Cancer Non-Profits
My Cancer Family has gathered a trusted list of nonprofits that provide free emotional, financial, and practical support for people recently diagnosed with cancer and their families. These resources help with everything from transportation and lodging to peer mentorship, counseling, and grants for living expenses.
Breast Cancer
Help with insurance denials, access issues, debt, transportation, child care, & utility bills. Small financial aid grants for eligible expenses connected to care.
Grants (up to 90 days) to help cover nonmedical cost-of-living expenses (housing, utilities, insurance, transportation, etc.) while in active breast cancer treatment.
Financial assistance: gift cards (groceries, gas), rental/mortgage help, medical co-pays, utility assistance for patients in financial hardship.
Programs, community & support for young women / young adults diagnosed with breast cancer. Financial assistance links & referrals.
Get FREE one-to-one support from a trained Mentor who has been exactly where you are. ABCD’s customized matching is exclusively done by Match Specialists.
Personalized support programs (peer mentoring, support, counseling) for Jewish women and families with breast/ovarian cancer or with genetic risks.
One-time grants via LBBC Fund for people in active treatment or living with metastatic disease. Financial help for rent, utilities, car payments, prescriptions, etc.
Peer-to-peer support community and networking for those living with metastatic breast cancer.
Free personalized navigation support for patients and caregivers: local resources, understand care options, coordinate services, and get connected to help.
Unite for Her’s $2,000 Wellness Passport for integrative therapies and services for FREE for Ovarian and Breast Cancer patients.
Help for all Cancer types
Free programs via local affiliates: support groups, social activities, educational workshops, counseling, resource & referral services. (Formerly Gilda’s Club)
ACS’s Road To Recovery® program gives free rides to cancer‐related medical appointments via volunteer drivers. (1-800-227-2345) to see availability.
Free lodging to cancer patients and caregivers when treatment requires travel. Partnership with Extended Stay America to offer reduced-rate hotel stays.
Peer support, information, and emotional support for breast, ovarian, uterine, cervical cancers. Personalize guidance through treatment barriers.
Find local and national organizations giving assistance for cancer expenses. From wigs to food to medical supplies.
CancerCare helps with co-payments for prescribed treatments. Same-day approval over the phone and online!
Tips from the CDC on managing the costs. Information on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security & ACA.
Hair We Share wants everyone in the US with medical hair loss to get a wig for free! And you can also donate your ponytail
WIGS and WISHES is dedicated to providing wigs and granting wishes to individuals battling cancer.
CancerCare helps with co-payments for prescribed treatments. Same-day approval over the phone and online!
Cancer 101 helps navigate Cancer with great tips and questions you can ask your health team.
Basketball coach Jim Valvano’s V foundation has raised over $310M for cancer research since 1993.
My Cancer Family Sponsored
My Cancer Family, in collaboration with CSCNYCT, hosts a virtual group for teens who are living with the loss of a loved one to Cancer.
Afterschool program that creates handmade letters and craft projects for cancer patients at Mount Sinai hospital.
Pediatric Cancer
My Cancer Family, in collaboration with CSCNYCT, hosts a virtual group for teens who are living with the loss of a loved one to Cancer.
Sunrise Association Day Camps are the world’s only dedicated day camps for children with cancer and their siblings, all FREE!
Oscar’s Kids Club is a one of a kind club dedicated to delivering magic moments to the children dealing with pediatric cancer.
Prostate Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Unite for Her’s $2,000 Wellness Passport for integrative therapies and services for FREE for Ovarian and Breast Cancer patients.