World-class cancer care exists. Too many families can't get to it. We're changing that.

The JRA Foundation removes the hidden costs of treatment—transportation, lodging, parking, and meals—so financial hardship never stands between a family and the care they need.

Our Mission Support a Family
John on a boat, laughing with his family

What We Do

Direct financial assistance for the costs between diagnosis and care.

Who We Serve

Cancer patients and families facing financial barriers to treatment access.

How We Help

Grants covering gas, parking, hotels, meals—the costs insurance doesn't cover.

"I don't know how people who don't have the means do this, and access care."

John Robert Angelo · Leaving Memorial Sloan Kettering, 2019

After treatment, John paused at the question of toll receipts and parking costs. He asked his son how families without a financial cushion managed—how they got to the world-class care that could save their lives. That question, asked in a car leaving the hospital, became the JRA Foundation's reason for existing.

The Scope of the Gap

$10K+
Average non-medical out-of-pocket costs during active cancer treatment
42%
Of cancer patients deplete their savings within 2 years of diagnosis
1 in 3
Cancer patients delay or skip care due to financial barriers
Hospital treatment room

Help a family get to treatment.

Every dollar you give covers real costs: parking, gas, a hotel near the hospital, meals during a long infusion day. When a family doesn't have to choose between treatment and keeping the lights on, everything changes.

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