FINANCIALS
We are a registered not for profit trust with 12 A registration and 80 G certificate under the Income Tax Act of India.
Our FCRA particulars are as below:
SOURCES OF SUPPORT
The Centre has obtained support for several of its projects and activities from the following sources:
Government agencies
- Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART), New Delhi.
- Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai.
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Chennai.
- Ministry of Environment and Forest.
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
- Small Farmers Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), New Delhi and Tamil Nadu State
- NABKISAN Finance Limited (NKFL), Chennai.
Private agencies
- Research Foundation for Science Technology and Ecology, New Delhi.
- Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), Bangalore.
- Deccan Finance Corporation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- M. M. Muthaiah Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- PREPARE, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- PPST(Patriotic and People-Oriented Science and Technology) Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Vellayyan Chettiyar Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Navdanya, New Delhi.
- United Nations Development Programme – Global Environment Facility UNDP – GEF
- RTBI, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai.
- Jamsetji Tata Trust, Mumbai.
- Sri Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai.
- Shiriam Vocational Training Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Wassan – Hyderabad.
- Development Cooperation Division, Royal Netherlands Embassy, New Delhi.
- Gram Swaraj Sangh, Kutch, Gujarat.
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, New Delhi.
- Test Foundation, Guntur.
- Anna University – PPST Centre for Traditional Sciences and Technologies, Chennai.
- Anna University – K.B. Chandrasekar Centre for Internet and Telecom Technologies
- Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB), Ahmedabad.
- Turbo Energy Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- HIKE Limited, Bengaluru.
- Sirkazhi Organic Farmers’ Association (SOFA)
- Carl Bechem Lubricants (l) Private Limited, Bengaluru.
- UN Office for Project Services, Rome, Italy.
- Infosys Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and Technology (TDU), Bangalore.
- United Way of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- INDIC Academy, Hyderabad.
- ABI Showatech India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- EdelGive Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra. (NGO)
- Shri A.M.M. Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre (MCRC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Annamalai University, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
- Ethiraj College For Women College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
- M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Foreign sources
- FORD Foundation India, New Delhi
- Cottonwood Foundation, USA
- Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI)
- Educational and Training Consultants, Netherlands
- Institute of Agricultural Trade Policy, U.S.A.
- Indo-German Social Service Society, New Delhi.
- Pesticide Action Network (PAN) – Asia Pacific Region Malaysia
- Action Aid, Chennai
- HIVOS, Bangalore
- OXFAM-GB, Hyderabad
- GTZ, New Delhi
- World Wildlife Fund, USA
- Whitley Award Foundation, England
- Wetlands International – South Asia
- UN Office for Project Services, Rome, Italy
- Department for International Development, UK
- Thyssenkrupp and Kindermothlife, Germany and the Churches Council for Child and Youth Care
- NTT Data Asia Pacific Pvt. Ltd., Singapore
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
- HIVOS and Oxfam Novib, Joint Knowledge Programme, Netherlands.
- Rabo Bank Foundation Employee Fund, Netherlands
- Supraja Foundation, Hong Kong
- Woka Foundation, USA
Individual Donations
In addition, a large number of individual donors from India and also some from abroad continue to support our work.