Leukemia & Lymphoma
Foundation
Cancer patient support inside India’s most respected oncology institution. LLF sits within Tata Memorial Hospital’s Adult Hematolymphoid Unit and funds the daily gap between admission and survival for economically challenged blood-cancer patients. TAP has been a quarterly contributor since 2022.
“ Cancer is curable, if detected early. ”
64,000 new cancer patients a year. Many can’t pay.
Tata Memorial Hospital treats 64,000 new patients a year — the largest cancer institution in India. LLF’s remit inside TMH is narrower and harder: blood cancers in the General Category, where 80% of patients earn between ₹50,000 and ₹1,00,000 a year. The average treatment cost, even after hospital concessions, is around ₹3 – ₹6 lakhs per patient.
A complete circle — admission, treatment, and the years after.
The LLF model is unusual in Indian healthcare philanthropy: it doesn’t pay for treatment in one lump and walk away. It supports the patient, the caretaker, and the post-recovery rebuild — across years.
Quarterly funding, audited delivery.
TAP contributes through Tata Memorial Hospital — not as a parallel program, but as a quarterly grant earmarked for LLF’s general-ward patients. Dr. Manju Sengar signs a per-patient utilization report after each disbursement, and Arpita Desai coordinates the partnership on the TAP side.
Annual financial commitment
TAP committed USD 5,000 in 2022, growing ~20% annually. In 2025 TAP committed USD 30,000 — the regular USD 10K annual contribution plus a USD 20K special campaign.
Channeled through TMH
Funds route through Tata Memorial Hospital — a Government of India grant-in-aid institution under the Department of Atomic Energy — earmarked specifically for LLF. Receipts are 80G and FCRA compliant.
On-the-ground field visits
Arpita Desai (TAP sponsor) and Sachin Thatte met Thyagarajan Palani and the LLF team at TMH in June 2023 to observe how the funding actually reaches the bedside.
Quarterly utilization tracking
Every rupee is logged on a per-patient utilization report, signed and sealed by Dr. Manju Sengar (Adult Hematolymphoid Unit) and reconciled in TAP’s project tracker.
The shape of the support.
All patient data on this page is anonymized at source — utilization reports use initials only, never full names. The aggregates below are drawn from TMH-signed CSR utilization filings across thirteen quarters.
Every quarter, every patient counted.
“Hats off to this group for doing what they do.”
Arpita and Sachin spent 11:30 am to 2:00 pm on site at Tata Memorial Hospital with Thyagarajan. The visit confirmed something hard to capture in a quarterly report: how the money actually reaches the patient.
They watched chemotherapy patients in the general ward — committed to a bed for the full six-week treatment. They saw volunteers running art-therapy sessions for the lone family caretakers, who often have neither language nor education to navigate the hospital’s daily processes. And they watched LLF volunteers check, every day, which patient accounts needed funds added before the next morning’s treatment.
“TAP charity funds are perfect match for these types of filling the gaps for funding.” — Arpita Desai, TAP–LLF trip report
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Chemo in the general ward6-week regimens, daily balance must clear
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Art-therapy for caretakers2–3 hours per day, a few days a week
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Meals + on-site accommodationfor caretakers who travel from afar
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Post-recovery supporteducation, work, family — for years after
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Daily balance reconciliationLLF volunteers check every patient account
Two voices from Tata Memorial.
In January 2023, two members of the LLF team at Tata Memorial Hospital wrote to TAP Charity Inc. — the senior oncologist who signs every utilization report, and the field coordinator who is TAP’s primary day-to-day liaison.
The field coordinator is TAP’s eyes on the ground. The daily reconciliation — checking which patient accounts must clear before the next morning’s chemo — is exactly the gap TAP’s flexible, document-light funding is designed to fill.
$10,000 clears the daily gap for dozens of blood-cancer patients.
US donors give to TAP Charity Inc. (EIN 87-2830776) — tax-deductible. Funds are committed quarterly to LLF through Tata Memorial Hospital and tracked per patient.