Carolina Children's Charity
Carolina Children's Charity Grant · About this organization
What you get
Help with medical tests, equipment, medicines, and other medically necessary or beneficial services insurance does not cover. The amount isn’t published. Ask.
How to start
Gather a signed doctor letter explaining why the item or service is medically needed.
Good to know
- Rent, utilities, summer camp, iPads, and birth, prematurity, or accident costs are excluded.
The details, as published
Rolling direct-to-provider grants for medically necessary or beneficial equipment, medication, testing, therapy, care, supplies, and medically related lodging for an eligible child from birth through age 18 in the four-county service area.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Carolina Children's Charity Grant — household bills and cash assistance
Rolling direct-to-provider grants for medically necessary or beneficial equipment, medication, testing, therapy, care, supplies, and medically related lodging for an eligible child from birth through age 18 in the four-county service area.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Medical evaluation and testing
- Medically necessary equipment
- Medication
- Other medically necessary or beneficial items or services not covered by insurance
Does not cover
- Hospital costs related to birth, prematurity, trauma, or accident
- iPads
- Rent and utilities
- Summer camp
- The reviewed official pages do not publish an individual award amount or cap.
- The official pages do not publish a repeat-grant rule.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Carolina Children's Charity Grant — medical and insurance costs
Rolling direct-to-provider grants for medically necessary or beneficial equipment, medication, testing, therapy, care, supplies, and medically related lodging for an eligible child from birth through age 18 in the four-county service area.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Medical evaluation and testing
- Medically necessary equipment
- Medication
- Other medically necessary or beneficial items or services not covered by insurance
Does not cover
- Hospital costs related to birth, prematurity, trauma, or accident
- iPads
- Rent and utilities
- Summer camp
- The reviewed official pages do not publish an individual award amount or cap.
- The official pages do not publish a repeat-grant rule.
Practical Items And Home Help
Carolina Children's Charity Grant — practical items and home help
Rolling direct-to-provider grants for medically necessary or beneficial equipment, medication, testing, therapy, care, supplies, and medically related lodging for an eligible child from birth through age 18 in the four-county service area.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Medical evaluation and testing
- Medically necessary equipment
- Medication
- Other medically necessary or beneficial items or services not covered by insurance
Does not cover
- Hospital costs related to birth, prematurity, trauma, or accident
- iPads
- Rent and utilities
- Summer camp
- The reviewed official pages do not publish an individual award amount or cap.
- The official pages do not publish a repeat-grant rule.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia can meet the published diagnosis scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A physician must provide a signed letter supporting medical need or benefit.
- The requested cost must not be covered by insurance or another identified payer.
Financial need is required.
- The application requests household income and financial details and requires tax-return pages for requests over $300, but no numerical ceiling is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Berkeley County; Charleston County; Colleton County; Dorchester County.
- The child must reside in Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, or Dorchester County, South Carolina.
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? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian
- Approved payments go directly to the provider or vendor.
- Ask the physician for a signed letter explaining medical necessity or benefit.
- Complete the current application with the item, vendor, cost, insurance, other funding, and household financial information.
- Complete the current six-page application.
- Include tax documents for requests over $300 and submit by an official route.
- Include the top two pages of the prior-year federal tax return when the request exceeds $300.
- Obtain a signed physician letter supporting each requested item or service.
- Submit by an official channel and wait for staff or committee review.
Ways to apply or ask
- Downloadable Form · Open form or page — Download and complete the current non-fillable six-page application.
- Phone · Open form or page · 843-737-1200 — Call Sonya with eligibility or request-fit questions and to confirm the secure email or arrange a drop-off.
- Fax · Open form or page · 843-872-0609 — The application publishes this fax number; confirm receipt after sending.
- Mail · Open form or page — Mail to Carolina Children's Charity, PO Box 30068, Charleston, SC 29417.
- Email · Open form or page · 843-737-1200 — Email submission is officially allowed, but the FAQ and application do not publish one application-specific address; confirm the correct secure destination by phone before sending sensitive records.
Documents to prepare
- Completed grant application
- Household financial statement
- Insurance or Medicaid status and other funding information
- Item or service, vendor, and cost information
- Other supporting information requested by the application
- Signed physician letter
- Top two pages of the prior-year federal tax return for a request over $300
- Approved payments are made to the vendor rather than to the family.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Requests over $500 generally receive monthly committee review.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Household bills, birth/prematurity/accident costs, summer camp, and iPads are excluded.
- No grant cap or numerical income threshold is published.
- No maximum grant or real-time funding status is published.
- Service is limited to four South Carolina counties and children through age 18.
- The program does not pay rent, utilities, or several listed excluded categories.
- The request must be medically necessary or beneficial and not covered by insurance.
- Confirm current funding, grant cap, processing time, submission email, and lodging rules.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Grant Application · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Grant Information · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Carolina Children's Charity Grant · checked Aug 24, 2026