About Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation
Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation primarily funds programs that provide free or subsidized Pfizer medicines to low-income, uninsured, or underinsured patients. The foundation’s giving is overwhelmingly directed to direct patient assistance (both a centralized Individual Patient Program and institutional patient assistance administered through hospitals, free clinics, and pharmacy access programs) and to supporting safety-net providers who distribute medications to underserved populations. Grants are operational in nature — enabling medication access rather than funding research or broad policy advocacy.
Focus Areas
Centralized individual patient medication assistance (Pfizer Individual Patient Programs)Institutional patient assistance partnerships with free clinics and community health centersMedication access programs run by regional pharmacy/medication access nonprofits (e.g., MedAssist networks)Support to safety-net hospitals and hospital-based patient assistance programsCharitable pharmacies that dispense donated or subsidized medicines to low-income patients
Who They Fund
eligible individual patients (uninsured/underinsured)
About Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation
Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation Inc centers its giving on one purpose: making Pfizer medicines available to patients who cannot otherwise afford them. The largest grants on file go to the Individual Patient Programs in New York, which provided free Pfizer medicines to eligible patients in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern makes patient access, rather than general grantmaking, the defining feature of the foundation’s work. Alongside that central program, the foundation supports institutional patient assistance through hospitals, free clinics, community health centers, and pharmacy-access organizations. Welvista in Columbia, South Carolina, NC Medassist in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia all appear among the recent recipients, showing how the foundation uses partner organizations to move medicines to uninsured and underinsured patients. The grants are operational in nature and tied to service delivery. The foundation funds programs that dispense donated or subsidized medicines, including institutional patient assistance administered through federally qualified health centers, disproportionate share hospitals, free clinics, and similar safety-net providers. Its recent record shows a national footprint built around medication access, with all grants in the dataset going to U.S. recipients.
What Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation Funds
A core theme is direct medication access for individuals. The foundation’s Individual Patient Programs in New York received the largest recent awards, each described as providing free Pfizer medicines to eligible patients. A second theme is support for regional medication-access networks. NC Medassist in Charlotte, North Carolina received multiple institutional patient assistance grants, indicating sustained support for an organization that helps patients obtain medications through a broader access network. The foundation also backs clinic-based care delivery. Greenville Free Medical Clinic in Greenville, South Carolina received repeated institutional patient assistance grants, and the same program type appears at free clinics and health centers that serve uninsured patients. These awards are operational rather than research-oriented, with the money tied to dispensing medicines through patient-facing providers. Hospital-based access is another part of the portfolio. University of North Carolina Hospitals in Durham, North Carolina and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia both appear as recipients under the institutional patient assistance program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.5B
Total Assets
$9.4M
Total Revenue
$1.5B
Total Expenses
$1.5B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $13K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$13K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in VA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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