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
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What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Bangladesh
- India
- Kenya
- Nepal
- Throughout England And Wales
What changed: FY2025 → FY2026
| Change | Grantee | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Green Tara Nepal | — | £64k |
| new | Grambangla Unnayan Committee | — | £30k |
| new | Future Generation Nepal | — | £20k |
| new | Aryaloka - Chhattisgarh | — | £11k |
| new | Hamro Palo | — | £6k |
| new | Darabar Sahitya Sansad | — | £4k |
| new | Yuva Vikas Mandal | — | £4k |
| up | Nishtha | £40k | £174k |
| up | SoulScale | £3k | £173k |
| up | NISD | £8k | £36k |
| up | Aryaloka | £22k | £34k |
| down | Maitri Network | £93k | £22k |
| up | Karuna DE | £11k | £22k |
| down | SSEVS Bihar | £93k | £12k |
| down | Karuna USA | £102k | £7k |
| not listed | Green Tara Trust Nepal | £85k | — |
| not listed | Grambangala Unnayan Committee | £28k | — |
| not listed | Sukhavati Trust | £25k | — |
| not listed | Aryaloka - Chhattisgargh | £25k | — |
| not listed | Green Tara Foundation Vishrantwadi | £25k | — |
| not listed | THE FUTURE GENERATION | £20k | — |
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. |
| Jambudvipa | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| Pragya Solutions | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| PHIA Foundation | FY2026 | £0 | N/A |
| Pragya | 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 |
| Nishtha | FY2025 | £40k | Grants to Indian partners |
| Urja | 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 |
| Aryaloka - Chhattisgargh | 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 | 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 |
| Nirbhaya | FY2024 | £254k | Nirbhaya |
| Jan Sahas | FY2024 | £240k | Child Rights Project / Livelihoods Development / Migrant Labourers / Voice of Women |
| SoulScale | FY2024 | £166k | Grassroots Resilience Initiative |
| Nishtha | FY2024 | £130k | Bhalobasha / Higher Secondary Girls / Natun Diganta / Sikhai Hatiyar |
| Pragya | FY2024 | £81k | Ending Violence Against Women in West Bengal / India Climate Adaptation |
| Nirman | FY2024 | £80k | Educate and Empower NT/DNT / Livelihoods NT/DNT |
| Pragya | FY2024 | £71k | Climate Resilience |
| REED | FY2024 | £56k | Strengthening Climate Resilience |
| Urja | FY2024 | £53k | Journey with Homeless Young Women |
| Maitri Network | FY2024 | £50k | Maitri Women’s Network: India |
| BH Amravati | FY2024 | £45k | Amravati |
| NISD | FY2024 | £44k | Girls’ Education project |
| Karuna USA | FY2024 | £40k | US partners |
| Grambangala Unnayan Committee | FY2024 | £33k | Education for children of waste pickers, Dhaka |
| AAINA | FY2024 | £30k | Odisha |
| Aryaloka — Nagpur | FY2024 | £27k | Chhattisgarh |
| TBMSG Nagpur | FY2024 | £24k | Women's Social Project |
| FEDO | FY2024 | £20k | Mahila Saman |
| SSEVS Bihar | FY2024 | £19k | SLIDE Livelihoods, Bihar |
| Karuna DE | FY2024 | £19k | Educational Project in Germany |
| Pragya Solutions | FY2024 | £18k | Climate Adaptation |
| Green Tara Trust Nepal | FY2024 | £16k | Dignity for Women / Strong Girls REED |
| Aryaloka Chhaitisgarh | FY2024 | £11k | Chhattisgarh |
| IPHIA Foundation | FY2024 | £8k | PHIA Foundation |
| Green Tara Foundation Vishrantwadi | FY2024 | £6k | Vishrantwadi |
| Prabodhini self-defence training | FY2024 | £6k | Prabodhini self-defence training |
| Sukhavati Trust | FY2024 | £5k | Sukhavati Trust |
| ITBCI | FY2024 | £5k | Kalimpong |
| Central Services Team – BH | FY2023 | £213k | ITBCI: Kalimpong Ongoing support for a library and visitors' centre on the site of the former ITBCI school |
| Green Tara Foundation | FY2023 | £140k | Jan Sahas: Voice of Women 8,000 Dalit and Adivasi (DA) women in 12 districts and 4 states affected by violence have access to legal services and are supported by competent civil society organisations |
| Jambudvipa | FY2023 | £138k | Maitri Womens Network: India A network of 22 CSOs working across 8 states to combat genderbased violence reaching 20,200 beneficiaries from Dalit and other marginalised communities |
| REED | FY2023 | £108k | Karuna Germany |
| Jan Sahas | FY2023 | £104k | NIRMAN: Educate and Empower NT/DNT Supporting 400 children from Notified / De-Notified Tribal children (NT/DNT) Communities in rural Maharashtra to complete their education |
| Karuna USA | FY2023 | £85k | Grants to US partners |
| Pragya | FY2023 | £70k | Karuna DE FEB Educational Project in Germany |
| Darabar Sahityar Sansad | FY2023 | £60k | Jan Sahas: Livelihoods Development Provision of skills training and enterprise support to 600 women from ex-manual scavenger communities. |
| NISD | FY2023 | £54k | Nishtha: Higher Secondary Girls 320 girls from marginalised communities in West Bengal are supported to complete higher secondary Education |
| TBMSG Nagpur | FY2023 | £46k | REED: Learning Champions/SG 9,500 girls from marginalised communities in Southern Nepal are supported to remain in school and complete their education avoiding early marriage |
| Bahujan Hitay Hostels | FY2023 | £41k | Amravati |
| FHSM Chennai | FY2023 | £40k | Jan Sahas: Migrant Labourers To empower 40,000 migrant workers and their families across 3 districts in Madhya Pradesh, by providing them access to social security schemes, raise their awareness on safe migration and provide access to legal services. |
| NIRMAN | FY2023 | £36k | Nishtha: Bhalobasha, West Bengal 100 children with severe disabilities are supported to attend a day care centre providing care and rehabilitation |
| Green Tara Trust Nepal | FY2023 | £36k | FEDO: Mahila Saman The project works with 1,000 children and adults from marginalised communities in Kapilavastu district, to support children’s access to education and increase participation of women in local governance |
| Pragya Solutions | FY2023 | £35k | Karuna USA |
| Jeevak | FY2023 | £33k | NIRMAN: Livelihoods NT/DNT 200 families from NT/DNT communities achieve improved food security through support for rural livelihoods |
| Soulscale | FY2023 | £31k | SSEVS: SLIDE Livelihoods Bihar 500 Dalit farmers are being trained to achieve sustainable income through vegetable farming in 12 villages of West Champaran district in Bihar. |
| Central Services Team – TBMSG | FY2023 | £31k | Jan Sahas: Child Rights Project Provision of quality education and rights awareness among 4,200 children from Dalit communities around Dewas in MP |
| Pragya | FY2023 | £29k | Pragya: Ending Violence Against Women in West Bengal Providing 15,000 women and girls from vulnerable border areas of West Bengal protection from Gender Based Violence and human trafficking |
| Aryaloka | FY2023 | £29k | Computer Education Chhattisgarh |
| SSEVS Bihar | FY2023 | £28k | URJA: Journey with Homeless Young Women 800 homeless young women and survivors of gender-based violence enabled to access safe spaces, to build healthy relationships, and coping strategies that enhance their quality of life and resilience. |
| Sukhavati Trust | FY2023 | £27k | Green Tara Nepal: Dignity for Women 4,000 women and adolescent girls from 36 villages in rural Western Nepal are empowered to make well-informed decisions about their menstrual practices and health in supportive environments |
| PHIA Foundation | FY2023 | £26k | Nishtha: Sikhai Hatiyar 800 girls and their parents supported to stay in school and avoid early marriage |
| Adecom | FY2023 | £26k | Supports a network of 25 Women’s Self Help and Empowerment Groups in Tamil Nadu. |
| ADWAN | FY2023 | £23k | REED: Strengthening Climate Resilience The project works with 4,900 children and young people in schools in Southern Nepal to raise awareness of climate change and strengthen the climate resilience of local communities |
| FEDO | FY2023 | £20k | Pragya Solutions: Climate Adaptation The project takes place in 2 districts of Bangladesh and empowers communities to manage climate risks and disasters benefitting 20,000 households in vulnerable river and coastal regions |
| ITBCI | FY2023 | £16k | Jan Sahas: Civil Society Academy To capacity build 40 newly established grassroots Civil Society Organisations so they can work effectively with most marginalised communities |
| NNDSWO Nepal | FY2023 | £15k | Pragya Solutions: Naranyanganj To support climate-adapted and alternative livelihoods for 300 vulnerable families in Naranyanganj district, along with capacity for resilient technologies in 30 target communities |
| URJA | FY2023 | £14k | Pragya Solutions: Climate Resilience Promoting disaster resilience and climate adaptation among marginalised communities in two districts in Nepal that are most vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change, directly benefiting 2,000 smallholder households with outreach to an estimated 20,000 households in the target area |
| BH Amravati | FY2023 | £13k | 1,500 children from 20 Amravati schools receive training in prevention of gender-based violence |
| AAINA | FY2023 | £12k | Disability: Odisha |
| Nishtha | FY2023 | £12k | Nishtha: Natun Digata (post cyclone) project 645 girls and their mothers supported to remain in school and avoid early marriage |
| Aryaloka – Chhattisgarh | FY2023 | £11k | Computer Education Nagpur |
| Sadhana Institute | FY2023 | £9k | Pragya: India Climate Adaptation The project takes place in 2 districts in Eastern India and empowers communities to manage climate risks and disasters benefitting 20,000 households in vulnerable river and coastal regions. |
| TBMSG Hostels Project | FY2023 | £8k | Green Tara Nepal: Strong Girls To support 1,577 girls from marginalised communities in Southern Nepal to stay in school |
| Maitri Network | FY2023 | £5k | NISD: Girls’ Education project To enable 2455 girls from marginalised communities in rural Maharashtra to get the education they need to transform their lives and secure their future. |
| Bhaja and Bordharan | FY2023 | £5k | TBMSG Nagpur: Women's Social Project Early education support, health, and livelihoods training for 2,500 women and girls |
| Karuna DE | FY2023 | £4k | Grants to German partners |