About Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation
The Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation makes very large, narrowly focused grants that fund direct patient assistance to provide pharmaceutical products free of charge to eligible individuals. Nearly all recorded giving is concentrated in a single program delivering medication access/affordability, suggesting the foundation’s primary mission is to ensure patients obtain prescribed medicines rather than broad-based nonprofit support. Nonprofits that operate or partner with patient assistance programs, pharmaceutical access initiatives, or help patients navigate medication affordability are the most likely fit. Giving is highly concentrated (few grants, very large dollar amounts) and operationally focused on distributing medications to patients.
Who They Fund
eligible patientspatients requiring prescription medications
Giving Approach
Very large, concentrated grants to a single program/recipient (few grants funding a centralized patient assistance program)
Funding Style
direct servicein-kind product donationprogrammatic patient assistance
Notable grantees: Individual Patient Programs (patient assistance providing free pharmaceutical products)
Topics
About Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation
Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation Inc makes its largest recorded grants to a single purpose: providing pharmaceutical products free of charge to eligible patients. The foundation’s recent filings show a tightly focused pattern of support for Individual Patient Programs in Princeton, with each recorded award directed to medication access rather than broad nonprofit programming. In 2025, it granted $351,039,575 to Individual Patient Programs for providing pharmaceutical products free of charge to eligible patients. That followed a $279,656,091 grant in 2024 and a $218,551,062 grant in 2023, all tied to the same purpose. This is not a diversified grantmaker with many thematic strands; the grant history points to an operational model built around prescription support and direct patient assistance. For nonprofit researchers, the key takeaway is that the foundation’s work is centered on helping eligible patients obtain prescribed medicines through a repeated, program-specific funding structure.
What Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation Funds
The foundation’s giving is concentrated in medication access and prescription assistance. In 2025, it awarded $351,039,575 to Individual Patient Programs for providing pharmaceutical products free of charge to eligible patients, showing a direct-service approach to affordability. The same purpose appears in the 2024 grant of $279,656,091 and the 2023 grant of $218,551,062, reinforcing a consistent patient-assistance model rather than a rotating set of causes. Its recent grants also point to pharmaceutical supply distribution as the core activity being supported, with funding tied to getting products to eligible patients. Across the available record, the cause area is narrow and operational: prescription drugs, patient access, and cost-offset support through a named patient program.
How Otsuka Patient Assistance Foundation Gives
The recorded grant sizes are extremely large and tightly clustered: p25 is $233,827,319, median is $249,103,576, and p75 is $264,379,834. The recent grant record shows repeated awards over multiple years to the same recipient program, indicating a recurring relationship rather than one-off philanthropy. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not make program-related investments. The pattern is consistent with a direct patient-assistance model, with funding structured around distribution of pharmaceutical products free of charge to eligible patients.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$351M
Total Assets
$72.2M
Total Revenue
$401.9M
Total Expenses
$361.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $233.8M and $264.4M, with a median of $249.1M.
25th Percentile
$233.8M
Median
$249.1M
75th Percentile
$264.4M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NJ.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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