The Fund has been supported by The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society (HKACS) with general or ear-marked donations from benevolent individuals or corporations. The HKACS Cares for Cancer Patients Programme was designated to provide direct financial assistance to individual cancer patients, who are financially disadvantaged, to help them to better their quality of life via non-medical areas needs, such as for them to buy wigs (as a result of hair-loss from chemotherapy), breast prosthesis (after breast cancer surgery), or extra nourishment etc.