Msgr. Russ Kohler Children's Cancer Endowment Fund
Family Grant · About this organization
What you get
Help with car repairs, childcare, lost wages, other documented family needs, rent or mortgage, temporary lodging, transportation and utilities.
How to start
Fill in and sign the online application or downloadable mail-in form. Have copies of your bills, proof of income and diagnosis confirmation ready.
Good to know
- The online form cannot be saved and must be completed in one session.
- No seasonal deadline is published; you must be in active treatment.
The details, as published
The Msgr. Russ Kohler Children's Cancer Endowment Fund provides grants to Michigan parents and guardians facing financial hardship while a child is in active cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL qualifies when the child was age 17 or younger at first diagnosis, the family resides in Michigan, and the treating physician or social worker confirms the diagnosis, treatment plan, and active-treatment status. Grant funds may support temporary lodging, childcare, transportation, lost wages, rent or mortgage, utilities, vehicle repairs, and other documented needs, but the application requires extensive financial records and all awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
What help you may get
Childcare
Family Grant — childcare
The Msgr. Russ Kohler Children's Cancer Endowment Fund provides grants to Michigan parents and guardians facing financial hardship while a child is in active cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL qualifies when the child was age 17 or younger at first diagnosis, the family resides in Michigan, and the treating physician or social worker confirms the diagnosis, treatment plan, and active-treatment status. Grant funds may support temporary lodging, childcare, transportation, lost wages, rent or mortgage, utilities, vehicle repairs, and other documented needs, but the application requires extensive financial records and all awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car repairs
- Childcare
- Lost wages
- Other documented family needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Temporary lodging
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No standard award limit is published.
- Repeat-award rules are not published; awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Grant — household bills and cash assistance
The Msgr. Russ Kohler Children's Cancer Endowment Fund provides grants to Michigan parents and guardians facing financial hardship while a child is in active cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL qualifies when the child was age 17 or younger at first diagnosis, the family resides in Michigan, and the treating physician or social worker confirms the diagnosis, treatment plan, and active-treatment status. Grant funds may support temporary lodging, childcare, transportation, lost wages, rent or mortgage, utilities, vehicle repairs, and other documented needs, but the application requires extensive financial records and all awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car repairs
- Childcare
- Lost wages
- Other documented family needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Temporary lodging
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No standard award limit is published.
- Repeat-award rules are not published; awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Lodging Near Treatment
Family Grant — lodging near treatment
The Msgr. Russ Kohler Children's Cancer Endowment Fund provides grants to Michigan parents and guardians facing financial hardship while a child is in active cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL qualifies when the child was age 17 or younger at first diagnosis, the family resides in Michigan, and the treating physician or social worker confirms the diagnosis, treatment plan, and active-treatment status. Grant funds may support temporary lodging, childcare, transportation, lost wages, rent or mortgage, utilities, vehicle repairs, and other documented needs, but the application requires extensive financial records and all awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car repairs
- Childcare
- Lost wages
- Other documented family needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Temporary lodging
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No standard award limit is published.
- Repeat-award rules are not published; awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Travel And Transportation
Family Grant — travel and transportation
The Msgr. Russ Kohler Children's Cancer Endowment Fund provides grants to Michigan parents and guardians facing financial hardship while a child is in active cancer treatment. A child with B-ALL qualifies when the child was age 17 or younger at first diagnosis, the family resides in Michigan, and the treating physician or social worker confirms the diagnosis, treatment plan, and active-treatment status. Grant funds may support temporary lodging, childcare, transportation, lost wages, rent or mortgage, utilities, vehicle repairs, and other documented needs, but the application requires extensive financial records and all awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
Amount decided by the program
Can cover
- Car repairs
- Childcare
- Lost wages
- Other documented family needs
- Rent or mortgage
- Temporary lodging
- Transportation
- Utilities
- No standard award limit is published.
- Repeat-award rules are not published; awarded funds expire six months after the award date.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Childcare: Childcare is among the documented needs this hardship grant can consider.
Lodging Near Treatment: Temporary lodging can be included when you request help with treatment-period expenses.
Travel And Transportation: Car repairs and transportation are among the costs considered for a hardship grant.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The official program serves children with cancer or children with serious medical conditions that include cancer; pediatric B-ALL is within that scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at diagnosis.
- The child must be age 17 or younger at first diagnosis.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A treating physician or social worker must provide a letter confirming cancer type, prescribed treatment, and current active treatment.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical income ceiling is published.
- The application requires recent pay stubs, W-2, and tax return.
- The applicant must submit a letter explaining the current financial hardship.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: MI.
- Financial assistance is available only to Michigan residents.
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
- Complete and sign the online application or downloadable mail-in form.
- Gather all required information before starting because the online form cannot be saved.
- Mail the financial-hardship letter, provider or social-worker treatment letter, income and asset records, bills, and signed health-information release.
- The fund reviews the complete application and may contact the treating professional or other third parties as needed.
- Upload a current digital photo of the child.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · info@kohlerkidscancer.com — Email the fund with questions.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Phone · 313-832-4357 — Call the fund with questions.
Documents to prepare
- Completed signed application
- Copies of specific bills or estimates
- Current digital photo of the child
- Financial-hardship letter
- Most recent applicant and spouse pay stubs
- Most recent W-2 and tax return
- Signed authorization for release of health information
- Treating physician or social-worker letter confirming diagnosis, treatment, and active treatment
- Two recent checking and savings statements
- Two recent investment-account statements
- Approved grant funds must be used within six months after the award date.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official online application was active; the fund states that it cannot meet every request.
- No seasonal deadline is published; the patient must be in active treatment.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Grant funds expire six months after award.
- Michigan residence is required.
- The application requires extensive income, asset, medical, and bill documentation.
- The child must have been age 17 or younger at first diagnosis and must currently be in active treatment.
- The online form cannot be saved and must be completed in one session.
- What current award ceiling, payment method, review schedule, and repeat-award rule apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Apply for a Grant — Msgr. Russ Kohler Children’s Cancer Endowment Fund · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Apply for a Grant — Msgr. Russ Kohler Children’s Cancer Endowment Fund · checked Aug 23, 2026