AWF supports young adults with rare cancers by awarding life interrupted grants.YA's get entirely different cancer than other age groups! Help us join our team! The Allyson Whitney Foundation is a charity organization. Our pursuit is to award young adults (16-36) battling cancer, 'Life Interrupted Grants' and bring light and awareness to the word rare in cancers. The Allyson Whitney Foundation, Inc. is a charity non-profit organization that empowers and fights for the interests of young adults with rare cancers. Our vision is to improve the quality of life while a young adult is going through a cancer treatment. Allyson Whitney Foundation primarily provides individuals and their families with Life Interrupted Grant to ease their financial burden so that they can concentrate their energy on healing and not worry about the stressors of bills that come with a diagnosis. The pursuit is shine a light on an underserved demographic of young adults and to bring awareness to the word 'rare' in a cancer diagnosis. Our belief is that All Cancers Matter.