Swades Foundation

Works to bridge the urban-rural divide in India through sustainable development in villages

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

  • 2019

    Total Income
    Rs.708,658,543
    Total Expenses
    Rs.685,343,720
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.190,108,220
    Program Expenses
    Rs.495,235,500
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  • 2020

    Total Income
    Rs.658,193,251
    Total Expenses
    Rs.688,143,935
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.33,976,129
    Program Expenses
    Rs.654,167,806
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  • 2021

    Total Income
    Rs.704,624,483
    Total Expenses
    Rs.744,206,620
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.32,615,434
    Program Expenses
    Rs.711,591,186
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  • 2022

    Total Income
    Rs.852,841,000
    Total Expenses
    Rs.829,854,000
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.28,306,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.801,548,000
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  • 2023

    Total Income
    Rs.805,241,000
    Total Expenses
    Rs.821,269,000
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.78,873,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.742,396,000
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  • 2024

    Total Income
    Rs.737,251,000
    Total Expenses
    Rs.732,994,000
    Non Program Expenses
    Rs.131,938,920
    Program Expenses
    Rs.601,055,080
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Geographies Served

Programs

  • Water & Sanitation

    District
    District

    Raigad

    States

    Maharashtra

    In the water & sanitation sector, Its efforts are focused on building rainwater harvesting facilities, toilets and water storage structures in homes and under-resourced schools with the aim of creating open-defecation-free communities and ensuring access to safe drinking water.

  • Health & Nutrition

    District

    Raigad

    Nashik

    States

    Maharashtra

    In the Health & Nutrition sector, its focus is on detecting and managing anaemia through screening and iron supplements, diagnosis and cure of cataracts through checkups and surgery, reducing malnutrition by encouraging breastfeeding and providing supplementary nutrition and treatment for children with heart disease.

  • Education

    District

    Raigad

    Nashik

    States

    Maharashtra

    In the education sector, it works with Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) to facilitate early childhood development and provides skill development training, leadership training and scholarships to students. It also conducts principal & teacher training programmes to enable efficient and effective delivery of education.

  • Economic Development

    District

    Raigad

    Nashik

    States

    Maharashtra

    Its economic development initiative is focused on enabling farmers to achieve sustainable sources of income by creating awareness about government policies and providing access to innovative farming techniques.

    The first step is to engage rural communities with NGOs, corporate houses, urban youth and the government. The next step is the execution of developmental programs in collaboration with these entities.

    The third step is empowerment which takes place when these communities undertake activities with the view to becoming self-dependent and experiencing sustainable development.

  • Heath and Nutrition , Economic Development, Water and Sanitation, Education

    We have three mobile vans which are fully equipped for diagnostic screening of eye defects by ophthalmologists. We conduct screening, identification and advise on necessary treatments for eye diseases in these vans. Those identified with refractive errors are given spectacles free of cost whereas those diagnosed with cataract are accompanied to our partner hospitals Laxmi Charitable Trust and HV Desai Eye Hospital for free surgery.

  • Skilling

    The programme aims to primarily target the 18 - 35 age group, train them with the right and relevant skills and engage them in a meaningful livelihood or employment helping them earn between INR 80K - INR 120K. The age group is relaxed by about 10 years for self-employment trades such as masonry that help skill individuals enabling them to draw a higher daily wage than being unskilled. The subsidized fee charged from student per course in INR 3,000, further subsidized to INR 500 for POP HH. We also provide accommodation facility for youth who travel from far way and do not have the public transport facility to be a day scholar. the upper limit for accommodation cost is fixed at INR 6,500 per youth (approx for 45 to 60 days). This is being executed in partnership with Learnet Skills that has setup a training center and relevant labs to ensure best quality deliverable. The training is imparted through 2 models - (1) Youth being trained at the training center; (2) Youth being trained in their villages where the trainer travels to the community

Impact Metrics

  • Scholarships to Students for Higher Studies

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 62
    • 2018-19 700
    • 2019-20 1040
    • 2020-21 594
  • Students Counselled for Career Guidance

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 11636
    • 2018-19 5000
    • 2019-20 3080
  • Trained Teachers and Principals

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2017-18 1696
    • 2018-19 900
    • 2019-20 850
    • 2020-21 5962
  • Screened by Swades Mitra

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 17221
    • 2020-21 660800
    • 2021-22 2066
  • Screened by Optometrist

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 30002
    • 2020-21 8672
    • 2021-22 9768
  • Cataract Surgeries

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2966
    • 2020-21 8672
    • 2021-22 716
  • Youths Trained

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 51600
    • 2020-21 28500
    • 2021-22 52300
  • Youths Placed in Formal Employment

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 419
    • 2020-21 180
    • 2021-22 422
  • Youths Self Employed

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 234
    • 2020-21 124
    • 2021-22 218

Leadership Team

  • Ronnie Screwvala

    Co-Founder

  • Rohinton Screwvala

    Director

  • Zarina Screwvala

    Director

  • Trisha Screwvala

    Director

  • Mangesh Wange

    CEO

  • Amit Gupta

    CFO

Demographics & Structure

  • Organisation Strength

    3

  • Diversity Metrics

    20% women

  • Organization Structure Organization Structure

    Yes

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAVCS9374F

  • Registration Number

    266136

  • CSR Form 1

    CSR00000440

  • 80G

    AAVCS9374FF20214

  • 12A

    AAVCS9374FE20214

  • FCRA

    083781348

About

  • Headquarters

    Mumbai, Maharashtra

  • Since

    2015

Impact

In 9 years Swades has impacted 2,700 villages across the Raigad & Nashik districts of Maharashtra impacting over 7,48,000 people belonging to 1,60,000 households.

Vision and Mission

Vision : An empowered and poverty-free rural India where communities are capable of transforming their own lives.

Mission :To transform one million rural lives every five years through holistic development across Health, Education, Water & Sanitation and Economic Development by creating a scalable, replicable and community-centric model of sustainable development.

Political & Religious Declarations

  • Political Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation

Location

  • Headquarters

    Nishuvi, 3rd floor, 75, Dr Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    Directions
  • Offices in Cities

    Mumbai

Other Details

  • Type

    Non-profit

  • Sub Type

    Trust

Technology Adoption

  • SOC 2 Compliant

    No

  • Financial Management

  • Beneficiary Management