A patient must be nominated by a licensed social worker who is familiar with their case and financial circumstances. At the beginning of treatment, most health care systems appoint a social worker to each patient to gauge any needs the patient may have.

You won’t find our application available online, as we try to limit the likelihood of receiving applications from sources not accepted. If you are a licensed social worker looking to nominate a patient, please send us an email and we will get you an electronic version of the application.

To be eligible for a grant, an individual must meet the below requirements:

(i) be nominated by a licensed social worker

(ii) have a demonstrated financial need

(iii) be undergoing cancer treatment

(iv) be a resident of the United States of America

No. We volunteer our own time and even our own resources to make sure we can have the largest impact possible.

No. The items you see us offering on our website and at events are all donated by our volunteers or our supporters.

We don’t have a budget for advertising, as all of our funds are directed to our grant program. We raise awareness for our organization through events and word-of-mouth. This means it’s very important to us that people share our stories, leave us reviews and follow us on social media. If you see some sort of marketing and/or advertising, it was either paid for outside of the organization or a sponsor or supporter donated it. For example, you may have come across our sponsorship directors Corvette with our logos on it, he paid for that out-of-pocket himself to promote the organization.

No. We have given grants to patients outside of Illinois. However, the reason you may see many patients helped within the state of Illinois, has to do with the strong connection with Northwestern Medicine due to our President and Founder being treated through the Warrenville Cancer Center herself.

Yes. We have had supporters send us tangible donations such as craft items and care packages. If you have something you believe might be useful to our organization or the patients we are trying to assist, please reach out.