Resource Directory
ALSF is committed to helping families who have experienced a childhood cancer diagnosis by offering programs as well as external resources. The Resource Directory is designed to help connect families with additional organizations that provide a variety of services and support. Sort the resource list by your area and type of assistance below.
Please check back frequently for new updates.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Fighting Children's Cancer Foundation |
Provides needs-based financial assistance to families struggling with pediatric cancer through Fighting Children's Cancer Foundation's Family Assistance Relief Program and the Holiday Giving Program. |
| FinAid |
List of scholarships offered to cancer survivors, children of parents who have/had cancer, and students who are pursuing careers in cancer treatment |
| Final Farewell |
Provides an affordable funeral for a loved child. Also provide financial assistance, advice and guidance. |
| First Descents |
Provides life-changing outdoor adventures for young adults (ages 18-39) impacted by cancer and other serious health conditions |
| Flashes of Hope |
Provides families with free portrait packages. The portraits help the children see themselves in a new light. The images are not of sick kids, but of strong and beautiful children filled with hope. |
| Foot Prints of Fight |
Offers services such as meal trains, house cleaning, gas cards, and a variety of other items that will aid in alleviating stress of the family so that the main focus can be on increasing the health of the child with pediatric cancer. |
| For Pete's Sake |
Provide adult cancer patients, their caregivers and their children a break from cancer at one of our respite locations. |
| Forever Moriah Foundation |
At The Forever Moriah Foundation we believe that hope is an integral part of a patient’s ability to be physically healthy. Raising a sick child impacts the whole family. This is why we are dedicated to providing hope and healing to the family as a whole through our unique and uplifting programs. |
| Four Diamonds Fund |
Assist children treated at Penn State Children's Hospital and their families through superior care, comprehensive support and innovative research. |
| Frances Pope Memorial Foundation |
Helps families of children with pediatric cancer or a catastroiphic illness who are being treated in any hospital in the New York Metropolitan Area. Offers financial and emotional support. |
| Fred's Footsteps |
Provides financial relief to hard-working families in the Philadelphia region who find themselves in a cirsis due to the costs associated with caring for a seriously ill, injured, or disabled child. |
| Friends 4 Michael Foundation |
Provides supplementary financial assistance to families, guardians or caregivers with financial needs resulting from expenses associated with the child’s brain tumor treatment. This program covers specific non-medical costs related to a primary brain tumor diagnosis. |
| Friends of Karen |
Provide emotional, financial, and advocacy support for children with a life-treatening illness and their families in order to keep them stable, functioning, and able to cope. |
| Friends of Kids with Cancer |
Devoted to enriching the daily lives of children undergoing treatment for, and survivors of, cancer and blood-related diseases. |
| Friends of Man |
Helps people of all ages with a large variety of needs including hearing aids, eyeglasses, dental, mobility equipment, clothing, daycare, prescriptions, medical equipment, and more. |
| Gabriella's Smile Foundation |
Give families support they need when facing a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) or other cancer diagnosis. Provides support grants, research funding, and support for others. |
| George Mark Children's House |
Provides respite, transitional and end-of-life care for children or young adults up to and including 21 year of age who have been diagnosied with a life-limiting illness. House located in San Leandro, CA. |
| Gianna Nicole's Heart of Hope Foundation |
Assist other families battling pediatric cancer and to enrich our community in ways that would honor our precious angel. |
| Gilda’s Club Westchester |
Gilda's Club Westchester offers emotional support including group support, and individual/family counseling, healthy lifestyle workshops and activities. Our Children, Teens and Families program provides support to children ages 5-17 who are impacted in cancer in anyway, whether they have a cancer diagnosis themselves, a loved one has been diagnosed, or they are bereaved through age-appropriate support groups, individual counseling sessions, social events, camps and workshops. |
| Give Kids The World Village |
Give Kids The World Village is an 84-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. |
