MBA Opens Doors Foundation
Home Grant Program · About this organization
What you get
Up to $2,000 for one month of current rent or first-mortgage payments.
How to start
Your hospital social worker starts and submits the portal application. Use their secure link to complete your sections and upload rent or mortgage documents.
Good to know
- Funding is limited and eligibility does not guarantee an award.
- Only a social worker at a current network children's hospital can submit an application.
The details, as published
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation Home Grant Program provides one month of current first-mortgage or rent assistance, up to $2,000, to families with a critically or chronically ill or seriously injured child age 18 or younger. The child must have at least seven inpatient days at a partner hospital or fourteen days of documented full-time professional home care in the prior twelve months, and the family must show financial hardship. A social worker at a network children's hospital submits the application through the official portal; families cannot apply directly. Each family may receive only one MBA Opens Doors grant, and complete eligible requests are considered in order received subject to available funds.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Home Grant Program — household bills and cash assistance
The MBA Opens Doors Foundation Home Grant Program provides one month of current first-mortgage or rent assistance, up to $2,000, to families with a critically or chronically ill or seriously injured child age 18 or younger. The child must have at least seven inpatient days at a partner hospital or fourteen days of documented full-time professional home care in the prior twelve months, and the family must show financial hardship. A social worker at a network children's hospital submits the application through the official portal; families cannot apply directly. Each family may receive only one MBA Opens Doors grant, and complete eligible requests are considered in order received subject to available funds.
Up to $2,000 · One Time
Can cover
- One current monthly payment on the first mortgage, including escrow under the existing mortgage terms
- One current monthly rental payment
Does not cover
- Past or reimbursed rent or mortgage payments
- Rental fees other than the monthly rent
- Rental security deposits
- Second mortgages or housing other than the child's primary residence
- Utilities
- If a mortgage payment exceeds $2,000, the $2,000 grant is transmitted by direct deposit to the family's bank account.
- The family is responsible for any rent above $2,000.
- The grant covers the exact current rent or first-mortgage payment up to $2,000.
- A family may receive only one MBA Opens Doors Foundation grant in its lifetime.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-ALL age 18 or younger can meet the critically or chronically ill rule when the published inpatient or full-time professional home-care requirement, partner-hospital restriction, housing, and financial-hardship criteria are also met.
Age
Any starting age to age 18, measured at application.
- The child must be age 18 or younger.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- The child must have at least seven inpatient days at a partner hospital or at least fourteen days of documented full-time professional home care within the last twelve months; outpatient and clinic treatment do not count as inpatient care.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A social worker at a current network children's hospital must submit through the web portal.
- Medical or hospital personnel authorized by MBA Opens Doors must certify the child's critical or chronic illness or serious injury.
Financial need is required.
- The family must provide evidence of financial hardship, but no public income threshold or screening formula is published.
- Applicants receiving regular governmental assistance are advised to determine whether a grant could affect those benefits.
- The requested rent or first mortgage must be current; the program does not reimburse past housing payments.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: The child's primary home must be in the United States or a United States territory..
- The parent or legal guardian must hold the first mortgage or rental agreement for the child's primary home.
- The primary home where the child resides must be in the United States or a United States territory.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be through: A social worker at a current MBA Opens Doors network children's hospital must submit the application.; Current network facilities published on the official pages include Akron Children's Hospital; Boston Children's Hospital; Children's Hospital Colorado; Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Children's Hospital at Saint Francis; Children's National Medical System; Cook Children's Hospital; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford Children's Health; Massachusetts General Hospital for Children; Nicklaus Children's Hospital; Peyton Manning Children's Hospital; Texas Children's Hospital; and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.; Only qualifying inpatient days at a partner hospital count toward the seven-inpatient-day alternative; outpatient and clinic treatment do not count as inpatient care..
- A social worker at a current MBA Opens Doors network children's hospital must submit the application.
- Current network facilities published on the official pages include Akron Children's Hospital; Boston Children's Hospital; Children's Hospital Colorado; Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Children's Hospital at Saint Francis; Children's National Medical System; Cook Children's Hospital; Lucile Packard Children's Hospital/Stanford Children's Health; Massachusetts General Hospital for Children; Nicklaus Children's Hospital; Peyton Manning Children's Hospital; Texas Children's Hospital; and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.
- Only qualifying inpatient days at a partner hospital count toward the seven-inpatient-day alternative; outpatient and clinic treatment do not count as inpatient care.
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: Social Worker
- Ask a social worker at the child's network hospital to check the age, care-duration, housing, prior-grant, and hardship criteria.
- The foundation reviews complete eligible applications in order received and issues an approved grant on the published monthly schedule.
- The social worker may send the family a secure portal link to complete designated sections and upload the current housing documents.
- The social worker registers or signs in to the official portal with a hospital email and starts either the mortgage or rental application.
- The social worker reviews the family-entered sections, supplies the medical or hospital information, and submits the complete application by the monthly deadline.
Ways to apply or ask
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page · applications@mbaopensdoors.org — A social worker at a network children's hospital registers with a hospital email and submits through the official web application system. Families cannot create and submit their own applications.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Evidence of financial hardship
- For a rental request: proof the rent is current, a current rental agreement, and a current utility or telephone bill for address verification
- Medical or hospital certification of the child's qualifying illness or injury and care duration
- Most recent current first-mortgage statement for a mortgage request
- A mortgage grant for a payment exceeding $2,000 is transmitted by direct deposit to the family's bank account.
- The current public guidance does not state payment routing for rent or for a mortgage payment of $2,000 or less.
- The foundation makes one payment equal to the current rent or first-mortgage payment, capped at $2,000.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The current mortgage and rental guidance states that grants are limited, considered in order received, and subject to available funds.
- The official apply page, hospital-network page, and web application system were active when checked.
- A hospital stops accepting new applications when its monthly funding maximum is reached and reopens on the second of the following month.
- An application not complete by the first must be resubmitted for the next review cycle.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling monthly cycle and must be complete by the first day of a month to be considered for a grant on the first day of the following month.
- Use the official monthly schedule; a complete application submitted by the first is considered for an award on the first of the following month.
- Complete by the first of a month for an award, if approved and funded, on the first of the following month.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Funding is limited and eligibility does not guarantee an award.
- Only a social worker at a current network children's hospital can submit an application.
- The application includes medical, financial-hardship, housing, and payment documents. The official manual directs the social worker and family to use the secure portal workflow rather than emailing documents; the reviewed materials do not publish a grant-specific retention or confidentiality policy.
- The award is one month of current first-mortgage or rent assistance, capped at $2,000, and only one grant is allowed per family.
- The child must meet the seven-inpatient-day or fourteen-day full-time professional home-care alternative within the prior twelve months; outpatient and clinic treatment do not count as inpatient care.
- The housing obligation must be current and held by the parent or legal guardian for the child's primary home in the United States or a United States territory.
- Do individual network hospitals apply additional referral or screening rules before submitting?
- How are rental awards and mortgage awards of $2,000 or less routed to the recipient, creditor, or landlord?
- What exact evidence or financial screening does the foundation accept to establish financial hardship?
- What grant-specific privacy, data-retention, and deletion rules apply to medical, financial, and housing documents in the portal?
- Will the hospital network, grant cap, timing, and funding remain unchanged after the next guideline revision?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Web-Based Application System · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Apply for a Grant - MBA Opens Doors Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Our Hospitals - MBA Opens Doors Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Home Grant Program - Mortgage Grant Assistance Initiative Grant Guidelines · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Home Grant Program - Rental Grant Assistance Initiative Grant Guidelines · checked Aug 24, 2026