THE KARUNA TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£2.2m
Grants listed (FY2026)
32
Listed grants total
£1.2m
Accounts grants total
£896k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2026 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The funder does not accept unsolicited applications from external organizations seeking grants. The website provides guidance for individual fundraising, stating: 'Start fundraising for Karuna today – it’s easy to do and 100% of everything you raise will go directly to our projects'.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Disability
- General Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Where grantees operate
- Bangladesh
- India
- Kenya
- Nepal
- Throughout England And Wales
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nishtha | FY2026 | £174k | Supporting girls in rural West Bengal to stay in school and avoid child marriage. |
| SoulScale | FY2026 | £173k | Engaged 25,000 migrant workers to access welfare benefits and establish social security as an enforceable right. |
| Jan Sahas | FY2026 | £112k | Education, livelihoods and prevention of gender based violence. |
| Pragya | FY2026 | £96k | Capacity building in agriculture and disaster preparedness for climate change affected communities. |
| REED | FY2026 | £69k | Promoting education for girls in rural Nepal. |
| Nirman | FY2026 | £64k | Education and livelihood support for marginalised tribal communities. |
| Green Tara Nepal | FY2026 | £64k | Funds for a safe birthing centre for mothers in rural Nepal. |
| Urja | FY2026 | £42k | Funding for a shelter and rehabilitation home for runaway girls in Mumbai. |
| AAINA | FY2026 | £36k | Improved quality of life for 609 children and young people with disabilities through better access to education, entitlements and livelihoods. |
| NISD | FY2026 | £36k | Supporting girls in rural Maharashtra to stay in school. |
| Aryaloka | FY2026 | £34k | 237 students gained computer skills; 89 have secured employment to support their families. |
| OKUP | FY2026 | £34k | Participatory Community-based Disaster Preparedness. |
| FEDO | FY2026 | £34k | Mahila Saman Phase 2. |
| Nari Maitree | FY2026 | £31k | Resettlement of returning migrants. |
| Grambangla Unnayan Committee | FY2026 | £30k | Funding for a school for children of waste pickers in Dhaka. |
| TBMSG Nagpur | FY2026 | £28k | Girls' Education in Rural Maharashtra. |
| ADWAN | FY2026 | £27k | Improved Livelihood and Economic Opportunity. |
| Maitri Network | FY2026 | £22k | Expanded network from 10 to 13 CSOs; achieved a 99.75% FIR registration rate for 1,579 cases, increasing access to justice for women survivors of violence. |
| Karuna DE | FY2026 | £22k | Match funding payment for BMZ project preventing gender based violence. |
| Future Generation Nepal | FY2026 | £20k | Prevention of child trafficking and exploitation in rural Nepal. |
| SSEVS Bihar | FY2026 | £12k | Sustainable Livelihood Intervention for Dalit Empowerment. |
| Aryaloka - Chhattisgarh | FY2026 | £11k | IT training centre for children from Raipur slums. |
| Karuna USA | FY2026 | £7k | Support for operational costs during transition to minimal model. |
| Hamro Palo | FY2026 | £6k | Transforming Lives through Inclusive Livelihoods. |
| Darabar Sahitya Sansad | FY2026 | £4k | Library and visitors’ centre for Tibetan refugee school. |
| Yuva Vikas Mandal | FY2026 | £4k | N/A |
| BH Amravati | FY2026 | £3k | Funding for a residential educational hostel for earthquake affected children. |
| ITBCI | FY2026 | £3k | Library and visitors’ centre for Tibetan refugee school. |
| Pragya | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| PHIA Foundation | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| Jambudvipa | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| Pragya Solutions | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| Pragya | FY2025 | £155k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Jan Sahas | FY2025 | £154k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Karuna USA | FY2025 | £102k | Grants to US partners |
| Maitri Network | FY2025 | £93k | Grants to Indian partners |
| SSEVS Bihar | FY2025 | £93k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Nirman | FY2025 | £91k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Reed | FY2025 | £90k | Grants to Nepalese partners |
| Green Tara Trust Nepal | FY2025 | £85k | Grants to Nepalese partners |
| Pragya | FY2025 | £47k | Grants to Nepalese partners |
| Urja | FY2025 | £40k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Nishtha | FY2025 | £40k | Grants to Indian partners |
| TBMSG Nagpur | FY2025 | £40k | Grants to Indian partners |
| OKUP | FY2025 | £34k | Grants to Indian partners |
| ADWAN | FY2025 | £31k | Grants to Nepalese partners |
| Nari Maitree | FY2025 | £29k | Grants to Bangladeshi partners |
| FEDO | FY2025 | £29k | Grants to Nepalese partners |
| Grambangala Unnayan Committee | FY2025 | £28k | Grants to Bangladeshi partners |
| Sukhavati Trust | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| ITBCI | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Jambudvipa | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| AAINA | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| BH Amravati | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Green Tara Foundation Vishrantwadi | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Aryaloka - Chhattisgargh | FY2025 | £25k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Aryaloka | FY2025 | £22k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Pragya Solutions | FY2025 | £22k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Future Generation | FY2025 | £20k | Grants to Nepalese partners |
| PHIA Foundation | FY2025 | £14k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Karuna DE | FY2025 | £11k | Grants to German partners |
| NISD | FY2025 | £8k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Soulscale | FY2025 | £3k | Grants to Indian partners |