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Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation

Grant Application — Illinois and New Jersey · About this organization

What you get

Financial assistance for your family while your child is in cancer treatment. Confirm with the grant team which costs it can cover.

How to start

Complete the linked Rizzo grant form with your household and hospital details. A grant-team social worker then checks the request with your child’s care team.

Good to know

  • Have your hospital social worker’s contact details ready for the grant team.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

You can request a family grant during your child’s cancer treatment. The grant team checks details with a social worker or another healthcare professional at your child’s hospital. Confirm the amount and covered costs before relying on an award.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Family financial assistance

You can request financial assistance during cancer treatment. The grant team determines which expenses and payment arrangements it can approve.

Amount not published

  • No grant cap or payee is stated. cash_grant is the closest available category for the grant, not evidence of direct cash to the family.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. The family foundation serves childhood cancer. The grant page adds an under-18 age rule and active-treatment requirement.

Age

Any starting age to age 17, measured at application.

  • "To apply, patients must be under the age of 18" (Family Reach Rizzo application page).

Treatment status

Active Treatment

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Illinois; New Jersey.

  • AT THIS TIME, THIS APPLICATION IS ONLY FOR ILLINOIS AND NEW JERSEY FAMILIES

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

  • To apply, patients must be under the age of 18 and in active treatment at a U.S. hospital.
  • Be receiving treatment in the US or a US territory

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.

Who can start: Parent Or Guardian

  1. Complete the linked grant form with patient, household and hospital-contact details.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedSep 26, 2026
  • The Illinois and New Jersey page embeds the Family Reach application form, which loads with its eligibility step; the page says "AT THIS TIME, THIS APPLICATION IS ONLY FOR ILLINOIS AND NEW JERSEY FAMILIES" and gives no closed notice for these states (checked 2026-09-26).

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Your care team needs to confirm the request with the grant team.
  • What costs and award amounts are covered, and is money paid to the family or to a vendor?
  • Do the regional family-location banners mean home residence rather than treatment location?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program