Marisa's Mission
Oncofertility Grant · About this organization
What you get
Up to $2,500 for egg or sperm retrieval, medicines, in-home fertility care, and up to one year of storage.
How to start
Your care team’s fertility coordinator submits the application and medical records. Prepare financial-need documents and the required paragraph explaining your request.
Good to know
- A prior cancer diagnosis rules out this grant.
- Priority goes to applicants who do not have children.
The details, as published
Up to $2,500 for Massachusetts residents age 13 to 44 working with Brigham & Women’s Reproductive Health Department on fertility preservation before or during cancer treatment.
What help you may get
Medical And Insurance Costs
Fertility preservation expenses
Up to $2,500 for egg or sperm retrieval, up to one year of storage, medications, and in-home fertility care.
Up to $2,500 · One Time
Can cover
- Egg retrieval
- Sperm retrieval
- Up to one year of storage
- Medications
- In-home fertility care
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A B-ALL patient age 13 to 44 with no prior cancer diagnosis may fit if Brigham & Women’s specialists confirm the planned treatment threatens fertility and preservation is medically appropriate.
Age
Age 13 to age 44, measured at application.
Treatment status
Newly Diagnosed, Active Treatment
- The fertility process and planned cancer treatment must be medically appropriate, and the cancer treatment must pose infertility risk.
- Both oncologist and reproductive endocrinologist must determine medical appropriateness and infertility risk.
- Applicant must have no prior cancer diagnosis.
Financial need is required.
- Necessary documentation of financial need is required; no numeric threshold is published.
- When funds are limited, applicants without children receive priority.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Massachusetts residence; no two-year duration is stated in the oncofertility guidelines..
- Applicant must be a Massachusetts resident and U.S. citizen.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: Brigham & Women’s Reproductive Health Department.
- Applicant must be working with Brigham & Women’s Reproductive Health Department.
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: Healthcare Team
- Work with Brigham & Women’s Reproductive Health Department and prepare financial-need documentation and the required reasons paragraph.
- The fertility preservation coordinator obtains current portal access and submits the application and medical-treatment documentation.
- The oncologist and reproductive endocrinologist make and document the required clinical determinations; the family and drafting tool must not author them.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · grants@marisas-mission.org — The public page does not expose the portal URL.
Documents to prepare
- Necessary documentation of financial need.
- Medical-treatment documentation submitted by a fertility preservation coordinator.
- Paragraph outlining the reasons for seeking the grant.
- Approved funds are paid directly to vendors.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 26, 2026 |
- The current official assistance page lists this program; funding availability is not published.
- Funding is availability-dependent; no dates are published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Massachusetts residence and U.S. citizenship are required.
- Applicant must be age 13 to 44 and work with Brigham & Women’s Reproductive Health Department.
- Applicant must have no prior cancer diagnosis.
- Funding is availability-dependent, with priority to applicants who do not have children.
- What are the coordinator portal URL and current application fields?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Apply for Assistance — Marisa's Mission · checked Aug 26, 2026
- Oncofertility Program Guidelines · checked Aug 26, 2026