Deadline: 22-Feb-23
The Expect Miracles Foundation is inviting applications for the Samfund Grants program that provides financial assistance to young adult cancer survivors.
Samfund grants have historically provided financial support to young adults trying to recover from the financial impacts of their cancer treatment. Young adults are an overlooked and underserved population that face a unique set of challenges as a result of their stage in life, with few other resources available to them. Many are too old to have parental support, and many are supporting young families of their own. They may lack seniority at their job, and whatever savings they have managed to accrue disappear quickly during treatment.
Funding Information
- Main grant is typically between $1,500-$2,000.
- Family building grant is typically between $2,500-$4,000.
Funding Categories
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Main Grant:
- Car Payments ($1,500)
- Graduate Tuition, Continuing Education, or Vocational Training ($3,000)
- Cosmetic, Dental, or Reconstructive Procedures ($2,500)
- Egg, Embryo or Sperm Storage ($1,000)
- Rent/Mortgage Supplementation ($3,000)
- Single Bill Payment ($1,000)
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Family Building Grant:
- Family Building Options/Procedures (IVF, IUI, Gestational Carrier, Surrogacy, Adoption, Fertility Testing) ($4,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- You are a U.S. resident.
- You are a cancer survivor between the ages of 21 and 39 at the time the application is submitted.
- You are not a financial dependent.
- You have not been funded through their main grant program three times (COVID Emergency Fund grants do not count towards this total).
- You were not funded during the Fall 2022 grant cycle. If you were funded during the Fall 2022 main grant cycle, they would ask you to wait until Fall 2023 to reapply.
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Additionally, you must meet ONE of the following criteria:
- Finished with active treatment with no evidence of disease
- One year past planned therapy with stable disease, OR
- In remission and on hormonal therapy (such as Tamoxifen), in molecular remission and on long-term targeted therapy (such as Gleevec or Herceptin), or in remission and on immunotherapy.
- EMF is looking for applicants that can articulate:
- How their cancer experience has impacted their current financial situation
- How receiving a grant will act as a bridge between where a young adult is and where they want to go.
For more information, visit Samfund Grants.
