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TAP’s activities summary from 2nd half of Y2025

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Prasana Iyengar

Key Achievements in the Second Half of 2025 (H2):

  • Expanded the TAP TSEC Scholarship Program, awarding ₹50,000 scholarships to 18 engineering students facing financial hardship.
  • Grew the Bansa Mobile Library by funding an e-Rickshaw, staff, and books, reaching over 2,300 members across 40 villages.
  • Strengthened Community Engagement with service days in Mumbai, the Bay Area, and New Jersey, supporting local initiatives like ASHA For Education, Home First, and Ronald McDonald House.
  • Financials for 2025 show $55,000 incoming donations and $70,000 in grants issued, with a closing balance of $85,000 for FY2025.

Active Projects and Partnerships:

TAP Charity is a 100% volunteer-driven 501(c)(3) public charity guided by the H.E.L.P. framework: Health, Education, Livelihood, and Psychosocial support. This framework ensures that our work is holistic, human-centered, and sustainable. TAP Charity supports seven active projects across these four focus areas:

  • Health: Partnership with Leukemia Lymphoma Foundation to support patients battling blood cancers at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, covering 61 patients across multiple Indian states.
  • Education: Long-standing partnership with Guruji Education Foundation to provide holistic higher education support, including spoken English training, resulting in 141 students employed and 15 continuing their education.
  • Livelihood: Mahila Udyogini trained 25 women in business skills and provided repayable seed funding to six promising entrepreneurs. This is the 2nd cohort in this program that’s helped women entrepreneurs in fields ranging from food vending, flour-mill, tailors to beauticians.
  • Psychosocial: Prayas focuses on rehabilitation for incarcerated women and their children, providing counseling, family reunification, and essential services. This partnership is into its 3rd productive year.

Looking Ahead to 2026:

The organization’s goals include increasing fundraising revenue by 10% compared to 2025 to meet a target of $100,000, improving awareness of TAP’s mission, expanding donor engagement, and leveraging technology to increase operational effectiveness.

First fundraiser for the year is the TAP team at Oakland Marathon, raising awareness and funds – counting on your support.

https://demo2.tapcharityinc.org/campaigns/tap-oakland-marathon-2026/

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