Team Bradley Bear Foundation
Financial Assistance Program · About this organization
What you get
Financial help during your child’s cancer treatment. The amount is not published. Ask.
How to start
Fill in the online application with household, income, fundraising, hospital, diagnosis, treatment, and insurance information.
Good to know
- Funding is limited and must be confirmed before applying.
- Children with brain tumors receive first priority; children with other pediatric cancers are a second priority.
The details, as published
Team Bradley Bear provides limited financial assistance to families whose child is undergoing treatment in the United States for a brain tumor or another pediatric cancer, with brain-tumor patients given first priority. The patient must have been under age 18 at diagnosis, and assistance depends on current funding. Requests may address bills, groceries, treatment expenses, car insurance or payments, rent or mortgage, housing, and medical costs. A parent or guardian applies online after confirming funding availability and must include requested bills plus a mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
What help you may get
Household Bills And Cash Assistance
Financial Assistance Program — household bills and cash assistance
Team Bradley Bear provides limited financial assistance to families whose child is undergoing treatment in the United States for a brain tumor or another pediatric cancer, with brain-tumor patients given first priority. The patient must have been under age 18 at diagnosis, and assistance depends on current funding. Requests may address bills, groceries, treatment expenses, car insurance or payments, rent or mortgage, housing, and medical costs. A parent or guardian applies online after confirming funding availability and must include requested bills plus a mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Car insurance or car payments
- Debts
- Groceries
- Home and auto repairs
- Household or other submitted bills
- Other needs approved by the foundation
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment and medical costs
- Utility bills
- No award amount or maximum is published.
- The official application states that a family may apply annually; it does not promise an annual award.
Meals And Food
Financial Assistance Program — meals and food
Team Bradley Bear provides limited financial assistance to families whose child is undergoing treatment in the United States for a brain tumor or another pediatric cancer, with brain-tumor patients given first priority. The patient must have been under age 18 at diagnosis, and assistance depends on current funding. Requests may address bills, groceries, treatment expenses, car insurance or payments, rent or mortgage, housing, and medical costs. A parent or guardian applies online after confirming funding availability and must include requested bills plus a mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Car insurance or car payments
- Debts
- Groceries
- Home and auto repairs
- Household or other submitted bills
- Other needs approved by the foundation
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment and medical costs
- Utility bills
- No award amount or maximum is published.
- The official application states that a family may apply annually; it does not promise an annual award.
Medical And Insurance Costs
Financial Assistance Program — medical and insurance costs
Team Bradley Bear provides limited financial assistance to families whose child is undergoing treatment in the United States for a brain tumor or another pediatric cancer, with brain-tumor patients given first priority. The patient must have been under age 18 at diagnosis, and assistance depends on current funding. Requests may address bills, groceries, treatment expenses, car insurance or payments, rent or mortgage, housing, and medical costs. A parent or guardian applies online after confirming funding availability and must include requested bills plus a mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Car insurance or car payments
- Debts
- Groceries
- Home and auto repairs
- Household or other submitted bills
- Other needs approved by the foundation
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment and medical costs
- Utility bills
- No award amount or maximum is published.
- The official application states that a family may apply annually; it does not promise an annual award.
Travel And Transportation
Financial Assistance Program — travel and transportation
Team Bradley Bear provides limited financial assistance to families whose child is undergoing treatment in the United States for a brain tumor or another pediatric cancer, with brain-tumor patients given first priority. The patient must have been under age 18 at diagnosis, and assistance depends on current funding. Requests may address bills, groceries, treatment expenses, car insurance or payments, rent or mortgage, housing, and medical costs. A parent or guardian applies online after confirming funding availability and must include requested bills plus a mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
Amount not published · Once Per 12 Months
Can cover
- Car insurance or car payments
- Debts
- Groceries
- Home and auto repairs
- Household or other submitted bills
- Other needs approved by the foundation
- Rent or mortgage
- Treatment and medical costs
- Utility bills
- No award amount or maximum is published.
- The official application states that a family may apply annually; it does not promise an annual award.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
Not a B-ALL match. B-ALL is clinically eligible, but the program gives brain-tumor cases first priority and other pediatric cancers second priority.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at diagnosis.
- The patient must be under age 18 at diagnosis.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- A social worker, nurse, or doctor must provide a letter describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
Financial need is required.
- The application collects total annual family income, income sources, employment information, unpaid-leave information, and fundraising received.
- The program is for families with financial need, but no numerical income cutoff is published.
- The application asks applicants to disclose active donation or fundraising pages and the amount collected.
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 must be in: Treatment must take place within the United States..
- The child must be undergoing treatment for a brain tumor or other pediatric cancer within the United States.
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: Caregiver, Parent Or Guardian
- Attach a copy of each bill for which assistance is requested.
- Attach or email a mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment.
- Complete the online application with household, income, fundraising, hospital, diagnosis, treatment, and insurance information.
- Contact Team Bradley Bear before applying to confirm that funding is available.
- Submit the complete application for review; the foundation contacts applicants by phone or email after review.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form · Open form or page — The parent submits the shared Team Bradley Bear application after confirming funding availability.
Documents to prepare
- Copy of each bill for which assistance is requested
- Mandatory letter from a social worker, nurse, or doctor describing the child's diagnosis, family situation, and treatment
- The foundation contacts the applicant by phone or email after reviewing the completed application and determining whether funding is available.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Call First |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- Assistance is limited and applications are processed in the order received.
- The application instructs families to contact Team Bradley Bear before submitting to make sure funding is available.
- The official program and application pages are active.
- Applicants are instructed to contact the foundation before submitting to confirm that funds are available.
- Complete applications are typically reviewed within 48 hours, but no guaranteed timeline is published.
- The program page states that complete applications are typically reviewed within 48 hours.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Children with brain tumors receive first priority; children with other pediatric cancers are a second priority.
- Funding is limited and must be confirmed before applying.
- No award amount, maximum, or payment method is published.
- The child must have been under age 18 at diagnosis and must be undergoing pediatric cancer treatment in the United States.
- Does the foundation pay approved bills directly to vendors or reimburse the family?
- How does the foundation weigh household income, fundraising received, and first-priority brain-tumor cases?
- How much assistance is available per request or year?
- Which expenses listed as other may be approved, and are any published expenses excluded?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Dream Big Dreams Experience · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Financial Assistance Program - Team Bradley Bear Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Supporting Pediatric Cancer - Team Bradley Bear Foundation · checked Aug 24, 2026