Keaton’s Child Cancer Alliance
Mission: To support children with cancer and their families through emotional, educational, and financial assistance while raising awareness and funding research for a cure.
Population Served: Families located in Northern California and the Bay Area receiving pediatric oncology care at partner hospitals: Kaiser – Roseville, UC Davis Health, and Sutter Health.
Financial Support: Families facing cancer receive direct financial assistance through programs like Forever Warrior, which offers $500 grants or bill pay for funeral expenses, and Keaton’s Hope Chest, which provides care packages to ease the burden at diagnosis.
Contact:
916.784.6786
info@childcancer.org
https://childcancer.org
Mia’s Miracles Foundation
Mission: Mia’s Miracles provides small blessings with large impacts, bringing comfort, hope, and positivity to children and families facing medical challenges.
Population Served: Families of children in treatment at partner hospitals in Florida and Colombia, as well as families nationwide with a child in active brain cancer treatment.
Financial Support: Through Mia’s Blessings, families receive grants to help cover essential expenses like rent, gas, utilities, and transportation, easing financial burdens during treatment.
Contact:
888-820-9767
info@mias-miracles.org
https://mias-miracles.org
Compass To Care Foundation
Mission: Compass to Care provides free Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) to help children with cancer access life-saving treatment and clinical trials, especially those facing poverty or financial hardship.
Population Served: Families across the United States with a child under 18 who is traveling for active cancer treatment.
Financial Support: Through programs like ACCESS LIFE, CARE & BACK™, and FLIGHTS FOR HOPE, Compass to Care fully covers transportation-related expenses including gas, parking, train fare, rideshare services, airfare, lodging, and ground transportation removing financial barriers to care.
Contact:
(563) 231-0458
info@compasstocare.org
https://www.compasstocare.org
The B+ (BePositive) Foundation
Mission: The B+ Foundation is about Kids Helping Kids Fight Cancer—raising funds to provide financial support to families, emotional care, and critical research funding nationwide.
Population Served: Children with cancer ages 0–21 across all 50 states.
Financial Support: Families facing pediatric cancer receive direct assistance to help cover medical bills, household expenses, travel, and other essential needs during treatment.
Contact:
katie@bepositive.org 609-330-6775
https://www.bepositive.org
Candlelighters of Brevard
Mission: Candlelighters of Brevard is committed to easing the financial strain on families facing childhood cancer, ensuring they have the resources needed to focus on their child’s health and well-being.
Population Served: Children with cancer and their families in Brevard and Indian River counties, Florida.
Financial Support: Provides direct financial assistance for essential needs such as travel, utilities, housing, and other living expenses during treatment.
Contact:
(321) 728-5600
jessica@candlelightersofbrevard.org
https://candlelightersofbrevard.org
Family Reach
Mission: Family Reach provides critical financial support to cancer patients and caregivers, helping them access food, housing, transportation, and other essentials during treatment.
Population Served: Individuals and families affected by cancer across all 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and U.S. territories.
Financial Support: Offers assistance with non-medical expenses such as rent, groceries, utility bills, and travel, helping families stay afloat while navigating cancer care.
Contact:
(857) 233-2764
https://familyreach.org/
Bear Necessities
Mission: Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation provides hope and support to children and families affected by pediatric cancer, while working toward a world without the disease.
Population Served: Children ages 0–19 in treatment for pediatric cancer who reside in Illinois or are receiving care at an Illinois hospital.
Financial Support: Offers $500 grants to help families with expenses such as gas, groceries, medical co-pays, utilities, and other essential needs during treatment.
Contact:
(312) 214-1200
office@bearnecessities.org
https://bearnecessities.org
Book of Hope Foundation
Mission: Book for Hope provides critical financial assistance, raises awareness, and supports research to help families facing childhood cancer during their most challenging times.
Population Served: Families of children in active cancer treatment in Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northern Tennessee.
Financial Support: Covers essential expenses such as rent, utilities, internet, vehicle repairs, appliances, gas, meals, and provides pre-loaded Visa cards to ease financial burdens during treatment.
Contact:
(270) 519-6536
gaylonhayden@att.net
https://bookforhope.org
CURE
Mission: CURE is dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through funding targeted research and providing comprehensive support to patients and their families.
Population Served: Families living in Georgia, or those receiving pediatric cancer care at GA hospitals, for children from newborn to 21 years old.
Financial Support: Offers critical financial assistance alongside services such as counseling, community events, and meal support to help families meet urgent needs during treatment.
Contact:
770-986-0035 or 800-443-CURE (2873)
karen@curechildhoodcancer.org
https://curechildhoodcancer.org
A Moment of Magic
Mission: A Moment of Magic improves the quality of life and mental health of underserved children by inspiring bravery and resilience through creative, joy-filled experiences.
Population Served: Children ages 3–18 across all 50 states and 7 countries, supported through 30+ college chapters and virtual programming.
Financial Support: While the organization primarily offers emotional support, all programs—including character visits, creative play, and virtual events—are provided free of charge to families.
Contact:
(914) 222-1301
info@amomentofmagic.org
https://www.amomentofmagic.org
NC4K Organization
Mission: NC4K’s mission is to ensure that No Kid Fights Cancer Alone by providing critical financial support to families facing childhood cancer.
Population Served: Families currently living in or receiving treatment in Ohio.
Financial Support: Assists with essential expenses such as rent/mortgage, gas, groceries, and utilities to help ease the financial burden during treatment.
Maggies Mechanics Foundation
Mission: Maggie’s Mechanics eases the burden on families of children with cancer by providing essential vehicle maintenance and repair services completely free of charge.
Population Served: Families across South Florida, including Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, from all backgrounds and communities.
Financial Support: Offers no-cost vehicle repairs and maintenance to ensure families can safely travel to and from treatment without the added stress of automotive expenses.
Contact:
(305) 801-8656 or (888) 331-3795
maggiesmechanicsfoundation@gmail.com
https://www.maggiesfoundation.org/
Dorin Wigs
Mission: Dorin Wigs helps individuals regain confidence during life’s most challenging moments by providing custom wigs that restore self-image and lift spirits.
Population Served: Serves clients globally through Zoom consultations, with an in-person location available here.
Financial Support: Offers a $500 voucher toward the cost of a custom wig, regardless of insurance approval, and provides additional guidance to connect clients with further financial resources.
Daniela Conte Foundation
Mission: The Daniela Conte Foundation provides financial assistance, raises pediatric cancer awareness, and funds research to support children fighting cancer and their families.
Population Served: Families residing in the NY Tri-State area (including NJ and CT) as well as FL, TN, OR, IL (Chicago), and MI.
Financial Support: Offers grants to cover essential expenses such as gas, groceries, utilities, rent, mortgage, and medical co-pays for families facing financial hardship due to a pediatric cancer diagnosis. Eligible patients must be 21 or younger and diagnosed before age 18.
Contact:
Erin Ersoy – Family Assistance Coordinator
info@danielacontefoundation.org
https://danielacontefoundation.org
Alex’s Lemonade Stand
Mission: To change the lives of children with cancer through funding impactful research, raising awareness, supporting families and empowering everyone to help cure childhood cancer.
Population Served: Childhood Cancer Families
Financial Support: Travel for Care
Resources:
Contact: a.vanwagner@alexslemonade.org
Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation
Mission: The Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation, founded in 1992, is a national organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for pediatric and adult cancer and transplant patients and their families by providing vital financial assistance, comprehensive resources, educational information, physician referrals and emotional support programs. All of the Foundation’s programs and services are offered free to patients and their families.
Population Served: BMCF is a national patient advocacy organization. BMCF assists patients of all ages, pediatric and adult, facing any cancer diagnosis or transplant.
Financial Support: Bone Marrow and Cancer Foundation financial assistance program, Carelines, provides fundraising and journaling for anyone with a cancer diagnosis or receiving a bone marrow/stem cell transplant. Through Carelines, patients can reach out to family, friends, and social networks for financial support and to share updates, photos, and videos. All contributions to Carelines are tax deductible and do not affect a patient’s medical insurance or benefits. There are no eligibility requirements outside of having a cancer diagnosis or requiring a transplant.
Contact: patientservices@bonemarrow.org
Jessica June Children’s Cancer Foundation
Mission: To help children and their families fight cancer by providing emergency financial assistance for basic human necessities and supportive care services.
Population Served: Jessica June Foundation serves qualifying families fighting childhood cancer who reside throughout the state of Florida.
Financial Support: JJCF provides emergency financial relief to help low-income families fighting childhood cancer pay for everyday basic necessities such as rent, utilities, medical, car, gas and food. A child must be in treatment to fight cancer, under 18 years of age and residing in the state of Florida. Referrals are submitted via the child’s hospital social worker.
Contact / Learn More: info@jjccf.org, https://jjccf.org/
Children’s Cancer Center
Mission: The Children’s cancer center is a non profit organization dedicated to serving children and their families who are battling pediatric cancer or chronic blood disorders with the emotional, financial, educational support necessary to cope with their life threatening illness.
Population Served: Families treated at one of the hospitals St. Joseph’s Children Hospital, John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, or Muma Children’s Hospital at Tampa General Hospital, are eligible for our services at no cost.
Financial Support: Children’s Cancer Center has 30 support programs and services, currently helping over 5000 children and family members, support is offered to all members, support is offered to all members of the family and is available throughout every step of their difficult journey.
Contact / Learn More: snelson@childrenscancercenter.org, https://childrenscancercenter.org