Hospital-based family funds
Funds run by children's hospitals that cover patient-family costs like lodging, meals, and transport.
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How we help
Every dollar donated to Purpose Harbor reaches families of seriously ill children through one of two channels: grants to trusted organizations already serving those families — our primary activity — and direct assistance we provide ourselves. Here's exactly how each works.
Primary channel
Grantmaking is Purpose Harbor's primary activity. We fund nonprofits that already work directly with families of seriously ill children — because a hospital fund in Warsaw or a rare-disease foundation in São Paulo can often reach a family faster and better than we can from afar. Funding them turns every donation into a network of help larger than any single charity could build alone.
Funds run by children's hospitals that cover patient-family costs like lodging, meals, and transport.
Organizations focused on one condition — pediatric cancer, congenital heart disease, a specific rare disorder — with deep expertise in their community.
Local organizations that know their healthcare system, language, and families best.
The model
A simple picture of the model: donors give to Purpose Harbor; we fund partner organizations who deliver help to families on the ground — and support families directly where no partner covers them. Both channels end in the same place: a family that can afford their child's care.
Grants · primary
Direct support
Both channels end in the same place: a family that can afford their child's care.
Second channel
Where no partner organization covers a family's situation — a rare diagnosis, an uncovered region, an urgent gap — families apply to Purpose Harbor directly and, once approved, receive help with the specific costs of their child's illness. Wherever possible we pay providers directly — hospitals, pharmacies, airlines, landlords — so families never handle large sums or receipts in a crisis.
Co-pays, uncovered procedures, medication, medical devices, and therapies insurance won't fund.
Flights, trains, fuel, and ground transport when the right specialist is far from home — including international travel for care unavailable locally.
Accommodation for the treatment period, so a parent can stay close through long admissions.
Rent, utilities, and groceries when a parent must reduce work to care for their child.