When funding falls short,we bridge the gap.
Emergency financial assistance and grants for individuals with neurological, developmental, learning, mental health, and medical needs — including epilepsy — when insurance, schools, and regional centers can't.
Removing financial barriers so individuals with neurological, developmental, learning, mental health, and medical needs — including epilepsy — can access services that support growth, independence, well-being, and opportunity across the lifespan.
The problem isn't identifying the solution.
Every day, individuals and families know exactly what support they need. The problem isn't identifying the solution. The problem is affording it.
Insurance denies coverage. School districts decline services. Regional Centers have limitations. Grants take time.
When funding falls short, people are left waiting. The Bridge the Gap Fund exists to help close that gap.
Four ways a grant from BTG changes a life.
Emergency financial assistance
Direct, fast-turnaround funding when a family faces a time-critical need that no system will cover.
Services & support grants
Financial assistance for assessments, advocacy, coaching, assistive technology, safety equipment, transition services, therapy, and other life-changing supports when traditional funding sources fall short.
Lifespan support
We help children, teens, and adults — because needs don't end at 18, and neither does our support.
Examples of what we may fund
See the list below for the kinds of supports our grants make possible — from safety equipment to vocational services.
Support we may fund.
Not exhaustive — but representative of the kinds of needs we see and the kinds of grants we make.
- Safety and adaptive equipment
- Assistive technology and communication devices
- Assessments and evaluations (including IEEs)
- Educational advocacy
- Coaching and mentoring
- Therapeutic supports
- Transition and vocational services
- Community participation opportunities
- Other critical supports that promote safety, independence, and wellbeing
A grant from The Bridge the Gap Fund may help a child access an assessment, a young adult obtain transition support, an individual receive assistive technology, or a family secure advocacy services. The service may be different, but the outcome is the same: greater opportunity, independence, and quality of life.
"I founded The Bridge the Gap Fund to help individuals with disabilities access essential services they otherwise couldn't afford. After more than 30 years working in special education, and living with epilepsy myself, I saw how often financial barriers stand between people and the support they truly need."
years of disability advocacy experience
IRS-recognized public charity
serving individuals and families across the lifespan
Proudly based in Willow Glen, San Jose, California.
Become a Founding Supporter.
Help us launch our first grant cycle and ensure that access to essential services is determined by need, not by ability to pay.
Founding Members: $100+
Your gift becomessomeone's next step.
Every contribution removes a financial barrier and expands access to critical services — a therapy session, an assistive device, a piece of safety equipment, a chance.
Apply for a grant.
If you or someone you care for needs services, equipment, or support that isn't covered by insurance, school, or other programs, you can apply for a grant from The Bridge the Gap Fund. Grants may help with assessments, advocacy, assistive technology, therapy, transition services, safety equipment, and more.
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