Who we are
Two parents, and a phone.
VOGM India Support Foundation is a non-profit company registered in Chennai under Section 8 of the Companies Act. It was started in February 2026 by two people, after one of their daughters was born with a Vein of Galen Malformation.
We are not a hospital, not a charity with an office, and not an emergency service. We are a small organisation trying to build one thing that does not currently exist in India: a way for a family to find out, quickly and truthfully, where their child can be treated.
Our registrations
Every number here can be checked against a public government record. We would rather you did.
- Legal name
- VOGM India Support Foundation
- Type
- Section 8 company limited by guarantee (no share capital)
- CIN
- U88900TN2026NPL189379
- PAN
- AALCV8718J
- Incorporated
- 9 February 2026
- NGO Darpan
- TN/2026/0991183
- 12A
- AALCV8718JE20251Provisional, 2 March 2026. Valid to AY 2028-29.
- 80G
- AALCV8718JF20261Provisional, 20 March 2026. Valid to AY 2028-29.
- FCRA
- None. We cannot accept foreign contributions.
Money
We are not taking donations on this website yet. We would rather build the thing that helps families first, and ask for money second.
When we do, donations will qualify for a 50% deduction under Section 80G — subject to the usual limits, and not available at all under the new tax regime. We will say so plainly rather than imply more than is true. And we will publish our accounts: a two-person organisation asking families to trust it with the most frightening weeks of their lives should be willing to show its books.
Our relationship with vogm.org
The VOGM Support Network is a US non-profit that supports VOGM families worldwide. We are grateful to them, and we use the VOGM name with their permission — but we are a separate Indian organisation, with our own board and our own accounts. They do not fund us, and we do not act for them.
How we handle information
We do not track you. No Google Analytics, no Facebook pixel, no advertising cookies, no retargeting. Some of the people reading this site are children, and none of them should be followed around the internet because their family got frightening news.
We will never publish a child’s story or photograph without their parents’ written consent, and any family may withdraw that consent at any time, without giving a reason.
What we will not promise you
We will not tell you that we can pay for your child’s treatment. We cannot, yet.
We will not tell you your child will be fine. We do not know that, and nor does anyone who has not examined them.
We will not pretend to be a 24-hour helpline. We are two parents with jobs. We reply within 48 hours. — and we will.
Complaints, and corrections
If we have got something wrong on this website, please tell us and we will fix it. Our Grievance Officer is Thooyavan Manivaasakar, Director — contact@vogmindiafoundation.org.