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Tori's Angels Foundation

Apply for Assistance · About this organization

What you get

Help with airfare or mileage, hotels, treatment meals, copays, deductibles, prescriptions, and other approved uncovered costs, paid to providers. The amount isn’t published. Ask.

How to start

Call for screening and ask which details to prepare for the privately supplied application.

Good to know

  • Fundraising-related participation rules apply after acceptance.
  • Household bills and household groceries are excluded.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Not Published

Tori's Angels pays providers directly for approved treatment travel, hotels, meals, medical copays or deductibles, and qualifying prescriptions for Iowa children with physician-confirmed life-threatening conditions. A parent or guardian must call for screening because the application is not publicly downloadable, and only services rendered on or after the child's acceptance are eligible. Support may continue through the child's 19th birthday while limited funds remain available; no award cap or deadline is published.

What help you may get

Household Bills And Cash Assistance

Apply for Assistance — household bills and cash assistance

Tori's Angels pays providers directly for approved treatment travel, hotels, meals, medical copays or deductibles, and qualifying prescriptions for Iowa children with physician-confirmed life-threatening conditions. A parent or guardian must call for screening because the application is not publicly downloadable, and only services rendered on or after the child's acceptance are eligible. Support may continue through the child's 19th birthday while limited funds remain available; no award cap or deadline is published.

Amount not published · Recurring

Can cover

  • Airfare or mileage
  • Copays and deductibles
  • Hotels and treatment-related meals
  • Insurance-approved prescription medicine
  • Other non-covered expenses considered case by case

Does not cover

  • Household groceries
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • No fixed award or public benefit ceiling is published.
  • Support may continue after acceptance through the child’s 19th birthday; no public dollar or transaction cap is stated.

Lodging Near Treatment

Apply for Assistance — lodging near treatment

Tori's Angels pays providers directly for approved treatment travel, hotels, meals, medical copays or deductibles, and qualifying prescriptions for Iowa children with physician-confirmed life-threatening conditions. A parent or guardian must call for screening because the application is not publicly downloadable, and only services rendered on or after the child's acceptance are eligible. Support may continue through the child's 19th birthday while limited funds remain available; no award cap or deadline is published.

Amount not published · Recurring

Can cover

  • Airfare or mileage
  • Copays and deductibles
  • Hotels and treatment-related meals
  • Insurance-approved prescription medicine
  • Other non-covered expenses considered case by case

Does not cover

  • Household groceries
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • No fixed award or public benefit ceiling is published.
  • Support may continue after acceptance through the child’s 19th birthday; no public dollar or transaction cap is stated.

Meals And Food

Apply for Assistance — meals and food

Tori's Angels pays providers directly for approved treatment travel, hotels, meals, medical copays or deductibles, and qualifying prescriptions for Iowa children with physician-confirmed life-threatening conditions. A parent or guardian must call for screening because the application is not publicly downloadable, and only services rendered on or after the child's acceptance are eligible. Support may continue through the child's 19th birthday while limited funds remain available; no award cap or deadline is published.

Amount not published · Recurring

Can cover

  • Airfare or mileage
  • Copays and deductibles
  • Hotels and treatment-related meals
  • Insurance-approved prescription medicine
  • Other non-covered expenses considered case by case

Does not cover

  • Household groceries
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • No fixed award or public benefit ceiling is published.
  • Support may continue after acceptance through the child’s 19th birthday; no public dollar or transaction cap is stated.

Medical And Insurance Costs

Apply for Assistance — medical and insurance costs

Tori's Angels pays providers directly for approved treatment travel, hotels, meals, medical copays or deductibles, and qualifying prescriptions for Iowa children with physician-confirmed life-threatening conditions. A parent or guardian must call for screening because the application is not publicly downloadable, and only services rendered on or after the child's acceptance are eligible. Support may continue through the child's 19th birthday while limited funds remain available; no award cap or deadline is published.

Amount not published · Recurring

Can cover

  • Airfare or mileage
  • Copays and deductibles
  • Hotels and treatment-related meals
  • Insurance-approved prescription medicine
  • Other non-covered expenses considered case by case

Does not cover

  • Household groceries
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • No fixed award or public benefit ceiling is published.
  • Support may continue after acceptance through the child’s 19th birthday; no public dollar or transaction cap is stated.

Travel And Transportation

Apply for Assistance — travel and transportation

Tori's Angels pays providers directly for approved treatment travel, hotels, meals, medical copays or deductibles, and qualifying prescriptions for Iowa children with physician-confirmed life-threatening conditions. A parent or guardian must call for screening because the application is not publicly downloadable, and only services rendered on or after the child's acceptance are eligible. Support may continue through the child's 19th birthday while limited funds remain available; no award cap or deadline is published.

Amount not published · Recurring

Can cover

  • Airfare or mileage
  • Copays and deductibles
  • Hotels and treatment-related meals
  • Insurance-approved prescription medicine
  • Other non-covered expenses considered case by case

Does not cover

  • Household groceries
  • Mortgage
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • No fixed award or public benefit ceiling is published.
  • Support may continue after acceptance through the child’s 19th birthday; no public dollar or transaction cap is stated.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. A physician-confirmed pediatric B-ALL diagnosis can meet the published life-threatening-condition requirement.

Age

Age 0 to age 18.

  • Approved expenses may be paid through the child’s 19th birthday.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
  • Prescription medicine must be insurance-approved for use in Iowa for the diagnosed condition.
  • The child must have health insurance.

Financial need is required.

  • No numerical household-income limit is published on the reviewed official pages.
  • The family must have difficulty paying non-covered expenses; no income ceiling is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: IA.

  • The child must live in Iowa.

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

  1. Call 641-755-2011, option 1, for initial eligibility screening.
  2. Send the private application if the child appears to qualify.
  3. Complete and submit the privately supplied application using the instructions provided.
  4. Respond when the foundation contacts the physician to confirm the life-threatening diagnosis.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

  • Private application sent by Tori’s Angels after initial screening
  • Physician confirmation of a life-threatening condition; the foundation contacts the physician
  • Approved expenses are paid directly to providers rather than to the family.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsNot Published
Funding or spaceFund Dependent
Application windowCall First
Last checkedAug 24, 2026
  • The current official site invites Iowa parents and guardians to apply and shows 2026 operations; assistance is limited by available funds.
  • Call before expecting an application.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Fundraising-related participation rules apply after acceptance.
  • Household bills and household groceries are excluded.
  • No public benefit cap is stated.
  • The child must live in Iowa and retain health insurance.
  • How does a provider submit an invoice or payment request?
  • How long does review normally take?
  • How much funding is available now?
  • What are the per-expense, annual, or lifetime limits?
  • What happens if funds are temporarily unavailable?
  • What income or hardship information is required?
  • What language or interpreter accommodations are available?
  • Which case-by-case expenses are currently considered?
  • Which documents accompany the application?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program