Florida · Nonprofit
THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC
THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,652,628 to it, the largest being LUNDBECK US CHARITABLE FUND ($5,500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $285M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $548M
What The Assistance Fund Inc does
Mission
To help insured people with life-changing diseases overcome the financial barriers preventing them from accessing treatment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, the assistance fund (taf) provided over $213 million in financial assistance to approximately 73,000 patients. Taf launched nine new disease programs in 2025, bringing the total number of diseases covered to over 100 (including 65 rare diseases). Taf assisted nearly 5,000 patients with health insurance premiums and other incidental medical expenses. Taf provides assistance to patients on a calendar-year basis and offers annual reenrollment for most disease programs, subject to availability of funding. Ninety-five percent (95%) of patients who applied for reenrollment for 2025 were approved. Nearly one-quarter of taf patients receive assistance across multiple years.
$219,427,594 spentof which $213,200,863 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $219,427,594.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $176M to $330M (+87%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Danielle Vizcaino
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Linda Howard
Chairman, board of directors
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $700 → $14k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 44% · 2021 61% · 2022 47% · 2023 82% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $103k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,241 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,241 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $16 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $16
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 35 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC?
- THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,652,628 to it, the largest being LUNDBECK US CHARITABLE FUND ($5,500,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $5,652,628 in grants to THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC?
- LUNDBECK US CHARITABLE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ASSISTANCE FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing