NGO Transformation
Driving scale and enhancing impact are challenges faced by most NGOs during their journey. This is especially compounded by limited resources and organizational strength.
Some of the challenges faced include the following:
- Large number of volunteers, often with limited education and experience
- High employee / volunteer turnover making training and continuity a challenge
- Highly manual and non-standard processes e.g., data collection, data management
- Inadequate management bandwidth to track and monitor performance with growth
- Difficulty in monitoring operational and financial performance and controls
- Inadequate data available to take data driven decisions
- Lack of IT systems / technology to drive efficiencies and effectiveness
Koita Foundation works with growing NGOs to understand and address their scalability challenges. We help them simplify and enhance business processes and to digitally transform operations and analytics to drive performance and scale in an orderly manner.
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Capacity Building Initiatives
Koita Foundation strengthens NGOs, leaders and beneficiaries through capacity-building programs focused on technology.
ILSS
The Koita Centre for Digital Transformation (KCDT) empowers Social Sector Organizations (SSOs) with training, capacity building and knowledge tools to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Through structured programs like the Digital Transformation for Social Impact (DTSI) Program and the Digital Toolbook for Social Impact, KCDT helps SSOs enhance data-driven decision-making, improve transparency, and scale their impact sustainably.
Abhilasha
'Abhilasha' is a 15-month program in Rajasthan that empowers underprivileged girls with software programming and 21st-century life skills, enhancing their employability. The initiative, a collaboration between Vidya Bhawan Society and NavGurukul, is supported by
Bajaj Finserv and Koita Foundation.
Active NGO Partnerships
Koita Foundation has partnered with NGOs to support their front-end Digital Transformation initiatives and help them develop strong technology capabilities.
Educate Girls
Educate Girls is a non-profit that focuses on mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas. Strongly aligned with the ‘Right to Education Act’ or the ‘Samagra Shiksha’, Educate Girls is committed to the Government’s vision to improve access to primary education for children, especially young girls.
Madhi Foundation
Madhi Foundation envisions a world where we put foundational learning first so every child can thrive. The organization is committed to eliminating the Foundational Learning crisis in India within the next decade, recognizing the importance of building a future where schooling ensures learning and quality foundational education is a right of all. Through innovative programs and system reform models, the Madhi Foundation focuses on foundational learning to ensure every child is equipped with essential literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills, helping them thrive at school, work, and in life. Madhi's work focuses on Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, and Nagaland to bridge the learning gap among primary school children.
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association (KSWA) was established in 1928 and is committed to empowering disadvantaged youth and women by offering skill-based training and fostering sustainable livelihoods. KSWA operates Learning Development Centers (LDCs) in semi-urban slums and CAMPs in rural regions. With a presence in 18 states, over 30 towns, and more than 2,000 villages, KSWA annually impacts the lives of 200,000 young individuals and women.
Antara Foundation
The Antara Foundation believes every mother and child deserves an equal start to a healthy life. TAF partners with governments and communities to improve maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCHN) outcomes through scalable, sustainable interventions. By enhancing last-mile health services, fostering community engagement, and developing context-specific solutions, TAF empowers women and health workers to reduce preventable deaths and ensure equitable healthcare outcomes.
Paani Foundation
Paani Foundation, founded in 2016 by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, is committed to building a drought-free and prosperous rural Maharashtra through water conservation and sustainable agriculture. Their flagship initiatives, including the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup (2016 - 2019) and Satyamev Jayate Farmer Cup (2022 - Ongoing), have empowered over 6,000 villages, created 550 billion liters of water storage, and supported 50,000+ farmers. In 2024, the Farmer Cup engaged 4,360 collectives, including nearly 2000 all-women groups, promoting climate-resilient, community-led solutions.
Leadership For Equity
Leadership For Equity is a non-profit organisation (NGO) that works towards strengthening the public education system in India to equip all children for the future. They work in deep partnership with government bodies to co-implement programs, co-create content, co-publish research, and co-evaluate growth to strengthen governance, system leadership and teacher education.
RightWalk Foundation
RightWalk Foundation (RWF) aims to build an equitable society where everyone’s basic needs are met. RWF accomplishes it by activating India’s transformational social policies that provide access to quality education, livelihoods, and health to the most deprived section of the society. By partnering with governments, establishing Policy Management Units (PMUs), and deploying Ground Delivery Networks (GDNs), they streamline policy delivery, foster inclusivity, and advocate for systemic change.
Concern India Foundation
Concern India Foundation is a not-for-profit, public charitable trust set up in 1991 to extend financial and non-financial support to grassroots level NGOs working in the areas of education, health and community development. Over the past 30 years, Concern India has strengthened and supported over 3500 NGO partners across the country.
Graduated NGOs (Alumni)
Koita Foundation partners with NGOs over 3-5 years to support their Digital Transformation initiatives and help them develop strong technology capabilities. Now, as the Graduated NGO partners, these NGOs continue to lead their digital transformation initiatives and drive impact, leveraging the skills and frameworks established during our partnerships.
Magic Bus
Magic Bus works with more than 375,000 children and 10,000 young people living in poverty across 22 States of India. It uses a Childhood to Livelihood approach to help children and young people break out of the crushing cycle of poverty by completing secondary education and getting a stable job.
Armman Foundation
ARMMAN is an India-based non profit organization committed to improving the wellbeing of pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children in the first five years of their life. The core programmes of ARMMAN make innovative use of technology to develop viable interventions and to maximize reach, covering over 23 million beneficiaries across 16 states in India.
Avanti Fellows
Avanti Fellows is committed to student empowerment and promotes educational equity. Avanti uses technology to enhance Math and Science education in Indian secondary schools, benefiting 50,000+ in classrooms and 5 million+ online. Avanti's system transformation efforts help government schools, while millions of students access free online resources.
Vipla foundation
Vipla Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with the vision of making India a child-friendly nation. Vipla Foundation is committed to preventing exploitation and all other forms of discrimination of vulnerable women and children, and empowering them to lead a life of dignity, self-respect, and independence. Over the past 33 years, Vipla Foundation has positively impacted over a lakh of young preschool children, through its flagship balwadi program, both directly and indirectly.
SNEHA
SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action) works towards the vision of realizing healthy and safe communities in urban informal settlements. a life cycle approach to break the inter-generational cycle of poor health by working on Maternal and Newborn Health, Child Health and Nutrition, Adolescent Health, and Prevention of Violence against Women and Children.
Antarang Foundation
Antarang Foundation envisions a world where every young person is passionately, productively and positively engaged in a career of their choice. It has reached more than 82,000 young adults from 14-25 years through their programs which deliver career guidance, develop core employability skills, and finally link students with career opportunities.
Center for Equity and
Quality in Universal Education
Center for Equity and Quality in Universal Education (CEQUE) coaches teachers from government and low-income schools in teaching methodologies that bring measurable improvement in student learning. They focus on the reading, writing and math skills of students in grades 1-8. CEQUE currently provides coaching to 1600 teachers in 7 districts across 2 states, impacting around 22,000 children in 775 schools.
FMCH
FMCH works on maternal health and malnutrition. Their vision is a world of healthy mothers and thriving children - where poor nutrition does not come in the way of mothers and children reaching their full potential. They have over 30 partners and have reached over 500,000 beneficiaries
I-Saksham
i-Saksham develops local young women in Bihar as 'Leaders of Change' through education (edu-leaders) to promote the vision of 'Voice and Choice for Every Woman' in their communities.
Vopa
Vowels of the People Association (VOPA) provides joyous, meaningful education with self-respect and equal opportunity. In alignment with the Government of India’s Right to Education Act, 2009, VOPA aims to provide free, enjoyable, and quality digital education to students from all backgrounds, reducing educational disparities and promoting equality of opportunity.
Srijan Ek Soch
Srijan Ek Soch is a non-profit organization run by a young talented and highly successful professional engaged in establishing a sustainable governance model for Education, Skill Development and Healthcare in small towns and villages. Srijan has 50+ Volunteers in 4 States working with around 3,000+ Kids and 15+ Villages.
NGO Transformation: KF Approach
Our Vision: Leverage technology to drive efficiencies & help successful NGOs scale faster
- Identify business processes to be simplified / enhanced.
- Engage with external experts and other NGOs to determine best practices.
- Develop optimized business processes and define key performance indicators.
- Identify Digital transformation opportunities areas where technology can enhance and track performance.
- Focus on large scale programs or programs which have potential to scale fastest.
- Determine technology options (incl. buy v/s build).
- Beneficiary centric technology that improves productivity & cost.
- Support technology/partner/vendor selection.
- Build dashboards and implement analytical tools to monitor and track performance.
- Help NGOs establish ongoing review mechanisms, including KPIs and dashboards.
- Improvise based on learnings.
- Provide ongoing support needed to sustain initiatives.
Phase 2 launch of KSWA Web App
April 2025 - The Student Management System (SMS) enables a structured and scalable student journey-from enrollment and batch assignment to course completion and certification. It streamlines each stage of the student lifecycle, helping users efficiently capture all data, reduce administrative workload, and focus more effectively on meaningful field engagement.
Update on our work with The Antara Foundation and Chandrika Bahadur!
April 2025 - The Aalekha platform is being rolled out across nine districts and will be used by around 100 district leads, program officers, and senior program officers, aiming to reach nearly one million mothers and children annually, strengthening Antara Foundation’s mission of ensuring equitable healthcare for every mother and child.
Koita Foundation and Indial Leaders for Social Sector
February 2025 - Koita Foundation and Indial Leaders for Social Sector (ILSS) launched the Koita Centre for Digital Transformation (KCDT) to accelerate digital adoption in India’s social sector. KCDT serves as a dedicated platform to equip Social Sector Organizations (SSOs) with the training / capacity building, knowledge tools, and mentorship needed to integrate technology effectively. Through structured programs, expert-led training, and a collaborative ecosystem, KCDT enables SSOs to enhance impact, efficiency, and scale. Koita Foundation has made a 5-year commitment to ILSS to support the launch and scaleup of KCDT. In addition to the financial support, Koita Foundation will provide technical guidance, digital transformation case studies and NGO best practices, leveraging our work in NGO Transformation over the past 8 years.
Launch of Digital Toolbook for Social Impact (DiTSI)
December 2024 - ILSS, supported by Koita Foundation launched the Digital Toolbook for Social Impact (DiTSI). It is a compendium that is a technical guide and resour ce directory for NGOs at any stage in their tech journey. It contains digital tools and tech, a directory with a wide range of service providers, resources to articulate the NGOs current needs, and guidance on implementation and budgeting. The toolbook was launched to mark the conclusion of the pilot cohort where 6 NGOs were selected for extended mentoring.
Introducing and educating NGO leaders about digital transformation
September 2024 - Koita Foundation, in partnership with ILSS, has launched the Digital Transformation for Social Impact Program to empower NGOs through technology. It is a 10-week, blended program. Launched in September, the first cohort consisted of bringing together 14 NGO leaders from diverse sectors. The participants will be personally mentored by industry and technical experts; making the program actionable. The NGOs will take the learning, apply them to their everyday and be better enabled, digitally.
Madhi Foundation implements the Veedum Vizhippum Mobile App to boost parental engagement in rural Tamil Nadu
August 2024 - The Veedum Vizhippum app was launched to support 15 Community Education Workers (CEWs) in enhancing parental involvement and improving educational outcomes. The app benefits 6,000 parents of 6,500 primary students by facilitating workshops, automating reminders, and tracking progress to address learning gaps in rural Tamil Nadu.
i-Saksham introduces digital assessments to improve the selection process of eduleaders
July 2024 - i-Saksham, digitized its eduleader selection process using mobile and tablet-based assessments. This streamlined approach has reduced onboarding time, enabled remote participation, and increased field worker productivity. In just three months, over 1,500 candidates from rural Bihar have been assessed.
Akanksha Foundation launches Setu, a mobile app to streamline the work of field officers
June 2024 - The Setu app simplifies scheduling and recording tasks for field officers, enabling more efficient support for schools. This tech-driven solution will eventually benefit 500 teachers and 50,000 students across Pune Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and Nagpur Municipal Corporation, driving impactful change in the education system.
Educate Girls implements a GIS Mapping Tool to boosts community mobilization for girls' education
May 2024 - A GIS mapping tool was launched that helps field staff identify and prioritize areas with out-of-school girls across 977 villages, supporting over 57,000 girls. The tool will be used by 131 field staff and will enhance community mobilization and planning by visualizing geographic data, leading to more targeted interventions in rural and educationally backward regions.
Srijan Ek Soch fecilitates the Best Users of the EduOps Mobile App!
Dec 2023 - Celebrating the Best Users of the EduOps Mobile App – Srijan Ek Soch felicitated top 6 Program associates for their commitment and consistent app usage. These individuals have demonstrated remarkable dedication to transforming the way Srijan Ek Soch leverages data for decision-making. EduOps is revolutionizing schools by facilitating regular tracking of student attendance and progress, ultimately reducing dropouts.
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association launches the Journey To Livelihood app
September 2023 - This Android-based mobile app has been launched for 350 area managers and field coordinators to simplify the creation of tour plans and updation of mobilization related details impacting more than 2,00,000 beneficiaries.
Vipla Foundation rolls out Umang Balwadi app across 800 BMC Balwadis
August 2023 - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) adopted the Umang Balwadi app for 800 Anganwadi teachers and 15 mentors to monitor teacher performance and assess student outcomes - for 22,000+ students.
Abhilasha program launches in Udaipur
August 2023 - Koita Foundation in collaboration with Navgurukul, Vidya Bhavan Society and Bajaj FinServ, supported that launch of Abhilasha in Udaipur Rajasthan. Abhilasha is a 15-month program to empower young girls from 14 backward districts of Rajasthan with software programming skills. The first batch of 100 girls will be trained and placed in leading software companies. Subsequent batches will be scaled up based on the success of the program.
Foundation for Mother and Child Health implements NuTree app for the Anganwadi workers
July 2023 - The NuTree app has empowered Anganwadi workers in certain districts, to improve their effectiveness while providing comprehensive healthcare support to mothers and children.
Vipla foundation felicitates their Balwadi teachers / mentors and launches version 2 of Umang app
June 2023 - Celebrating the Best Users of the Umang Mobile App - Vipla Foundation felicitated top 14 Anganwadi teachers and mentors from a group of over 100, for their commitment and consistent usage of the app. Vipla also launched Version 2 of Umang with additional functionality.
Centre for Equity in Quality and Universal Education launches Seekhein Seekhaye app
June 2022 - The Seekhein Seekhaye App enables coaches to enhance learning by adding coaching related details, and helps district managers to track and manage data across districts where CEQUE operates. The app is been used by 50 coaches and district managers catering to around 3000 teachers impacting more than 25,000 children.
Concern India Foundation implements a Project Management System
May 2022 - The Synergy Project Management Platform has been launched to integrate processes across Concern India Foundation to help project managers improve their ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously. The platform is used to track over 60 large initiatives of CIF.
Srijan Ek Soch launches Eduops app
September 2022 - The EDUOPS web application is used by Srijan's program associates for better monitoring and evaluation of student outcomes, as well as improving operational efficiencies. The app is being used by 60 project associates impacting more than 15,000 students.
Vipla foundation launches 'Umang' Balwadi app
July 2021 - The Vipla Umang Balwadi app empowers both teachers and mentors of Vipla's community Balwadi programs. Umang app is used for tracking attendance, evaluation of student outcomes and assessing teacher performance. The app is currently being used by 80 teachers and mentors impacting around 2500 students each year.
Foundation for Mother and Child Health launches version 2 of the NuTree app
March 2021 - FMCH NuTree app Version 2 enables field officers to schedule visits based on the condition of mother and child. NuTree 2.0 follow a specialised schedule and protocol for SAM/MAM children - resulting in sharp reduction of SAM/MAM children in the community - FMCH effectively moved 77% of SAM / MAM children to healthy conditions.
Masoom launches 'Drishti' app
October 2020 - The Drishti app is used by school leaders for end-to-end management of schools, including attendance tracking, assessing student performance and providing details on nutrition programs. The app is used by around 100 school leaders impacting 15,000 students.
Foundation for Mother and Child Health launches 'NuTree' App
July 2020 - FMCH NuTree app enables consistent higher quality counselling in the first 1000 days by providing decision tree support to field workers during field visits. NuTree also allows for registration of beneficiaries and recording of anthropometry data. NuTree has improved quality and productivity of field workers significantly. The app is been used by 200 field officers reaching out to around 40,000 families.
Antarang Foundation launches a Centralised Placement platform including Student mobile app
February 2019 - This Salesforce-based Placement System has been launched for Antarang's centralised placement team, as well as trainers, to facilitate linkages to education, employment and training. The system also integrated with a Student Placement application for an integrated workflow. The syetem is been used by 35,000 users every year.
Magic Bus Implements Power BI Dashboards
November 2018 - Built on PowerBI, the MagicBus platform unifies organizational data across the India to provide real time dashboards and reports, making information available across all organizational levels, programs and geographies. This capability enable near real-time tracking of program at national level. Magic Bus tracks over 10,000 employees nationwide, ensuring 85% session punctuality and 30% reduction in student enrollment delays, while increasing monitoring visits from 4 to 16 per month and managing international operations in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
SNEHA Foundation launches TeamCare App
September 2018 - TeamCare App on Android for field officers and program officers automates visit schedules for each field worker supporting mother and child, and optimises care for high risk cases.
App is used in 20 communities covering over 300,000 population.
Antarang Foundation launches Career Aware SalesForce App
June 2018 - The Salesforce-based application processes data from student psychometric tests and auto-generates personalized career recommendations for each student, which are used in career counselling. It also supports management of day-to-day operations of the program.
This application made the core Antarang career counselling program highly scalable - Anatarang was able to scale from 3,000 students to 30,000 students/year
Antarang Foundation launches Career Ready Tablet App
August 2017 - The Career Ready Trainer Tablet app enables trainers to track progress of students in Antarang's employability skills program - Career Ready.
The app is also being used by around 1,600 students every year in classroom training sessions.
