IVF Grants

The first is Clinical Trials. You search by your state, put in a keyword such as IVF or PCOS, and see what trials are going on in your area. The trials don't completely pay for IVF, you have to read the fine print or visit the infertility clinic's website for more information. Some places offer a stipend such as $1,500. Some give free meds. It's worth a look.

Fertile Dreams is also a good resource. They offer the Embracing Hope Grant, which offers up to 3 $10,000 grants per year for IVF.

INCIID has an IVF Scholarship Program. There is a $55 application fee AND you have to fundraise $3,000 for INCIID. Recipients receive a "donated" cycle from various clinics across the US. Travel may be required and not everything in the IVF cycle is covered.

The Cade Foundation offers up to $10,000 to assist in fertility treatments or domestic adoption. There is a $40 application fee. Last year the Shady Grove Fertility Center in Maryland hosted a 5K walk. Proceeds went to the Cade Foundation and all participants were entered in a raffle to win a free IVF cycle.

B.U.M.P.S. Inc is another non-profit organization that assists financially with the cost of infertility treatment. They provide partial and full IVF grants.

Parenthood for Me is a non-profit organization that is building up its donation pool and will soon be offering grants for infertility treatments and adoption.
Bundles of Hope is also a brand-new organization based in Colorado that will begin offering a grant program once it establishes its non-profit status. Their grants will assist in infertility costs as well as adoption costs.

Bonei Olam is a site that provides financial assistance for couples with fertility issues. They do not offer specific grants and through their website I cannot tell if they only assist Jewish families or all families.

Angels of Hope, Inc. has the Creating Miracles Grant to provide financial assistance for infertile couples. Preference is given to couples living in the Morris, IL area. They also have the Everlasting Footprints grant which helps with the funeral expenses and headstone fees associated with the death of a child.

Pay it Forward Fertility Foundation is a new non-profit organization that offers financial assistance for three NC groups: Couples who cannot afford IVF, military couples stationed in NC who are deploying and want to cryopreserve sperm, eggs or embryos, and cancer patients who want to preserve their fertility before beginning chemotherapy.

New York has an infertility grant program called the Demonstration Program which subsidizes IVF treatments for women whose insurance does not cover it. This program is offered at multiple clinics statewide.

The Madeleine Gordon Gift of Life Foundation offers financial assistance for infertility treatments for couples residing in the Cincinnati area. Other restrictions apply

Fertile Hope has multiple programs including the Sharing Hope Financial Assistance Program which offers financial assistance for freezing eggs, sperm and embryos for cancer patients.

The Lost Stork Foundation is a brand new (and I mean BRAND new) organization who is still getting on their feet. They will eventually start offering financial assistance for infertility treatments or adoption. It was started by a fellow blogger, Finding Family with Empty Arms, and they are currently looking for recipes from around the world to make their first cookbook fundraiser. Please visit her blog and send her a few recipes!

A Mother's Love offers multiple fundraising options to pay for adoption or infertility treatments.

BabyQuest Foundation is a non-profit organization whose goal is to grant financial assistance to those who cannot afford infertility treatments such as IUI, IVF, egg donation, and surrogacy. Applications are accepted from heterosexual, same sex couples, and singles.

Sparkles of Life, Inc., is a Texas-based non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families on their paths to parenthood, including educating and supporting women through the IVF process. The organization's Vivere-Garden of Life Grant will help cover the costs of IVF for five couples each year. http://sparklesoflife.org/

Sharing Hope Financial Assistance Program provides fertility preservation assistance to couples whose fertility may be affected by treatments for cancer. The program offers assistance through sperm banking and egg and embryo freezing.
The program doesn’t provide grants to the patients, but instead works with companies and clinics to provide discounted services and donated medications for male and female cancer patients.

East Coast Fertility Grant different financial circumstances arise for every fertility patient, and each case is managed individually. Our own East Coast Fertility IVF Grant Program allows us to be even more flexible in creating a treatment financial plan for each patient. Even patients who are not New York state residents have been able to make use of ECF’s grant or our other helpful financial assistance options to accomplish their fertility treatment. 
And since we know that stress reduction is important to successful fertility treatment, we’ve streamlined the financial program application process. A brief interview and collecting the minimal paperwork is all that’s needed. Just 24 hours after all the paperwork is in, Maryanne Abramowitz is on the phone to patients to notify them of their qualification. http://www.eastcoastfertility.com/index.php?id=grants

*Cancer Survivors*
The SAMFund proudly provides financial assistance to young adults as they move forward with their lives after cancer. Grants and scholarships provided by The SAMFund cover a wide range of post-treatment financial needs, including (but not limited to): current and residual medical bills, car and health insurance premiums, rent, utilities, tuition and loans, family-building expenses, gym
memberships and transportation costs. http://www.thesamfund.org/pages/grants.html

*Cancer Survivors*
The Sharing Hope program has approved more than 300 men and women in three years of operation. In summary, the program does not give out money - this is what makes it sustainable for us and our partners. Through the program, approved patients received significant discounts on fertility preservation treatments - sperm, embryo and egg freezing. The application process is fast - upon receiving all of the necessary paperwork we can approve people in one business day. Lastly, the program has not limit on how many people we can approve. Because the burden of the donation is spread out amongst so many companies, our reach is unlimited. For additional information about the program, please visit the Financial Assistance section.