Funding search · EIN 261437283 · New York, NY
Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 134
- grants reported
- $5.49B
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $4,080
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.
Where the money goes
- Free Pfizer medicines shipped directly to eligible uninsured patients
- Institutional patient assistance stock for free and charitable clinics
- Charitable pharmacies dispensing donated medicines to low-income patients
- Safety-net hospitals and public health systems serving indigent patients
- Statewide medication access intermediaries like Welvista and NC MedAssist
Typical grant
Almost all the money, over $5.4 billion of $5.48 billion across three years, goes to a single line item called Individual Patient Programs in New York, running $1.5 to $2.0 billion a year. Everything else is in-kind product to clinics, with a median of $4,080 and a middle range of roughly $1,600 to $11,600. The biggest institutional awards, Welvista at $884,261 in 2022 and NC MedAssist at $147,497, went to large medication access intermediaries, and most recipients appear in two or three consecutive years at shifting amounts.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “INDIVIDUAL PATIENT PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE PFIZER MEDICINES TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS”
- “INSTITUTIONAL PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”
- “eligible patients”
- “free clinic”
- “charitable pharmacy”
Positioning adjacent work
- Treat this as product donation, not research funding. Frame the ask as medicine for uninsured patients you already treat.
- Connect to the institutional patient assistance track only if you dispense or stock Pfizer medicines on site.
- Size expectations to the $2,000 to $20,000 in-kind range unless you are a statewide access intermediary.
- Emphasize documented patient eligibility screening and dispensing volume, the metrics that drive their annual amounts.
Worth knowing: This is a company-affiliated foundation that moves Pfizer product, not cash for projects, and 99 percent of dollars never leave the Individual Patient Programs line in New York. Institutional recipients cluster in Virginia, the Carolinas, Texas and Florida, are overwhelmingly free clinics and charitable pharmacies, and the same names recur year to year with amounts that track dispensing rather than any competitive review.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Individual Patient Programs3 grants · $5.48B
- Welvista3 grants · $1.0M
- Nc Medassist3 grants · $219,951
- Grady Memorial Hospital3 grants · $150,792
- The Free Medical Clinic3 grants · $86,846
- Communityhealth Medaccess Chicago3 grants · $73,614
- Greenville Free Medical Clinic3 grants · $69,776
- Crossover Health Ministry3 grants · $50,654
- Lloyd F Moss Free Clinic3 grants · $41,310
- University Health Truman Medical Center3 grants · $40,174
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 134 grants.
- $2.04B
Individual Patient Programs · New York, NY · 2023
Individual patient program provides free pfizer medicines to eligible patients
- $1.96B
Individual Patient Programs · New York, NY · 2022
Individual patient program provides free pfizer medicines to eligible patients
- $1.48B
Individual Patient Programs · New York, NY · 2024
Individual patient program provides free pfizer medicines to eligible patients
- $884,261
Welvista · Columbia, SC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $147,497
Nc Medassist · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $128,410
Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $82,587
The Free Medical Clinic · Columbia, SC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $73,402
Welvista · Columbia, SC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $71,579
Welvista · Columbia, SC · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $54,739
Nc Medassist · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $38,342
Crossover Health Ministry · Richmond, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $36,532
University Health Truman Medical Center · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $35,266
Greenville Free Medical Clinic · Greenville, SC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $30,795
Communityhealth Medaccess Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $26,939
Merci Clinic · New Bern, NC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $24,743
Communityhealth Medaccess Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $24,527
University Health Truman Medical Center Lakewood · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $23,311
Lackey Free Family Medicine Clinic · Yorktown, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $20,295
University of North Carolina Hospitals · Durham, NC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $19,177
Lloyd F Moss Free Clinic · Fredericksburg, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $18,557
Greenville Free Medical Clinic · Greenville, SC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $18,544
Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $18,076
Communityhealth Medaccess Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $17,976
Sinclair Health Center · Winchester, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $17,715
Nc Medassist · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $16,744
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $15,953
Greenville Free Medical Clinic · Greenville, SC · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $15,879
University of North Carolina Hospitals · Durham, NC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $14,714
People'S Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $13,434
Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $13,352
Western Tidewater Free Clinic · Suffolk, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $13,092
Jefferson Abington Health Dba Abington Obgyn Center · Abington, PA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $12,992
University Medical Center · Lubbock, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $11,671
Health and Hope Clinic · Pensacola, FL · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $11,264
Acres Home Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $11,117
Lloyd F Moss Free Clinic · Fredericksburg, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $11,016
Lloyd F Moss Free Clinic · Fredericksburg, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $10,996
Malta House of Care Clinic · Hartford, CT · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $10,816
El Franco Lee Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $10,709
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $10,090
Memorial Regional Hospital Primary Care Centers · Hollywood, FL · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $9,860
Aldine Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $9,527
Cape Fear Clinic · Wilmington, NC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $9,412
Strawberry Pharmacy · Pasadena, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $9,334
Cenla Medication Access Program (Cmap) · Alexandria, LA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $9,038
Northwest Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $8,948
Grady Memorial Hospital · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $8,929
Siloam Health · Nashville, TN · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $8,398
University Medical Center · Lubbock, TX · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $7,807
Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas Inc Dba St Vincent Depaul Pharmacy · Dallas, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $7,510
University Medical Center · Lubbock, TX · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $6,850
Malta House of Care Clinic · Hartford, CT · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $6,588
Gulffate Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $6,434
Crossover Health Ministry · Richmond, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $6,400
E a Squatty Lyons Pharmacy · Humble, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $5,910
Baytown Pharmacy · Baytown, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $5,891
Guadalupe Clinic · Wichita, KS · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $5,878
Crossover Health Ministry · Richmond, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $5,751
Guadalupe Free Clinic · Colonial Beach, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $5,357
Casa De Amigos Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $5,103
Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas Inc Dba St Vincent Depaul Pharmacy · Dallas, TX · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,927
Cape Fear Clinic · Wilmington, NC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,706
Lbj Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,695
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,592
Fondren Foundation Lab at Smith Smith Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,224
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades · Bend, OR · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,107
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,052
Lackey Free Family Medicine Clinic · Yorktown, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $4,037
Cape Fear Clinic · Wilmington, NC · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,572
Malta House of Care Clinic · Hartford, CT · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,566
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,557
Sinclair Health Center · Winchester, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,497
University of North Carolina Hospitals · Durham, NC · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,475
Mlk Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,327
Cenla Medication Access Program (Cmap) · Alexandria, LA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,218
The Free Medical Clinic · Columbia, SC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,115
University Medical Center of El Paso · El Paso, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $3,012
Settegast Pharmacy · Houston, TX · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,994
Anderson Free Clinic · Anderson, SC · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,935
Bradley Free Clinic · Roanoke, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,883
Santa Barbara County Health Care Srvs · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,853
University Health Truman Medical Center · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,709
Broward Hosp-Cora E Braynon Family Health Center · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,639
Health and Hope Clinic · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,626
Merci Clinic · New Bern, NC · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,497
Cenla Medication Access Program (Cmap) · Alexandria, LA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,493
Miami Beach Community Health Center 4 · North Miami, FL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,287
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,225
Mountain Care Center · Oakwood, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,195
Anderson Free Clinic · Anderson, SC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,185
Merci Clinic · New Bern, NC · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $2,071
St Vincent De Paul Charitable Pharmacy · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,868
Miami Beach Community Health Center · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,844
Western Tidewater Free Clinic · Suffolk, VA · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,820
Arlington Free Clinic · Arlington, VA · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,789
Charitable Pharmacy of North Texas Inc Dba St Vincent Depaul Pharmacy · Dallas, TX · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,761
Guadalupe Free Clinic · Colonial Beach, VA · 2023
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,626
Broward Health Specialty Care · Ft Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,626
Pompano Adult Primary Health Center · Pompano Beach, FL · 2024
Institutional patient assistance program
- $1,606
Memorial Regional Hospital · Hollywood, FL · 2022
Institutional patient assistance program
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