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The Jackson Copeland Foundation

Leukemia Financial Assistance Grant · About this organization

What you get

Awards of $100, $250, $500, $750, or $1,000 for care, medicines, copays, insurance, travel, tolls, parking, lodging, rent, mortgage, utilities, food, and other related costs. Ask which applies.

How to start

Sign in with Google to complete the financial-aid application; set aside 15–30 minutes, then follow the email instructions if your request is approved.

Good to know

  • Acute leukemia patients in the main age band get $250 to $1,000; everyone else is limited to $100.
  • Awards need board approval and depend on available funds.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Open

Rolling grants help U.S. leukemia patients in treatment or follow-up with approved treatment, medication, insurance, travel, temporary lodging or housing stability, and food costs. Acute AML/ALL applicants ages 15–39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000; non-acute and/or non-AYA applicants are limited to $100.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Leukemia Financial Assistance Grant — household bills and cash assistance

Rolling grants help U.S. leukemia patients in treatment or follow-up with approved treatment, medication, insurance, travel, temporary lodging or housing stability, and food costs. Acute AML/ALL applicants ages 15–39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000; non-acute and/or non-AYA applicants are limited to $100.

Up to $1,000

Can cover

  • Fuel, tolls, parking, and treatment travel
  • Groceries and food during treatment
  • Lodging and housing
  • Medical and treatment expenses
  • Medication and copays
  • Other related expenses
  • Prescriptions, insurance premiums, and copays
  • Temporary lodging, rent, mortgage, and utilities during extended hospitalization or transplant
  • Acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia applicants ages 15 through 39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000 according to the published scoring schedule.
  • Other leukemia types or age groups may receive a limited $100 grant.
  • The reviewed official page does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.

Lodging Near Treatment

Leukemia Financial Assistance Grant — lodging near treatment

Rolling grants help U.S. leukemia patients in treatment or follow-up with approved treatment, medication, insurance, travel, temporary lodging or housing stability, and food costs. Acute AML/ALL applicants ages 15–39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000; non-acute and/or non-AYA applicants are limited to $100.

Up to $1,000

Can cover

  • Fuel, tolls, parking, and treatment travel
  • Groceries and food during treatment
  • Lodging and housing
  • Medical and treatment expenses
  • Medication and copays
  • Other related expenses
  • Prescriptions, insurance premiums, and copays
  • Temporary lodging, rent, mortgage, and utilities during extended hospitalization or transplant
  • Acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia applicants ages 15 through 39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000 according to the published scoring schedule.
  • Other leukemia types or age groups may receive a limited $100 grant.
  • The reviewed official page does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.

Meals And Food

Leukemia Financial Assistance Grant — meals and food

Rolling grants help U.S. leukemia patients in treatment or follow-up with approved treatment, medication, insurance, travel, temporary lodging or housing stability, and food costs. Acute AML/ALL applicants ages 15–39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000; non-acute and/or non-AYA applicants are limited to $100.

Up to $1,000

Can cover

  • Fuel, tolls, parking, and treatment travel
  • Groceries and food during treatment
  • Lodging and housing
  • Medical and treatment expenses
  • Medication and copays
  • Other related expenses
  • Prescriptions, insurance premiums, and copays
  • Temporary lodging, rent, mortgage, and utilities during extended hospitalization or transplant
  • Acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia applicants ages 15 through 39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000 according to the published scoring schedule.
  • Other leukemia types or age groups may receive a limited $100 grant.
  • The reviewed official page does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.

Medical And Insurance Costs

Leukemia Financial Assistance Grant — medical and insurance costs

Rolling grants help U.S. leukemia patients in treatment or follow-up with approved treatment, medication, insurance, travel, temporary lodging or housing stability, and food costs. Acute AML/ALL applicants ages 15–39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000; non-acute and/or non-AYA applicants are limited to $100.

Up to $1,000

Can cover

  • Fuel, tolls, parking, and treatment travel
  • Groceries and food during treatment
  • Lodging and housing
  • Medical and treatment expenses
  • Medication and copays
  • Other related expenses
  • Prescriptions, insurance premiums, and copays
  • Temporary lodging, rent, mortgage, and utilities during extended hospitalization or transplant
  • Acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia applicants ages 15 through 39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000 according to the published scoring schedule.
  • Other leukemia types or age groups may receive a limited $100 grant.
  • The reviewed official page does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.

Travel And Transportation

Leukemia Financial Assistance Grant — travel and transportation

Rolling grants help U.S. leukemia patients in treatment or follow-up with approved treatment, medication, insurance, travel, temporary lodging or housing stability, and food costs. Acute AML/ALL applicants ages 15–39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000; non-acute and/or non-AYA applicants are limited to $100.

Up to $1,000

Can cover

  • Fuel, tolls, parking, and treatment travel
  • Groceries and food during treatment
  • Lodging and housing
  • Medical and treatment expenses
  • Medication and copays
  • Other related expenses
  • Prescriptions, insurance premiums, and copays
  • Temporary lodging, rent, mortgage, and utilities during extended hospitalization or transplant
  • Acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia applicants ages 15 through 39 may receive $250, $500, $750, or $1,000 according to the published scoring schedule.
  • Other leukemia types or age groups may receive a limited $100 grant.
  • The reviewed official page does not publish a repeat-assistance rule.
Shared limits:
  • The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.

Why this may help

Lodging Near Treatment: Temporary lodging during extended hospitalization or transplant is included alongside housing bills.

Meals And Food: Groceries and food during treatment can be covered by the grant.

Medical And Insurance Costs: Medication, copays, and insurance premiums are included with other treatment costs.

Travel And Transportation: Fuel, tolls, parking, and treatment travel are included among the grant's uses.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is explicitly within the acute-leukemia priority scope.

Age

Age 15 to age 39, measured at application.

  • The official page says applicants outside that age group may still apply, but assistance is limited to $100.
  • The primary program focus is adolescents and young adults ages 15 through 39.

Treatment status

Active Treatment

Financial need is required.

  • The official page describes a need-based scoring method but publishes no numerical income ceiling.
  • Work and income are among the published scoring factors.
  • All awards require board approval and are subject to available funds.
  • Financial urgency, insurance, dependents, childcare, and the applicant's support network affect the grant score.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

No residence restriction is published.

  • Applicants outside the United States and its territories are not eligible.

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: Parent Or Guardian, Patient

  1. Allow approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete the form.
  2. If approved, complete the disbursement agreement.
  3. If approved, complete the online disbursement agreement and receive funds by electronic gift card or PayPal.
  4. Sign in to a Google account and complete the linked financial-assistance application.
  5. Sign in with a Google-linked account and complete the 15–30 minute application.
  6. Wait five to ten business days for processing and board review.
  7. Wait for email, normally in 5–10 business days.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

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

  • Approved applicants complete an online disbursement agreement.
  • Funds are sent by electronic gift card or PayPal.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsOpen
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowRolling
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The application is continuously linked and no seasonal window is published.
  • The official page gives a processing estimate of five to ten business days; schema day fields do not distinguish business days.
  • Applications are processed in five to ten business days, and all awards require board approval.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Actual form fields/documents were inaccessible without sign-in.
  • All awards require board approval and depend on available funds.
  • Applicants outside the primary leukemia type or age focus may receive only $100.
  • Awards depend on board approval and funds.
  • Google sign-in is required; an alternate intake route is not published.
  • The official page does not publish documentation or repeat-award requirements.
  • The primary $250-to-$1,000 grant schedule is for acute lymphoblastic or acute myeloid leukemia patients ages 15 through 39.
  • Confirm Google-form details and language/accessibility alternatives.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program