How to support TotalAssist
Your donation to Patient Advocate Foundation in support of TotalAssist directly helps patients access the critical healthcare their lives depend on.
Together, we help patients access and afford care
Patient Advocate Foundation’s TotalAssist Program exists for one reason: to help patients access and afford the care their lives depend on. Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we have supported 3.8 million people through direct patient services and provided $7 billion in financial assistance to patients who might otherwise have faced impossible choices between treatment and everyday needs.
TotalAssist is funded entirely through your generosity. Every dollar donated helps remove financial barriers to care and brings relief to patients and families when they need it most.
Your impact on the lives of patients across the nation
3.8M
patients accessed care with financial assistance
350K
helped by personalized case management
150
funds supporting patients with serious conditions
Ways to give
Every contribution becomes direct financial assistance for a patient in treatment.
Corporate giving and identified need funds
Corporate partners play a vital role in sustaining and expanding patient assistance.
In addition to the nearly 150 disease funds already open and providing financial assistance, Patient Advocate Foundation has identified additional disease funds through an independent, rigorous research process, including insights from case management data.
Contact our development team
We welcome conversations with individual and corporate donors who want to make a meaningful impact.
Alan Klein
Chief Growth & Strategy Officer
Alan serves as the primary donor contact to ensure transparent, thoughtful, and mission-aligned engagement.
Having raised over $8 billion to directly assist millions of patients with life-threatening, chronic, and rare conditions, Alan is an accomplished strategic development officer and patient advocate with a track record of expertise in access-to-care initiatives and successfully expanding mission impact for nonprofit organizations. As Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at Patient Advocate Foundation, the first comprehensive nonprofit dedicated to helping patients navigate, access, and afford care, he develops and scales support for mission programs and initiatives that expand access to affordable, equitable healthcare and improve health outcomes.
With more than 30 years leading business development and management strategies in the healthcare nonprofit and pharmaceutical sectors, Alan brings a deep commitment to advancing healthcare access, equity, and affordability. Prior to the 2026 strategic merger between Patient Advocate Foundation and the PAN Foundation, Alan served as Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at the PAN Foundation, where he worked to accelerate access to affordable, equitable healthcare through its advocacy, education, and financial assistance programs.
Previously, Alan served as Chief Development Officer at HealthWell Foundation. His career also includes leadership roles in the pharmaceutical sector managing large-scale transactions, revenue growth, and strategic product development. Throughout his career, Alan has spent more than 30 years in senior-level business/corporate development and management positions at pre-revenue, small, and large organizations within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. In addition, he has been responsible for the management of revenue growth and portfolio investments, profit management, and supervision of strategic product development programs in these prior roles.
Alan received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University and a BA from the University of Maryland.
About us
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How TotalAssist helps
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Find your fund
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