CanKids KidsCan

What CanKids KidsCan does

CanKids KidsCan, formally the National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India, is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 2004 by Poonam Bagai, a cancer survivor, to enable access to treatment, care, and support for children with cancer from primarily underprivileged families. Headquartered in New Delhi, the organization operates across 141-143 partner hospitals in 22 states and 61 cities of India, delivering services through a network of 12 Regional & State Care Coordination Offices, 19 Care Centres (15 Home Away from Home accommodations, 1 Pediatric Palliative Care Centre named Subhita, and 3 CanShala schools), and 19 Change for Childhood Cancer State Projects. Its core delivery model is the YANA (You Are Not Alone) program, a holistic support framework covering medical and diagnostics support, accommodation, patient transport, blood support, nutrition and rations, education, counselling, and palliative care, delivered via CanKids Hospital Support Units embedded in treating centres.

The organization has signed MoUs with 9 state governments (Punjab, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha) as knowledge and technical partner, and maintains international collaborations with St. Jude Global, SIOP, UICC, Childhood Cancer International, and McGill University. Its research arm, the Pediatric Cancer Research Institute (PCRI), is recognized as a Scientific Industrial Research Organisation by the Government of India. The organization holds 12A, 80G, and FCRA registrations, and reports that over 80% of funds raised go directly to beneficiary support.

CanKids is funded entirely through donations — individual donors (including a Gold Circle Champions program at minimum INR 2 lakh annually), corporate CSR partnerships (notably Kotak Mahindra Group at INR 5 Cr+ and Aditya Birla Capital Foundation at INR 1-5 Cr), foundation and institutional grants (including St. Jude Global), and non-financial government MoUs. Services are provided free of cost; donations are eligible for 80G tax exemption. The organization reports supporting 22,000+ children annually under YANA and claims credit for access-to-care doubling from 27% in 2019-20 to over 54% in 2025 against a backdrop of 76,805 new annual childhood cancer cases in India and a 30% LMIC survival rate versus 70-90% in high-income countries.

Name

CanKids KidsCan

Legal name

CanKids KidsCan - National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India

Website

https://cankidsindia.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CanKids KidsCan is a nonprofit founded in 2004 that supports children with cancer in India through hospital-based holistic care, palliative services, education, and advocacy, operating across 143 hospitals and 22 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Individual donors including HNWIs, monthly givers, annual donors, corpus donors, and in-kind contributors. Gold Circle Champions program for major donors giving minimum INR 2 lakh annually.
2. Corporate CSR Partnerships: Corporate Social Responsibility contributions from companies like Kotak Mahindra Group, Aditya Birla Capital Foundation, and others. Includes payroll giving, retail campaigns, and employee engagement programs.
3. Foundation & Institutional Grants: Grant funding from foundations and institutional partners including St. Jude Global, international organizations, and government partnerships for specific projects.
4. Government Partnerships: MoUs with state governments (Punjab, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha) as knowledge and technical partner. Non-financial partnership model.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CanKids KidsCan provides holistic, free-of-cost support to children with cancer and their families across India through its signature YANA (You Are Not Alone) program. This encompasses medical and drugs/diagnostics support, Home Away from Home accommodation, patient transport, blood support, nutrition and rations, education (CanShala), counselling, and pediatric palliative care. Services are delivered through 141-143 CanKids Hospital Support Units embedded in partner hospitals across 61 cities and 22 states.

Product overview

CanKids KidsCan is a National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India, founded in 2004 by Poonam Bagai. The organization offers a comprehensive suite of integrated programs under its signature YANA (You Are Not Alone) framework, designed to provide holistic care for children with cancer from diagnosis through survivorship. The core offerings include CanKids Hospital Support Units (141 units across India), CanShala (India's first school-in-hospital for continuing education during treatment), Subhita (India's first pediatric palliative care center), and Home Away from Home accommodation. Supporting services encompass Medical Projects (disease-specific initiatives for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Retinoblastoma, ALL, and sarcomas), Treatment Support (nutrition, hygiene, blood support, transport via CanSurvive kits), Pediatric Psycho-Oncology (counselling, therapies, Child Life interventions), Patient Navigation and Advocacy, Capacity Building, and the Pediatric Cancer Research Institute for evidence-based improvements. The organization also operates Change for Childhood Cancer state projects with 9 MoU partnerships with state governments for systemic healthcare strengthening.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Brands

• YANA (You Are Not Alone): Signature program providing holistic support including medical assistance, drugs & diagnostics support, accommodation through Home Away from Homes, patient transport, blood support, nutrition & rations, education and counselling support
• CanShala
• Subhita
• CanSurvive
• One Cancer At A Time (OCAT)
• Mandala of Care
• Quality Care Research and Impact (QCRI)

Products and services

• YANA (You Are Not Alone) Program Signature holistic support program assisting children with cancer and their families from detection through treatment and survivorship, driving Access2Care through CanKids Hospital Support Units and Change for Childhood Cancer state projects.
• CanKids Hospital Support Units (CHSUs)

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Government of PunjabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU with Department of Medical Education and Research to serve as Knowledge and Technical Partner for childhood cancer. Supports state-level childhood cancer control plan integrated into NPCDCS.
• Government of MaharashtracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU with Public Health Department and Medical Education and Drug Department as knowledge and technical partner for Childhood Cancer.
• Government of West BengalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership for Change for Childhood Cancer projects and shared care model.
• Government of Tamil NaducoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership for childhood cancer care and support programs.
• Government of GujaratcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership for childhood cancer care across Gujarat.
• Government of Madhya PradeshcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership for Change for Childhood Cancer projects.
• Government of PuducherrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU signed for childhood cancer care and support programs.
• Government of Uttar PradeshcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoU as knowledge partner for Change for Childhood Cancer, supporting implementation across all 75 districts through capacity-building and shared care expansion.
• Government of OdishacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState government partnership for Change for Childhood Cancer and health system strengthening.
• St. Jude GlobalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for global childhood cancer care improvement and research collaboration.
• Childhood Cancer International (CCI)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal childhood cancer advocacy and support network partner.
• SIOP (International Society of Paediatric Oncology)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational professional society partnership for knowledge sharing and research.
• UICC (Union for International Cancer Control)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal cancer control advocacy and awareness partnership.
• National Cancer GridcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndia's national network of cancer centres partnership for treatment standards and research.
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier hospital partnership for childhood cancer treatment, research, and training across multiple AIIMS locations.
• Tata Memorial HospitalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier cancer centre partnership hosting CanShala school and supporting treatment programs.
• Relief from CancercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPlatform partner facilitating international donations and 501(c)(3) eligible giving.
• United Way of MumbaicoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFundraising platform partner for community engagement.
• Give India FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVerified donation platform partner for individual giving.
• Milaap Social VenturecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCrowdfunding platform partner for individual donations.
• AshicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for childhood cancer support.
• Sarawak Children's Cancer SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational sibling organization partnership.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Make-A-Wish Foundation India: Make-A-Wish India fulfills wishes for children with critical illnesses including cancer. It is not a direct treatment-support peer but addresses a related psychosocial/well-being need for the same pediatric cancer population in India.

Direct peers

• Indian Cancer Society: One of India's oldest cancer NGOs, Indian Cancer Society provides cancer awareness, screening, and patient support across multiple cancer types. It directly awarded CanKids the Best NGO for Capacity Building award, indicating overlapping mission and beneficiary base in India.
• Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA): CPAA is a long-standing Indian cancer NGO providing financial assistance, awareness, screening, and patient navigation — directly comparable to CanKids' treatment support, awareness, and patient navigation services.
• V-Care Foundation: V-Care is an Indian cancer support NGO focused on financial aid, counseling, and survivorship programs. It has awarded CanKids leaders in the past and addresses an overlapping patient-support mission in India.

Others

• Tata Memorial Hospital: Tata Memorial is India's premier cancer hospital and a flagship CanKids partner hosting CanShala. It is not a peer in the NGO sense but a critical clinical partner providing treatment infrastructure that CanKids' support programs wrap around.
• SIOP (International Society of Paediatric Oncology): SIOP is the leading international professional society for pediatric oncology. CanKids is an active partner; SIOP is not a service-delivery peer but a knowledge/research counterpart in the same global childhood cancer ecosystem.

Regional players

• Ashic Foundation: Ashic is a Bangladesh-based childhood cancer NGO listed as an international partner of CanKids. Both operate the holistic-support model for children with cancer but in different South Asian geographies.
• Sarawak Children's Cancer Society: A Malaysia-based sibling organization to CanKids offering pediatric cancer support. The two are listed as international partners and pursue parallel models of community-embedded childhood cancer care.

Broad incumbents

• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: St. Jude is CanKids' flagship international partner and the global benchmark for pediatric cancer care and research. Both organizations pursue a holistic model combining treatment support, research, and survivorship programs for children with cancer.
• Childhood Cancer International (CCI): CCI is a global umbrella organization of childhood cancer parent and survivor groups — CanKids is an active member and partner. Both operate in the same global ecosystem of childhood cancer advocacy and support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@CanKidsOfficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/CanKidsIndia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cankidskidscan
• Instagraminstagram.com/cankidskidscan

Compliance4 records

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Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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