Pinky Swear Foundation
All-Star Fund · About this organization
What you get
Help with rent, mortgage, utilities, car payments, groceries, and gas. The amount isn't published. Ask.
How to start
Fill in the online application with your oncology social worker’s details and a complete bill. For rent help, get your landlord’s W-9.
Good to know
- A family must wait 12 months after an award before applying again.
- Bills must be in the parent or guardian's name.
The details, as published
Pinky Swear’s All-Star Fund helps families in active childhood-cancer treatment with housing, utilities, transportation-related bills, groceries, and gas. A child with B-ALL may qualify if the child is 18 or younger, lives with a parent or guardian in the United States, and is treated through an approved pediatric oncology hospital and social worker. Applications are online, and approved bills are paid to the creditor while gas or grocery aid is delivered by gift card.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
All-Star Fund — household bills and cash assistance
Pinky Swear’s All-Star Fund helps families in active childhood-cancer treatment with housing, utilities, transportation-related bills, groceries, and gas. A child with B-ALL may qualify if the child is 18 or younger, lives with a parent or guardian in the United States, and is treated through an approved pediatric oncology hospital and social worker. Applications are online, and approved bills are paid to the creditor while gas or grocery aid is delivered by gift card.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Auto insurance
- Car payments
- Gas gift card
- Grocery gift card
- Mortgage
- Rent
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Car repairs
- Cell phone bills
- Credit card bills
- Medical bills
- Prescriptions
- Student loans
- Taxes
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- Wait 12 months after an award before applying again.
Meals And Food
All-Star Fund — meals and food
Pinky Swear’s All-Star Fund helps families in active childhood-cancer treatment with housing, utilities, transportation-related bills, groceries, and gas. A child with B-ALL may qualify if the child is 18 or younger, lives with a parent or guardian in the United States, and is treated through an approved pediatric oncology hospital and social worker. Applications are online, and approved bills are paid to the creditor while gas or grocery aid is delivered by gift card.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Auto insurance
- Car payments
- Gas gift card
- Grocery gift card
- Mortgage
- Rent
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Car repairs
- Cell phone bills
- Credit card bills
- Medical bills
- Prescriptions
- Student loans
- Taxes
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- Wait 12 months after an award before applying again.
Medical And Insurance Costs
All-Star Fund — medical and insurance costs
Pinky Swear’s All-Star Fund helps families in active childhood-cancer treatment with housing, utilities, transportation-related bills, groceries, and gas. A child with B-ALL may qualify if the child is 18 or younger, lives with a parent or guardian in the United States, and is treated through an approved pediatric oncology hospital and social worker. Applications are online, and approved bills are paid to the creditor while gas or grocery aid is delivered by gift card.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Auto insurance
- Car payments
- Gas gift card
- Grocery gift card
- Mortgage
- Rent
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Car repairs
- Cell phone bills
- Credit card bills
- Medical bills
- Prescriptions
- Student loans
- Taxes
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- Wait 12 months after an award before applying again.
Travel And Transportation
All-Star Fund — travel and transportation
Pinky Swear’s All-Star Fund helps families in active childhood-cancer treatment with housing, utilities, transportation-related bills, groceries, and gas. A child with B-ALL may qualify if the child is 18 or younger, lives with a parent or guardian in the United States, and is treated through an approved pediatric oncology hospital and social worker. Applications are online, and approved bills are paid to the creditor while gas or grocery aid is delivered by gift card.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Auto insurance
- Car payments
- Gas gift card
- Grocery gift card
- Mortgage
- Rent
- Utility bills
Does not cover
- Car repairs
- Cell phone bills
- Credit card bills
- Medical bills
- Prescriptions
- Student loans
- Taxes
- The official page does not publish an award ceiling.
- Wait 12 months after an award before applying again.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: Grocery gift cards can help with food while other approved bills are paid directly.
Medical And Insurance Costs: The fund pays living and travel costs during treatment; medical bills are not among the listed expenses.
Travel And Transportation: Gas cards, car payments and auto insurance can help keep your treatment transportation available.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The fund accepts children with any cancer diagnosis, including pediatric B-ALL.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- An approved pediatric oncology social worker is required.
- No income threshold is published on the official page.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- The child must live with parents or guardians in the United States at diagnosis, throughout treatment, and afterward.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
- Treatment must occur at a pediatric oncology hospital with an approved pediatric oncology social worker.
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
- Collect the pediatric oncology social worker's contact information.
- Complete the online application.
- Confirm the child meets the Orange Envelope or diagnosis-timing rule.
- For rent, obtain the landlord's W-9.
- Upload a clear and complete bill for the requested payment.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Clear, complete copy of the bill
- Landlord W-9 for rent requests
- Pediatric oncology social worker contact information
- Bill payments are mailed directly to creditors.
- Gift cards are mailed to the address provided in the application.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Not Published |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Intake was closed on 2026-08-24. The portal published the next application window for September 2, 2026, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Central Time.
- Next window: September 2, 2026, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Central Time; the portal may close earlier if capacity is reached.
- The form generally takes 5–20 minutes to complete; a decision timetable is not published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A family must wait 12 months after an award before applying again.
- Bills must be in the parent or guardian's name.
- Rent requests require a landlord W-9.
- The award amount is not published.
- Does the program use an unpublished financial-need screen?
- What is the current maximum award amount?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Childhood Cancer Financial Assistance | Pinky Swear Foundation · checked Aug 22, 2026