For over four decades we have made quality dialysis and kidney care possible for people who could never afford it, whatever their ability to pay.
Dialysis sessions provided
Free dialysis sessions
Rural dialysis centres
Of affordable kidney care
A non-profit dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease across Karnataka, since 5 February 1979.
What began as a single centre has become the state’s nodal point for affordable renal care. Most of the people we serve come from marginalised families and depend on daily wages. We make sure that losing a kidney does not mean losing a livelihood, or a life.
Six programmes that keep patients on treatment, and keep families going.
Reliable, affordable dialysis and ongoing care, free or subsidised for those who cannot pay.
Screening camps and school programmes that catch kidney disease early, before it becomes a crisis.
31 centres across the state, so patients can get treatment near home instead of travelling to the city.
A dedicated floor offering free and subsidised dialysis to underprivileged women, with privacy and dignity.
Nutrition support and essential medicines, because recovery should not depend on income.
Help with school costs, so a parent's illness does not end a child's education.
A dialysis patient needs treatment two to three times a week. For families in rural Karnataka, a trip to the city every few days can cost a day’s wages, or more. So we took dialysis to them.
BKF is funded by people like you. 95% of every rupee goes straight to patient care, and every donation is tax-exempt under Section 80G.
Behind every number is a person: a mother, a breadwinner, a student, whose life goes on because someone chose to care.
Experienced professionals from law, finance, industry and medicine who guide BKF’s work.
Medical advisor. Senior Consultant, Nephrology; MBBS, MD (Gen Med), DM (Nephro)
Goodwill ambassador. Former India cricket captain and a long-time friend of BKF
Camps, fundraisers and milestones from across BKF.
Dhwani is BKF’s flagship annual fundraiser — a Hindustani classical music festival that has run for over a decade.
Kidney disease is easiest to manage when it’s caught early — which is why BKF runs a school-based prevention
BKF’s Kidney Health Awareness Walkathon brings together patients, families and supporters for a morning of movement with a purpose:
To mark International Women’s Day, BKF hosted a celebration for our dialysis patients featuring saree draping, nail art, hair
More than 95%. Administrative costs are kept below 5% of donor money and are covered by income from our corpus and endowment funds, corporate partners and skilled volunteers.
Yes. Individual donors provide 70 to 75% of BKF’s income. Small gifts, added together, fund most of our work.
No. As an NGO we receive no direct government funding, which keeps us independent. We do benefit from certain tax and duty exemptions.
At three levels: raising awareness of kidney disease and how to prevent it, running screening camps for high-risk groups, and providing affordable, good-quality dialysis to people who cannot pay, especially women and children.
Our full-time staff receive modest salaries, well below commercial norms, so we can keep the trained people our dialysis centres and programmes depend on.
No. BKF is an Indian trust. Funds are used within India, mainly in Karnataka. We do accept foreign contributions under our FCRA registration.
Talk to our team about donating, volunteering or getting treatment at a BKF centre.
