GROW | IIFL Foundation

Overview

The GROW initiative was conceived to address the crisis faced by NGOs, who were shouldering the costs of acting as first responders for communities devastated during the pandemic. The GROW fund is a unique collective of philanthropists, to pool and deploy funding of INR 100 crores to support and sustain 100 grassroots NGOs for a period of 24 months. The objective of the GROW fund is to enable cohorts to operate optimally, be sustainable, reach the last mile, and create impact. The Fund achieves this by covering critical costs, building capabilities to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, and investing in organisation development for future readiness.

Highlight

12 NGOs

Direct beneficiaries

All India

Project location

All India

State

2022

start year

2024

end year

Key Initiatives

Progress-

The IIFL Foundation supported 12 NGOs in the cohort to champion their understanding of non-programmatic funding through regular capacity building and organisational development initiatives across multiple domains. These NGOs are-

Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
Jan Chetna Manch Bokaro
Badlao Foundation
Grey Sim Learnings Foundation
Society for Welfare and Advancement of Rural Generations
Sunbird Trust
Urmul Seemant Samiti
Aroehan
Avanti Fellows
Indian Foundation for the Arts
Manuvikasa
Miracle feet Foundation for Eliminating Clubfoot

In the past year, through the Central Capacity Building (CCB) initiative, The GROW Fund supported organisations in developing their skills and knowledge in the domains of Human Resources, Finance, Fundraising, and Risk Management. Additionally, the CCB support also includes 1:1 check-in with GROW’s 100 organisations through interactions that brought to the fore insights from activities, challenges, and plans of action building an understanding of investing in organisational capacity from a programmatic one. The GROW team leveraged mass media through multiple articles in leading sector publications and through public engagements.

Testimonials

“I was part of a workshop called Facilitation of Participatory Communication conducted by Vikalp Kriya. Facilitated by our now friends Anju and Prabir, this workshop was an experience of a lifetime. I learned the fact that individuals with opposing views and beliefs can coexist without demeaning one another. I gained knowledge about the culture of silence, the significance of equity, the value of participation rather than quantity, and the facilitator's responsibility. As a facilitator, it helped me to understand my role is not to exclusively give instruction.”
— Naitri Patel, Media & Communications Officer, AROEHAN

Disclaimer: Data period April 2023 to March 2024

Overview

Key Initiatives

Progress-

Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
Jan Chetna Manch Bokaro
Badlao Foundation
Grey Sim Learnings Foundation
Society for Welfare and Advancement of Rural Generations
Sunbird Trust
Urmul Seemant Samiti
Aroehan
Avanti Fellows
Indian Foundation for the Arts
Manuvikasa
Miracle feet Foundation for Eliminating Clubfoot

Testimonials

“I was part of a workshop called Facilitation of Participatory Communication conducted by Vikalp Kriya. Facilitated by our now friends Anju and Prabir, this workshop was an experience of a lifetime. I learned the fact that individuals with opposing views and beliefs can coexist without demeaning one another. I gained knowledge about the culture of silence, the significance of equity, the value of participation rather than quantity, and the facilitator's responsibility. As a facilitator, it helped me to understand my role is not to exclusively give instruction.”

— Naitri Patel, Media & Communications Officer, AROEHAN