need
2019
Aug 2019
SD Union-Tribune
A 50th Anniversary Fiesta
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About Augustus
Augustus Holm
Founder, The Holm Group

I'm 20, born and raised in San Diego.

I started in healthcare because I grew up in it. My grandparents and parents worked in it, and I saw what it was capable of when it ran right and what it cost people when it didn't. The first time I really understood the problem I'm now spending my life on, I was 13, sitting at the kitchen table next to my grandmother — a Medicare agent — watching her work a 500-page prescription binder to figure out which plan was right for one of her clients. That image never left me.

YPC came first, started at 13. It's a youth-led nonprofit focused on healthcare and educational equity — originally just in San Diego, now globally. CheckRx came at 17. It focuses on seniors. Both start local and spread out from there, because everything I do has to be centered around one thing first: making San Diego a little bit better. I've lived here my whole life. If I'm going to live somewhere, I might as well try to leave it slightly better than I found it.

The Holm Group is the umbrella above the ventures — a place to consolidate the work I'm doing now and everything still to come. Much more to come.

When I'm not working I'm a stereotypical San Diegan. Burritos, surfing, hiking.

The reason I do what I do is because I can, and it helps. I don't need more reason than that.
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The Holm Group
The Holm Group
Operating company & venture umbrella

A San Diego–based operating company and venture umbrella.

On the operating side, Holm Group runs a full-service practice across accounting, property management, data analytics, strategic tax planning, payroll & HR, and internal auditing — the unglamorous infrastructure businesses actually need to scale.

On the venture side, it's the umbrella behind CheckRx, Candor, YPC, and YPC Labs — with much more to come.

The throughline across both sides is the same: precision, operational discipline, and a bias toward building things that compound. Started in San Diego. Built to last.

Operating services: holmgrp.com →
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