CAPACITY
BUILDING

Invest in leaders, organizations, platforms and knowledge to materially enhance social impact

Our journey into Capacity Building began when our co-founder, Archana Chandra became CEO of Jai Vakeel Foundation in 2013.

Why Capacity Building

The story of our journey in Capacity Building begins with when Archana took over as CEO of Jai Vakeel Foundation (JVF) in 2013. As a leader, she faced a major challenge—donors were reluctant to support the organization as a whole. Donors wanted to support the program but nobody wanted to work on building the organization itself. If NGOs are supposed to operate and deliver impact at scale then they need to be empowered to do so. She brought this issue to the foundation, explaining that it wasn’t just her organization facing this; it was a sector-wide problem. We realised that corporate India has thrived because there’s been a strong investment in institutions and people, giving them the foundation to grow. Now, it’s time to make the same kind of investment in the social sector.

To truly scale impact, we need to come together with like-minded individuals and organizations to invest in both people and institutions. That’s how we’ll create lasting change.

Learning and Development

Why

If you were to ask the question, “Why is corporate India thriving today?” the answer would point to the fact that over the past few decades there has been a systematic and significant investment in both corporate institutions and people that has empowered them to thrive. We strongly believe that leaders are the driving force behind an organization’s growth and impact.We want to build a 100 champion NGOs by investing in their capabilities, so that they can design innovative solutions, forge powerful partnerships, and use data and evidence to influence policy.

What we do

We have supported 15 programs to empower leaders to think strategically & lead transformative change.

The impact

~ 2000

Leaders trained from

1500

NGOs via

15

Programs

PARTNERS

Ecosystem Building

Why

Our goal with Ecosystem building is to tackle large-scale challenges that limit NGOs’ ability to solve social problems effectively. We are helping donors increase their contributions and give more thoughtfully, while also strengthening NGOs’ capacity to improve program delivery, measure impact, and scale their efforts. This not only boosts donor confidence but also unlocks more funding to address critical social issues.

What we do

On the donor side: We partner with organizations like Accelerate Indian Philanthropy (AIP) and movements like Pay What It Takes (PWIT), which focus on research, providing personalized guidance, and creating peer networks to help institutional donors give more effectively. For everyday givers, we invest in platforms like Social Stock Echange (SSE) and GIVE to bring large numbers of donors together around key social causes.

Together, these efforts have helped unlock INR 1600 Cr in the sector.

On the NGO side, we work with partners like Sattva to build the Indian Partner Network platform and with Tech4Dev to help NGOs identify their organisational level challenges and build solutions that address them.

The impact

INR 1,600+ Cr unlocked

1.8 Cr

Active Users of knowledge platforms

PARTNERS