People with cancer sometimes need financial assistance to pay for cancer treatments, supportive 
care, living expenses, transportation, and other areas.
These resources include organizations and funders providing financial support.
This list does not include all current opportunities. You can also consider the organization of fundraising in various ways.
Financial Assistance Directories and Lists Providing Many Resources
Some financial assistance directories and lists can include health insurance, copays, treatments, medications, screening, lodging, travel, transportation, counseling, support groups, rent, funds, home care, childcare, education, and many other forms of support.
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition
CancerCare Sources of Financial Assistance
American Society of Clinical Oncology Financial Assistance
Direct Financial Assistance
Here are some tips to help you find financial support. Conduct your exploration or ask someone to help you. A possibility is a cancer coach to share information and perform potential research.
- Non-profit organizations focused on the type of cancer you or your loved one is dealing with may provide financial assistance and/or offer resources for financial aid.
- Community voluntary agencies and service organizations such as the United Way of America, Salvation Army, Lutheran Social Services, Jewish Social Services, and Catholic Charities may provide financial help for practical needs.
- Federal programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program offer financial assistance to people with cancer.
American Cancer Society
1-800-ACS-2345
- Help Paying for Prescription Drugs, including various types of information and guidance.
- Finding and Paying for Treatment, including Understanding Health Insurance and Understanding Financial and Legal Matters
- Road to Recovery program provides transportation to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves.
CancerCare Financial and Co-Pay Assistance
1-800-813-HOPE
Provides limited financial assistance for cancer-related costs and co-pays, and professional oncology social workers can help find additional resources.
- Financial Assistance Program
Helps with treatment-related costs, such as transportation, home care, and childcare. View available assistance and eligibility guidelines. - CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation
1-866-55-COPAY
Helping people with cancer afford co-payments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs. - Helping Hand Online Financial Resource Database
Find additional local and national resources to help with financial and practical needs in our searchable database.
Colorectal CareLine
1-866-657-8634
Provides financial aid to people with colorectal cancer from the Patient Advocacy Foundation.
FinAid
Provides a list of many resources giving financial support, with some depending on location, age, and where the money goes.
Glenn Garcelon Foundation
1-503-969-7651
Helps improve the quality of life of brain tumor survivors, caregivers, and their families by providing emotional and financial support with a grant up to $1000.
Good Days
1-877-968-7233
Ensures no one has to choose between getting the medication they need and affording the necessities of everyday living for chronic diseases, cancer, and other life-altering conditions.
HealthWell Foundation
1-800-675-8416
Helps patients who cannot afford their co-pays, premiums, deductibles, out-of-pocket expenses, and more. Amounts of money for patients change daily, and they can be extremely generous.
Hill-Burton Program
1-800-638-0742 (Maryland residents call 1-800-492-0359)
Offers a federal program that requires certain hospitals to provide services to those who cannot afford them.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Financial Support
1-800-955-4572
(Copay Assistance Program)
Provides information and financial aid to patients with leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, or multiple myeloma.
LIVESTRONG Money & Insurance
1-866-235-7205
Lists information about resources for money and insurance related to cancer patients.
Lymphoma Research Foundation Financial Services
1-800-500-9976
Offers financial assistance for patients.
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Financial Assistance
1-805-563-8400
Helps in various ways to mesothelioma patients from treatments to transportation and more forms of support.
Michael Matters Foundation
1-874-894-8623
Offers financial help for primary brain tumor patients and families, including costs such as medications, groceries, travel expenses, utilities, gas, mortgage, and/or rent. Grant is up to $2000.
Musella Foundation Brain Tumor Copayment Assistance Program
1-855-426-2672
Provides up to $5,000 in financial assistance per year to families who qualify and use certain drugs to treat brain tumors.
National Council on the Aging
Helps people aged 60+ meet the challenges of aging.
National Organization for Rare Disorders
Assists financial support through the Patient Assistance Programs.
NeedyMeds
Features information on patient-assistance programs designed to help those who cannot afford their medicines.
Patients Access Network Foundation
Helps underinsured people with life-threatening, chronic and rare diseases get the medications and treatment they need by paying for their out-of-pocket costs and advocating for improved access and affordability.
Patient Advocate Foundation
1-800-532-5274
Provides direct case management services and financial assistance to patients and caregivers. These include helping people navigate the health care system, working with health care providers, payers and employers to assure that patients have access to affordable care, financial and co-pay assistance, and teaching self-advocacy to patients and caregivers. Along with other topics, explore Patient Advocate Foundation’s Co-Pay Relief at 866-512-3861.
The Pink Fund
1-877-234-PINK (7465)
Providing financial assistance to women and men who have breast cancer.
The SAMFund
1-617-938-3484
Supports young adult cancer survivors in the United States as they recover from the financial impact of cancer treatment. Through direct financial assistance and free online support and education, SAMFund helps young adults move forward towards their personal, professional, and academic goals. Categories of Funding include Educational/Professional Development, Health & Wellness, and Independent Living. Some examples include student loans, medical expenses, and rent.
Sarcoma Alliance Financial Assistance
1-415-381-7236
Offers financial assistance for a single second opinion consultation. These grants reimburse expenses related to travel, costs of the evaluation, and related expenses.
Co-Pay Financial Assistance Resources
Assistance Fund
-High medical out of pocket financial assistance copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and health-related expenses
CancerCare Co-Payment Assistant Foundation
-Copayments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs
Good Days
-Costly insurance copays, financial help, emotional support, and guidance for cancer patients and caregivers
HealthWell Foundation
-Medical treatments for the underinsured
National Organization for Rare Disorders
-Medication, financial assistance with insurance premium and co-pays, diagnostic testing insurance, and travel assistance for clinical trials or consultation with disease specialists
Patients Access Network (PAN) Foundation
-Medications and treatment for out of pocket costs
Partnership for Prescription Assistance
-Prescription drug coverage for free or nearly free
Patient Services Incorporated
-Subsidizing the cost of health insurance premiums, providing pharmacy and treatment copayment assistance, assists with Medicare Part D co-insurance, providing travel assistance for transport reimbursement
Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief
-Co-pays and many other forms of help to cancer patients
RxAssist Patient Assistance Program Center
-Free medications who cannot afford the costs and a database for patient assistance programs
Pharmaceutical Drugs and other Cancer Therapies
Here are only some help from pharma and biotech companies. Reach out to the companies in relation to a drug or drugs, and other types of treatments.
Amgen Reimbursement Support Services and Financial Assistance Programs
Phone numbers are different based on drug
Bristol-Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation
1-800-736-0003
Genentech Access Solutions
1-888-422-2377
Lilly Cares Foundation Patient Assistance Program
1-800-545-6962
Novartis Patient Assistance NOW
1-800-245-5356
Pfizer RxPathways
1-844-989-7284
Housing
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge
1-800-ACS-2345
Provides free, temporary housing facilities for cancer patients in treatment.
Joe’s House
Presents a nation-wide online service to help cancer patients and their families find lodging near treatment centers.
Open Homes
Hosts people in need of critical care and respite. Offers free, temporary housing in places to call home through Airbnb.
Air Transportation
Air Charity Network
1-877-621-7177
Connects people in need of “free” flights to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations and other travel resources due to family, community, or national crisis.
Corporate Angel Network
1-866-328-1313
Arrange flights for cancer patients to treatment centers using empty seats on corporate aircrafts flying on routine business.
National Patient Travel Center
1-800-296-1217
Provides information about all forms of charitable, long-distance medical air transportation and provides referrals to all appropriate sources of help available in the national charitable medical air transportation network.
Road to Recovery
The American Cancer Society Road To Recovery program provides transportation to and from treatment for people with cancer who do not have a ride or are unable to drive themselves.
Legal Support
Disability Right Legal Center
Offers information about cancer-related legal issues regarding health insurance, employment, government benefits, estate planning, advanced healthcare directives, family law, and consumer assistance. Staff includes attorneys and other professionals. Other help is provided.
Other Fundraising Help
GoFundMe
An online fundraising website that makes it easy to collect donations. GiveForward and YouCaring are now with GoFundMe.
Indiegogo Life
Another online fundraising website to support fundraising with donations, and a 0% platform fee compared to others.
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