Ishan Gala Foundation
Financial Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
Help with rent or mortgage, utilities, phone, furniture, household and child-safety items, vehicle costs, gas and grocery cards, and prepared meals during intensive or hospital treatment.
How to start
Register your family using the link for your state. Once accepted, send a Financial Assistance Request with a social worker's or doctor's note confirming financial need.
Good to know
- For children in treatment or within a year after it, longer if treatment-related health problems remain.
The details, as published
The Ishan Gala Foundation’s national Financial Assistance Program serves children ages 0–18 with cancer during treatment, within one year after treatment, or two to three years after treatment when significant treatment-related health issues remain. It considers rent or mortgage, utilities, phone bills, household and child-safety items, vehicle expenses, gas and grocery cards, and prepared meals after a social worker or doctor identifies financial need. A parent or guardian must complete the initial registration and receive program approval before submitting a financial-assistance request.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
The Ishan Gala Foundation’s national Financial Assistance Program serves children ages 0–18 with cancer during treatment, within one year after treatment, or two to three years after treatment when significant treatment-related health issues remain. It considers rent or mortgage, utilities, phone bills, household and child-safety items, vehicle expenses, gas and grocery cards, and prepared meals after a social worker or doctor identifies financial need. A parent or guardian must complete the initial registration and receive program approval before submitting a financial-assistance request.
Amount not published · As Needed
Can cover
- Basic living furniture
- Child-safety and basic household items
- Gas gift cards
- Grocery gift cards
- Phone bills
- Prepared meals during intensive or inpatient treatment
- Rent or mortgage
- Utility bills
- Vehicle payments, insurance, repairs, or maintenance
- The reviewed official pages do not publish a dollar award limit.
- The program considers requests case by case; no public frequency ceiling is stated.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance Program — meals and food
The Ishan Gala Foundation’s national Financial Assistance Program serves children ages 0–18 with cancer during treatment, within one year after treatment, or two to three years after treatment when significant treatment-related health issues remain. It considers rent or mortgage, utilities, phone bills, household and child-safety items, vehicle expenses, gas and grocery cards, and prepared meals after a social worker or doctor identifies financial need. A parent or guardian must complete the initial registration and receive program approval before submitting a financial-assistance request.
Amount not published · As Needed
Can cover
- Basic living furniture
- Child-safety and basic household items
- Gas gift cards
- Grocery gift cards
- Phone bills
- Prepared meals during intensive or inpatient treatment
- Rent or mortgage
- Utility bills
- Vehicle payments, insurance, repairs, or maintenance
- The reviewed official pages do not publish a dollar award limit.
- The program considers requests case by case; no public frequency ceiling is stated.
Practical Items And Home Help
Financial Assistance Program — practical items and home help
The Ishan Gala Foundation’s national Financial Assistance Program serves children ages 0–18 with cancer during treatment, within one year after treatment, or two to three years after treatment when significant treatment-related health issues remain. It considers rent or mortgage, utilities, phone bills, household and child-safety items, vehicle expenses, gas and grocery cards, and prepared meals after a social worker or doctor identifies financial need. A parent or guardian must complete the initial registration and receive program approval before submitting a financial-assistance request.
Amount not published · As Needed
Can cover
- Basic living furniture
- Child-safety and basic household items
- Gas gift cards
- Grocery gift cards
- Phone bills
- Prepared meals during intensive or inpatient treatment
- Rent or mortgage
- Utility bills
- Vehicle payments, insurance, repairs, or maintenance
- The reviewed official pages do not publish a dollar award limit.
- The program considers requests case by case; no public frequency ceiling is stated.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation
The Ishan Gala Foundation’s national Financial Assistance Program serves children ages 0–18 with cancer during treatment, within one year after treatment, or two to three years after treatment when significant treatment-related health issues remain. It considers rent or mortgage, utilities, phone bills, household and child-safety items, vehicle expenses, gas and grocery cards, and prepared meals after a social worker or doctor identifies financial need. A parent or guardian must complete the initial registration and receive program approval before submitting a financial-assistance request.
Amount not published · As Needed
Can cover
- Basic living furniture
- Child-safety and basic household items
- Gas gift cards
- Grocery gift cards
- Phone bills
- Prepared meals during intensive or inpatient treatment
- Rent or mortgage
- Utility bills
- Vehicle payments, insurance, repairs, or maintenance
- The reviewed official pages do not publish a dollar award limit.
- The program considers requests case by case; no public frequency ceiling is stated.
Why this may help
Household Bills And Cash Assistance: Rent, utilities, phone bills, and other household expenses can be considered alongside goods and meals.
Meals And Food: Grocery cards and prepared meals during intensive or hospital treatment cover the food part of the assistance.
Travel And Transportation: Gas cards and vehicle payments, insurance, maintenance, or repairs can keep you traveling to treatment.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program serves children ages 0–18 with cancer throughout the United States, so pediatric B-ALL is within the published diagnosis and age scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
- The official page states ages 0–18.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A social worker or doctor must identify the family as financially in need.
Financial need is required.
- A social worker or doctor must deem the family financially in need; no numerical threshold is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The family must live in the United States.
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
- After acceptance, submit a Financial Assistance Request.
- Complete the initial family registration using the link for the family’s state.
- Obtain social-worker or doctor confirmation of financial need.
- Wait for the foundation to accept the family into its programs.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form · Open form or page — Initial registration is required before program requests.
Documents to prepare
- Initial family registration
- Social-worker or doctor confirmation of financial need
- The foundation considers each request case by case; public pages do not state how approved bills are paid.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 23, 2026 |
- Current official pages provide registration links for Virginia and other U.S. families.
- No processing lead time is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A social worker or doctor must confirm financial need.
- Award limits and payment methods are not published.
- Post-treatment support is limited to the published time windows.
- The child must be age 0–18.
- How long does registration and request review take?
- Is funding currently available for the requested expense?
- What award limits, frequency limits, and payment methods apply?
- What documents are required in the initial registration and later request?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 23, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Financial Assistance Programs — Ishan Gala Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Request Assistance — Ishan Gala Foundation · checked Aug 23, 2026