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Join Us: An Evening at the Museum at AAPA 2025

Women in Philanthropy is pleased to host “PA Adventure: An Evening at the Museum,” benefiting the PA Foundation, at the Denver Art Museum.

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Be a VIP at PA Night Out

Get access to special VIP benefits at PA Night Out in Denver and support the PA Foundation at the same time! Purchase VIP tickets when you register for AAPA 2025.

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Opening Soon: 2025 Funding Opportunities

The PA Foundation is offering two funding cycles in 2025, with multiple funding opportunities in each cycle. The first application period opens February 3.

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2025 Call for Nominations: Board of Trustees

The PA Foundation is seeking individuals to serve as members of the Board of Trustees for the 2025-2028 term.

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PArtnership to Improve Student Mental Health

Meet the PA fellows selected to participate in the new PArtnership to Improve Student Mental Health Program, supported by the RBC Foundation.

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The PA Foundation

Since 1977, the PA Foundation has worked to promote better health for PAs, students, their patients, and the communities they serve.

Our Vision and Mission

A group of physician associates/physician assistants

Events and Resources

PA Resource: Cognitive Assessment Toolkit

Identify cognitive impairment in its early stages with the Cognitive Assessment Toolkit. Healthcare providers across specialties and practice settings will find the resources and develop skills they need to conduct cognitive assessments.

PA Foundation Women in Philanthropy

The mission of Women in Philanthropy (WIP) is to engage and empower a diverse group of women with opportunities to collaborate and support the PA Foundation. Learn more and view our Friends, Change-Makers, and Champions.

Vital Minds

The Vital Minds podcast explores topics of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and more. Each episode explores nuances of the featured subject and provides tips and resources PAs can put into practice to benefit patients.

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What We Do

As the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of PAs, the PA Foundation provides support to PAs and PA students through grants for PA-led health projects, scholarships for future PA leaders, and patient education tools. Our programs, guided by our mission, help PAs and PA students make an impact – with their patients, in their communities, and for their profession, locally and worldwide.

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$2.3M

Scholarship funding awarded to PA students

People reached through our mental health and SUD programs since 2018

$1.5M

Programmatic support over the last decade

Our Partners