NGOs in Kolkata
80 verified NGOs and charitable organisations working in Kolkata. Every listing links to the organisation's own website so you can check them yourself before you give — the strongest areas here are education, healthcare, women & children.
80 organisations listed
What Kolkata NGOs work on
Agni Rural Welfare Society
Disaster relief, defence-exam training and school supplies for Sundarbans villages since 2008
All Bengal Women's Union
Home for rescued girls and women on Elliot Road since 1932
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
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
Anti Hunger Squad Foundation
Kolkata foundation crowdfunding meals, medical emergencies and disaster relief for the needy
Anudip Foundation
Digital skills that transform livelihoods
7.3 lakh lives impacted since 2007
banglanatak dot com
Culture-based rural development, reviving traditional Bengali art forms since 2000
Bharat Sevashram Sangha
Monastic order serving India since 1917
5,000+ students in free residential education
Bharati Kala Research and Training Council
Kolkata council working on the research, training and promotion of the arts.
Bhoruka Public Welfare Trust
Kolkata NGO working on HIV/AIDS prevention, blood safety and anti-trafficking
To improve accessibility of care and treatment among PLWHAs, we have initiated two 10 bedded Community Care Ce
Blind Persons' Association
West Bengal's oldest organisation for the visually impaired, since 1946
We have so far set up three blind schools in different districts of West Bengal.
Breakthrough Science Society
Committed to the cause of science, culture and scientific outlook
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
Cancer Foundation of India (CFI)
Research-driven cancer prevention, early detection and advocacy from Kolkata
26,000+ sensitised in the Northeast
Centre for Social Markets
Mobilises business and communities on climate action, fair trade and sustainable farming.
Dreamer Trust
Serves subsidised meals and education support to the hungry poor of the Sundarbans region from Kolkata
From its inception to the year 2024-25, Dreamer Trust's One Rupee Thali hunger-alleviation programme brought f
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee
Sex workers' collective fighting trafficking and for rights
A collective of sex workers fighting for rights, dignity and equal treatment, based in Kolkata
Ebong Alap
Kolkata collective teaching and publishing on gender, society and citizenship.
Ek Tara
Holistic education for slum-dwelling children in Kolkata, focused on the girl child
Educated close to 2000 children since inception
Federation of Indian Blood Donors Organisations (FIBDO)
National umbrella body promoting safe, voluntary blood donation
Central network connecting over 800 member NGOs and state chapters
Friends of Tribals Society (Ekal)
One teacher, one village — education at tribal doorsteps
45,635 one-teacher schools (Ekal Vidyalayas) run in tribal villages
Garbage Free India
Kolkata environment group diverting waste from landfills through awareness and clean-up drives
4,30,138 kg Total Waste Diverted from Landfills
Garden Reach Institute for the Rehabilitation and Research
Community rehabilitation, special education and physiotherapy for children with disabilities in Garden Reach, Kolkata
1,052 children rehabilitated since 2015 (as of 30 September 2024)
Hope Kolkata Foundation
Protection, health, education and livelihood support for Kolkata's street and slum children since 1999
17,292 children / young adults received education support (major achievements 2024/2025)
Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
Services, training and research for people with cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities
1,174 children and adults with cerebral palsy used IICP's community, school, family and adult services in 2024
Institute of Child Health, Kolkata
Charitable paediatric hospital and postgraduate teaching institute in Kolkata.
The Institute's Paediatric Intensive Care Unit is a tertiary-level critical care facility with a current capac
Institute of Psychological and Educational Research (IPER)
Education, child protection and women's empowerment programmes in West Bengal.
IPER runs Day Care Centres for over 300 children in vulnerable communities and an Open Shelter “Swapnaneer” fo
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
ITC Sangeet Research Academy
A modern gurukul for Hindustani classical music
Jabala Action Research Organisation
Preventing child marriage and trafficking of girls in West Bengal
67 trafficking victims rescued and 202 violence survivors socially restored in 2024-25
KADAM
Reviving natural-fibre handicraft skills and rural livelihoods since 2006
10,000+ artisans impacted
Kishalay Foundation
IIM alumni-founded nonprofit improving learning outcomes for rural children in the Sundarbans.
Reached directly over 9,000 children in 48 centers
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
Kolkata Society for Cultural Heritage
Combines heritage conservation with women's livelihoods in the Sundarbans and eastern India
12+ years of service
Liver Foundation West Bengal
Public health charity for liver disease care, research and rural health worker training in Bengal.
A total of around 1500 informal rural health care providers (RHCPs) have received its 9-month classroom traini
Love N Care for Animals
Kolkata animal charity running a shelter, vaccination and treatment services
Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust (MANT)
Works since 1960 on public health, education and tribal development in eastern India.
More than 3,000 students have been studying at its schools in Purulia
Manovikas Kendra
Rehabilitation, research and training centre for children with special needs
50 years of serving individuals with special needs (founded 1974)
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.
Missing Link Trust
Art, education and interactive media campaigns preventing child sexual abuse and trafficking
5,00,000+ downloads and 3,000+ reviews (4.3 star rating) for its MISSING mobile game raising anti-trafficking
Missionaries of Charity
Serving the poorest of the poor from Mother Teresa's Mother House in Kolkata since 1950
As of 2025, the Missionaries of Charity Sisters (founded by Mother Teresa in Calcutta in 1950) consisted of 5,
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
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
Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)
Conserving wildlife, forests and ecology across West Bengal since 1991
386,677 mangrove saplings planted along approximately 85 hectares of the Mayiladuthurai coastline in Tamil Nad
New Light
Education, shelter and protection for children of sex workers in Kolkata's red-light districts
Nearly 1,000 children benefit from its nutrition programme
Paint It Red
Fights period poverty and menstrual stigma through campaigns and community resources.
Paripurnata
Kolkata halfway home giving psychosocial care to marginalised mentally ill women
Parivaar Education Society
Residential care and education for orphaned and tribal children
3,700+ children in residential care across 6 institutions in Bengal and Madhya Pradesh
Prayasam
Turning slum children in Kolkata into changemakers for their own communities since 1996
Across 5 Government Schools, we reach nearly 6,000 students and community members.
Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan
Service to Jiva is service to Shiva
684-bed multi-discipline hospital grown from a humble 1932 maternity clinic
Rangeen Khidki Foundation
Youth-led feminist organisation in Kolkata working on adolescents' sexual and reproductive health rights
12,000+ adolescent girls reached
Rural Health Care Foundation
Provides curative and preventive healthcare to underserved rural communities in West Bengal
4,125,720 total patients treated with high-quality, low-cost care
Sabuj Sangha
Health, education, livelihoods and disaster response across the Sundarbans
District-level stakeholders workshop organized with 100 Digital Sakhis in Murshidabad District, WB
Sanlaap
Combating sex trafficking and rehabilitating survivors in West Bengal since 1989
87 Child Protection Units facilitated across 9 trafficking-prone districts of West Bengal (2005)
Sappho for Equality
Eastern India's registered organisation for the rights of lesbians, bisexual women and trans men
Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute
Cancer care for the underprivileged since 1973
16-acre campus at Thakurpukur
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 -
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
Shishur Sevay
Inclusive residential home in Kolkata for orphaned and abandoned girls, with and without disabilities
50,000+ care-giving hours provided in 20 years and counting
Shuktara
Kolkata homes giving family to young adults with disabilities who have no one
South Kolkata Hamari Muskan
Anti-trafficking work with women and children in Kolkata’s red-light areas.
Sri Aurobindo Seva Kendra (EEDF)
Compassionate healthcare since 1971
155+ beds, including ICU and HDU units
Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre
Affordable world-class eye care for eastern India
Serves on average 1,000 outpatients and 100 in-patients per day
Swayam
Kolkata-based feminist organisation ending violence against women
1,478 women survivors of violence provided support services in 2019-20 (714 new cases and 764 continuing from
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+
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
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata
Philanthropic world-class cancer care for eastern India
431-bed cancer hospital with around 75% of beds for general-category patients treated at cost rate
Terre des hommes - India
Child protection, health and restorative justice for children in conflict with the law
494,000 children, families and communities reached across eight Indian states since 2008
The Hope Foundation
Kolkata NGO providing shelter, education, healthcare and protection to street- and slum-connected children since 1999
46733 people received healthcare support
The Little Sisters of the Poor in India
Religious congregation running free homes for the destitute elderly across India since 1882
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
Tomorrow's Foundation
Kolkata NGO for primary education, skills and children with disabilities
Towards Future
Kolkata organisation providing educational support to underprivileged children across West Bengal.
Early Childhood Care & Education Centre catering to 100 children (ages 3 to below 5)
Turnstone Global
Kolkata social enterprise running transgender welfare, disability and skill-development programmes
58,632 patients screened under Eye Care on Wheels in 2019-20
Varta Trust
Promoting dialogue on gender, sexuality and queer-friendly services
Vikramshila Education Resource Society
Kolkata-founded education NGO building early literacy and numeracy programs across eastern and northern India
In 2024-25, with a team of 176 across 20 projects, Vikramshila reached over 7 lakh children (directly and indi
WeCan Learning Resource Institute
Kolkata nonprofit for special-needs intervention and inclusive education
Frequently asked
- How many NGOs in Kolkata are listed on Daan?
- 80 organisations based in Kolkata are currently listed, across 12 cause areas. We add more as we verify them, so the number goes up over time.
- What does 'verified' mean on Daan?
- It means we have confirmed the organisation is real and operating: we check its official website, its registered name and the logo we display against the organisation's own published material. It is not an audit of their finances or programme quality — always read an NGO's own annual report before giving a large amount.
- Can I claim 80G tax exemption for donating to an NGO in Kolkata?
- Many registered Indian NGOs hold 80G certification, which lets you claim a deduction, but it varies by organisation and can lapse. Check the specific NGO's website or ask them for their 80G certificate number before you assume a donation is deductible.
- Can I volunteer with these Kolkata organisations?
- Yes. Open the NGO's page and use the Volunteer tab — where an organisation has not yet joined Daan, you can register interest and we will tell them and notify you when they post opportunities.
- Does Daan take a cut of donations?
- No. Donations are not yet processed on Daan at all — every NGO page links you to the organisation's own donation page, so your money goes directly to them.