Tanner's Team Foundation
Grant Assistance · About this organization
What you get
Payment to approved vendors for documented household bills or transportation expenses.
How to start
Send your application with recent bills showing each vendor you want paid.
Good to know
- Only the 45 published counties are served.
- One grant is permitted per 12 months.
The details, as published
Tanner's Team Foundation helps families in 45 central Minnesota counties when a child under 21 has a qualifying life-threatening or continuing medical condition. Approved assistance is paid to vendors or creditors, or provided as gift cards or certificates, for documented household and treatment-related needs. A parent applies with current bills and medical certification, and the program permits one grant in a 12-month period.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Grant Assistance — household bills and cash assistance
Tanner's Team Foundation helps families in 45 central Minnesota counties when a child under 21 has a qualifying life-threatening or continuing medical condition. Approved assistance is paid to vendors or creditors, or provided as gift cards or certificates, for documented household and treatment-related needs. A parent applies with current bills and medical certification, and the program permits one grant in a 12-month period.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Board-approved vendor bills and household or transportation costs documented in the application
- The organization says the average grant was increased to $2,000 in 2023; it does not publish a hard maximum.
Meals And Food
Grant Assistance — meals and food
Tanner's Team Foundation helps families in 45 central Minnesota counties when a child under 21 has a qualifying life-threatening or continuing medical condition. Approved assistance is paid to vendors or creditors, or provided as gift cards or certificates, for documented household and treatment-related needs. A parent applies with current bills and medical certification, and the program permits one grant in a 12-month period.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Board-approved vendor bills and household or transportation costs documented in the application
- The organization says the average grant was increased to $2,000 in 2023; it does not publish a hard maximum.
Travel And Transportation
Grant Assistance — travel and transportation
Tanner's Team Foundation helps families in 45 central Minnesota counties when a child under 21 has a qualifying life-threatening or continuing medical condition. Approved assistance is paid to vendors or creditors, or provided as gift cards or certificates, for documented household and treatment-related needs. A parent applies with current bills and medical certification, and the program permits one grant in a 12-month period.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Board-approved vendor bills and household or transportation costs documented in the application
- The organization says the average grant was increased to $2,000 in 2023; it does not publish a hard maximum.
Why this may help
Meals And Food: The board considers documented household needs; ask whether your food bill can be paid to a vendor.
Travel And Transportation: Transportation costs are among the documented bills the board can approve for payment.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. A child with B-ALL can fit the published serious-condition rule when the illness or continuing treatment affects ordinary activity and the treating professional certifies the condition.
Age
Age 0 to age 20, measured at application.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A treating provider or social worker must complete or sign the medical-certification section.
Financial need is required.
- No numerical household-income limit is published on the reviewed official pages.
- The need must arise from decreased income or unpaid leave, added treatment expenses, or bills the family cannot meet.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: 45 published central Minnesota counties.
- The child or family must live in one of the 45 counties listed on the official program page.
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
- Attach current statements for each requested vendor payment and submit the complete application.
- Complete the family and assistance-request sections.
- Have the treating provider or social worker complete the medical section.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page — Historical application page remains online, but the current homepage says the foundation has sunset; do not submit this form.
Documents to prepare
- Completed application
- Current vendor or creditor statement for each requested payment
- Treating-provider or social-worker certification
- Approved amounts are paid directly to vendors or creditors or provided through gift cards or certificates.
Availability and timing
| Program | Retired |
|---|---|
| Applications | Closed |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current homepage explicitly says the foundation has decided to sunset; a technically reachable legacy application does not establish intake.
- The legacy application page remains technically reachable but is absent from current navigation and must not be treated as open.
- Complete applications are normally reviewed in under seven days and often within two days.
Limitations and things to confirm
- One grant is permitted per 12 months.
- Only the 45 published counties are served.
- The published $2,000 figure is an average, not a stated maximum.
- Are application materials available in languages other than English?
- Is $2,000 only the current average, or is it also an award maximum?
- Is any residual grant funding being distributed during wind-down?
- Which expense categories are currently payable?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Apply for a Grant · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Apply for a Grant · checked Aug 23, 2026
- Grant Application Process Checklist · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Grant Application Process Checklist · checked Aug 23, 2026