WeLive Foundation
WeLive Foundation was formed to address the needs of young adults (care leavers), who leave child care institutions at the age of 18. We offer a Bridge Program for care leavers to transition to independent living.
Education-Livelihoods In Conflict Impacted Territories Foundation (ELICIT)
ELICIT designs and facilitates education in schools, which can respond to the impacts of violent Conflict on psycho-social and academic systems, in spaces enduring territorial/cultural/political disputes.
Citizen Digital Foundation (CDF)
CDF is a non-profit fostering Information Literacy and Responsible Tech Innovation/Development, to maximise the benefits of technology while mitigating the harm, by structurally addressing wicked techno-social challenges.
Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS)
SEEDS is a not-for-profit organization that enables community resilience through practical solutions in the areas of climate solutions, health, livelihood, waste management, nature resource conservation, and direct benefit to communities.
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)
NIMHANS is a world-renowned, multi-disciplinary centre for patient-care, academics and cutting-edge research in the field of mental health and neuroscience. Why they are the right choice for others:
Can Youth
Can Youth aims to fostering positive change and empowering the youth and children from migration family and minority tribes to actively engage in societal development. Why they are the right choice for others:
Biodiversity Collaborative
A network of institutions and individuals that promote biodiversity research & conservation to enhance human well-being. Why they are the right choice for others:
SaveLIFE Foundation
SaveLIFE Foundation is a specialist, nonprofit organisation committed to saving lives on roads across India. Our model combines on-ground interventions with system change efforts to enable a lasting impact on road safety in India. Why they are the right choice for others:
Centre for Health and Social Justice
CHSJ is committed to promoting equitable development, inclusive governance systems, & social accountability. With over 30 years of experience in community development, it strives to create a just and interdependent society. Why they are the right choice for others:
Apni Shala Foundation
Apni Shala empowers schools to enable students’ wholesome development and foster a caring, equitable, and nurturing environment. The team works with government schools to implement a promotive and preventive school mental health framework.
Anubhuti Charitable Trust
Anubhuti is a rare intersectional feminist, anti-caste organization led by a nomadic tribe woman, working to develop leadership of NT-DNT, Dalit, Adivasi communities with Constitutional, Gender, Mental, Environmental, Historical Justice lenses. Why they are the right choice for others:
National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) -TIFR
The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) is an institution that carries our research in frontier areas of biology from atoms and molecules to ecosystems. Our work impinges on the areas of human biomedical science, ecology & biodiversity. Why they are the right choice for others:
the action northeast trust (the ANT)
The action northeast trust, or the ant, located in Rowmari, Chirang district, Assam, operates on two fronts: grassroots development in Bodoland Territorial Council areas and capacity-building training, along with advocacy network collaboration with other institutions. Why they are the right choice for others:
Uninhibited
Uninhibited works to destigmatise menstrual, sexual and reproductive health. Their work extends across 10 states in India, with 250000 marginalised menstruators. They provide training on menstrual health and hygiene and education, creating and enabling conversations to normalise menstruation with ‘PeriodShala’ and ‘The Period Fellowship’ to nurture talent in communities to sustain behaviour change for menstruators. […]
Rest Of My Family
Rest of my family’ is a travel-based, not-for-profit, social-work-through-art organization. Their mission is to spread awareness about what they consider the ill-effects of a paradigm based on selfish competition. They make documentaries, collaborate over art, and work on community development projects to seek alternative modes of community living and mutual cooperation. The idea is to […]
Team Street Consulting
TeamStreet Consulting Solutions specialises in designing, implementing and assessing long term fundraising strategies for non profit organisations. They help build resilient, self sufficient and ROI focused fundraising processes. They work closely with non profits to understand their fundraising needs, assess strengths and needs of the organisation and support them in creating strategies and plans for […]
Sumanasa Foundation
Sumanasa Foundation was established in 2005 with the objective of engaging with the arts and community. Sumanasa supports projects that help in building art and culture, enabling communities and fostering culturally vibrant spaces and creating platforms for artists and art forms from marginalised backgrounds. The purpose is to create different avenues for artists to engage […]
St. John’s Medical College Hospital (CBCI Society for Medical Education)
St John’s Medical College Hospital was an active part of the work against COVID-19, dealing with the surge with COVID care and beds during the years of the pandemic. They provided hospital beds and ICU beds and ventilatory support, and also ensured quality personal protective equipment, sanitisers, oxygens, masks and tubing for HFNC. They were […]
Spreading Hope Foundation
“Spreading Hope Foundation” worked on a national campaign to save lives by training and placing Transplant Counsellors in hospitals across India. They aim to get 10 million people to knowingly and accountably pledge their kidneys over a span of five years, using awareness campaigns around India. They covered 8000+ km over a month to raise […]
Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH)
Society for Education, Action & Research in Community Health (SEARCH) is a voluntary organization set up in 1986 at Gadchiroli, one of the most impoverished districts in India with tribals constituting 40% of its population.SEARCH has been working among the poor and marginalized rural and tribal population of Gadchiroli spanning over 134 villages. SEARCH works […]
Slam Out Loud
Slam Out Loud uses the power of performance and visual arts to help build creative confidence life skills like communication, critical thinking and empathy for children from disadvantaged communities. It is an initiative that provides art-based learning to children from at-risk communities facing socioeconomic, physical or emotional barriers to exploring the Arts. The Delhi-based organisation […]
Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research (PUKAR)
PUKAR is an independent research collective and knowledge producing institution that works on multi sectoral, transdisciplinary and community based action research on issues related to urbanization and globalisation. Located in Mumbai, they conduct research through the lens of marginalised youth and how they transform themselves and their communities. They work with Community Based Participatory Action […]
NeoMotion Assistive Solutions Pvt Ltd
NeoMotion is an IIT Madras incubated start-up and creates life transformative products for the physically challenged and the elderly. They help wheelchair users move around independently for all that they want to do, creating technology customisable to add comfort, mobility, manoeuvrability and ergonomics, and providing independent mobility across distances to wheelchair users with a motorised […]
Narayana Health
Narayana Health has launched Ayana, a mobile mammography unit for breast cancer screening, which is an initiative that hopes to reach remote areas in Karnataka to screen for breast cancer and educate for early detection. The mobile unit includes a mammography machine and CR system to digitise and scan images, uploading the information to the […]
Mithra Trust
Mithra provides mental health information and support in the manner of a trusted friend. It is a social enterprise focused on creating and providing safe spaces for reflective and expressive journeys for individuals, especially the queer community and survivors of sexual, physical, emotional and gender based violence. They offer ‘The Meh sessions’ for young people […]
Mariwala Health Initiative
Mariwala Health provides grant and strategic support to organisations and collectives working within communities to provide greater access to mental health services for all. They foster an environment of accessible, affirmative, rights-based and user-centric mental healthcare, and foreground historically marginalised communities while emphasising the structural determinants of mental health. They work with a community of […]
Let’s talk / Manah Wellness Healthcare Pvt Ltd
A free mental helpline, Let’s Talk is a volunteer driven mental health support helpline set up during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was set up by Manah Wellness at, a mental health platform set up to focus on employee wellbeing and responding to the crisis of the pandemic. With over 200 volunteers of highly qualified psychologists, […]
Kotagiri Medical Foundation
Kotagiri Medical Fellowship Hospital is a charitable Christian mission hospital in Kotagiri, founded in 1941 and run by Christian Medical College, Vellore. It provides high quality healthcare to the people of the Nilgiris. The hospital offers services in internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, neurology / neurosurgery, ophthalmology and pediatrics, with outpatient and surgical facilities and […]
Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya
Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya (KSV) provides free education in academics and performing arts to socio-economically disadvantaged children. In addition to schooling, KSV also provides food, accommodation and healthcare. Why are they the right choice for others:
Edelgive Foundation
EdelGive Foundation is a grant-making organization, helping build and expand philanthropy in India by funding and supporting the growth of small to mid-sized grassroots NGOs committed to empowering vulnerable children through education, women through empowerment, and communities through resilience building. They support work that is community driven, high impact and at the grassroots, providing both […]
CEHAT (Anusandhan Trust)
CEHAT is an interface between progressive people’s movements and academia, conducting rigorous academic health research that is socially relevant, and working on advocacy and welfare projects. They use their work to establish direct services and programmes that can demonstrate how health can be made accessible, ethical and equitable. A multidisciplinary team, they offer courses and […]
CUPA
CUPA is an organisation that runs independent shelters across the city to address critical aspects of animal welfare to suffering animals. They provide services for animal birth control, trauma and rescue, adoption and fostering, and large animal rehabilitation. They conduct awareness campaigns about respect for animal rights in various parts of the city. Their work […]
Give Foundation (Give India)
Give India was created to bridge the gap between people who want to ‘give back’ and those who do work but need support. They focus on building trust in the social sector with due diligence of their partners, and transparency in how donations impact work on the ground. Their platform in India enables individuals and […]
Bhansali Trust
Founded nearly half a century ago, the NGO works in the fields of medicine, education, income generation, de-addiction and socioeconomic issues in districts of Gujarat and Orissa. Since 2015, they have initiatives a project to work with the Mushar community Gaya, Bihar. This project works with 525 villages to provide good education to the community, […]
Bangalore International Center (BIC)
Bangalore International Centre is a local, independent space and institution that encourages the intellect and facilitates open dialogue. It is an enabling environment for arts, culture and informed conversations. It curates cultural experiences and acts as a knowledge repository aims to develop a diverse audience profile by planning events that are topical and interesting to […]
Aastrika
Aastrika works towards the implementation of high quality, ethical, evidence based maternity care for expecting mothers. Their work is to place the physical, psychological, and emotional well-being of the mother-infant duo at the centre of all care. Their work is conducted through advocacy and impactful partnerships, aimed at creating awareness about the maternal health sector. […]
Camp Monk
Camp Monk is a website that enables people to discover and book outdoor vacations across India. They help tourists discover and book private stays that showcase camping, glamping, cabins and accommodations nestled in nature. The idea is to get more people to spend time in nature. They work with private partner properties to offer ecotourism, […]
The YP Foundation
The YP Foundation is a youth-led organisation that facilitates young persons’ feminist and rights-based leadership. Their work is especially in the area of health equity, gender justice, sexuality rights and social justice. They implement direct youth-led and engaging programmes to ensure access to information, services and rights, in areas such as abortion, sexuality education, queer […]
Institute of Public Health
A non-profit academic institution whose primary goal is to strengthen the health system in India by generating evidence on what works, for whom and why. They analyse governance, policies, and work with rural and urban communities by using innovative approaches and methodologies. Their field sites are in Karnataka. The main areas of focus include chronic […]
Waste Warriors Society
Waste Warriors are a not-for-profit and registered society based in Dharamshala, Dehradun, Corbett, and Rishikesh. The focus of their work is on developing sustainable solid waste management systems. This work is done via a combination of direct action, awareness-raising and community engagement through education and collaborations, conducted through decentralised initiatives. Through the use of innovative […]
Bebaak Collective Sanstha
Bebaak Collective (meaning ‘Voices of the Fearless’) was founded as an informal association of autonomous grassroots activists in 2013 to advocate for the rights of women marginalized by religion, including Muslim women. They work to raise awareness, campaign against injustice, and raise funds for victims of communal hate and marginalisaiton. Their work is to highlight […]
Indus Action
Indus Action has been working on enabling sustainable access to welfare rights for disadvantaged families through organizing and convening social leaders, consulting and diagnosing key issues and problems, and research. Its vision is to enable 2.5 million vulnerable people to access legislated rights. Working across three key areas of the Right to Education (reservation in […]
