Financial Support
CancerCare
Provides limited financial assistance for co-pays, transportation, home care, and child care. It also provides a list of sources for financial assistance and a database of organizations providing financial or practical help.
Cancer Family Relief Fund
Encourages and facilitates grants to children whose parent or guardian is struggling with a diagnosis of cancer. These grants support the children’s extracurricular activities so that they may feel some sense of normalcy as their parent focuses on treatment and recovery.
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition
Provides a nation-wide online service that helps people with cancer and their families find a place to stay when traveling away from home for medical treatment.
Compassionate Allowance
Expedites the SSDI claim process. Certain disabling conditions, including metastatic breast cancer, receive a decision within three weeks. Funds are distributed in the same manner as regular SSDI (6 months from date of determination).
Family Reach
Provides non-medical financial support to families facing cancer.
Good Days
Has many programs to help those in need across the country, and you can call a service professional directly at 2-1-1 in the United States.
Healthwell Foundation
An independent, non-profit organization that helps patients with a chronic, life-altering disease afford their medications when health insurance is not enough.
Patient Advocate Foundation
Provides education, legal counseling, and referrals for people with cancer who need assistance managing insurance, financial, debt crisis, and job discrimination issues. It also provides co-pay assistance and financial aid for eligible patients.
Pink Aid
Provides short-term financial aid for basic living expenses to eligible breast cancer patients.
United Way’s 2-1-1 Program
Has programs to help those in need across the country, and you can call a service professional directly at 2-1-1 in the United States.
The Pink Fund
Provides financial assistance for up to 90 days for non-medical cost-of-living expenses for breast cancer patients in active treatment, so they can focus on healing, raising their families, and returning to the workplace.
The SamFund
A non-profit organization that provides grants, financial education, and resources to young adult cancer survivors.
