NalandaWay Foundation

NalandaWay Foundation is a 20-year-old non-profit that uses the arts to empower children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities by strengthening their resilience, agency, and emotional well-being.

  • Gold Certified 2023
  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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Financials

  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.52,852,177
    Total Expenses
    Rs.59,235,695
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.3,556,304
    Program Expenses
    Rs.55,679,391
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.66,624,572
    Total Expenses
    Rs.67,645,406
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.6,791,382
    Program Expenses
    Rs.60,854,024
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.85,761,895
    Total Expenses
    Rs.79,298,421
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.4,110,371
    Program Expenses
    Rs.75,288,050
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Geographies Served

Programs

Impact Metrics

  • No. of Ccis

    Program Name

    Child Care Institution Program

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 10
    • 2022-23 18
    • 2023-24 34
  • No. of Districts

    Program Name

    Child Care Institution Program

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 6
    • 2022-23 14
    • 2023-24 24
    • 2024-25 30
  • No. of Children

    Program Name

    Child Care Institution Program

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 230
    • 2022-23 655
    • 2023-24 1300
  • No. of Children

    Program Name

    Early Childhood

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 66
    • 2022-23 300
    • 2023-24 750
    • 2024-25 1000
  • No. of Anganwadis

    Program Name

    Early Childhood

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2021-22 2
    • 2022-23 8
    • 2023-24 15

Leadership Team

  • Anil Srinivasan

    Member – Advisory Board

  • Ramya Rajaraman

    Trustee

  • Pradeepa R

    Associate Director -Projects

  • Prabhakar MP

    Associate Director

  • Sameen Almas

    Director

  • Sriram V

    Founder & CEO

  • Patrick Madhusudan Mathews

    Managing Trustee

  • Vidhya T

    Associate Director - HR and Organisation Effectiveness

  • Ganesh Babu

    Associate Director – Accounts

  • Deepika Sharma

    Associate Director - Projects

  • Dhivya Ramalingam

    Associate Director - Projects

  • Garima Sharma

    Associate Director - Research and Impact

Demographics & Structure

  • Organisation Strength

    3

  • Diversity Metrics

    74% women

  • Organization Structure Organization Structure

    Yes

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AABTN9221H

  • Registration Number

    425 of 2003/Book IV

  • CSR Form 1

    CSR00001780

  • 80G

    AABTN9221HF20214

  • 12A

    AABTN9221HE20214

  • FCRA

    075901157

About

  • Headquarters

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • Since

    2003

Impact

Since 2003, NalandaWay has impacted the lives of over 10 million children through their arts-based education and wellbeing programs.

Vision and Mission

NalandaWay’s vision is to use the arts to empower children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities by strengthening their resilience, agency, and emotional well-being.

NalandaWay’s mission to integrate arts and well-being initiatives for children into government-run schools, Child Care Institutions (CCI’s), urban slums, and Anganwadi Centres, leveraging partnerships with funders, governments and local communities.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    AH - 123, 2nd Floor, 4th Street Anna Nagar , Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

    Chennai, New Delhi

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Trust

Policies

  • POSH

    Yes

  • Conflict of Interest

    Yes

  • Code of Business Ethics

    Yes

Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management