Greater Salina Community Foundation
Rob Schorling Memorial Fund · About this organization
What you get
Grants, typically $2,000 or less, for uninsured medical expenses, treatment travel and lodging. This is not a stated absolute cap.
How to start
Create a grant-portal account and fill in the application with your medical history, doctor’s statement, financial-need statement, expenses and spending timetable.
Good to know
- Funding is limited and awarded first come, first served.
The details, as published
The Rob Schorling Memorial Fund accepts year-round, first-come applications for uninsured medical expenses, treatment travel, and treatment lodging related to leukemia, lymphoma, bone-marrow transplant, or stem-cell transplant. Applicants must live within the published 25-mile radius of Saline County, Kansas. Grants are typically $2,000 or less, funding is limited, and the current available balance must be confirmed.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Rob Schorling Memorial Fund — household bills and cash assistance
The Rob Schorling Memorial Fund accepts year-round, first-come applications for uninsured medical expenses, treatment travel, and treatment lodging related to leukemia, lymphoma, bone-marrow transplant, or stem-cell transplant. Applicants must live within the published 25-mile radius of Saline County, Kansas. Grants are typically $2,000 or less, funding is limited, and the current available balance must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Lodging when seeking treatment
- Medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Travel to seek treatment
- The page says grants are typically $2,000 or less; it does not state an absolute maximum.
- No repeat-award rule is published.
Lodging Near Treatment
Rob Schorling Memorial Fund — lodging near treatment
The Rob Schorling Memorial Fund accepts year-round, first-come applications for uninsured medical expenses, treatment travel, and treatment lodging related to leukemia, lymphoma, bone-marrow transplant, or stem-cell transplant. Applicants must live within the published 25-mile radius of Saline County, Kansas. Grants are typically $2,000 or less, funding is limited, and the current available balance must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Lodging when seeking treatment
- Medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Travel to seek treatment
- The page says grants are typically $2,000 or less; it does not state an absolute maximum.
- No repeat-award rule is published.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Rob Schorling Memorial Fund — medical and insurance costs
The Rob Schorling Memorial Fund accepts year-round, first-come applications for uninsured medical expenses, treatment travel, and treatment lodging related to leukemia, lymphoma, bone-marrow transplant, or stem-cell transplant. Applicants must live within the published 25-mile radius of Saline County, Kansas. Grants are typically $2,000 or less, funding is limited, and the current available balance must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Lodging when seeking treatment
- Medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Travel to seek treatment
- The page says grants are typically $2,000 or less; it does not state an absolute maximum.
- No repeat-award rule is published.
Travel And Transportation
Rob Schorling Memorial Fund — travel and transportation
The Rob Schorling Memorial Fund accepts year-round, first-come applications for uninsured medical expenses, treatment travel, and treatment lodging related to leukemia, lymphoma, bone-marrow transplant, or stem-cell transplant. Applicants must live within the published 25-mile radius of Saline County, Kansas. Grants are typically $2,000 or less, funding is limited, and the current available balance must be confirmed.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Lodging when seeking treatment
- Medical expenses not covered by insurance
- Travel to seek treatment
- The page says grants are typically $2,000 or less; it does not state an absolute maximum.
- No repeat-award rule is published.
Why this may help
Lodging Near Treatment: The fund can help pay for lodging while seeking treatment as well as uninsured medical bills.
Travel And Transportation: Travel to seek treatment is included among the fund's covered expenses.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program expressly covers leukemia treatment expenses without publishing an age exclusion; pediatric B-ALL is leukemia.
Age
The program does not publish an age limit.
- The official page does not publish an age limit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A statement from the applicant's medical doctor must attest to the medical condition necessitating treatment.
- The applicant must describe medical insurance and the expenses the policy covers.
Financial need is required.
- A statement of financial need is required, but no numeric income threshold is published.
- The financial-need statement must describe medical insurance and covered expenses.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Within a 25 mile radius of Saline County, Kansas.
- The applicant must reside within a 25 mile radius of Saline County, Kansas.
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, Patient
- Complete the Rob Schorling Memorial Fund application and upload the requested medical, financial, and expense information.
- Contact the foundation to check the amount currently available.
- Create or use an account in the online grant system.
- Submit while funding remains; grants are distributed first come, first served.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Brief medical history
- List of real or projected requested expenses
- Statement from the applicant's medical doctor attesting to the condition necessitating treatment
- Statement of financial need including insurance and covered-expense information
- Timetable for expenditure of the grant
- The public page does not state whether an award is paid to the family, a provider, or another vendor.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current 2026 foundation site lists the fund and year-round application; it says funding is limited and directs applicants to call for the amount available.
- The foundation's grants page says applications are accepted all year, subject to limited funding.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A medical statement and documented financial need are required.
- Awards are typically $2,000 or less; this is not stated as an absolute maximum.
- Funding is limited and awarded first come, first served.
- Funding is limited and distributed first come, first served.
- Residence within 25 miles of Saline County, Kansas, is required.
- The page does not publish an absolute award cap, repeat-award rule, age limit, or payment method.
- Confirm current balance, absolute cap, repeat eligibility, payment method, minor applications, exact radius, decision time, and languages.
- What additional portal fields, uploads, attestations, signatures, award notice, decision time, and payment steps appear after selecting the Rob Schorling application?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Apply For Funding · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Rob Schorling Memorial Fund · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Rob Schorling Memorial Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Rob Schorling Memorial Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Rob Schorling Memorial Fund · checked Aug 24, 2026