Provides information and support for people with cancer. Services Include case management, educational workshops, and online support groups. Also provides limited financial assistance for cancer-related costs for those on low income.

CancerCare | CancerCare

Divisions of businesses or nonprofit agencies that are responsible for developing products or delivering designated services to the public. Departments of NGOs are generally led by a manager, supervisor, director or vice president.

Nongovernmental Agency Departments

Programs that provide financial assistance that helps individuals who have a designated health condition or disability or require an operation such as a transplant pay for non-medical but related expenses, which may include travel expenses to and from treatment, home or housing costs, child care expenses or other related costs. Incidental medical expense assistance programs may have age, income, disability, need or other eligibility requirements.

Incidental Medical Expense Assistance

Programs that develop plans for the evaluation, treatment and/or care of individuals who, because of age, illness, disability or other difficulties, need assistance in planning and arranging for services; which assess the individual's needs; coordinate the delivery of needed services; ensure that services are obtained in accordance with the case plan; and follow up and monitor progress to ensure that services are having a beneficial impact on the individual. Case management is a collaborative process characterized by communication, advocacy and resource management to promote high quality, cost-effective interventions and outcomes.

Case/Care Management

Mutual support groups whose members are people who have a disability, illness or other health condition, their families and friends. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; and provide an opportunity for participants to share information, resources, practical tips for daily living and encouragement about issues related to the disability or health problem.

Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Programs that sponsor conferences, symposiums, seminars, workshops and other gatherings in which one or a variety of speakers are brought together to make presentations which address a particular human service topic with the objective of increasing participant awareness of the issues, problems and potential solutions that are facing residents of the community.

Workshops/Symposiums

Assists qualified people in obtaining anti-convulsant medication and certain medical tests on an emergency, one-time basis.

Epilepsy Freeman Medical Relief Fund | Epilepsy Freeman Medical Relief Fund

Programs that provide financial assistance to purchase necessary prescription drugs for people who would be in an emergency situation without assistance. Also included are programs that reimburse individuals for their prescription expenses, usually on an annual basis. Prescription expense assistance programs may have age, income, disability, need or other eligibility requirements.

Prescription Expense Assistance

Programs that pay the hospital bills, doctor bills, laboratory expenses or other health care expenses of people who are unable to obtain necessary health care without assistance. Also included are programs that provide vouchers which enable eligible individuals to obtain medical care. Medical bill payment assistance programs may have age, income, disability, need or other eligibility requirements.

Medical Care Expense Assistance

Provides financial assistance to end stage renal disease patients. Funds may be used to pay for medication, dental care, nutritional supplements, food, emergency living expenses, and transportation to and from dialysis treatments. Limited scholarship funding available for tuition and books. Educates the public and promotes organ donation through distribution of brochures, media coverage, and slide presentations at schools, clubs, and other groups. Supports research pertinent to treatment, cure, and prevention of kidney disease.

National Kidney Foundation of Arizona | National Kidney Foundation of Arizona

Nonprofit organizations that accept recreational vehicles as donations from individuals who want a tax write-off. In most cases, donated RVs are sold to raise funds for the organization, but some programs repair the vehicles, if necessary, and keep them for their own use or donate them to other nonprofit organizations for use in their program or for distribution to the people they serve.

Recreational Vehicle Donation Programs

Programs that provide cash, vouchers or other forms of monetary aid for people in need of assistance and evaluate the individual's or family's need for the money on a case-by-case basis rather than having pre-established policies regarding the types of needs the dollars can be used to cover.

Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance

Nonprofit organizations that accept boats as donations from individuals who want a tax write-off. In most cases, donated boats are sold to raise funds for the organization, but some programs repair the boats, if necessary, and keep them for their own use (if a recreational program), or donate them to other nonprofit organizations for use in their program.

Boat Donation Programs

Programs that use any of a wide variety of materials to educate the public about issues that relate to a particular field or topic.

Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education

Nonprofit organizations that accept automobiles, trucks, vans and other vehicles used primarily for transportation purposes as donations from individuals who want a tax write-off. In most cases, donated automobiles are sold to raise funds for the organization, but some programs repair the vehicles, if necessary, and keep them for their own use, give them to individuals or families who have no means of private transportation or donate them to other nonprofit organizations for use in their program or for distribution to the people they serve.

Automobile Donation Programs

Provides financial assistance for youth with cancer and their families for personal needs, medical expenses, and uninsured treatments. Also provides a resource center for alternative treatments for cancer patients.

Melonhead Foundation, Inc | Melonhead Foundation, Inc

Libraries or other centers located in community organizations that house a collection of materials which may focus on a particular topic or activity such as parenting, preventive health care or woodworking; or which may be more general in nature. Staff with expertise in the subject may be available to answer questions or help people with their research. Materials may be used at the center or, in some cases, checked out and used elsewhere.