Money & Benefits

mRelief is a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps people apply for SNAP, also called food stamps, through a phone-friendly website and text messages. They help people check if they may qualify, apply in some states, upload documents, and get answers while applying.

6 services

Navy Gold Star Program is the U.S. Navy's official support program for families of Sailors who died while on active duty. It helps surviving family members find coordinators, understand benefits, connect to resources, honor loved ones, and join support activities.

11 services

Toco Hills Community Alliance is a nonprofit food pantry and community kitchen in Northeast Atlanta. They give free groceries to low-income people and families, offer to-go hot lunches for people experiencing homelessness, and share resource information for other needs.

4 services

The TEARS Foundation helps families after the death of a baby or child. They offer funeral and memorial financial help when funds are available, plus grief support groups, peer support, child-loss centers, remembrance events, and memorial programs.

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Lupus Research Alliance is a national nonprofit that funds lupus research and works to find better tests, treatments, and a cure. It also shares lupus information, helps people join research studies, and offers a limited emergency grant for people with lupus who have urgent bills.

11 services

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation gives free legal help to qualified Atlanta-area families and tenants. They help with domestic violence protective orders, eviction defense, unsafe housing, family law after abuse, and some emergency support referrals.

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Small Steps in Speech is a nonprofit that helps children and young adults with speech or language disorders. They give grants to help pay for future speech therapy, speech camps, and some communication devices or apps when insurance does not cover the need.

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Little Star Foundation is a nonprofit founded by Andrea Jaeger that helps children with cancer, children with life-threatening or life-changing conditions, and families in crisis. It offers financial help, educational scholarships, medical and hospital outreach support, and free sports, arts, and equine therapy programs. I did not verify an Atlanta office; the official contact address is in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, and the foundation says it helps families across the U.S. and globally.

6 services

Helping Hands for Freedom is a nonprofit that supports families of fallen, wounded, and deployed military members. It helps eligible military, veteran, and Gold Star families with emergency payments for bills like rent, mortgage, utilities, insurance, and vehicle payments when funds are available.

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Giving Kitchen (GK) is a nonprofit that helps food service workers in crisis. They may help with rent, mortgage, and utility bills after an injury, illness, death in the family, housing disaster, or substance-use treatment, and they also connect workers to health, mental health, legal, housing, employment, and family resources.

10 services

Expect Miracles Foundation is a cancer nonprofit based in Boston. Its SAMFund grants help young adult cancer survivors ages 21 to 39 after treatment with living costs, family building costs, and other recovery needs. It also raises money for cancer research and runs fundraising events, including a 2026 event in Atlanta.

10 services

The Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation helps people with serious or chronic illnesses pay for health care costs. It offers disease-based grants for medicine copays, insurance premiums, transportation, and related support. PAN has merged with Patient Advocate Foundation, and its new TotalAssist program starts July 1, 2026.

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Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society helps eligible Sailors, Marines, and their families with money needs. The Albany office offers financial help, emergency travel help, and Budget for Baby by appointment.

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Myriad Genetic Laboratories is part of Myriad Genetics, a genetic testing and precision medicine company. It helps patients and health care providers use genetic tests for cancer risk, cancer treatment, reproductive health, urology, and mental health. It also has financial help, payment plans, and language assistance for eligible patients.

10 services

The Brooke Healey Foundation helps families dealing with pediatric cancer, especially brain cancer and DIPG. It gives financial help for bills and needed items, supports DIPG research, and awards scholarships to civically active students.

6 services

Genevieve's Helping Hands, Inc. offers the Genevieve Memorial Breast Cancer Recovery Grant. The grant helps mothers who were first diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40 or younger with recovery-related treatment location and related expenses.

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