AVARD is a national level development organization with its welfare projects spread across India.

India has about 11 million children living on the streets and 14 million children working as labours. Only 60% of children have access to education despite having a national policy on compulsory elementary education. The time to take collective as well as individual responsibility to remedy the current situation is here. Right now!

AVARD was established in the year 1986

AVARD's mission is to empower underprivileged children, youth, and their families and community through relevant education, innovative healthcare, and market-focused livelihood programs. We aim to deploy the best possible methodology and technology for achieving ideal SROI (social return on investment), to practice and promote good governance, to link business competitiveness of the corporate with social development initiatives, and to sensitize the privileged section of society to promote Civic Driven Change.

The realization of a group of young corporate professionals, that it was their Social Responsibility to give back to the society, laid the inception of AVARD. AVARD is managed professionally by a Board of Advisors, comprising individuals from diverse backgrounds and expertise, followed by an Executive Committee and a well-defined professional workforce.

AVARD has been working in the thematic areas of education, healthcare, youth employability and empowerment of women and girls

Education alone has the power to liberate people from the vicious cycle of poverty – not only in terms of earning a livelihood but also in becoming aware of the rights and freedoms that a citizen is endowed with. Thus empowering individuals and making them self-sufficient

AVARD works under two models, namely Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) and Outreach.

SVP: Social Venture Philanthropy (SVP) is an innovative model based on the business concept of venture capital. Under SVP, AVARD identifies, handholds, and builds capacities of genuine grassroots NGOs. AVARD focuses on achieving scalability and sustainability, creating a culture of leadership and excellence, and inculcating a deep sense of accountability among its partners.

While working in the remote rural areas, AVARD realized that capacities of community-based organizations (CBOs) were not adequate to meet expectations of social investors. Under the outreach model, AVARD implements the development interventions directly as it requires intensive and professional engagement for a wider and sustained outcome.

AVARD gets a first-hand experience of the nuances of development at the grassroots through its Outreach model and then shares the same with partner organizations

Around 70-80% funding support of the organization comes from corporates; the rest comes from PSUs, individual donors and private institutions.

AVARD's mission is to empower underprivileged children, youth, and their families and community through relevant education, innovative healthcare, and market-focused livelihood programs. We aim to deploy the best possible methodology and technology for achieving ideal SROI (social return on investment), to practice and promote good governance, to link business competitiveness of the corporate with social development initiatives, and to sensitize the privileged section of society to promote Civic Driven Change.

There is a user friendly application form available on our website that an NGO can fill. Apart from that we put notices in all our internal modes of communication like our website, mailers, etc. whenever there is a requirement for a partner in any particular geographical area under our various programmes

AVARD looks for emerging and committed grassroots organizations for reaching out to underprivileged communities. We partner with people and organizations that want to make a difference but do not have adequate knowledge and capacity to raise resources or work in a professional manner.

Children, their families, and the communities are the target groups of AVARD with children at the center stage. The organization believes that a child's education cannot be taken care of without taking care of the family, especially the mother, and the communities they belong to

At present AVARD is directly benefiting more than 300,000 children, youth and women through 158 welfare projects across 25 states of India.

In our journey so far, we have received immense support from numerous individuals, many private and public sector companies, development agencies, educational institutions, public figures and the mass media. One can associate with us in any of these above mentioned ways. Please visit the contact us or get involved section of our website for more information on the possible ways of being involved in our journey

Interested candidates can go to the contact us section of our website and write to the relevant section or department they are interested in interning with.

Please go to our“Career” page to know more about the current openings in AVARD.

You can go to the Donate Now section of AVARD website and donate online. For other donations related queries please write to [email protected]

AVARD has a proper programme management system which tracks progress and does periodic analysis – both qualitative and quantitative Periodic external evaluations are also done to gauge the impact and progress of various programmes.

AVARD works for the education of underprivileged children through its Mission Education Programme which provides basic education and healthcare. For further information you can visit https://www.avardbhavan.org/education.html

Our educational programme – Mission Education, for underprivileged children, follows the curriculum of the respective state board where the project is present and operational

SARGA and Dialysis Mitra is the flagship healthcare programme of AVARDFoundation. In addition, AVARD also provides urgent and specialized health services through multi specialty health camps across India

The donor gets an instant acknowledgement mail along with an SMS. On receiving the reconciliation statement from the bank, a receipt is sent via e-mail immediately, followed by a hard copy by post (within India). The receipt is accompanied by a ‘welcome pack’ which is also a token of appreciation. The donor receives a birthday wish, wishes on important festivals, programme updates and an annual impact report during a year’s time.

As soon as the donation through cheque or online is reconciled by the bank, the amount is allotted to the specific programme, which it has been meant for. The utilization and results are managed, monitored and audited. The outcome is reflected in the annual impact report, which is shared with the donors.

AVARD follows the principle of good governance. We have a four-tier audit mechanism to track and monitor the funds raised and utilized. More details of the process are mentioned at https://www.avardbhavan.org/governance.html

Yes, the organization accepts donations in USD and pounds as well but only in the form of cheque, drafts or via online payment gateway. As a policy the organization adhere to all government norms and maintains optimum transparency with the donors. The organization does have an FCRA account for its internationals supporters. However tax exemptions are applicable as per the country specific guidelines.

There is no specific amount that should be donated. However all the programmes have a detailed breakup of the expenditure displayed online.

Yes, the website is safe for any kind of transaction. Also any information exchange is kept safe and in no condition gets disclosed. Also the payment gateway is a third party payment gateway recognized by the financial institutions under the government of India. So any transaction also is thoroughly secured.

As a credible organization, we honour the privacy of our donors. The donor data is not exposed or shared with any external agency under any circumstances. We have a robust in-house mechanism and server system where the records are kept safe. The entire setup is protected with password and is guarded by surveillance software. The data is kept strictly confidential and only authorized staff with a special non-disclosure bond have access to it.

A donor will get 50% of tax exemption on the donation under section 80 G of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Yes, tax receipts are issued to all the donors irrespective of the amount supported. A digital copy of the receipt is generated on and sent via e-mail post realization of the donated amount. The hard copy of the receipt is delivered to the donor within 10 working days

In case of loss of the original receipt, a duplicate tax receipt is issued on receipt of a formal request from the donor

Usually in-kind donation is accepted only when there is a need in any of the projects at a given point of time.

While you can visit the school where the children you support are studying we do not encourage donors to directly meet the beneficiaries as we do not want to give special treatment to any child