Mental Health NGOs in India
78 verified Indian NGOs working on mental health, spread across 14 cities — the largest clusters are in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata. Each listing links to the organisation's own site so you can verify them before giving.
78 organisations listed
Where these mental health NGOs work
Aadhaar Counselling and Therapy Council
Bhopal Section 8 company operating as ACT2Enable, offering learning support, career counselling and disability intervention for children and students.
44,843+ Youth & Adolescents reached
AASRA
Navi Mumbai 24x7 helpline offering free, confidential emotional support to people in distress and at risk of suicide
AASRA has helped over 800,010 people through its suicide-prevention and emotional-crisis services.
Ahmedabad Women's Action Group (AWAG)
Empowering women against violence since 1981
263,926 Beneficiaries Supported
Anbagam Rehabilitation Center
Tiruvallur rehabilitation home run by TERDOD, restoring dignity and reintegration for people with mental illness for over 25 years.
Total Rescued (4000)
Anjali Mental Health Rights Organisation
Advocating for mental health rights and inclusive care in West Bengal
4,50,935 people reached out to in the community
Anubhuti
Youth-led justice work with nomadic and denotified tribes in Maharashtra
Anubhuti Charitable Trust reached 48,583 people directly (extensive engagement) and 30,000 indirectly in 2021-
Apna Ghar Ashram
Bharatpur-headquartered network of ashrams sheltering homeless, sick and abandoned people.
6,700+ destitute residents (Prabhujis) cared for at the Bharatpur ashram
Apni Shala Foundation
Social-emotional learning and mental wellbeing in schools
4,539 students reached through Apni Shala's Social Emotional Learning curriculum in 2022-23
Artbeat Educational Foundation
New Delhi foundation using trauma-informed music and arts programmes to build children's emotional literacy and social resilience.
Ashadeep
Community-based mental health care and rehabilitation across Northeast India
Till July 2022, 745 of the 777 homeless mentally ill women brought off the streets of Guwahati by Ashadeep had
Bapu Trust for Research on Mind & Discourse
Rights-based community mental health services in Pune
14,653 people reached through community awareness activities under Bapu Trust's Community Mental Health and In
Basic Needs India
Community mental health and livelihoods for people living with mental illness
43K lives transformed
Caregiver Saathi Foundation
Mumbai non-profit training and supporting family caregivers of people with chronic and terminal illness.
1.6 Lakh+ Caregivers 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
Development Consortium
Delhi women-led nonprofit running public-health, education and youth mental-wellbeing programmes across 16+ states
Reached 4.77 million people offline and 12.71 million online across 18+ active projects
Dream a Dream
Life skills for young people from vulnerable backgrounds
2.2 million children impacted through state partnerships in Delhi, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Telangana and Karna
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development
Provides mental-health counselling, education support and skills training in Delhi.
3,00,000 + Beneficiaries
Family Welfare Agency
Serving Mumbai families since 1950, now focused on care for homebound seniors.
40,000+ individuals reached out to through awareness and sensitization on aging issues and mental health over
Feel Parmartham Foundation
Rescues and rehabilitates homeless people, including the mentally ill and elderly.
Food distribution to stranded migrant workers and to homeless people at the height of the Covid19 pandemic. We
Gandhibhavan International Trust
Kollam care home for abandoned and destitute people, from month-old infants to the elderly.
30 care homes
Heartfulness Institute
Runs the global Heartfulness meditation practice and the Forests by Heartfulness reforestation programme from its Hyderabad campus
20 million+ practitioners, with presence in 160 countries
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
iCALL Psychosocial Helpline
TISS's free, confidential telephone and email counselling service since 2012
Received 15,998 calls between April 2015 and August 2016 — an average of 941 a month — of which 12,265 (76%) w
India Mental Health Alliance (IMHA)
A cross-sectoral alliance of 350+ organisations strengthening India's mental health ecosystem
National alliance across 33 states and union territories with 350+ member organisations
Iswar Sankalpa
Community mental-health care and reintegration for Kolkata's homeless persons with psychosocial disabilities
2,64,780+ persons reached through awareness camps on mental health
Keshav Suri Foundation
Skilling, mental health support and workplace inclusion for LGBTQIA+ Indians.
Founded by Keshav Suri
Kolkata Sanved
Uses dance movement therapy for trauma recovery with survivors of trafficking and violence.
In 2024-25 Kolkata Sanved reached 4,565 individuals directly through its dance movement therapy programmes, ru
Labhya Foundation
Builds daily social-emotional wellbeing curricula into public school systems across India
Happiness Curriculum implemented in Delhi government schools from Nursery to Class 8 since 2018
Little Drops
A home away from home for the abandoned elderly
Over 1,000 abandoned elderly destitute currently accommodated across 10 homes, mostly in Tamil Nadu and one in
LonePack
Youth-led collective fighting mental health stigma through campaigns and peer support.
M.S. Chellamuthu Trust and Research Foundation
Mental health for all in southern Tamil Nadu
Maher
Interfaith homes near Pune for destitute women, children and men since 1997
Helped over 50,000 women, men and children
Make A Conversation Foundation
Counselling and mental-health support via Samvad in Mumbai, Agra and Bengaluru
Manas Foundation
Community mental healthcare and gender justice in Delhi NCR since 2000
Manovikas Kendra
Rehabilitation, research and training centre for children with special needs
50 years of serving individuals with special needs (founded 1974)
Mehac Foundation
Community mental health care rooted in Kerala's palliative movement
Mental health care provided to over 3,000 beneficiaries across 6 districts in Kerala
Mentaid
Kolkata special school and vocational centre for people with intellectual disabilities.
Mental Health And Wellness Trust
Kolkata trust promoting mental health awareness, care camps and disability support.
Mindroot Foundation
Jaipur nonprofit spreading mental health awareness and support for common disorders
Mpower
Aditya Birla-backed mental health awareness, helplines and care across India
1,86,471 helpline sessions
Muktangan Mitra
Compassionate, family-centred de-addiction care in Pune
Holistic drug and alcohol de-addiction treatment in Pune since 1986
Nada India Foundation
Addiction prevention and youth wellness across Delhi NCR and the north, since 2001
Active in 4+ states
NalandaWay Foundation
Arts, theatre and music programmes that build confidence in children from low-income communities
GutarGoo programme impacted 1,056 children aged 3-6 and 811 children aged 0-3 across 36 Anganwadi centres in 2
One Future Collective
Feminist leadership, mental health support and social justice advocacy
2,500+ emerging young leaders reached through early programs (2018)
Paripurnata
Kolkata halfway home giving psychosocial care to marginalised mentally ill women
Prabh Aasra
Home for the helpless since 2003
2,000+ families rescued in Punjab flood relief (August 2025)
Prabhav Trust
Faridabad-based registered trust offering therapy and mental-health support across India.
Prajna Counselling Centre
Counselling, care and rehabilitation in coastal Karnataka
Since December 2011, 470 children (216 boys and 254 girls) have been re-schooled and mainstreamed through Praj
Prakruthi Charitable Foundation
Hyderabad rehabilitation center helping patients with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses reintegrate into society, since 2008.
Rehabilitated about 2,500 cases so far, which comes to about 100 to 150 cases a year
Protsahan India Foundation
Healing and educating girls who survived abuse
Over 96,000 girls directly impacted between 2010 and 2025
Psychoanalytic Therapy & Research Centre
Psychoanalytic therapy, training and mental health research centre in Mumbai
Renovatio Foundation
Nagpur nonprofit building resilient minds in children and greening urban spaces
Roshini Trust
Free emotional support helpline and counselling for distress and suicide prevention
1,86,215 helpline calls handled
Sangath
Community mental health care and research across the lifespan
2,55,500+ people served
Sanjivini Society for Mental Health
Free, confidential emotional support in Delhi since 1976
On average over 2,000 people use its free counselling services annually
SCARF (Schizophrenia Research Foundation)
WHO Collaborating Centre for mental health research and rehabilitation in Chennai
SCARF runs three residential centres with a total bed strength of 150.
Shivar Foundation
Farmer's Friend Centre in Osmanabad supporting farmers in distress across Marathwada
Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation
Rescues, treats and reunites mentally ill roadside destitute with their families.
Reunited 1140 mentally-ill roadside destitutes with their families across India in 2024, after treatment and r
Sneha Foundation Trust
A free, confidential suicide-prevention helpline run by volunteers in Chennai
The Befrienders India Train the Trainer (BITT) conference was conducted by Sneha in association with Befriende
Snehadhara Foundation
Arts-based therapy and inclusion programmes for children and adults with disabilities.
14500 Direct Beneficiaries
Snehi
Free counselling and mental health support for Delhi since 1994
1,55,789 people counselled in the last 29 years
SOREM (Society for Rehabilitation of the Mentally Challenged)
Helping Chandigarh's special children learn, grow and shine since 1986
1,000+ families guided with care across North India
Sri Joydip Ashram
Gyan Yoga training and research centre in Bardhaman, West Bengal since 2012
Nearly 90% of the participating students reported experiencing greater mental calmness and improved concentrat
Thakur Hari Prasad Institute
Pioneering care for the intellectually disabled since 1968
The Action Northeast Trust (the ant)
Community development across western Assam
900 village hamlets reached through work on education, child protection, women's empowerment, peace building a
The Banyan
Mental health care for homeless persons living with mental illness
Over 4,000 homeless people with mental illness cared for at its Emergency Care and Recovery Centres
The Live Love Laugh Foundation
Deepika Padukone's foundation for mental health awareness
21,931 persons with mental illness treated across 15 districts in 8 states through its Rural Community Mental
Founded by Deepika Padukone
The MINDS Foundation
Grassroots mental health education and stigma reduction in rural Gujarat since 2011
2.5 million+ individuals touched through programming since 2011
Theruvoram
Rescuing the abandoned from Kerala's streets
Theruvu Velicham Rescues Reach 1,000
Touching Lives Welfare Trust
Mumbai trust supporting learning and healing for children and families in slum communities since 2003.
Over 200 children receive activity-based education through this project every year
Transformation Beyond Imagination Foundation
Delhi foundation providing healthcare, counselling, and skill-building support to women and children.
TBIF Empowers 3 Underprivileged Children with Quality Education
Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL)
Youth-led leadership and mental health support in Puducherry
Mobile Mental Health Clinic, started in 2020, takes helpline services to young people directly
Udavum Karangal
Homes for abandoned children, the mentally ill and the destitute elderly
More than 25,000 children supported since 1983
Vandrevala Foundation
A free, 24x7 pan-India mental health helpline since 2008
Over 1 million mental-health counselling conversations facilitated through its 24x7 helpline in 17 years of op
Vidhatha Society
Hyderabad youth-led society supporting elderly care, hunger relief, and community welfare programs.
White Swan Foundation for Mental Health
Bengaluru nonprofit publishing a free, well-researched knowledge repository on mental health and wellbeing
Yash Charitable Trust
Employability skills and support services for neurodivergent adults
800+ neurodivergent adults and their families have benefitted
Yogesha Foundation
Gurugram foundation running elder care, children's education, and mental-wellness programs.
Frequently asked
- How many mental health NGOs does Daan list?
- 78 verified organisations working on mental health across 14 Indian cities. The list grows as we verify more.
- Which mental health 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 mental health 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.