The PAN Foundation has been honored with a prestigious national award, earning Charity Navigator’s 2024 Community Choice Award—marking the second year in a row PAN has won this award. Following two rounds of public voting earlier this summer, PAN was crowned the winner of the super-sized category, beating out over 30 other organizations. This recognition reinforces the critical role PAN plays in increasing access to lifesaving treatments, advocating for healthcare access and affordability, and educating people throughout their healthcare journey.
Only organizations that had achieved Charity Navigator’s perfect four-star rating—deemed high-performing, impactful organizations based on their comprehensive evaluation framework—high-performing, impactful organizations—were nominated for the Community Choice Award. As a four-star rated organization and two-time Community Choice Award winner, PAN exceeds best practices and industry standards and is deemed a highly effective charity. Read More >
The Patient Access Network Foundation™ is an independent, national 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to helping federally and commercially insured people living with life-threatening, chronic and rare diseases with the out-of-pocket costs for their prescribed medications. Partnering with generous donors, healthcare providers and pharmacies, PAN provides the underinsured population access to the healthcare treatments they need to best manage their conditions and focus on improving their quality of life. We also work to educate policymakers about the long-term solutions needed to improve healthcare access, affordability, and equity for all. Since our founding in 2004, we have provided more than one million underinsured patients with $4 billion in financial assistance.
