Make sure you have read over the Chemotherapy and drug grant overview page before starting here….it will SAVE you $$$$ to understand HOW the grants work and some of the “back doors” to help you get approved 🙂
Below is my recommended Foundation Grant list. I will update this periodically so check back often. Once you know the brand name and generic name of each of the cancer treatment drugs you will be receiving, I recommend that you start at the top of the Foundation list and either visit their Foundation website and apply on-line directly through their website or call the phone number listed for the Foundation and talk to them about submitting your application over the phone. The top two Foundations are the ones I personally received a grant award through.
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) offers a Co-Pay Relief Program that provides direct financial support to insured patients, including Medicare Part D beneficiaries, who must qualify financially and medically to access pharmaceutical copay assistance.
Patient Advocate Foundation
Co-Pay Relief Program
421 Butler Farm Road
Hampton, Virginia 23666
www.copays.org
Toll Free 1-866-512-3861
Local: 757-952-0118
Fax: 757-952-0119
Health Well Foundation The Health Well Foundation helps individuals afford prescription medications they are taking for specific illnesses. The Foundation provides financial assistance to eligible patients to cover certain out of pocket health care costs, including prescription drug co-insurance, co-payments, deductibles, and health insurance premiums.
The HealthWell Foundation
P.O. Box 220410
Chantilly, VA 20153-0410
www.healthwellfoundation.org
email: grants@healthwellfoundation.org
(800) 675-8416 Phone
(800) 282-7692 Fax
Cancer Care Cancer Care’s free services include professional counseling and support groups, educational publications and workshops, and financial assistance. Under the Cancer Care Co-payment Assistance Foundation Cancer Care assists qualifying individuals with insurance who are undergoing treatment for cancer to afford their high copayments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs.
CancerCare® Co-Payment Assistance Foundation
275 Seventh Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10001
www.cancercarecopay.org
Email: information@cancercarecopay.org
Toll-Free Phone Number: 866-55-COPAY (866-552-6729)
Main Office Phone Number: 212-601-9750
Fax: 212-601-9760
Good Days (formerly known as Chronic Disease Fund) Good Days is a nonprofit charitable organization that helps underinsured patients with chronic disease, cancers or life-altering conditions obtain the expensive medications they need. They assist patients throughout the United States who meet income qualification guidelines and have private insurance or Medicare Part D plan but cannot afford the co-payments for their specialty medications.
Good Days
6900 Dallas Parkway
Suite 200
Plano, TX 75024
www.mygooddays.org
Email:
info@mygooddays.org
Toll-Free Patient Information:
(877) 968-7233
Main Number:
(972) 608-7141
Fax Number:
(214) 570-3621
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. They have information on managing the financial challenges that occur when diagnosed with a blood cancer, as well as a Co-Pay Assistance Program.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
3 International Drive, Suite 200
Rye Brook, NY 10573
www.lls.org
- Phone: (914) 949-5213
- Fax: (914) 949-6691
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) The National Organization for Rare Disorders is a federation of voluntary health organizations dedicated to helping people with rare “orphan” diseases and assisting the organizations that serve them. NORD administers programs to assist uninsured or underinsured individuals in securing life-saving or life sustaining medications whose income is too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to pay for their prescribed medications.
National Organization for Rare
Disorders National Headquarters
55 Kenosia Avenue
Danbury, CT 06810
www.rarediseases.org
Phone: 203-744-0100
Fax: 203-263-9938
NeedyMeds NeedyMeds is a free, online clearinghouse to help people who cannot afford medicine or health care costs.
NeedyMeds, Inc.
P.O. Box 219
Gloucester, MA 01931
http://www.needymeds.org/
HELPLINE:
1-800-503-6897
FAX:
1-206-260-8850
Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA) Partnership for Prescription Assistance is a coalition of many groups and individuals that help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them. The PPA offers a single point of access to more than 475 public and private patient assistance programs, including more than 180 programs offered by pharmaceutical companies.
Phone: 888-477-2669
www.pparx.org
Patient Access Network Foundation (PAN) Patient Access Network is a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to underinsured patients facing high out-of-pocket costs for their critical treatments. PAN helps patients with co-pays, coinsurance deductibles, and for certain diseases, is able to cover the cost of patient’s’ insurance premiums and expenses incurred while traveling to a treatment site.
Patient Access Network Foundation
PO Box 221858
Charlotte, NC 28222
www.panfoundation.org
Phone: 1-866-316-7263
Fax: 1-866-316-7261
E-mail: contact@panfoundation.org
Patient Services, Inc. (PSI) Patient Services is a nonprofit organization which has led the charge to provide much needed patient assistance, soliciting donations to fund thousands of patients and their families in a myriad of disease areas.
www.patientservicesinc.org
PHONE NUMBER
1-800-366-7741
FAX NUMBER
1-804-744-9388
EMAIL
uneedpsi@uneedpsi.org
ZERO The End of Prostate Cancer Zero is a national nonprofit organization with the mission to end prostate cancer. They lead the fight to end the disease by advancing research, encouraging action, and providing education and support to men and their families. ZERO joined forces with the PAN Foundation to provide comprehensive support to patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. Financial assistance is available to patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer who qualify.
ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer
515 King Street, Suite 420
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.zerocancer.org
Phone: 888-245-9455
email info@zerocancer.org
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition (CFAC) Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition is a coalition of financial assistance organizations joining forces to help cancer patients experience better health and well-being by limiting financial challenges
www.cancerfac.org
Simple Loaf of Bread Gasoline gift cards are sent to those undergoing treatment to help ease the cost of the gas spent on trips to medical treatments.
Simple Loaf Of Bread
PO Box 403
Wilton, CA 95693
916-479-5052
AIRS-Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery Grants for help with out of pocket costs relating to Breast Reconstructive Surgery. All grant applications for medical expenses relating to breast reconstructive surgery submitted through this process will be considered. Each applicant who has undergone a mastectomy will be considered for a grant, based on their application details and the support information received. All grants are awarded through an objective and nondiscriminatory selection process. Criteria for AiRS Foundation’s grants to individuals are based on the Foundations submission to the IRS at the time of its approval for 501(c)3 standing as a charitable foundation. Grants awarded may range from an individual’s medical bill co-pay to the full cost of reconstructive surgery, hospitalization, and other related medical expenses.
MAILING ADDRESS
3401 LEE PARKWAY, SUITE 1504
DALLAS, TEXAS 75219
PHONE
877-489-4877
Jill’s Wish Offers grants to help with rent/mortgage, utilities, car payments…….Jill’s Wish offers grants of up to $1500 on a rolling basis to cover non-medical living expenses for those with newly-diagnosed or terminal breast cancer. The grant is for your housing expenses (rent or mortgage), utility bills and any car payments. We pay your bills directly to the housing lender, landlord, utility company and auto loan holder, so you don’t have to worry. It is one more thing you can rest assured is taken care of while you spend time with friends and family and rest and recover.
Jill’s Wish
PO Box 7151
Louisville, KY 40257
(702) 237-9123
The Tiffany Foundation Empowers people living with cancer with “Hope. Help. Now.” by making direct financial grants. These grants help to pay rents, medical expenses, transportation cost, child care, and other related expenses.
The Tiffany Foundation
10249 E Elmwood Dr.
Sun Lakes, AZ 85248
Phone: 602-300-5859
The Cancer Card Exchange Playing “The Cancer Card” by collecting and distributing gift cards to cancer patients. The Cancer Card Xchange distributes one-time gifts of various gift cards to verified cancer patients.
Apply thru their website: https://cancercardxchange.org/
FREE Dental Care If you can not afford dental care there are many free and low cost dental care programs in every state of the United States where you can get the care you need and you pay very little or nothing at all. You could be receiving all types of dental care including checkups, cleanings, fluoride treatments,caps, dentures, braces, fillings, dental implants, extractions and much much more.
check out their website: http://freedentalcare.com/
FreeDentalCare@FreeDentalCare.Com
Provision Project Spreading seeds of HOPE to the hurting. The mission of Provision Project is to provide financial relief to women in active treatment for breast cancer. The breast cancer battle is real. The news of diagnosis is hard to receive. Treatment is scary. And for some women, life has become nearly impossible. Marriages have ended. Jobs have been lost, or they’re too sick to work. Now, in addition to fighting for their lives, they are battling to keep up with the most basic of bills: food, rent, utilities, gas, medical co-pays. It’s heartbreaking. That’s why Provision Project was created. Provision Project makes a way for women in active breast cancer treatment to receive tangible help quickly. We hope you’ll join us.
Apply thru website: http://provisionproject.org/
Provision Project
PO Box 42066
Mesa, AZ 85274
The Pink Fund A non-profit breast cancer organization that provides 90-day non-medical cost-of-living to breast cancer patients in active treatment for breast cancer, so they can focus on healing, raising their families, and returning to the workplace.
Apply thru website: https://www.pinkfund.org/
The Pink Fund
P.O. Box 603
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
By Phone: 877.234.PINK (7465)
The Pink Fund partners with The Mary Herczog Fund for Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors The Mary Herczog Fund for Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors was launched in her honor to provide six months of financial support to women in treatment for metastatic breast cancer. Metastatic survivors diagnosed under 40, as was Mary, and awaiting Social Security Disability, may qualify under The Pink Fund’s guidelines. Check back to our site on March 31, 2018 for the official launch, including details on qualifications and applications.
Apply thru website: https://www.pinkfund.org/2018/03/26/partners-address-metastatic-breast-cancer-community/
The Pink Fund / The Mary Herczog Fund for Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors
P.O. Box 603
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
By Phone: 877.234.PINK (7465)
Cancer Care The Financial Assistance Program helps with treatment-related costs, such as transportation, home care and child care. The Co-Payment Assistance Foundation helps with insurance co-payments to cover the cost of chemotherapy and targeted treatments.
Cancer Care
275 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
By Phone: 800‑813‑HOPE (4673)
Call to apply: Call 800-813-HOPE (4673) and speak with a CancerCare social worker to complete a brief interview. They can be reached from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (ET) Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. (ET) on Friday.
The Angela Andrade Foundation Grants have ranged from paying outstanding medical bills, mortgage payments, tuition assistance and providing financial assistance for vacations.
You are eligible to apply to the Angela Andrade Foundation if:
- You are a patient with metastatic breast cancer
- You are receiving treatment within the United States
- You are a permanent resident of the United States
In order to apply for a grant, an applicant must mail a completed application to the address indicated below.
Download the application here: https://angelaandradefoundation.blogspot.com/p/srchttpsdocs.html
Grants will be given in $1,800 increments. Grants will be given on an as needed basis. Recipients are selected monthly and must wait a year before applying for another grant from The Angela Andrade Foundation. The applicant must submit a completed application including confirmation from a healthcare provider (through a sealed letter). When possible, all grant payments will be made directly to service providers on behalf of the individual recipient. In some instances recipients may be eligible for reimbursement, but they must provide receipts prior to expense reimbursement.
Email: angelaandradefoundation@gmail.com
American Cancer Society Road to Recovery Program
The program is intended to assist with cancer-related appointments. Patients must provide a 3 business day advance notice, not including the first date a ride is needed, when making requests. All arrangements must be made through the American Cancer Society’s Patient Services department. Patients should NOT contact volunteer drivers directly to request rides. American Cancer Society’s Patient Services department must be notified immediately if a patient’s plans change and a ride is no longer needed. The program is subject to volunteer availability. A request will be submitted to determine if drivers are available.
Patients will be notified no later than one business day before the scheduled appointment to provide a status update on the request and if a driver was found. (Patients may be notified sooner than this.) If a volunteer driver is found, patients may be contacted by the driver the night prior to the appointment.
Please feel free to call the American Cancer Society’s Patient Services department with any questions. Our toll-free number is 888-227-6333.
American Cancer Society – Hope Lodge Each Hope Lodge offers cancer patients and their caregivers a free place to stay when their best hope for effective treatment may be in another city. Not having to worry about where to stay or how to pay for lodging allows guests to focus on getting better. Hope Lodge provides a nurturing, home-like environment where guests can retreat to private rooms or connect with others. Every Hope Lodge also offers a variety of resources and information about cancer and how best to fight the disease.
Check out webpage for more info: https://www.cancer.org/treatment/support-programs-and-services/patient-lodging/hope-lodge.html
Dial 2-1-1 A free confidential service that offers information and support across North America and many parts of Canada!
2-1-1 is a free confidential referral and information helpline and website that offers help relating to financial, domestic, health, or disaster related issues.
2-1-1 can be reached either via phone or computer. Help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
They offer information and support relating to:
- supplemental food and nutrition programs
- shelter and housing options and utilities assistance
- emergency information and disaster relief
- employment and education opportunities
- services for veterans
- health care, vaccination and health epidemic information
- addiction prevention and rehabilitation programs
- reentry help for ex-offenders
- support groups for individuals with mental illnesses or special needs
- a safe, confidential path out of physical and/or emotional domestic abuse
The December 5th Fund gives families living with cancer (within a 25 mile radius of St. Louis, MO) a special day to spend with their family and just have fun and then come home to a wonderful surprise at home.
Check out The December 5th Fund
Email: info@december5th.org
Phone: 314.594.7125
Breast Cancer Solutions provides temporary financial assistance to eligible patients who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of their treatment. Eligibility criteria include: diagnosis of primary breast cancer, treatment plan (verified by medical team), demonstrated financial need, and resident of Orange, San Bernardino or Riverside County (CA). Please note: Breast Cancer Solutions no longer provides financial assistance in San Diego County.
Check out: Breast Cancer Solutions
Email: info@breastcancersolutions.org
To request an application by mail, please call 866-960-9222.
The Breast Cancer Charities of America – Help Now Fund is a financial assistance program available to breast cancer patients currently going through active treatment. The Help Now Fund provides financial assistance for certain living expenses. Grants range in values of up to $1,000 based on the availability of funds AND the needs of the applicant. Applications are accepted on a monthly basis between the 1st and 5th.
Only completed applications submitted on www.iGoPink.org will be considered for funding
Phone: 936.231.8460
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