Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation

Since 2006, Knoxville Area Project Access has coordinated more than $400 million dollars in donated health care to more than 34,000 low-income East Tennesseans without access to health insurance or government-sponsored program. KAPA coordinated over 85,000 medical encounters in 2022. 99% of all patient appointments are kept by KAPA patients. KAPA patients receive a full continuum of care administered by a network of over 2,900 physicians and providers, along with all area hospitals, who donate services to help our neighbors in need.

Knoxville Area Project Access (KAPA) is a program sponsored by the Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine. The KAM Foundation has provided funding for many community programs. One of these programs was the Free Flu Shot Saturday Program. Since the program’s inception in 1994, the Free Flu Shot Saturday program administered over 169,000 free influenza vaccinations to Knoxville residents and received more than $723,000 in donations for the Empty Stocking Fund which provided clothing, food and gifts to more than 35,000 families during the holiday season. Other programs included East Tennessee Health Discovery Center, Habitat for Humanity, the Serenity Shelter, Tennessee Medical Association Physicians Health Program, and purchasing fans for the needy during the hot, hot days of summer.