Livelihood NGOs in India
658 verified Indian NGOs working on livelihood, spread across 14 cities — the largest clusters are in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru. Each listing links to the organisation's own site so you can verify them before giving.
658 organisations listed
Where these livelihood NGOs work
Aadivasi Welfare Foundation
Afforestation, water-body revival and tribal livelihoods across eight Indian states
over 8 million trees planted
Aajeevika Bureau
Dignity and rights for migrant workers
LEAD Cell has recovered over ₹54.68 crore (USD 6.8 million) in unpaid wages for exploited workers
Aarine Foundation
Navi Mumbai foundation running education, skilling and health programmes for women and children
25000+ Education for Students
Aatapi Seva Foundation
Works on livelihoods, health and disability inclusion across villages of Bharuch district
Today, it supports over 35,000 individuals, including small and marginal farmers, socio-economically marginali
Abhivyakti Media for Development
Facilitating media and communication for development since 1987
Capacity building for more than 130 community members from 52 villages under the Madhyam Sakhi programme
Ability Foundation
Cross-disability organisation working on employment, media and inclusion
ACCESS Development Services
National livelihoods agency incubating market-linked income programs for India's rural poor
Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre
Watershed development and drought-resilient farming in Anantapur district.
Total Extent of land treated in Hectars 174852
ACS Foundation
Career guidance, skills training and livelihood support for underserved youth in North Karnataka
10K+ Beneficiaries
Action Initiative For Development (AID)
Works for the holistic development of children, youth and marginalised communities in Davangere
Currently, a total of 14 Child Activity Centers are being operated
ActionAid Association
Working with the poorest and most excluded communities
32.18 lakh people reached in 2023-24
Adani Foundation
Community development around education, health and livelihoods
13.3 million lives touched
Adharshila Trust
Building self-reliant communities in Delhi's urban slum clusters since 2004
3,50,000+ beneficiaries reached (2004–March 2025)
ADITHI
Empowering resource-poor women and girls across Bihar
Initiatives span 8,000 villages across Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, touching over 8 million individuals
Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development
The Aditya Birla Group's community development arm, chaired by Rajashree Birla
Adon Fellowship Charitable Society
Literacy classes, health camps and women's skill training in and around Bhopal since 2009
Over 500 women supported and 15+ communities reached through sustained programs.
ADRA India
Humanitarian relief and development arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in India
26 projects
Aga Khan Foundation (India)
Rural development catalyst working since 1978 across five Indian states on health, education, water and livelihoods
Reached 4.9 million people in 2025
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India)
Catalysing rural self-reliance across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra
7,00,000 households reached
Agni Raksha
Medical treatment, rehabilitation and livelihood support for burn survivors in Bengaluru since 1999
Since 2006, the lives of more than 4,000 MSMs and their families have been touched through social inclusion pr
Agragamee
Tribal development and food security in Odisha's Rayagada district
12,500 villages using the RTI Act for crucial development information
Agrani India Foundation
Improves the lives of poor women, Dalits and marginalised communities across India
Agrasar
Works with migrant workers and their children on safety, learning and livelihoods.
Agro Rangers
Regenerative agroforestry helping small and marginal farmers restore drought-hit soil near Pune
1,200+ farmers trained and 40,000+ saplings planted through agroforestry programs across Maharashtra
Ajagar Social Circle
Builds sustainable livelihoods and resilience with vulnerable communities in Northeast India
120000+ Beneficiaries reached
Ajmal Foundation
Education, skill development and women's empowerment work based in Hojai.
Runs 25 educational institutions across Assam
Akshara Centre
Scholarships, skills training and job placement for disadvantaged young women in Mumbai
901 young people reached in Mumbai across 107 colleges, with 91 trained leaders/changemakers, in 2021-22
All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA)
Enterprise support and market access for handloom and handicraft artisans since 2004
Livelihoods of nearly 2 lakh artisans uplifted across India
All India Confederation of the Blind
National federation of and for blind persons, advocating and training since 1980.
25 affiliate state-level organisations across India
Alliance of Indian Wastepickers
National coalition of waste-picker organisations across India
Organizations/members of the alliance represent more than 100000 waste-pickers and other informal waste-picker
Alohomora Education Foundation
Delhi foundation institutionalising career guidance and school-to-work transition support inside government schooling since 2014.
45,000+ students supported directly
Ambassadors Service Society
Health, education and vocational training for tribal and Dalit communities in West Bengal since 1995
Ambuja Foundation
Rural prosperity through water, farms and skills
6.73 million people reached
Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi
Community health, nutrition and women's self-help groups across tribal Vidarbha since 1984
15,680 children reached through financial literacy and Aflatoun club programs in 251 Zilla Parishad schools, G
Anahat For Change Foundation
Kolkata foundation working on menstrual health, adolescent wellbeing, and women-led livelihoods to interrupt the continuum of gender-based violence.
100,000 menstrual kits distributed by Anahat For Change Foundation
Anahata United Efforts Foundation
Bengaluru foundation powering equitable access to education and livelihoods.
Learnt from over 11,000+ students to develop 21st century skills based STEAM Career Planning Curriculum
ANEW - Association for Non-traditional Employment for Women
Free skills training and job placement for underprivileged young women in Chennai since 1997
ANEW's Home Nursing Program achieved an 82% placement rate for 180 trainees in 2024-25
Animedh Charitable Trust
After-school mentoring, girls' education sponsorship and women's livelihood training in Mumbai
Reached 4,07,035 (over 4 lakh) people to date, including 10,299 children and 74,500 women impacted
Anjuman-I-Islam
Enriching lives through education since 1874
More than 100 Institutions
Annai Charitable Trust
Runs self-help groups, vocational and craft training and health camps for rural families.
1812+ HAPPY CHILDRENS
Annapurna Pariwar
Women's cooperative credit society and safety net across Pune and Mumbai slums
6 developmental organisations working across Pune and Mumbai since 1993, covering 1,800 slum pockets
Antarang Foundation
Career readiness and employability for underserved youth
Career education built into public high-school curricula with state governments across 5 states and 25 model d
Anthra
Livestock development and ethnoveterinary support for marginal farmers
Anudip Foundation
Digital skills that transform livelihoods
7.3 lakh lives impacted since 2007
Anwesan Mission Trust
Education, healthcare and livelihood support for rural Nadia district communities, West Bengal
8,000+ individuals supported through education programmes
Apeksha Homoeo Society
Rural development body in Vidarbha working on child rights, livelihoods and single women.
Our Impact: 1.5 L+ Children
APMAS (Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, Andhra Pradesh)
Strengthening India's self-help group movement since 2001
Directly trained around 3,50,000 professionals and para-professionals on institution building and livelihoods
Apnalaya
Fighting urban poverty in Mumbai's informal settlements
192,162 lives impacted
Apne Aap Women's Collective (AAWC)
Breaking intergenerational trafficking in the red-light areas of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai
4,000 women supported through healthcare, literacy, training and livelihood support
ARAVALI
State-level support organisation linking voluntary agencies and government in Rajasthan.
Till date ARAVALI has organised 8 batches of SAMDP and trained more than 250 senior and middle level staff of
AROH Foundation
Rural development across education, healthcare, sanitation, livelihood and renewable energy
Present across 27 states, 213 districts, 940 blocks and 35,815 villages
AROMA Foundation
Child protection, healthcare, skills and disaster response programmes around Chennai.
Artisan Futures Development Foundation
Chennai foundation running craft-based artisan enhancement programmes with a focus on women's livelihoods.
Arundathi Charmakurla Welfare Society
Offers skill training, education and health support to rural Prakasam communities.
1,000 women empowered through awareness and training programs
Arvind Foundation
Early intervention, curative education and vocational training for children with special needs
140 Children/Young Adults
ASG Hope & Heal Foundation
Delhi foundation running education, digital literacy, paramedical skilling, sustainable livelihoods and free health camps.
Asha
Community health, education and empowerment across 95 slum colonies in Delhi since the late 1980s
Over 6,000 slum children have entered university through Asha's higher education programme since 2008
Ashagram Trust
Madhya Pradesh trust rehabilitating leprosy-affected families and providing community-based care for disability and mental illness
ASSCOD (Association for Sustainable Community Development)
Karunguzhi organisation running women's empowerment, livelihood support, health, education, disaster-relief and environment programmes.
Active across 6+ districts and 82+ villages covered
Atma Swabhiman
Organisation run by and for people affected by leprosy, working in colonies around Dhanbad
Auroville Village Action Group (AVAG)
Grassroots rural development in the villages surrounding Auroville since 1983
100,000 people touched
Avani
Reviving traditional craft and clean energy livelihoods in the Kumaon Himalayas
2,200+ artisans and farmers benefited through its rural enterprise model since inception
AVAS - Association for Voluntary Action and Service
Housing, health and self-reliance programmes for Bengaluru's slum communities since 1980
683 families rehabilitated after eviction through the G. Byappanahalli in-situ housing project
Axis Bank Foundation
Sustainable livelihoods for excluded communities
Supported 1 million livelihoods between 2012 and 2017
Ayang Trust
Community libraries and women's livelihoods for Mising tribal communities on Majuli Island, Assam
39 community libraries reaching 2,000+ young readers, part of Ayang Trust's work on Majuli island
Azad Foundation
Training women from low-income communities as professional drivers for economic independence
6,000+ driving licenses acquired by women since 2008
Azad India Foundation
Rural education, girl-child welfare and self-employment training in Kishanganj, Bihar.
Around 2200 children cleared NIOS Level III, V and VIII examinations.
B K Welfare Foundation (NGO)
Delhi NGO that trains under-served youth in job-ready skills and places them into employment or further education.
11,288+ youth trained and placed
Badlao Foundation
Rural development and tribal community work in the Santhal Pargana region.
Works across 10 districts, 15 blocks, 156 panchayats and 748 villages of Jharkhand, reaching 1,06,598 househol
Bahaar Foundation
Trains rural women as Community Health Entrepreneurs delivering last-mile healthcare access and livelihoods across India.
100 Sehat Sevikas (Community Health Entrepreneurs) onboarded in Rupnagar district, Punjab as of January 2026
BAIF Development Research Foundation
Sustainable rural livelihoods through livestock, agriculture and natural resources
5 million families reached
Bakdil
Life, livelihood and liberation in the Garo Hills
Works across 22 blocks with close to 20,000 farmers and their families
Bal Sansar Sanstha
Jaipur NGO since 1992 running child rights, education, women's empowerment and skill-development programmes across Rajasthan.
50,000+ lives impacted since 1992
Balajee Sewa Sansthan
Dehradun organisation running e-learning, self-help-group microfinance, and extreme-poverty-eradication programmes.
More than 78,000 people benefited through the financial literacy campaign as of 2021-22
Balipara Foundation
Assam foundation restoring Eastern Himalayan forests through community-led Naturenomics.
6.72 million trees planted across 5,537 hectares by 2024
Bandhua Mukti Morcha (BMM)
Identifying, releasing and rehabilitating bonded labourers since 1981
Secured release of over 1,76,000 bonded labourers in the country, of which 26,000 are children
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Culture-based rural development, reviving traditional Bengali art forms since 2000
Barefoot College
Training rural women as solar engineers and community leaders
Solar-engineer training for rural women spanning 90+ countries
Basic Needs India
Community mental health and livelihoods for people living with mental illness
43K lives transformed
BEDROC (Building and Enabling Disaster Resilience of Coastal Communities)
Building long-term disaster resilience in tsunami-hit coastal Nagapattinam
Child Development Programme implemented in 18 villages covering 655 families in Nagapattinam & Karaikal distri
Best Practices Foundation
Participatory, gender-sensitive livelihood innovations co-created with poor communities
MOVE has been successfully tailored in the past to many vulnerable populations including quarry workers, beedi
Bethany Society
Inclusive education and livelihoods for persons with disabilities in Meghalaya
10,000+ individuals and families impacted annually
Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT)
Rural prosperity for India's growth — 50 years of grassroots service in Vizag
1,30,000+ people reached annually across 137 villages
Bharatiya Stree Shakti
Empowering women through education, health and self-esteem since 1988
61 branches across 15 states and union territories, including 22 in Maharashtra and 15 in Madhya Pradesh
Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST)
Mentors and funds underserved young entrepreneurs, founded with JRD Tata as founding chairman.
Has outreached and counselled 2,500,000 youth in total, trained 200,000 youth, and trained and accredited 22,0
Bhartiya Gramotthan Sanstha
Working since 1989 on poverty relief, education and women's self-reliance in hill villages.
3000 Total Women Trained Served In 36 Years.
Bhojpur Mahila Kala Kendra
Women-led NGO empowering rural women through self-help groups since 1993
Livelihood and entrepreneurship opportunities facilitated for over 10,000 women, including USHA Silai Schools
Blind Relief Association
Helping the blind help themselves since 1946
Talking Book Studio has produced 844 titles in Hindi, English and Sanskrit since 1982
Bodhi Tree Foundation
Soft-skills, English and career mentoring for first-generation rural graduates.
Bookforchange Foundation
Surat foundation working on livelihood and education initiatives.
50+ youth skilled
Bosco Reach Out
Integral development work with marginalised communities in Northeast India.
Enabling 20,000+ children with access to quality education
Bright Future Organization Trust
Varanasi trust running education, healthcare, livelihood and women-empowerment programmes for underprivileged communities.
500+ Families Benefited
Bro Siga Animation Centre
North Chennai organisation since 1984 running education, vocational training and tribal-welfare programmes for slum and rural-poor communities in Vyasarpadi.
Buddha Outcast Social Society (BOSS)
Tiruvannamalai voluntary organisation since 1995 running health, education, women's savings groups and livelihood programmes across 100+ Tamil Nadu villages.
10 lakh tree saplings were planted to support a green environment.
Budhha Rajeshwari Seva Sansthan
Bihar society founded by educators running education, elderly care and emergency healthcare assistance in Sonpur and around Saran district.
Free education provided to more than 1,000 students every year
Buzz Women
Trains rural women across Karnataka in economic and life skills through mobile 'schools on wheels'
More than 900,000 women have joined the Buzz Women movement since 2012
Calcutta Foundation
Kolkata women's-empowerment foundation running a national network of 'Apni Kutir' skilling and health hubs across five states.
21,000+ women directly supported
Calcutta Rescue
Free healthcare, education and vocational training for Kolkata's poorest since 1980
2M+ free medical treatments provided
Calcutta Society for Professional Action in Development (SPADE)
Kolkata society since 1994 providing technical and managerial support to development NGOs, focused on self-help groups and disaster management.
Population institutionalized under SPADE's leadership: approximately 1.5 lakh people across its project area i
Captains Social Foundation
Kollam-based youth volunteering network operating across all 14 districts of Kerala, one of the state's largest independent volunteer movements.
Captains has engaged more than 65,000 young people through volunteering initiatives
Care Leavers' Advocacy Network (CLAN)
New Delhi network helping young people who age out of child-care institutions build the skills and networks to thrive independently.
Careleavers Inner Circle (CLiC) Forum
Jaipur careleaver-led forum offering shelter, emotional support, skilling and jobs to young people leaving institutional care.
2,000+ careleavers & potential careleavers connected, bridging the aftercare gap
Cashpor Micro Credit
Collateral-free microfinance and health and education services for rural poor women
Nearly 3 million rural poor women and their families benefitted
Catalyst For Women Entrepreneurship (CWE)
Mentoring, networks and business skills for women entrepreneurs starting and scaling up.
Catalysts for Social Action
Works with child care institutions on care, adoption and aftercare for children without parental care.
CSA reports 16,000+ children supported and 156 partner child care institutions impacted.
CBM India
Where inclusion is the norm, not an exception
20,65,905 people, including persons with disabilities, reached in 2024–25
CECOEDECON
Economic justice and livelihood security for rural Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
Child development initiative with Child Fund India supports over 500 children's education, health, livelihood
Central Young Mizo Association (YMA)
Helping the helpless, serving the community since 1935
Over 5 lakh members
Centre for Action on Disabled Rights & Empowerment (CADRE)
Founded by persons with disabilities to advance disability rights, skills and livelihoods
11500 total beneficiaries
Centre for Community Initiative (CCI)
Manipur NGO in remote Churachandpur district running Manipur's first dedicated school and resource centre for children with disabilities.
49 children with disabilities (30 boys, 19 girls) provided individualized special education through The Malsaw
Centre for Labour Research and Action (CLRA)
Building worker power for migrant workers in India's informal economy
Centre for Social Action
Works with vulnerable children, women's groups and vocational skills in Mumbai.
Centre for Social Initiative and Management (CSIM)
Trains social entrepreneurs and change agents through courses in cities across India.
Centre for Social Markets
Mobilises business and communities on climate action, fair trade and sustainable farming.
Centre for Tribal and Rural Development (CTRD) Trust
Serving seven indigenous tribal communities of the Nilgiris since 1988
130 villages covered
Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD)
Empowering Odisha's rural and tribal poor since 1982
6,65,000 population reached in Odisha
Centre for Youth Development and Activities (CYDA)
Works with adolescents and youth on livelihood, education, health and WASH issues across Maharashtra
So far, CYDA has trained over 2 million adolescents in life skills and provided educational support.
Chaitanya
Promoting women's community-based microfinance and SHG federations in rural India since 1993
8,500+ self-help groups organized into 40 federations owned and governed by women members
Chaitanya Educational and Rural Development Society (CERDS)
Building self-reliant rural communities in coastal Andhra Pradesh
30 years active
Challengers Group Trust
Noida trust running Pathshala On Wheels, women's empowerment, skill-development and plastic-recycling education programmes.
1,000+ children educated through learning initiatives
Chanakya Jan Utthan Foundation
Doiwala, Uttarakhand foundation running skill-development, women-empowerment and scholarship programmes since 2013.
Approximately 450 people trained annually through tailoring, embroidery, beauty parlour, mobile repair and ski
Charaka Women's Multipurpose Industrial Co-operative Society
Women-run handloom cooperative making naturally dyed cotton fabric in the Western Ghats.
this intervention has grown into a large village industry with a workforce of 800 artisans across eight distri
Cheshire Disability Trust (CDT)
Bangalore trust running livelihood training and job placement for persons with disabilities across eight resource centres in India.
34% of participants secured jobs after completing the Livelihood Skill Training Programme for persons with dis
Chetanalaya
Social action arm of the Archdiocese of Delhi since 1970
Works throughout Delhi NCR in 15 resettlement colonies and 8 districts of Haryana, covering over 400 villages
Chetna Vikas
Livelihood, nutrition and inclusive education for tribal and informal-labour communities in Jharkhand and Bihar
3,76,438 households impacted
Chikmagalur Multipurpose Social Service Society
Empowers women, differently-abled people and the rural poor through livelihoods.
We ensure quality education to disadvantaged children through child sponsorship, career guidance and guardians
Child Care Centre (CCC)
Works for education, livelihood and empowerment of marginalised urban poor communities in Patna
15 Supplementary Education Centres (SECs) are imparting education to the children from the most marginalized c
ChildFund India
Four decades for India's children
4.53 million+ children, youth, mothers and families reached
CHINAR International
Child Nurture and Relief for Kashmir's vulnerable children
290 children and their parents received comprehensive health checkups at its annual medical camp in Srinagar
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
Environmental research and action alongside waste workers
6,000 tons of waste diverted from landfill monthly
Chipin Faith Foundation
Pune non-profit running education, youth skilling, women's empowerment and a shelter home for underprivileged children.
CHIRAG (Central Himalayan Rural Action Group)
Integrated rural development across 200+ Central Himalayan villages
Reached over 175,000 households, benefiting a population of around 9,00,000 across Nainital, Almora, Bageshwar
CHOLAI - Action for Child Labour
Chennai organisation working to end child labour through education and women's training
CHORD
Hyderabad nonprofit educating underprivileged children and skilling youth since 1998
Est. 1998 & educated 19000+ children and skilled 16000+ young adults & womens in TG & AP
Citizens Foundation
Making people self-reliant
Touched the lives of over a million people through inclusive and participatory programs
Coca-Cola India Foundation (Anandana)
Water replenishment and community grants across India
Cohesion Foundation Trust
Development support and implementation organisation working across four states
COVID relief in 2021 reached over 400 villages and more than 45,000 households, with over 133,034 vaccinations
Community Aid and Sponsorship Programme (CASP)
Child sponsorship and community development across five units since 1976
partnered with Brilliant Polymers to support the education of 26 students (2024)
Community Environmental Resource Centre (Vembanad)
Protecting the Vembanad backwaters and its fishing communities
40+ wetland study centres
ComMutiny - The Youth Collective
Delhi trust connecting youth-work organisations across India to build empowering spaces for young people
ComMutiny - The Youth Collective's ecosystem in 2024-25 comprised 2,240+ members and 154 partner organisations
Concern India Foundation
Helping people help themselves
2,317,689 people supported by health services
Craft Revival Trust
Safeguarding South Asia's intangible craft heritage through documentation and advocacy since 1999
Maintains a comprehensive database of over 70,000 traditional artisans, weavers, and artists across India
Craftizen Foundation
Craft-based livelihood training for disabled adults, women and traditional artisans.
10,100 Beneficiaries skilled
Crafts Council of India
Preserving India's living crafts since 1964
Spans ten affiliated State Councils, touching thousands of artisan families across 28 states
Creation Welfare Society
Runs women's self-help groups, skill training and youth employability programmes.
3,800+ Youths Trained in Skill Development Project
Dasra
Strategic philanthropy foundation accelerating social change and equity across India
$475 M+ funds influenced
Dastkar
Reviving Indian handicrafts and craftspeople's livelihoods through bazaars and training since 1981
Working with over 1 lakh craftspeople in 25 states across India
Dastkar Andhra
Sustaining handloom weaving as a viable rural livelihood
Dastkari Haat Samiti
India's national craftspeople's association, founder of Delhi's Dilli Haat, since 1986
75,000+ artisans enabled through Dilli Haat
Deendayal Research Institute
Rural self-reliance institute running the Chitrakoot village development programme
Its Krishna Devi Vanvasi Balika Aawasiya Vidyalaya residential school at Majhgawan in Satna district, Madhya P
Deep Pathways Foundation
Training, jobs and enterprise support for disabled people and women survivors of abuse.
Deepak Foundation
CSR arm of Deepak Group delivering healthcare, education and livelihoods across six states
2,000,000 beneficiaries
Delhi Brotherhood Society
Helping Delhi's most vulnerable realise their potential and dignity
Has served hundreds of disadvantaged individuals across Delhi every year since 1973
Deshkal Society
Research and grassroots action advancing rights and dignity for Musahar Dalit and other marginalised communities
500+ Students Empowered
Deshpande Foundation
Rural transformation from the Hubballi sandbox
6,000 farm ponds built since 2014, irrigating more than 15,750 acres and reaching over 24,000 people in Karnat
Development Alternatives
Green technology and circular-economy solutions for rural and peri-urban India
2.5 lakh people made aware on health, nutrition, WASH and agriculture through Radio Bundelkhand (2023-24)
Development Association for Integrated Activity
Poverty-alleviation and elder care programmes for rural communities in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu
Runs eight after-school tuition centres serving over 250 children
Development Focus
Builds civil-society capacity for quality education and livelihoods among marginalised communities from Bengaluru
Nearly 2,500 children and 1,600 youth supported across 60 tribal villages in Ranchi, Gumla and Simdega distric
DHAN Foundation
Grassroots development organisation building community institutions for water, farming and microfinance.
58,76,912 families reached across 33,000+ villages in 16 states (REACH at a Glance, as on 31 Mar 2025)
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF)
Bridging India's digital divide through access, literacy and empowerment
Ran its Digital Emergency Relief Programme through Community Information Resource Centres at 600+ locations ac
Digital Green Trust
AI-powered farming advisory reaching millions of Indian farmer households
5.5M smallholder farmers reached (50% women)
Diksha Foundation
Holistic education for children and youth and livelihoods for women in Bihar since 2010
2,000+ children and youth
Dilasa Sanstha
Reviving phad diversion irrigation for smallholder farmers in Vidarbha
Reached 59,000 beneficiaries across 845 villages in Maharashtra
Diocesan Social Service Society, Imphal (DSSS)
Development wing of the Archdiocese of Imphal running vocational, agricultural and relief programmes across Manipur
Disha Foundation
Supporting migrant and tribal communities across health, livelihood and legal empowerment
800,000+ migrant workers reached till 2023
Diya Foundation
Bengaluru vocational-training centre preparing adults with intellectual disabilities for employment since 1999
600+ students with intellectual disabilities trained in 26 years, including 70+ students trained in 2024-25
Don Bosco Ashalayam
Shelter, education and skills for street and railway-station children in Howrah and Kolkata.
155,000+ children have been assisted since the inception
Don Bosco Tech Society
Skilling India — employment-linked vocational training for marginalised youth
A network of over 300 institutions across 217 districts in India offering formal, non-formal and short-term tr
Dor Foundation
Funds tuition-fee waivers and career workshops for financially disadvantaged college students in Uttarakhand
Supported 500+ beneficiaries through 100+ workshops with 30+ partner universities
Dr. Gordon Memorial Trust
Education, health, livelihood and women's programmes in rural Tamil Nadu districts.
Dr. Reddy's Foundation
Skilling and livelihood programmes for disadvantaged youth
26,91,201 people skilled and placed between 1996 and 2024
Dream School Foundation
Connects government schools, children and communities to improve education equity in Bengaluru since 2005
750+ students from government schools across 7 centres in Haveri took part in Phase 1 of DSF's TYDE Rural NMMS
DWAR - Development Wheel Against Recession Foundation
Provides tuition, career guidance and employability workshops for underprivileged youth in Patna
2487 Benefeciaries
Earth5R
Community-driven environmental sustainability and circular economy NGO
273 ESG projects delivered
Eastern Himalayan Foundation
Youth leadership development programmes for mountain communities in Darjeeling and Kalimpong
Trailblazer Fellowship reached 1,600+ youth/children across 8 villages, towns and tea gardens through 12 commu
Ecosphere
Responsible travel and sustainable development in Spiti
Educational & Development Initiatives
Delhi-registered society providing education and vocational support in Delhi, Haryana and Mumbai
Educational & Development Initiatives (EDI) served approximately 3,000 community members during 2023-24 throug
Educational and Development Initiatives (Kamalini)
Runs the Kamalini vocational training centre for women near Gurugram.
Over 15600 direct beneficiaries through community-focused activities
EDUCATR - Education Communication and Development Trust
Madurai grassroots trust running education, health, SHG and livelihood programmes since 1997
324 children supported through 10 Bridge School Education Centres for economically disadvantaged families, 202
edYouth Learning Foundation
Mumbai nonprofit offering subsidised career counselling, mentorship and life-skills training for youth
As of its 2023-24 annual report, a total of 232 young people had been associated with edYouth Learning Foundat
EFICOR
Relief and development agency responding to disasters and poverty across India since 1967.
2,343,346 people supported through emergency and disaster response (2014-2024)
Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India
One-teacher schools for rural and tribal children
89,039 single-teacher schools run in rural and tribal villages
Ekvira Foundation
Sangamner foundation training women for self-reliance and economic independence
महिला प्रशिक्षित 760+ (women trained)
Eleutheros Christian Society
For the Lost, the Last and the Least
300+ villages covered
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development
Provides mental-health counselling, education support and skills training in Delhi.
3,00,000 + Beneficiaries
EnAble India
Economic independence and dignity for people with disabilities
7,00,000 stakeholders impacted across 21 disability types since 1999
End Poverty India
Rural livelihoods, sustainable agriculture and dairy development since 2009
250,000+ people reached
Entrepreneurs Associates
Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem for Nagaland's first-generation entrepreneurs
18,000+ first-generation entrepreneurs trained, mentored and financed
Esther Learning Foundation
Helps Dalit and Adivasi young women in Telangana access careers and challenge caste and gender norms
ETASHA Society
Employability skilling for youth, adolescents and women in Delhi's low-income communities since 2006
417,240+ people impacted
Evitas Foundation
Central India nonprofit helping ultra-poor households graduate out of extreme poverty from Gwalior
Family of Disabled (FoD)
Delhi organisation helping people with disabilities become economically self-reliant since 1992
Family Service Centre
Keeping families together in Mumbai since 1955
Reached out to over 13,000 children in difficult circumstances over four decades
Farm2Food Foundation
Growing farmpreneurs in the school gardens of the North East
70000 students benefitted from improved mid-day meals
Fishermen Community Development Programme (FCDP)
Salesian-led development for Kollam's fishing communities since 1979
Over 1,30,000 meals distributed among the poor and sick
Forest First Samithi
Community-driven invasive-species removal and forest restoration in Wayanad, Kerala since 2010
775+ acres of land under restoration
Forum for Integrated Development and Research (FIDR)
Bhubaneswar organisation working on women's empowerment, livelihoods and youth development
Foundation for Health and Learning Empowerment
Nonsectarian nonprofit for health, education, livelihood and humanitarian relief.
Foundation for Social Transformation
Indigenous philanthropic organisation enabling grassroots initiatives across Northeast India
103,552+ direct beneficiaries
Freedom Wings Foundation
Inclusive education, rehabilitation and livelihood programmes for people with disabilities in Bengaluru
Friends Union for Energising Lives (FUEL)
Skill-development and career-training nonprofit that has reached over a million underserved youth
1,252,188+ students reached
Friends' Association for Rural Reconstruction
Rural reconstruction organisation serving tribal and Dalit communities in Odisha.
Covers more than 300 villages in Odisha through its livelihood, watershed, agriculture and women's empowerment
Gandhigram Trust
Gandhian trust running schools, Kasturba Hospital and khadi village industries since 1947.
Its Kasturba Hospital served 55,270 out-patients and 4,506 in-patients in 2024-25, conducting 956 deliveries a
Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh
Gandhian rural organisation working on land rights and livelihoods in north Bihar
Supported 5,234 households across about 60 villages of north Bihar to establish health and nutrition gardens i
GiftAbled Foundation
Accessibility consulting, inclusion training and livelihoods for people with disabilities
31422+ community members engaged
GiveIndia
India's largest online donation platform
GMR Varalakshmi Foundation
The CSR engine of the GMR Group
4+ million lives positively impacted (FY 2025-26)
Godrej Foundation
Grants to catalyse inclusive economic growth in India
Goonj
Cloth for Work — turning urban surplus into a rural development resource
72 million kgs of material handled (April 2014 – March 2025)
Gram Sathi
Community mobilisation NGO working across Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha
Reaches 2,208,654 families across 29,813 villages in 79 districts of 5 states (Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal,
Gram Vikas
Rural communities leading their own water, sanitation and habitat work
600,000 people reached in 1,700 villages
Gram Vikas Sewa Sansthan
Runs women's literacy, education and sustainable livelihood work in Amethi district.
7 Lakh+ People served
Gram-Utthan
Rural livelihoods, skills and health programmes in coastal Odisha.
Works across 25 districts, 94 blocks, 2,035 gram panchayats and 11,555 villages of Odisha (Annual Report 2022-
Grameen Development Services (GDS)
Lucknow professional development organisation strengthening rural livelihoods across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan
In FY 2024-25 Grameen Development Services reached 87,230 households living in 977 villages across 781 village
Grameen Sahara
Sustainable livelihood promotion for rural households in Assam and Meghalaya.
194,500 households
Gramin Mahila Vikas Sansthan (GMVS)
Grassroots social empowerment for women in rural Ajmer
1.7 million+ people benefited
Gramin Samassya Mukti Trust
Sustainable agriculture, water conservation and rural livelihoods work in Yavatmal.
Facilitated Community Forest Rights for 760 villages in coordination with government line departments and also
Gramin Vikas Evam Chetna Sansthan
Empowers women artisans and marginalised Thar Desert communities through craft
So far, more than 50,000 women have benefited from these programs, and thousands of women have become self-rel
Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT)
Farmer, water and livelihood development from Noida, Uttar Pradesh
27 lakh+ people impacted through more than 500 development projects
Gramya Vikash Mancha
Rural development, safe water and women's livelihoods work in Assam.
Under the Holistic Rural Development Programme, Gramya Vikash Mancha distributed 1,500 coconut saplings to 250
Grassroot
Indigenous rights and gender-focused community organising in Meghalaya since 2007
12 Completed Projects and 6 Ongoing Projects
Gujarat Rajya Gram Vikas Samiti (GRGVS)
Rural development and shelters for the urban homeless across Gujarat, since 1988
5,00,000+ underserved rural community members benefitted
Gulabi Gang
Pink-sari women protecting the powerless in Bundelkhand
Approximately 1.4 million women in iconic pink saris are associated with the movement
Gyanoday Foundation
Runs education centres, scholarships and vocational training for underprivileged children and youth in Meerut and Delhi-NCR
In last two decades, over 20,000 children from economically weaker households in the state of Uttar Pradesh ha
Habitat for Humanity India
Decent housing and disaster response for vulnerable families
57,816 homes built and repaired for low-income families
Hand in Hand India
Tackling poverty through self-help groups, job creation and integrated community development
Created over 10 million jobs in 2 decades
Happy Horizons Trust
Uses human-centred design and technology for rural education, youth leadership and literacy
35000+ Students Outreached
Harsha Trust
Livelihood security and women's self-help institutions in tribal Odisha.
Strengthened over 33,228 WSHGs
Hasiru Dala
Giving Bengaluru's informal waste pickers identity, dignity and formal employment since 2013
Impacting over 25,000 waste pickers and their families across two states, 18 cities, 38 taluks and 64 villages
HCLFoundation
HCLTech's foundation for urban and rural India
163,000+ people linked with social security schemes
Head Held High Foundation
Skilling and livelihoods for rural youth across 19 states
200,000 youth impacted
Healing Fields Foundation
Trains rural women as Community Health Entrepreneurs delivering health education and first aid across thousands of villages
8000 Villages and counting
Healing Himalayas Foundation
Clearing and managing waste across the Himalayan states, with mountain-ready recovery facilities
1,000+ cleanup drives, with volunteers trekking 10,000+ km
HeART Beat Foundation
Chennai trust promoting art by artists with disabilities to support their livelihoods
HELP Foundation JK
Homes, vocational training and healing for Kashmir's women and children
Trained more than 10,000 women in vocational skills over the last three decades
Hinduja Foundation
Healthcare, education, water and culture since 1968
Helping 1,000+ children with Type 1 diabetes thrive
Hindustan Zinc CSR (Vedanta)
Education, livelihoods and women's empowerment across rural Rajasthan
4,100+ villages impacted through initiatives in education, health, livelihoods and women's empowerment
Hoovinahole Foundation
Renovates government schools and runs skill and livelihood programmes for rural children, youth and women in Karnataka
Hoovinahole Foundation has completed its 44th school renovation project
HOPE Foundation
Grassroots nonprofit working since 1991 on education, skilling and community development
Projects Completed: 250+
Human Welfare Association (HWA)
Varanasi NGO supporting handloom weavers, women's self-help groups and farmers across rural Uttar Pradesh
Human Welfare Association facilitates the Going Green project for the handloom sector in Varanasi, working wit
Human Welfare Charitable Trust (HWCT)
Mumbai-based trust connecting underprivileged children and youth to education, skills and employment
1,800+ children supported, 1,250+ families receiving food relief, and support extended to 2,500+ persons with
Humana People to People India
Development organisation running education, health, livelihood and community programmes across 17 states.
In 2024-25 HPPI implemented over 100 projects across 17 states, together with more than 1.1 million people in
Humanity Always First Charitable Trust
Delhi trust running health camps, cataract surgeries, skilling and food/clothing drives for the underprivileged
19 free mega health check-up camps reaching 2,039 beneficiaries, 55 free cataract surgeries and 240 free readi
Hunnarshala Foundation
Kutch-based nonprofit combining traditional craftsmanship with modern building science for disaster-resilient housing
These technical guidelines and manual enabled more than 100 villages to rebuild using earth technologies.
I Create India
Trains and mentors army veterans to launch grassroots businesses.
As on July 2026: 27974+ Training Program Participants
I Donate Organisation
Andhra Pradesh NGO promoting blood and organ donation alongside orphan care and livelihood programmes
Engages 400+ volunteers every year through programmes run with a network of 30+ partner non-profits across Ind
Ibtada
Women's collectives and girls' education across the Mewat region
Reached more than 63,500 households across 650 villages
ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
ICICI Bank's foundation for skilling, health and financial inclusion
19.83mn lives impacted
IDEA (Foundation for Initiatives in Development and Education for All)
Pune NGO running study centres, scholarships and skilling programmes for underprivileged children and women
Reaches approximately 3,500 underprivileged children, women and youth annually
Ikka Learning Foundation
Hyderabad social enterprise building Women's Learning Centres for skills, entrepreneurship and financial wellbeing
In For The Cause
Helps persons with disabilities earn a livelihood from their own skilled work.
Since its founding in 2017, In For The Cause has worked with over 50,000 persons with disabilities across 18 s
Inclusive Divyangjan Entrepreneur Association (IDEA)
Builds a livelihood and entrepreneurship ecosystem for persons with disabilities through incubation, training and a jobs portal
1999+ Entrepreneurs incubated
Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals
Professional body delivering agricultural extension and rural skilling
Has cumulatively reached 1.2 million farmers, with 20,000 farmers covered through conservation agriculture in
Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS)
Building resilient livelihoods and advocating for the rights of India's urban homeless
13,000+ families reached
Indus Action
Delhi nonprofit helping vulnerable citizens access welfare entitlements, winner of the 2026 Skoll Award for Social Innovation
Since 2013, Indus Action has supported approximately 7,94,170 individuals access over INR 750 crores worth of
Industree Foundation
Women-owned producer enterprises from farm to market
600,000 cumulative lives impacted
InShakti Foundation
Noida-based skilling foundation building employability and entrepreneurship for disadvantaged youth and women
Institute of Social Responsibility & Accountability (ISRA)
Delhi institute working on livelihood and employability programmes
Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)
Rural health, livelihood and child protection across Bihar and Jharkhand
6,786 beneficiaries from deprived communities benefited in FY2024-25, including 3,921 Scheduled Caste and 2,64
iVolunteer
Connecting volunteers with NGOs and corporates across India
15,000+ volunteers engaged every year
J.K. Trust
Raymond Group's rural livelihood and women's empowerment trust
7.5M households benefited
Jaljeevika - Centre for Aquatic Livelihood
Builds fisheries-based livelihoods for small-scale inland fish farmers.
Our Matsya Sakhis program has trained over 5,000 women, creating sustainable micro-enterprises and fostering e
Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation
Promoting Gandhian constructive work since 1977
Jan Vikas Samiti
Known for disability-inclusive development, community health and skill training.
Jan Vikas Samiti is transforming the lives of children with disabilities, reaching 4,000 children across 14 st
Janakalyan
Raichur-district organisation for rural development and women's livelihoods since 1997
Beneficiaries Served: 35430
Janmitram Kalyan Samiti
Raigarh NGO born out of forest-management work, running health, education and livelihood programmes for forest villages
Over the last 15 years JanMitram has changed the lives of more than 6,000 families and brought them into the m
Janvikas
Support organisation building community institutions and rights access in Gujarat
1,425 community leaders developed (five years to 31 March 2024)
Jeevan Rekha Parishad
Community empowerment and human rights organisation working across Odisha.
Joining Hands
Scholarships and job-skills training for less privileged youth in Delhi.
850+ Scholarships Awarded
K.C. Mahindra Education Trust
Mahindra Group's education trust funding scholarships for Indian students since 1953
61 years transforming the lives of over 3,80,000 students and counting
KADAM
Reviving natural-fibre handicraft skills and rural livelihoods since 2006
10,000+ artisans impacted
Kala Raksha
Traditions are preserved when they flourish
Kalanjiyam Trust
Education, health and livelihood programmes for rural communities in Tamil Nadu
Education Supported: 2000+
Kalike
Bengaluru-based Tata Trusts associate working on early childhood, education, water and livelihoods in three states
Kalike currently works across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya, impacting more than 8,00,000 (800,000) peop
Kalvari Development
Feeds abandoned elderly people, schools girl children and teaches tailoring skills.
Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation
Self-reliant villages through water and farming
1,27,000 farming families benefitted
Kanavu
Works with rural schools and women's livelihoods across coastal Cuddalore.
1200 children | 4 schools | 200+ women
kanthari
Kerala leadership institute training social changemakers from the margins, co-founded by Sabriye Tenberken.
323 changemakers trained from 57 countries, founding 210+ organisations
Karra Society for Rural Action
Rural action on women's rights, livelihoods and local governance in Jharkhand.
524+ villages
Kashtakari Panchayat
Organises Pune waste pickers to reclaim livelihoods through recycling work.
Under the aegis of SWaCH, more than 3,900 waste pickers are formally integrated into the city's municipal soli
Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust
Rural women's welfare trust founded in Kasturba Gandhi's memory in 1945, now spanning 22 state branches
The Trust operates from its headquarters at Kasturbagram, Indore, with 22 state branches all over the country.
Katalyst India
Preparing young women from low-income backgrounds for STEM and leadership careers
1,777 women directly impacted across 4 cities, with 908 currently in the programme
Katral
Educates children and empowers women for sustainable livelihoods in Dharmapuri district
120 Children Impacted
Kaushalya Foundation
Organises Bihar's vegetable farmers and vendors into a modern, profitable supply chain.
Mobilised 6,000 farmers and promoted 4 Farmer Producer Companies
Keshav Suri Foundation
Skilling, mental health support and workplace inclusion for LGBTQIA+ Indians.
Founded by Keshav Suri
Keshava Kripa Samvardhana Samiti (KKSS)
Runs Abhyudaya free learning centres for deprived children around Bengaluru.
Currently, Abhyudaya reaches out to more than 5,000 students, spread across 180+ FLCs in underprivileged and r
Keystone Foundation
Reviving indigenous beekeeping and biodiversity conservation in the Nilgiris
356+ villages worked in
Khamir
Reviving the crafts and cultural ecology of Kutch, Gujarat
Khangchendzonga Conservation Committee
Conserving the Khangchendzonga sacred landscape in Sikkim
60+ people trained in pottery-making
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (Yuva Parivartan)
Livelihood and vocational-skill training giving education-deprived youth a second chance
12,50,000 students trained and certified
Kinnar Asmita
Transgender-led rights and livelihood organisation in Thane, Maharashtra since 2010
2,600+ reached with HIV/AIDS treatment and support
KITES India
Youth-led NGO for community development and social innovation in Kerala
1,200+ Students Supported
Kolkata Society for Cultural Heritage
Combines heritage conservation with women's livelihoods in the Sundarbans and eastern India
12+ years of service
Kotak Education Foundation
Kotak group's foundation educating and skilling children from low-income communities.
Its Foundational Literacy and Numeracy project engaged over 400 teachers in 65 Mumbai schools, with quantified
Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra
Total Village Management for sustainable rural development in Jharkhand
38,982.5 hectares treated under integrated watershed management programmes across Jharkhand districts
Kriti Social Initiatives
Works in Hyderabad's slums on education for children and livelihoods for women.
Over 15 years, Kriti Social Initiatives has provided 5000 scholarships and impacted 12000 government school ch
Kshamata
Counselling, literacy, vocational training and livelihoods for women survivors of violence and trafficking
5,000+ women reached with literacy, life-skill education and counselling
L&T Public Charitable Trust
Larsen & Toubro's CSR arm reaching underprivileged children, women and youth across seven states
Ladli Foundation Trust
Grassroots NGO working on health, education and social protection for women and children in slums.
Grassroots initiatives have positively impacted over 3.5 million children, women, adolescents and community me
Lakshyam
Child education, toy libraries and women's livelihoods in India's slums
300,000 lives impacted directly
LEDeG (Ladakh Ecological Development Group)
Building a sustainable Ladakh through renewable energy and eco-livelihoods
100+ projects completed since founding in 1983
Leh Nutrition Project (LNP)
Ladakh's first local NGO, working on livelihoods and climate resilience since 1979
5,000 beneficiaries reached
Lend A Hand India
Vocational and skill education for secondary-school students
2 million+ students in school-based vocational training
Lha Charitable Trust
Social work institute serving Tibetan refugees and Himalayan communities.
14,505 students have received language instruction from Lha since its inception in Dharamsala
Light of Life Trust
Educates and skills rural youth across India through Project Anando and Project Jagruti
Literacy India
Education, employability and empowerment programmes for underserved communities
6.1M+ lives touched
Lok Kalyan Samiti
Delhi voluntary organisation running free cataract surgery camps, clinics and vocational training.
Lok Kalyan Samiti's social impact record for its New Delhi programmes includes 5,477 young girls empowered thr
Lok Kalyan Seva Kendra
Grassroots development body in Pakur running education and livelihood programmes
Lok Seva Sangam
Bringing better health and education to the underprivileged
1,575,000 patients received in mobile clinics since inception
Lokadrusti
Voluntary organisation working on migration, education and farm livelihoods in western Odisha.
Lokadrusti formed and strengthened 1200 Women Self Help Groups, 3 Block level Federation, 80 Youth Clubs, 120
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
Science and technology for pro-poor, pro-nature rural development
645,000 households touched
M.S. Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation
Mental health for all in southern Tamil Nadu
Magic Bus India Foundation
Moving children and youth out of poverty
4,079,228 adolescents reached (April 2025 - March 2026)
Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha
Empowerment of women through education since 1896
More than 32,000 girl students are taking education across campuses all over Maharashtra
Mahashakti Foundation
Livelihoods and microfinance for underserved communities in Kalahandi
300,000 beneficiaries
Mahila Arthik Sanskritik Evam Shaikshik Vikas Sansthan
Varanasi society with women's livelihood projects, a pathshala and an old age home
Mahita
Community organising and livelihood skilling for marginalised women and girls in Telangana
188,899 lives reached and 160,000 children mainstreamed into education over 30 years
Making A Difference Foundation
Mumbai NGO for education, health, civic awareness and livelihood programmes
Manav Jeevan Vikas Samiti
Rural development and tribal livelihoods work based in Katni district.
Provided humanitarian relief to 956 families across 16 villages of Dhimarkheda block, Katni district, Madhya P
Manav Seva Sansthan "SEVA"
Anti-trafficking and community development work across eastern Uttar Pradesh.
85 parallel education centres covering about 90 villages in 5 districts of Uttar Pradesh
Manav Vikas Sansthan
Rural development across climate action, education, livelihoods and health in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana
1,72,000+ beneficiaries
MANAVLOK (Marathwada Navnirman Lokayat)
Rural reshaping for landless labourers and marginal farmers in Marathwada
21,76,304 total beneficiaries
Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network (MWGSN)
Supporting Manipur's women and families widowed and wounded by gun violence
Manjari Foundation
Builds women's collectives and rural livelihoods across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Manjari Foundation's programmes have empowered over 12.44 lakh people, mainly women, through 8,567 self-help g
Mann Deshi Foundation
Entrepreneurship training for rural women, sister organisation to India's first women's cooperative bank
400,000 women have participated in the women's empowerment programmes
Manuvikasa
Environment, women's empowerment and rural development across coastal Karnataka
3,813 farm ponds built
Manzil
Free education, arts and computer-skills learning community for underprivileged youth
250+ children currently study, teach, learn and follow their passion at Manzil
Margshala Foundation
Trains rural youth in the Western Himalayas to build local livelihoods through entrepreneurship and skill development.
Now in its fifth year, the fellowship program has supported 212 fellows across five cohorts in Uttarakhand
Masoom
Night schools for working students
94,500+ lives transformed
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS)
The grassroots movement that pioneered India's Right to Information Act
MBA Foundation
Rehabilitation, education and skill training for differently-abled youth and their parents
Medha
Employability training that helps young people in Uttar Pradesh start rewarding careers
Mega International
Patna NGO running free education, literacy drives and vocational training for the poor.
Mentor Together
One-on-one and digital career mentoring for young people from low-income backgrounds.
58,000+ Mentees
Mera Parivar
Runs health, WASH, education, and livelihood programs across 18 districts in India from its Gurugram base.
2.5 million+ lives positively impacted through children's education
Mijwan Welfare Society
Shabana Azmi-led society empowering rural girls in Uttar Pradesh
Working for the girl child and women of rural Awadh since 1993 — founded by poet Kaifi Azmi, led by Shabana Az
Founded by Shabana Azmi
Mission Foundation Movement
Humanity knows no border
Over 600 new and existing entrepreneurs supported
Mitr Trust
Shelter, healthcare and livelihoods for India's transgender community
Mitra Jyothi
Talking books, independent-living skills and job placement for visually impaired people since 1990
36,000+ primary beneficiaries
MITRA Technology Foundation
New Delhi-based volunteer-coordination organization behind the iVolunteer program.
Engages over 17,000 participants annually
Mitti Social Initiatives Foundation
Inclusive cafes run by adults with disabilities — livelihoods with dignity
6500+ persons with disabilities skilled to start their careers
MMBA Foundation
Barmer organisation for skill development, women's empowerment, education and health
Modern Architects for Rural India (MARI)
Community-driven rural development across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
40,000+ lives impacted
Motivation India
Supports wheelchair users from isolation to inclusion with mobility aids and training
Movement for Alternatives and Youth Awareness (MAYA)
Bangalore-based nonprofit working on livelihood, education, and health since 1991.
84 women Health Entrepreneurs provided blood pressure, blood sugar and anaemia services at people's doorsteps,
Mukti
Sundarbans-born organisation working on health, education, agriculture, livelihood and disaster response in West Bengal
creating impact for more than 10 lakh beneficiaries covering about 1.5 lakhs households including 30,000 SHG w
Muskaan
Bhopal-based nonprofit working with vulnerable children and youth on education, rights, and livelihoods.
Muskaan runs 24 Azad Jugnoo Clubs across 20 bastis, reaching 1,142 children.
My Children Foundation
Kolkata-registered nonprofit providing education, mentorship, and livelihood programs in West Bengal.
350+ children supported across 7 learning centers as of FY2025-26
Myna Mahila Foundation
Women's empowerment hubs for menstrual and reproductive health
Over 1.5 million women and girls reached through sexual and reproductive health education, clinics and communi
MYRADA
Pioneer of the self-help group movement, building rural livelihoods across South India
Works with more than a million families across 18 districts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
NAAM Foundation
Actor-led foundation tackling farmer distress in Maharashtra
Movement for drought-affected farming families, started by Nana Patekar and Makarand Anaspure in September 201
Founded by Nana Patekar & Makarand Anaspure
NABET India
Gurugram NGO training differently-abled and visually impaired people for employment
Nagrik Adhikar Manch
Advocacy and capacity building for the rights of displaced and marginalised urban communities in Madhya Pradesh
11,000 people reached across 2,500 families
Naman Seva Samiti
Disability-inclusive development in central India
863 villages are part of its programmes
Nari Seva Sangha
Rebuilding women's lives in Bengal since the famine of 1944
Working Women's Hostel houses 40 women, and the Balwadi serves 40 children from low-income families
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation
Scholarships and grants supporting education, healthcare and rural development
60,000 people screened for oral, breast and cervical cancer to aid early diagnosis and treatment
Nasscom Foundation
Digital literacy, skilling and women's entrepreneurship powered by India's tech industry
Digital Literacy Programme reached 7,50,000 lives
National Association for the Blind, Delhi
Growth with dignity for the visually impaired
2.5 lakh+ beneficiaries served
National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI)
Advocating for street vendors' rights and livelihoods since 1998
To date, a total of 11 National Street Food Festivals having been organized, it is a unique fest where street
National Domestic Workers' Movement (NDWM)
Organising and protecting domestic and migrant workers since 1985
National Domestic Workers' Movement... has spread over 16 States.
National Federation of the Blind Maharashtra
Runs a school for blind girls, vocational centres and Braille publishing across Maharashtra.
At an eye check-up camp held on 17 and 18 September 2018, all 110 students of the NFBM Jagriti School for Blin
National Foundation for India (NFI)
Grantmaking and civil-society support for social justice since 1990
1.2 million marginalised lives impacted
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped, India (NASEOH)
Mumbai-based rehabilitation and integration nonprofit for persons with disabilities, established in 1968.
Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra
Putting the last first — grassroots development across Jharkhand and Bihar
Direct presence in 10 districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, reaching an additional 40 districts through a network
Nav Jagriti
Grassroots development and flood resilience work across north Bihar.
Navasrushti International Trust (DBM India)
Mumbai-region trust running education, employment, and empowerment programs for children and families in poverty.
7,500+ students impacted in 2015-2016 through the Patang Scholarship Program; 222 volunteers taught 4,000+ und
Navjyoti India Foundation
Kiran Bedi's foundation for child education, skilling and women's empowerment in Delhi-NCR
500K+ lives touched
Founded by Kiran Bedi
Navya Disha
Runs youth livelihood, WASH and sustainable-agriculture programmes from Bengaluru
4 million lives touched
NeevJivan Foundation
Creates non-farm livelihood opportunities for tribal communities in rural Maharashtra to reduce migration to cities.
5,742 beneficiaries trained across 24 vocations
NeoFusion Creative Foundation
Education, health and skill programmes for school dropouts and underprivileged youth.
New Mighty Grace Charitable Trust
Bangalore-based trust empowering underprivileged children, youth, and women through education and skill-building.
975-1000 children have benefitted from their education program
NIDAN
Organising informal-sector workers for economic security across India
29,500+ people empowered directly by Nidan in FY 2024-25
NIIT Foundation
The NIIT group's not-for-profit arm, running digital literacy and skilling centres nationwide
Reaches underserved communities across 28 states and 3 Union Territories
Nimaya Foundation
GenAI and workplace-skills training for young women from under-served communities.
10,000+ Naaris Trained
Founded by Navya Naveli Nanda
Nirmaan Organization
BITS Pilani alumni-led NGO working on education, skilling and rural transformation across 26 states.
6+ million beneficiaries impacted across 26 states and UTs
NIRMANA
Social security, health, education and legal aid for India's construction workers since 1988
3,325 migrant and construction workers outreached in 2024 through mass meetings, community meetings, help desk
Noel Foundation
Chennai-based nonprofit funding cardiac surgeries for children and education/livelihood programs across South India.
North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA)
Tata Trusts-promoted nodal agency for rural livelihoods, water and sports development across the Northeast
NYDHEE
Bhubaneswar NGO for livelihoods of ultra-poor women, WASH and disaster response
Oasis India
Preventing human trafficking and violence against women and children across four states
68 individuals rehabilitated through the Nirmal Bhavan Rehabilitation and Reintegration programme in 2024-25
Odisha Juba Prashikshyan Trust (OJPT)
Cuttack-based trust running education, skill-development, healthcare, and women's-empowerment programs.
6,000+ lives impacted
Odisha Rising Foundation
Bhubaneswar foundation for education, employability, inclusion and emergency response
Om Creations Trust
Vocational training and livelihood work for adults with developmental disabilities
359 trainees in vocational training — 159 children and 200 adults
One Step Forward Foundation (Project DEEP)
Maharashtra-registered nonprofit researching and advocating for unconditional cash-transfer welfare policy in India.
Launched India's first landscape report analysing 70+ Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) schemes in the country
ONGC Foundation
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's CSR trust funding education, health and skilling since 2014
ONGC Community School educates 1,200+ marginalized students
Organisation for Management and Development Centre (OMDC)
Scholarships, digital skills, WASH and women’s empowerment programmes in Odisha.
Orissa Rural & Urban Producers' Association (ORUPA)
Bhubaneswar federation marketing Odisha's handicraft and handloom artisans' work since 1990
Today to its credit ORUPA caters to the need of 5500 artisans families belonging to 40 different crafts all ov
Oxfam India
Working to end discrimination and inequality
7,68,000 marginalised people reached
Paani Foundation
Aamir Khan's foundation fighting drought in rural Maharashtra
5 million people impacted through water conservation and sustainable farming
Founded by Aamir Khan
Pallishree
Rural development and disaster risk reduction organisation in coastal Odisha.
Pallishree's crab-based livelihood project in coastal Odisha enhanced the income of 5,000 fishermen in 2019-20
Pan Himalayan Grassroots Development Foundation
Self-reliant mountain development across water, energy, forests and livelihoods in the central and western Himalaya
Paramparik Karigar
An association of craftspersons keeping tradition alive
PARD India (Pragathi Association for Rural Development)
Education, nutrition and livelihood support for rural Andhra Pradesh's poorest children
116,841 direct beneficiaries impacted
Pardada Pardadi Educational Society
Educates and empowers rural girls in Anupshahr, driving change across 138+ villages
Parinaam Foundation
Urban ultra-poor, financial literacy and academic adoption programmes in Bengaluru
250+ projects completed with over 4 million beneficiaries across India through the Chote Kadam initiative
Parmarth Samaj Sevi Sansthan
Water conservation and village development across the Bundelkhand region.
Developed a cadre of 1086 Jal Saheli
PC Boudh Computer & Vocational Training Organization
Delhi-based nonprofit providing computer literacy and vocational training to youth in Holambi Kalan.
5,000+ students trained since inception
Peacefic Growth Foundation
Karnataka nonprofit providing skill development, vocational training, and basic necessities to underprivileged communities.
Peermade Development Society
Tribal, farmer and women's development in Kerala's Idukki hills since 1980
Had promoted 1,994 self-help groups covering 27,958 families in Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts
Pehlay Akshar Foundation
Mumbai-registered nonprofit teaching functional English and career-readiness skills to students since 2008.
5 lakhs+ students reached
Peoples Development Society (PDS NGO)
Mobile health, literacy and livelihoods for Manipur's rural poor
Till now 1852 SHGs are formed and 250 SHGs Credit linked.
PHIA Foundation
Works with migrant workers and tribal communities on rights, livelihoods and WASH
Pilani Atmanirbhar Resource Center (PARC)
BITS Pilani alumni trust running skills, health and education programmes in Pilani.
45,000+ People Impacted — in 7 villages through Rainwater Harvesting Projects
Piramal Foundation
Tribal health, education and governance at scale
Operating across 27 states and 2 union territories
Plustrust
Bangalore-based trust providing micro-incubation support to rural women entrepreneurs across 14 states since 2008.
600+ women reached through the orientation program, with 224 fellowships offered
Pon Crystal Foundation
Trichy Section 8 company enabling women's entrepreneurship through SHGs and finance
PRADAN
Enhancing rural livelihoods for the poorest communities
Pragati Koraput
Farmer collectives and natural resource management in tribal Koraput
Operational across 14 blocks of Koraput district, South Odisha
Pragati Path
Jhansi-based voluntary development organization empowering children, women, and marginalized people since 2001.
Pratham Education Foundation
Every child in school and learning well
Reaches 7 million children and youth in a typical year
Pravah
Building youth leadership for social change across India
PrayaSapna curriculum run across 1,860 NYKS teen clubs, impacting 35,000 adolescents across 5 states (with UNF
PRAVAH
Sustainable farming, livelihood, WASH and gender programmes across Jharkhand villages
Pravikshya Education Foundation (PEF)
Maharashtra nonprofit providing rural communities with education and market-relevant skills training.
40% SkillPlus placement ratio with an average salary of ₹2.6 LPA
PRAYAS Institute for Social Development
Hyderabad voluntary organisation for girl-child education and rehabilitation since 1994
Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre
Delhi organisation serving street and working children through shelters, education and skilling since 1988.
PRAYATN Sanstha
Education, gender equality and livelihood work across Rajasthan.
More than 1,800 villages, 1,300 schools, 900 anganwadis and health facilities, 250 brick kilns and 40 urban sl
Prayatna
Empowered, self-reliant communities across Bihar and beyond
Menstrual hygiene management project positively affected over 14,000 individuals, including adolescent girls,
PRIA (Society for Participatory Research in Asia)
Building citizen and institutional capacity for participatory governance since 1982
First and largest international programme of trainers and facilitators of participatory learning in 22 languag
Pro Rural Society
Empowerment, livelihoods and health outreach for North East India since 2009
Trained 26 people in food processing at CMTC, Dimapur
Prodigals Home
Rehabilitation and hope in Nagaland since 1989
Under this programme, the organization is helping 50 grandparents from five different villages under Dimapur D
Project Chirag
Solar power and integrated rural development for off-grid villages since 2011
302,254 lives impacted
Project Potential
Career awareness, skilling and job pathways for youth in Bihar's poorest districts
7,57,474 people reached
Pune City Connect
Collaborates with Pune's civic bodies on education, skilling and community development
PURE India Trust
Builds rural women entrepreneurs and livelihoods through skilling and micro-enterprise support.
PURE India Trust has established 3600+ women-owned enterprises across 2,400+ villages, with entrepreneurship p
Purnkuti
Educates and skills children of sex workers and rural communities around Pune
Qasab
A co-operative of Kutch embroidery artisans since 1997
It is a collective,socio-cultural enterprise comprising 1,200 rural master craftswomen from 11 ethnic communit
Quest Alliance
Self-learning and 21st-century skills for young India
Network of 40,000 educators has impacted over 29,00,000 learners since 2008
Raah Foundation
Water security, agroecology and ecological restoration in the Western Ghats
Rajasthan Bal Kalyan Samiti
Lasting social impact in tribal southern Rajasthan
From a rented school premise and 17 students to 53 institutions/centres and 25409 students
Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan (RSKS India)
Grassroots organisation in Ajmer empowering women and marginalised communities.
Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust
Rural eye hospitals and women's self-help groups across North India
5,340,529 patients served by the Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital network
Raman Kant Munjal Foundation
The Hero Group's education foundation
25,00,000+ rural lives transformed
Rang De
Peer-to-peer micro-lending for low-income entrepreneurs
\u20b9117 crore+ in loans disbursed to 30,795 borrowers
Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS)
Rayalaseema rural-development trust founded in 1981 by freedom fighter N.G. Ranga and Sarvodaya leader Nirmala Deshpande
RASS is currently implementing about 21 different projects aiming to serve nearly a million people
Rehwa Society
A weavers' cooperative reviving the 300-year Maheshwari handloom tradition on the banks of the Narmada
What started as a batch of 60 students and 2 teachers, turned to double the numbers in 1995, and today the Ahi
Relearn Foundation
Learning-by-doing education and upcycling livelihoods with youth and women in Jamshedpur.
Restless Development India
Youth-led programmes on education, livelihoods, health and climate justice
1,296,662 young volunteers and changemakers directly engaged with through integrated programmes
RGVN (Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi)
Multi-state livelihoods and microfinance support organisation for rural poor women across India
200+ projects across 13 states
RightWalk Foundation
Co-creates social policy with governments to unlock education and apprenticeships
RPG Foundation
Youth skilling, women, environment and heritage
1,35,000+ community members impacted
RUCHI (Rural Centre for Human Interests)
Four decades of participatory rural development in Himachal's hills
Working in over 100 villages in the steep mountainous terrain of the Sirmour and Solan districts
Rural Communes
Watershed development and sustainable agriculture across the Western Ghats and coastal Maharashtra.
Rural Communes' NABARD-supported watershed development programme covered 1,780 hectares across 5 revenue villa
Rural Workers Development Society
Empowers rural communities of Ramanathapuram through education and skills
Sa-Dhan
India's apex association of community development finance institutions and microfinance providers
About 220 member institutions working across 33 states/UTs and over 646 districts
Saath Charitable Trust
Building pathways from vulnerability to stability for Ahmedabad's informal workforce
8,22,040+ individuals supported through health programmes
Saathi Samaj Sevi Sanstha
Craft livelihoods, health and education for communities in Bastar.
700 Villages we Work With
SAFA Society
Hyderabad non-profit empowering women from low-income communities through skills and micro-enterprise.
Its SMART Centre, established in 2014 with the Tech Mahindra Foundation, has provided job-oriented skill train
Safe In India
Reducing industrial injuries and securing compensation for factory workers
Safe in India Foundation brought together more than 1,200 workers across Gurgaon, Faridabad and Pune to launch
Safe Society
Uplifts marginalised women, children and artisans across eastern Uttar Pradesh
Sahaara Charitable Society
Serves Mumbai's vulnerable children and communities through education and care
Sahabhagi Samaj Sevi Sanstha
Kanker-district NGO building farmer self-help groups and local governance capacity in rural Chhattisgarh
Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra (SSK)
Participatory training for civil society and youth across Uttar Pradesh
75,408 individuals reached through Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra's programmes in 2022-23
Sahjeevan
Supporting pastoralist livelihoods and biodiversity conservation in Kachchh and beyond
Camel milk procurement from five collection centres in Kutch reached 5,500 litres per day in 2023-24, sustaini
Sahodari Foundation
Trans-led work on education, livelihoods and rights
12,564 transgender beneficiaries supported
Sahuliyat Kashmir Voluntary Trust
Education, healthcare and livelihood support across Srinagar and the Kashmir valley
340+ students supported
Sahyatri Foundation (Travellers' University)
Education-through-travel programmes nurturing youth as transformative leaders
SAKHI
Women's self-help groups and fisheries livelihoods in north Bihar.
1,000+ SHGs
Salaam Bombay Foundation
A child in school has a future
Changed the lives of over 5 lakh adolescents
Sam and Jane Foundation
Livelihood and income generation for poor rural women in Guntur district
Samaritan Help Mission
Schools, clinics and vocational training in Tikiapara, Howrah since 2001
6,620 students across 8 schools
SAMARPIT - Centre for Poverty Alleviation & Social Research
Poverty alleviation and tribal welfare across Chhattisgarh since 1998
500 Women Self Help Groups built for financial independence and community strength
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
Empowering people with disabilities through education and livelihood
34,000 students received education support
Samavesh
Grassroots paralegals help Pune's marginalised access welfare schemes and education
Sambhav Charitable Trust
Skill camps, menstrual hygiene and winter relief for women and children in Delhi NCR
Sambodh
Ahmedabad NGO for schooling support, women’s leadership and youth skilling.
Samerth Charitable Trust
Education, health and water security across Gujarat and Chhattisgarh
28+ years of experience
Sampark
Building women-owned institutions among Bengaluru's migrant and urban-poor communities
104,968 rural women supported through SHGs and co-operatives
Sampoorna Bamboo Kendra
Bamboo-based livelihoods and craft training for tribal communities in Melghat.
Sampoorna Bamboo Kendra has provided bamboo handicraft and bamboo housing training to more than 10,000 youth (
Samvada
Empowers young people in Karnataka through education, counselling and livelihoods
Samvedana Trust
Supports underprivileged families with nutrition, education and skill-building.
Sanatkada Trust
Lucknow trust reviving traditional crafts and heritage while building livelihoods for marginalised artisan women
Sanchal Better Living Foundation
Delhi Section 8 nonprofit for children's education, healthcare and livelihoods
Sanchetana Community Health and Research Centre
Works in Ahmedabad’s slums on health, education and income generation.
Sanjhi Sikhiya
Youth leadership and school system change across Punjab
28,222 students reached
SankalpTaru Foundation
Plant a tree, grow a tree
1,900,000 trees planted
Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal
Six-decade-old rural development institution running schools, skilling and agriculture programmes from Sagroli.
SSM's Udyamita Skill Development Centre (est. 2009) caters to 3000 rural youths annually, with approximately 7
Sarita Charitable Trust
Education centres, skill training and welfare linkage in Haridwar district since 2024
Sarthak Educational Trust
Skilling and placing persons with disabilities into jobs across India since 2008
100,000+ persons with disabilities empowered since 2008
Sarthak Manav Kushthashram
Jaipur charitable organisation for treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by leprosy
SMK is jointly working with private practitioners to provide leprosy care and DOTS services at 15 different pl
Sasakawa-India Leprosy Foundation
Mainstreaming leprosy-affected persons through socio-economic empowerment
20,000+ residents of leprosy colonies received humanitarian aid
Save Handloom Foundation
Uses blockchain authentication to fight fake handlooms and protect weaver livelihoods
SBI Foundation
State Bank of India's CSR arm funding education, healthcare and livelihoods nationwide
Over 2.44 crore lives impacted
SCOPE (Society for Creative Opportunities and Participatory Ecosystems)
Protecting the East Kolkata Wetlands and the livelihoods they sustain
Accordingly, a training camp was held on September 29, 2022 to teach IPM to villagers from 4 tribal villages -
Search Foundation
Financial inclusion and rural livelihood NGO in Maharashtra
SEEDS
Promotes sustainable agriculture, FPOs and rural livelihoods around Aruppukkottai
SELCO Foundation
Decentralised renewable energy against poverty
Enabled 5,914 health facilities across 13 Indian states with decentralised solar energy systems in 2024-25, wo
Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
Organising women workers for full employment and self-reliance
3.7 million women members
Selvi Women Education & Empowerment (SWEET) Trust
Theni trust promoting women's education, income generation and skill training
Setu Mitra India
Lucknow trust working with young people on rights, health and livelihoods.
Seva Kendra Calcutta
The social development arm of the Archdiocese of Calcutta
Seva Kendra works in eight districts of West Bengal with diversified fields of activities in social developmen
Seva Mandir
Village-level development and governance in southern Rajasthan
1,500 villages worked in
Seva Sahayog Foundation
Pune-based foundation channelling volunteers into education, women's empowerment and rural development.
311503+ beneficiaries reached with the support of 20000+ volunteers and 3254+ donors across 35+ districts (hom
Seva-in-Action
Community-based rehabilitation and inclusive education for children with disabilities in Karnataka.
The 10th edition of Quizabled reached 3,136 children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilitie
Seven Sisters Development Assistance (SeSTA)
Rural livelihood development across Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Works with 2,50,000+ rural households across 4 north-eastern states, 30 districts and 60 blocks
SEWA Bharat
All-India federation organising informal-economy women workers for livelihoods, financial inclusion and social security
3.2 million workers are associated with SEWA across 18 states in India
Sewa Bharti Delhi
Be the light of hope in someone's life
724636+ Education Beneficiaries
Sewa International
Disaster relief and community empowerment through selfless service since 1993
70 lakh+ beneficiaries
Shantala Education and Rural Development Society
Skills rural youth, women and artisans in Koppal district for sustainable livelihoods.
Shanti Maitree
Kandhamal social development group serving tribal and Dalit communities since 1989
Shanti Maitree has already achieved goal of covering 500 acres of WADI field through Plantation of High Yield
Shelter Associates
Data-driven sanitation and housing solutions for the urban poor
More than 28,000 toilets facilitated, improving conditions for more than 2 lakh individuals
Shikshan Ane Samaj Kalyan Kendra (SSKK)
Rural development and education non-profit in drought-prone Amreli, Gujarat since 1980
22,000 farmers reached
Shikshit Rojgar Kendra Prabandhak Samiti (SRKPS)
Community self-reliance and girl child rights work across Rajasthan.
Registered 745 people who inject drugs against a target of 600 under its NACO Targeted Intervention programme
Shramik Bharti
Grassroots livelihoods and sustainable agriculture from Kanpur
Three decades of work enhancing the choices of over a million people
Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP)
Self-help group federation running micro-credit and rural development programmes across Karnataka.
579951 Active SHG's
Shri Vivekanand Research and Training Institute (VRTI)
Water, agriculture and rural craft across 300 villages of drought-prone Kachchh
Programme execution area spanning 300 odd villages of Kachchh district, Gujarat
Shroffs Foundation Trust
From survival to sustainability in tribal Gujarat
Empowering 5 Lakh+ Rural Families
Shrujan
Reviving Kutch's traditional hand embroidery since 1969
SIMCODESS
Community development society serving Sirumalai hill villages in Dindigul
Sivananda Rehabilitation Home
Bringing hope to lives affected by leprosy and TB
A large well-known institute housing more than 300 patients
Smile Foundation
Changing lives, restoring dignity
Reaches over 20 lakh (2 million) children and families every year
Snehadeep Trust for the Disabled
Education, skills and employment for visually impaired students in Karnataka since 1999
365 visually-impaired children given primary education
Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
Community-based conservation of the endangered snow leopard
Since 2002, SLC-IT has trained over 130 families to offer homestays across Ladakh under its Himalayan Homestay
Social and Development Research & Action Group (SADRAG)
Education, child protection and livelihood programmes in Noida and western UP.
Social Change and Development (SCAD)
Community development organisation serving villages of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari districts since 1985
Since starting in 1985, we have helped around 600 villages with a population of around 600,000 with our commun
Social Integrated Rural Development Society (SIRDS)
Tirupati NGO running over 50 slum study centres and student scholarships since 2003
supports around 130 students annually with scholarships
Social Shapes Foundation
Delhi non-profit coaching rural youth aged 10-24 on education and career pathways
3,900 young adults reached across 145 villages and 12 gram panchayats
Social Venture Partners India (SVP Philanthropy Foundation)
Pan-India collaborative philanthropy network that has granted over 25 crore to 90+ non-profits since 2012
20,000+ lives impacted
Society for Participatory Integrated Development (SPID)
Delhi NGO working with marginalised communities since 2004, FCRA and 80-G registered
2,320+ children supported through CCI (Child Care Institutions)
Society for Poor People Development (SPPD)
Education, vocational skilling and nutrition support in Tiruchirapalli district
50,000+ women reached through women empowerment programmes
Society for Upliftment of People with People's Organization & Rural Technology (SUPPORT)
Hazaribagh organisation working against poverty since 1998
25+ years of social development impact
Sol's ARC
Mumbai centre providing therapy, inclusive education and employment pathways for people with autism and intellectual disabilities
1.7 million children impacted over 18 years of operation
Solidarity Foundation
Supporting sex workers and gender/sexual minorities to build leadership and livelihoods
SOLUTION
Jamshedpur non-profit for sustainable, inclusive development since 2008
348 total beneficiaries under the Hospitality (BPL) livelihood program
South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies
Apex body of artisanal fish workers' cooperatives across South India
9,104 member fishermen organised through 153 primary societies in eight districts of Southern peninsular India
Sparsh Educational & Health Care Society
Runs a school, health services and skill programmes in Mayurbhanj district
SPECTRA
Rural Alwar NGO for women's empowerment, health, education and livelihood since 1996
Spherule Foundation
Education, women's empowerment and CSR programmes across 20 states since 2017
SPYM (Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses)
Drug treatment, rehabilitation and community development
Over 5,500 beneficiaries cared for daily through 65+ shelters in Delhi
SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)
Reviving water bodies and rural livelihoods across central India
5,01,799 rural families reached to become self-reliant
Srijan Ek Soch
Education non-profit reaching underprivileged children in villages around Lucknow
20,000+ children reached across 200+ villages
Srinivasan Services Trust
The social arm of TVS Motor Company
2,500 villages reached
SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions)
Honey Bee Network organisation supporting grassroots innovators
SRISTI has organized 15 competitions amongst 707 rural participants yielding a total of 1638 traditional recip
Sristi Foundation
An inclusive, self-sustaining village for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
340+ children with special needs supported
SRM Foundation
Chennai non-profit working on education, skilling, healthcare and livelihoods for underserved communities
9,500+ patients at community health camps in 2025
Srujna
Empowers women with skills, market linkage and financial literacy for livelihoods
SRUTI (Society for Rural Urban and Tribal Initiative)
Fellowships for grassroots leaders since 1983
6.8 lakh families covered
Star Youth Association (SYA)
Rural development association founded by Velugodu village youth in 1980
Trust by clients: 25,000 farmers, 18.17 lakhs households/community members, local CBOs particularly children,
Stree Mukti Sanghatana
Advancing gender justice and women's livelihoods, including waste-picker empowerment, in Mumbai since 1975
Works with 3,000 women wastepickers
Suhit Jeevan Trust
Special school and vocational training for children with disabilities in Raigad district.
Suhit Jeevan Trust's Sumangal Special School at Pen, Raigad, serves 75 beneficiaries in the 6-18 age group, an
Sulabh International
Sanitation, dignity and the end of manual scavenging
Over 20 million people use Sulabh facilities every single day
Suma Blessings Foundation
Delhi non-profit for holistic development of marginalised families since 2021
1 million+ meals served across 3 states
Sumanahalli Society
Bengaluru centre serving people affected by leprosy, HIV/AIDS and disability.
Sumanahalli Society, established at Bengaluru in 1977, records cumulative service totals of 5,701 leprosy case
Sundarban Foundation
Supporting tiger-victim families and women in the Sundarbans
Surge Impact Foundation
Strengthens India's social impact ecosystem through incubation and skilling
Suyam Charitable Trust
Chennai trust tackling child labour, school dropouts and youth distress since 1999
2 SCHOOLS
SVATANYA India Foundation
Social enterprise helping women in Delhi's urban slums earn a livelihood from home
1150+ impacted women
SWaCH
The world's largest waste-picker-led cooperative, formalising door-to-door waste collection
10,00,000 (1 million) households covered daily
Swachha Bahuuddeshiya Sanstha
Amravati NGO running a women's shelter home and livelihood-linked cloud kitchen
35,000 meals served since 2023 to patients and caregivers at Irwin Hospital, Amravati, through the Don Ghas ki
Swades Foundation
Community-driven rural transformation, one million lives at a time
1.19 Mn people reached and 668K lives impacted
Swadha Foundation
Bengaluru foundation funding higher education for rural, low-income students since 2010
350+ Swadha-funded students have pursued graduation so far
Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI)
Secular Delhi institute for women's and children's education, health and livelihood since 1964
provides free eye care and treatment to over 12,000 patients annually, in collaboration with AIIMS Delhi and V
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement
Health, education and livelihoods for tribal and rural communities
70,000 people access better healthcare through SVYM's institution- and community-based programmes
SWAN Welfare Association
Pune community organisation for health, social inclusion and human rights since 2023
1,000+ people benefited
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Women-led climate-resilient farming and rural enterprise
Works across 8 states, 37 districts, 60 blocks and 3,729 villages, and has empowered 11,500+ women leaders (20
SwitchON Foundation
Kolkata nonprofit driving renewable energy access and climate-resilient rural livelihoods since 2008
SwitchON Foundation's presence and impact as of its 2024-25 annual report: 88 FPOs and Agri Clusters, 100,000+
Synergy Sansthan
Youth and adolescent development programmes in rural Madhya Pradesh.
Has groomed 60,000+ youth leaders and impacted 300,000 lives across 21 districts of Madhya Pradesh, including
Tagore Society for Rural Development
One of eastern India's oldest rural development societies, active in the Sundarbans since 1969.
Works across 1,950 villages in 42 blocks of 10 districts in West Bengal and Jharkhand
Tamil Nadu Differently Abled Federation Charitable Trust
Disability-led trust for education, livelihoods and mobility aids in Tamil Nadu.
Tata Trusts
One of India's oldest philanthropic organisations
India's oldest philanthropic institution — established in 1892 by Jamsetji Tata
Team Everest
A volunteering platform and education scholarship programme open to anyone, anywhere
1 Lakh volunteers inspired from India and 30 more countries
TeamLease Foundation
Skilling, apprenticeships and CSR programmes for underserved youth
TeamLease Education Foundation reported 1,435 total beneficiaries in financial year 2020-2021 (1,105 male and
Tech Mahindra Foundation
Education, skilling and disability inclusion
7,50,309 beneficiaries impacted directly across all programmes (as of 30 September 2025)
Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE)
Clean energy, water management and livelihoods through appropriate technology
236,252 people impacted
TEZAS Foundation for Disabled
Hyderabad trust for visually impaired and underprivileged youth since 2014
To begin with 10 students are being trained and prepared by professionals to appear for competitive exams for
TGG Foundation Charitable Trust
Wayanad trust building self-reliance skills for college students, FCRA and Darpan certified
The Association of People with Disability (APD)
Rehabilitation, inclusive education and livelihoods for people with disabilities across South India since 1959
10,00,000+ people served
The Barabari Collective
Hyderabad non-profit that upskills youth from Tier-3 government colleges into freelance tech and design careers.
180+ youth trained and 112 students placed in jobs across 3 states
The Bharath Abhyudaya Seva Samithi (BASS)
Guntur social-service society for children, youth, women and disaster relief since 1978
More than 250 children benefitting through this schools facilitating free primary education and upper primary
The Blind Relief Association, Nagpur (TBRAN)
Help the Handicap — educating the visually challenged since 1928
About 130 blind students, boys and girls, accommodated free of cost in its hostel
The Desai Foundation Trust
Health, livelihood and menstrual equity programmes across rural India
13 million+ people directly impacted by their programs
The Goat Trust
Turning goat rearing into a reliable livelihood for rural women
600,000+ families reached across 14 Indian states in 18 years
The Hans Foundation
Philanthropic grants across health, education and livelihoods
Public Charitable Trust funding not-for-profit organisations across India since 2009
The Leprosy Mission Trust India
India's largest leprosy-focused organisation
100,495 leprosy consultations in 2025
The Ma Foi Foundation
Chennai foundation enabling education, health and livelihood for the disadvantaged
The Organisation for the Development of People (ODP)
Service towards integrated human development in southern Karnataka
Working across 1,281 villages in 4 districts, 21 taluks and 123 urban slums covering about 21,000 sq km
The Safa Educational Welfare and Charitable Trust
Hyderabad trust running education, healthcare, livelihood, and disaster-response programs since 2010.
20,000+ tons of waste diverted from landfills
The Timbaktu Collective
Regenerating ecosystems and rural livelihoods in drought-prone Andhra Pradesh since 1990
48,731 families reached across 347 villages
The/Nudge Institute
Toward a poverty-free India, within our lifetime
Active in 8 states, serving 100K+ households through livelihood programmes
Thiru Trust
Advocate-led Madurai trust for human rights, gender equality and sustainability
Thozhi Federation
Federation of women workers across 15 districts of Tamil Nadu
Thrive India
Delhi nonprofit working across health, education, livelihoods and environment.
Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre
Rehabilitation and livelihood self-sufficiency for Tibetan refugees through traditional handicrafts since 1959
Exports traditional Tibetan carpets and handicrafts to 36 countries worldwide
Tiljala Society for Human and Educational Development
Kolkata organisation supporting rag-picker communities through education, livelihoods, and rights advocacy since 1987.
Provides a safe space and educational support for 600 children, 3 hours every day
Tisser Artisans Trust
Bridging rural artisans to modern markets while preserving traditional crafts since 2015
50,000+ artisans empowered
Tomorrow's Foundation
Kolkata NGO for primary education, skills and children with disabilities
Torpa Rural Development Society for Women
Adivasi women's collectives, natural farming and schooling in Khunti district
Transform Rural India Foundation
Tata Trusts-backed foundation driving village-level poverty reduction across India's poorest districts
Engaged across 8 states, 42 districts, 165 blocks, 2,405 Gram Panchayats and 20,399 villages
Tribal Health Initiative
Tribal hospital and community health programme in the Sittilingi valley of Tamil Nadu.
Tribal Health Initiative's base hospital is a 35-bedded unit admitting surgical, medical and obstetric patient
Trust Community Livelihoods (TCL)
Rural livelihoods, education and gender equality across eastern Uttar Pradesh
Operates across 19 blocks and 502 villages, reaching 1,25,000 households
Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India
Skills training and dignified retail employment, with a focus on inclusion
46,414+ persons with disabilities have been impacted through TRRAIN's retail livelihoods programmes
TYCIA Foundation
Education, prison reform and youth livelihood programmes across India since 2011
Udayam Charitable Trust
Dindigul trust providing education, rehabilitation, and livelihood support for people with disabilities since 1997.
26 years of service
Udayan Care
Nurturing lives, regenerating dignity
76,000 youth trained through skilling programmes
Udaykriti Foundation
New Delhi foundation using sports and digital-skills training to reach vulnerable youth in urban slums.
Udbhav Public Charitable Trust
Rural trust in East Champaran running skills, health and disaster-preparedness work.
UDGI Foundation
Moradabad-based nonprofit running education, health, and livelihood programs across 21 Indian states.
Udhavum Ullangal Public Charitable Trust
Chennai trust providing school fees, uniforms, and supplies to underprivileged children since 2000.
185,000+ persons benefited/reached across 21 districts
Udhyam Learning Foundation
Builds entrepreneurial mindsets in government-school students and nano-entrepreneurs.
Building entrepreneurial mindsets and 21st century skills in 3.75 million students, training over 37,000 educa
Udyogini
Builds women's enterprises and value-chain livelihoods in rural India since 1992
Umeed
Hyderabad nonprofit training low-income women in eco-friendly handicrafts and financial literacy since 2014.
Under Privileged Advancement by Youth Society (UPAY)
Nagpur-founded society running street-children education programs across multiple Indian cities since 2010.
250,000+ lives changed
Under The Mango Tree Society (UTMT)
Training tribal farmers in indigenous beekeeping to boost incomes and biodiversity
Presence in 175+ villages spread across 14 districts (as of 2019)
United Artists' Association (UAA)
Ganjam coast NGO building community resilience through fisheries, farming and disaster response since 1964
United Way Chennai
Mobilises companies and volunteers for education, health and environment in Chennai.
United Way of Delhi
Mobilises volunteers and CSR for childcare, youth, health and environment in Delhi
Unnati Foundation
Life-skills and job-ready training taking underprivileged youth into sustainable employment
UNXT Program has trained over 2 lakh (200,000+) youth across 12 states
Upring Foundation
Old-age homes and rural training centres in Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh.
Uravu Indigenous Science & Technology Study Centre
Wayanad NGO building bamboo-based livelihoods for rural artisans since 1996.
Around 100 families in Thrikkaipetta earn their primary income from bamboo-based activities, up from 8 familie
URMUL Trust
Community-driven education, health, livelihood and natural resource work across the Thar desert of Rajasthan
3,058+ learners across 178 centres in 16 blocks of Bikaner and Jodhpur
Utkal Sevak Samaj
Odisha voluntary organisation working on education, empowerment and community action
Under the NACO Link Worker Scheme in Bolangir district it covered 7,535 migrants, 4,347 other vulnerable peopl
Utthan
Community-led water security and women's organising in rural Gujarat
120,000 households have been provided with clean drinking water through Utthan's water and sanitation work in
V-Excel Educational Trust
Chennai-founded trust delivering lifespan education, therapy and vocational training for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
18 centres across Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, in operation for 25 years
Van-Uday Social Welfare Foundation
Bhopal foundation restoring degraded ecosystems and building climate-resilient rural livelihoods.
Vanavil Trust
Education, protection and livelihoods for nomadic communities in Tamil Nadu since 2005
546+ children educated in school
Vedanta Foundation
Vedanta's philanthropic arm running colleges and skilling centres since 1992
1.3 Mn+ lives transformed
Veteran Second Innings Foundation
Thane-based foundation helping retiring Indian soldiers resettle into civilian careers through its Project Veer initiative.
75,000+ Ex-Servicemen (ESM) trained
Vicharta Samuday Samarthan Manch (VSSM)
Identity and dignity for nomadic and de-notified communities
At present, VSSM has a strong presence in all 26 districts of Gujarat, and from Financial Year 2025-26 is expa
VIDYA (Integrated Development for Youth and Adults)
Education and skilling for children, youth and women since 1985
120,283+ total impact in 2024-25
Vidya Dham Samiti
Bundelkhand organisation advancing rights and livelihoods in one of India's most economically disadvantaged regions since 2001.
Chingaari Sangthan community group grew to more than 5,000 members across 70 villages of Bundelkhand (2020)
Vidyadaan Sahayyak Mandal Thane
Thane trust funding higher education and mentorship for deserving students across Maharashtra since 2008.
1,100 alumni
Vigyan Ashram
Rural development through a hands-on 'learning while doing' education system.
In the last 3 years, 750+ participants took part in its skills training, 150+ entrepreneurs were created and 7
Vijayavahini Charitable Foundation
Tata Trusts-supported foundation empowering rural and tribal households in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Completed 31 water supply schemes providing safe drinking water to 18,551 households under the Jal Jeevan Miss
Vikas Bharti Bishunpur
Tribal empowerment and rural development in Jharkhand
Operates across all 24 districts of Jharkhand with over 50 ongoing projects
VIKASA
Four-decade society for natural resource management and millet farming in Andhra
Vikash
Odisha nonprofit working on rights-based, community-driven development across 14 districts since 1986.
50K+ lives impacted
Vishwa Samiridhi Foundation
Kochi nonprofit for education, skill development and community health
Vishwa Yuvak Kendra
National youth centre running training and leadership programmes for young people
282,000+ beneficiaries across 1,588+ programmes in 25 states
Voice of Needy Foundation
Skill development and community rehabilitation for disabled people across Karnataka
Voluntary Integration for Education and Welfare of Society (VIEWS)
Odisha grassroots organisation improving livelihoods, education, and climate resilience for marginalised communities since 2008.
250,000 population reached across 600 villages in 3 states
Volunteers for Social Justice
Ending bonded labour and caste discrimination in Punjab since 1985
Since inception, identified and released over 30,000 bonded labourers (including child bonded labourers) in Pu
Vrutti
Livelihood impact partners for farmers, fishers, artisans and nano-entrepreneurs
1 Mn+ vulnerable population reached, including small and growing businesses, fisherfolk, factory workers and t
Wadhwani Foundation
Non-profit accelerating job creation through entrepreneurship, skilling and AI programmes.
6M+ learners upskilled
War Wounded Foundation
Empowering India's war-disabled soldiers to convert disability into ability
Supporting war-disabled veterans and their families for 24+ years
Watershed Organisation Trust
Watershed development and climate resilience for rural India
6.93 million people reached across 7,124 villages
Welfare Services Ernakulam (Sahrudaya)
Six decades of compassion from the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly
Over 125,000 families directly associating with the Society
WinVinaya Foundation
Training persons with disabilities in future-ready digital skills
1640+ Scholars Trained & 725+ Candidates Placed with 100+ Corporate Partners
WISER Foundation
Skilling, entrepreneurship and employment programmes for youth and women.
Women & Child Development Society (WCDS)
Tiruvannamalai society running early-childhood education and women's livelihood programs since 2001.
Positively impacted more than 1,90,000 lives
Women's Education and Economic Development Society (WEEDS)
Tamil Nadu society building pathways of dignity and economic independence for women since 1989.
Empowering 1,00,000+ people across 300+ communities
Women’s India Trust (WIT)
Trains and employs less-privileged women in crafts and skills since 1968.
Women's Organisation and Rural Development (WORD)
Pudukkottai society empowering women, Dalits, and people with disabilities through vocational training since 1992.
empowered 450 women's SHGs, 68 men's SHGs, and 55 disabled SHGs
WomenWeave Charitable Trust
Sally Holkar's trust making handloom weaving a dignified, profitable livelihood for women.
WORK+SHELTER
Paid training and livelihood alternatives for women escaping domestic abuse
Working Women's Forum (India)
Trade union and microcredit network for women in the informal sector since 1978
The forum initiated its maiden endeavour in the year 1978 with 800 women, now a social movement of 11,03,726 w
Y4D Foundation
Youth and child development programmes run with a volunteer network across many states
Book for Purpose education project: 50000+ direct and 100000+ indirect beneficiaries
Yash Charitable Trust
Employability skills and support services for neurodivergent adults
800+ neurodivergent adults and their families have benefitted
Youth Council for Development Alternatives
Youth-led development organisation working in Boudh and western Odisha.
9,966 children were directly engaged through education, psychosocial support and participation initiatives acr
Youth for Seva
Organised volunteering for societal well-being
Over 36 lakh beneficiaries reached in 18 years
Youth4Jobs Foundation
Employment and livelihood support helping persons with disabilities become economically independent
769,000 youth with disabilities impacted
YouthNet
Empowering youth and communities across Northeast India since 2006
294,300 people impacted in 20 years
Yusuf Meherally Centre
Gandhian rural development centre at Tara village in Raigad district.
At the Yusuf Meherally Centre's hospital at Tara village in Raigad district, Maharashtra, an eye operation cam
YUVA (Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action)
Rights, entitlements and habitat justice for the urban marginalised since 1984
₹1.23 Cr worth of social protection entitlements delivered under different schemes
Yuva Bengaluru
Bengaluru youth-led trust running education, health, and skill-development programs in government schools since 2008.
356+ schools and growing
Yuva Mitra
Rural development for farmers, women and youth in Maharashtra since 1995
Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) project in Haryana improved quality of life for over 2.8 lakh beneficiaries through V
Yuva Unstoppable
Transforming government schools at scale
10 M+ lives impacted
Yuvajaya Foundation
Karnataka foundation providing career training and mentorship to rural graduates from marginalised communities.
Average annual income of the families increased 4 to 5 times.
Zalkari Knowledge Foundation
Maharashtra foundation running women's livelihood, child education, and youth career-awareness programs across Raigad, Amravati, and Thane.
41 SHGs with 450 women members reached through Zalkari's self-help and financial empowerment programme
Zoram Entu Pawl
Community health, livelihoods and youth empowerment across Mizoram
Runs a replicable Quality Education model in 36 schools across Serchhip District, Mizoram
Frequently asked
- How many livelihood NGOs does Daan list?
- 658 verified organisations working on livelihood across 14 Indian cities. The list grows as we verify more.
- Which livelihood NGO should I donate to?
- We deliberately do not rank them — the right choice depends on whether you care about scale, a specific city, or a particular approach. Read a few profiles, follow the link to each organisation's own site, and look at their annual report before deciding.
- How do you decide which NGOs get listed?
- We list organisations we can independently confirm exist and are operating, using their official website and published material. NGOs do not pay to be listed, and nobody can buy a higher position.
- Can I volunteer with livelihood organisations instead of donating?
- Yes — open any profile and use the Volunteer tab. If the organisation has not joined Daan yet you can still register interest, and we will notify you when they post opportunities.
- Is my donation tax-deductible?
- Many Indian NGOs hold 80G certification, which allows a deduction, but it differs per organisation and can expire. Ask the NGO for their current 80G certificate before assuming a donation qualifies.