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.
The bills no one budgets for.
Medical bills are real. They are not the whole picture. The research below is what happens to real families when treatment starts. Alongside every stat is what we actually do about it.
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 cancer treatment
actually looks like.
The machines, the drives, the waiting rooms. We exist 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