If you are living with a cancer diagnosis and struggling with affording both your cancer treatment and personal expenses, free grant money can help.  Our directory of free grants for cancer patients and families includes many private, non-profit organizations that offer monetary grants to help you with expenses during cancer treatment and even afterwards. All of the programs below are open to cancer patients and families in the USA, are accepting applications, and there is never a fee to apply.

These listings below are updated daily and include wonderful organizations whose mission is to ease the financial burden for cancer patients through free grants.  Remember, grants are money and goods that do not have to be paid back and are provided by the agencies below to help ease the burden of a cancer diagnosis. Never pay a fee to apply for a grant.  The grants we’ve included here range from $200 to $5000 or more.  Review each program’s description below for specifics.

Please review each program’s link for specific eligibility, the application process, and deadlines. If you find an error in any listing, please get in touch here to report it.

The Foundation for Living Beauty Cassandra Grant is a national program that provides funds for women with cancer in the USA with critical unmet financial needs. This grant allows women with cancer to apply for up to $500 once per year

Join the Flock is a national nonprofit organization that provides financial relief to families impacted by cancer through gifted mortgage payment grants. If your family has experienced financial hardship due to a cancer diagnosis and you are a USA resident

 

The Selma Schimmel Vital Grant Program, by Vital Options International and its partner associations, awards monetary grants for food, housing, transportation, and other expenses to those facing significant financial hardship due to serious conditions including cancer. Grant awards vary based on financial need