Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research
Family Emergency Fund · About this organization
What you get
Up to $500 a year and $750 lifetime per patient for cancer-related medical bills, mortgage, rent, transitional housing, utilities and other treatment-related costs.
How to start
Your social worker sends the referral.
Good to know
- The fund can be exhausted before the next grant cycle.
- The fund has limited grant dollars and may stop issuing awards until the next grant cycle when funds are exhausted.
The details, as published
Rally Foundation’s Family Emergency Fund provides limited help with cancer-related medical bills and basic family costs such as utilities, rent, mortgage, and transitional housing. The patient must be under 22 and currently receiving treatment for cancer or treatment side effects. A hospital representative applies using a password-protected form, with a $500 annual cap and a $750 lifetime cap per patient.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Family Emergency Fund — household bills and cash assistance
Rally Foundation’s Family Emergency Fund provides limited help with cancer-related medical bills and basic family costs such as utilities, rent, mortgage, and transitional housing. The patient must be under 22 and currently receiving treatment for cancer or treatment side effects. A hospital representative applies using a password-protected form, with a $500 annual cap and a $750 lifetime cap per patient.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical bills
- Mortgage
- Other treatment-related family costs
- Rent
- Transitional housing
- Utilities
- Annual cap is $500; lifetime cap is $750 per patient.
- Awards are constrained by the annual and lifetime caps.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Family Emergency Fund — medical and insurance costs
Rally Foundation’s Family Emergency Fund provides limited help with cancer-related medical bills and basic family costs such as utilities, rent, mortgage, and transitional housing. The patient must be under 22 and currently receiving treatment for cancer or treatment side effects. A hospital representative applies using a password-protected form, with a $500 annual cap and a $750 lifetime cap per patient.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Cancer-related medical bills
- Mortgage
- Other treatment-related family costs
- Rent
- Transitional housing
- Utilities
- Annual cap is $500; lifetime cap is $750 per patient.
- Awards are constrained by the annual and lifetime caps.
- The published monetary limit is shared across the listed benefit components.
Why this may help
Medical And Insurance Costs: Cancer-related medical bills can be covered alongside basic household expenses.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The fund accepts childhood-cancer treatment, including B-ALL, and the age rule overlaps the full 0–18 launch scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 21, measured at application.
- The patient must not be over 21.
Treatment status
Active Treatment, Within One Year Post Treatment
- The public application accepts patients in active treatment or within one year of treatment; the program page also covers treatment side effects.
- A social worker or hospital representative must submit the application.
Financial need is required.
- No numeric income limit is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
How to get started
Set up the ask for my social worker
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: Hospital Representative, Social Worker
- Contact the Rally fund administrator to obtain the application password.
- Submit the password-protected form.
- The hospital representative completes every section of the application truthfully.
- The social worker or hospital representative confirms eligibility and need.
Ways to apply or ask
- Email · Marla@RallyFoundation.org — The hospital representative requests the application password.
- Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — The password-protected application is submitted by the hospital representative.
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Completed hospital-representative application
- The current page does not state one uniform payment method for all approved expenses.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Hospital Mediated |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The fund has limited grant dollars and may stop issuing awards until the next grant cycle when funds are exhausted.
- No fixed review timeframe is published.
Limitations and things to confirm
- False, incomplete, or misleading information results in automatic denial.
- Only a social worker or hospital representative can apply.
- The annual cap is $500 and lifetime cap is $750.
- The fund can be exhausted before the next grant cycle.
- Does Rally currently impose any state or regional preference not stated on the fund page?
- What payment method and documentation apply to each covered expense?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 22, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Family Emergency Fund | Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research · checked Aug 22, 2026
- About Us | Rally Foundation · checked Aug 22, 2026