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The Undefeated Fund
Fighting for Children. Fueled by Love.Born from grief, built on purpose. We support childhood cancer research, protect children globally, and spread kindness — one charm at a time.
100%
reaches the causes
1 Charm
Ripple of Hope
Every Gift
Honors Our Loved Ones
If you are the one carrying this
You do not have to give us anything to use what is here.
Everything below is free, there is nothing to fill in, and no ask is attached to any of it. It was written by a family who needed it first.
If tonight is bad, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential and open all day and all night. Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. You do not have to be in immediate danger to use it.
What we actually do
We raise money and hand it to people who do the work.
We are a family-run charity. We do not run programs ourselves. We raise money, we check who we are giving it to, and we hand it over.
Who we fund
ACCO and Save the Children
The American Childhood Cancer Organization, for childhood cancer research and family support. Save the Children, for hunger programs. Both were screened before a dollar moved.
How we chose themWhat we give away
Living Undefeated Charms
Left somewhere for whoever finds them. You cannot buy one and nothing arrives in the post — our family covers the cost of every one, so nothing the Fund raises is spent on them.
Where they turn upWhat we write
Free guides and a blog
Four guides for the first year after losing someone, a reading shelf, and something new twice a week. Every statistic in them carries a source and a year.
Read the blogWhere the money goes
100% of your donation goes to the most worthy causes we have vetted.
Processing fees are covered separately. Before we send a dollar anywhere we run the organization through CharityWatch, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator and Candid — four independent bodies that measure four different things.
It is the same checklist we published, and it works on us too.
We are not rated by three of those four ourselves, and we should not be yet — all three need a filing history we do not have. That is written on our own site, in our own words.
Why this exists
Austin
“Never give up. Live life undefeated.”
— The Undefeated Fund family
Austin was more than a fighter — he was a light. From the moment you met him you felt his energy, his laughter and his love for life. He treasured time with family and friends, loved nature, fishing and swimming, and found freedom on his skateboard and bike.
Through four years, four diagnoses and four courses of treatment he kept his humour and his generosity. The Undefeated Fund exists because his family decided to do something with the rest of their lives.
The ask
Give once, or give monthly.
Monthly giving is the steadiest help a charity our size can have, and you can change or cancel it yourself at any time. Anything you donate at theundefeatedfund.com — 100% of your donation goes to the most worthy causes we have vetted.
Still here if you need us.
If you came looking for help rather than a way to give, the guides below are free and nobody is counting.
Before you give to anyone
How to tell if a charity deserves your money
We wrote down the checklist we use. Before we send a dollar anywhere, we run the organization through CharityWatch, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator and Candid. It is one page, and it works on any charity — including this one.
Read the checklist — freeOn the site, right now. Nothing to fill in and no email needed.
Start here — free, no sign-up
Guide one · 7 pages
A Reason to Get Up
Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, and what that book can and cannot do for you after somebody dies. Who Frankl actually was, what he actually argued, and the famous quote that is not his.
Download the guide — freePDF, 7 pages. Nothing to fill in, no email, no ask attached to it.
Three more, if you want them
These are the books we read and the things we did after we lost Austin. Not advice and not therapy — an honest account of what helped us, and what the research actually says about each of it. Every statistic in them carries a source and a year.
Guide two · 9 pages
The Circling
The Power of Now, and what is actually happening when you cannot stop going over it. Includes the part no grief guide prints: meditation is not risk-free, and who should be careful.
Guide three · 11 pages
Give It Away
Why doing something for somebody else, expecting nothing back, appears to do something for you. With a verified list of places that will take you this week, and the ones that will ask you to wait a year.
Guide four · 16 pages
The First Year
The practical one. What actually has to be done, what the months afterward really look like, and fifty things that might help — each one labeled for whether there is evidence behind it.
If tonight is bad
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. Free, confidential, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the US. You do not have to be in immediate danger to use it.
Crisis Text Line. Text HOME to 741741.
Veterans Crisis Line. Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255.
If there is an immediate danger to life, call 911.
