World-class cancer care exists.
Too many families can't get to it.
John R. Angelo was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in 2019 and fought it until he couldn't. His family was there for every step. They never had to choose between showing up and paying for it. Not every family gets that. The JRA Foundation exists to change that.
Cancer isn’t just about cancer.
For most families, the bill that breaks them has nothing to do with the hospital. It’s the hotel. The gas. The meal. The parking ticket. The thousand small things insurance never sees.
Direct assistance for the costs between diagnosis and care.
Transportation
Gas, mileage, rideshare, tolls. Cancer centers are often hours from home. Getting there — repeatedly, over months — costs money families haven't budgeted for.
Lodging
Early procedures, extended treatment days, out-of-area specialists. Sometimes a hotel is unavoidable. Insurance never covers it.
Parking
Major cancer centers charge $30–60 per visit. Over a full treatment cycle, that becomes a real, recurring burden on top of everything else.
Meals
All-day chemotherapy means someone needs to eat. A caregiver sitting with a patient for eight hours needs to eat. These costs compound over months.
This is what too many families live with for months.
The machines, the drives, the waiting rooms. The JRA Foundation exists to make sure the cost of getting here is never the reason someone doesn't come back.
See Our ImpactHelp a family get to treatment.
We don’t fund research. We don’t fund equipment. We don’t fund awareness campaigns. We fund the family in room 4B who drove three hours today and needs somewhere to sleep tonight.
and a meal
round trip
near treatment