Grants database

Based in a remote tribal area of Pratapgarh, Prayas undertakes essential work on forest rights, minimum wage, bonded labour in agriculture, education and tribal identity. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Mahila Shakti Kendra (MASK) works to empower those experiencing socio-economic disadvantage, especially women, to bring about social change through a federation of self-help groups. They are committed to gender equality, economic development and social change. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Kotra Adivasi Sansthan provides development services and support to tribal communities in the remote parts of the Udaipur and Sirohi districts. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Iswar Sankalpa is a service delivery organisation that aims to improve the wellbeing of individuals with mental health problems, particularly those experiencing homelessness. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Holistic Action Research and Development works to strengthen panchayats, empower women and improve livelihood opportunities. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Gramin Vikas Sanstha (GVS) works to build the capacity of communities to improve education, health and local governance. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Gramin Samasya Mukti Trust (GSMT) works to improve development and capacity building in rural and tribal communities, with a particular focus on livelihood, health and education. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

DiYA Foundation is a non-profit organisation supporting communities experiencing marginalisation to access education, livelihood opportunities, rights, resources and information. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Barasat Unnayan Prostuti (BUP) is a rights-based organisation that aims to empower women and youth with literacy and other necessary skills essential to improve individual and community capacity, re-build the local economy using local resources, and create alternative livelihoods that prevents unsafe mass-migration, trafficking and enslavement. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

The Association for Social and Human Awareness (ASHA) works to improve the lives of people in Jharkhand, focusing on education, health, migration and the empowerment of women and families. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi (‘We for Our Health’) works to build community capacity for self-reliance and empowerment. They support women, tribal communities and farmers through a community empowerment approach to programmes covering health and nutrition, agriculture, policy advocacy, sanitation and education. This grant will help address learning loss due to Covid-19, with a focus on primary education.

Social Finance is a not for profit organisation that partners with the government, the social sector and the financial community to find better ways of tackling social problems in the UK and beyond. This grant is a two-year extension of support for the Impact Incubator, a collaboration between Social Finance and UK charitable foundations that seeks to drive systemic change on social issues. Social Finance will use a combination of place-co-production methodologies to create a children and young people-led approach to understanding what issues they are facing and what good outcomes would look like for them.