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Join Us: An Evening at the Museum at AAPA 2025

PAF’s Women in Philanthropy, PA Moms, and PAs for Women Empowerment are pleased to host “PA Adventure: An Evening at the Museum,” benefiting PAF, 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 PAF at the same time! Purchase VIP tickets when you register for AAPA 2025.

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The Physician Associate Foundation

Since 1977, the Physician Associate 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.

PAF 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 PAF. 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 Physician Associate 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