Baller Dream Foundation
Financial Support Program · About this organization
What you get
Help with rent, bills, groceries, gas, medical expenses, travel, and other daily costs. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Your social worker starts the request. Ask your care team to complete the Refer a Baller form.
Good to know
- Each financial request is reviewed individually; ask when to expect a decision.
The details, as published
Baller Dream Foundation evaluates case-by-case requests for rent or mortgage, utilities and bills, groceries, gas, treatment travel, hotel stays, medical expenses, transportation down payments, and other daily necessities for cancer patients ages 0–29. A current referral form is visible, but official sources conflict on eligible states and who may submit it, while income limits, award ceilings, processing times, delivery methods, and repeat rules are not published.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Support Program — household bills and cash assistance
Baller Dream Foundation evaluates case-by-case requests for rent or mortgage, utilities and bills, groceries, gas, treatment travel, hotel stays, medical expenses, transportation down payments, and other daily necessities for cancer patients ages 0–29. A current referral form is visible, but official sources conflict on eligible states and who may submit it, while income limits, award ceilings, processing times, delivery methods, and repeat rules are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- down payment for reliable transportation
- food and grocery cards
- Food and grocery cards
- gas cards
- Gas cards
- hotel accommodations for extended treatment
- Living expenses
- medical expenses
- Medical expenses
- Other case-by-case daily essentials
- other daily necessities
- Personal bills
- rent or mortgage
- Travel expenses to and from treatment
- travel to and from treatment
- Utilities
- utilities and personal bills
- The organization provides different levels of support after case-by-case review and publishes no standard amount or ceiling.
- Prior support from another gifting organization does not exclude a patient, but Baller Dream does not publish its own repeat-assistance rule.
Lodging Near Treatment
Financial Support Program — lodging near treatment
Baller Dream Foundation evaluates case-by-case requests for rent or mortgage, utilities and bills, groceries, gas, treatment travel, hotel stays, medical expenses, transportation down payments, and other daily necessities for cancer patients ages 0–29. A current referral form is visible, but official sources conflict on eligible states and who may submit it, while income limits, award ceilings, processing times, delivery methods, and repeat rules are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- down payment for reliable transportation
- food and grocery cards
- Food and grocery cards
- gas cards
- Gas cards
- hotel accommodations for extended treatment
- Living expenses
- medical expenses
- Medical expenses
- Other case-by-case daily essentials
- other daily necessities
- Personal bills
- rent or mortgage
- Travel expenses to and from treatment
- travel to and from treatment
- Utilities
- utilities and personal bills
- The organization provides different levels of support after case-by-case review and publishes no standard amount or ceiling.
- Prior support from another gifting organization does not exclude a patient, but Baller Dream does not publish its own repeat-assistance rule.
Meals And Food
Financial Support Program — meals and food
Baller Dream Foundation evaluates case-by-case requests for rent or mortgage, utilities and bills, groceries, gas, treatment travel, hotel stays, medical expenses, transportation down payments, and other daily necessities for cancer patients ages 0–29. A current referral form is visible, but official sources conflict on eligible states and who may submit it, while income limits, award ceilings, processing times, delivery methods, and repeat rules are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- down payment for reliable transportation
- food and grocery cards
- Food and grocery cards
- gas cards
- Gas cards
- hotel accommodations for extended treatment
- Living expenses
- medical expenses
- Medical expenses
- Other case-by-case daily essentials
- other daily necessities
- Personal bills
- rent or mortgage
- Travel expenses to and from treatment
- travel to and from treatment
- Utilities
- utilities and personal bills
- The organization provides different levels of support after case-by-case review and publishes no standard amount or ceiling.
- Prior support from another gifting organization does not exclude a patient, but Baller Dream does not publish its own repeat-assistance rule.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Financial Support Program — medical and insurance costs
Baller Dream Foundation evaluates case-by-case requests for rent or mortgage, utilities and bills, groceries, gas, treatment travel, hotel stays, medical expenses, transportation down payments, and other daily necessities for cancer patients ages 0–29. A current referral form is visible, but official sources conflict on eligible states and who may submit it, while income limits, award ceilings, processing times, delivery methods, and repeat rules are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- down payment for reliable transportation
- food and grocery cards
- Food and grocery cards
- gas cards
- Gas cards
- hotel accommodations for extended treatment
- Living expenses
- medical expenses
- Medical expenses
- Other case-by-case daily essentials
- other daily necessities
- Personal bills
- rent or mortgage
- Travel expenses to and from treatment
- travel to and from treatment
- Utilities
- utilities and personal bills
- The organization provides different levels of support after case-by-case review and publishes no standard amount or ceiling.
- Prior support from another gifting organization does not exclude a patient, but Baller Dream does not publish its own repeat-assistance rule.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Support Program — travel and transportation
Baller Dream Foundation evaluates case-by-case requests for rent or mortgage, utilities and bills, groceries, gas, treatment travel, hotel stays, medical expenses, transportation down payments, and other daily necessities for cancer patients ages 0–29. A current referral form is visible, but official sources conflict on eligible states and who may submit it, while income limits, award ceilings, processing times, delivery methods, and repeat rules are not published.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- down payment for reliable transportation
- food and grocery cards
- Food and grocery cards
- gas cards
- Gas cards
- hotel accommodations for extended treatment
- Living expenses
- medical expenses
- Medical expenses
- Other case-by-case daily essentials
- other daily necessities
- Personal bills
- rent or mortgage
- Travel expenses to and from treatment
- travel to and from treatment
- Utilities
- utilities and personal bills
- The organization provides different levels of support after case-by-case review and publishes no standard amount or ceiling.
- Prior support from another gifting organization does not exclude a patient, but Baller Dream does not publish its own repeat-assistance rule.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Food and grocery cards are among the daily necessities considered for payment.
Medical And Insurance Costs: Medical expenses can be reviewed alongside your other treatment and living costs.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is cancer and pediatric patients are within ages 0–29.
Age
Age 0 to age 29, measured at application.
- The Baller Portal states that applicants must be between ages 0 and 29.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The Baller Portal requires a completed Refer a Baller form from the patient’s care team.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income limit or public income-document rule is published.
- The organization says it assists families experiencing extreme financial hardship and evaluates needs case by case.
- Funds are allocated after a complete evaluation of the family’s needs on a case-by-case basis.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Operating states listed on the applicant portal.
- Owner decision 2026-09-07: typed to the six operating states the applicant portal requires (Alabama, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Jersey, New York). The annual report's mention of Florida and nationwide reach describes past cases, not the current application rule.
- The applicant must currently reside in Alabama, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Jersey, or New York.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.
Who can start: Caregiver, Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Social Worker
- Ask the patient’s care team to complete the Refer a Baller form.
- Complete the unified Refer a Baller form with required patient, diagnosis, facility, treatment-timeline, residence, requested-support, and referrer information.
- Confirm that the patient has cancer, is age 0 through 29, and currently resides in an operating state.
- Email the completed form to the referral team; official pages conflict between referrals@ballerdream.org and referral@ballerdream.org.
- Email the completed referral form to referrals@ballerdream.org.
- On the form, identify the requested financial, medical, treatment-resource, gift, or community support.
- Wait for the foundation’s individualized review and follow-up.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Completed Refer a Baller form from the care team
- Description of the support requested
- Patient diagnosis, age, residence, and contact information
- The foundation selects the level and form of support after evaluating the family’s needs.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Continuously visible intake does not establish a published rolling policy.
- The current official pages link the referral form and publish no seasonal window.
- No review lead time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A completed care-team referral is required.
- Award limits, delivery, documents, review time, repeat rules, and current capacity are not published.
- Current live pages list six operating states, while newer annual-report geography conflicts.
- Financial assistance is case by case; no award ceiling, processing timetable, or non-gift-card delivery method is published.
- Referral authority and email conflict across official pages.
- Support outside the six operating states is not promised; the organization asks out-of-area families to contact its referral team.
- The applicant must reside in one of the six published operating states.
- Confirm eligible geography, referral authority and email, income-field behavior, current queue, limits, payment, timing, documents, and repeat rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Dream Gifts & Experiences · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Baller Community Events · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Baller Community Events · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Financial Support Program · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Financial Support Program · checked Aug 24, 2026