Founded by Ronnie & Zarina Screwvala, we operate with a single-minded focus of empowering 1 million Rural Indians every 5-6 years. We are bringing together best global practices, corporate thinking and accountability, highest standards of corporate governance to create a model of sustainable development, which is an industry benchmark and replicable at scale. 

Our vision: Build a model for sustainable and irreversible change by empowering rural communities to become self-dependent, creating rural communities as a strong asset to 21st century India. 

Our strategy: To Engage, Empower, Execute and Exit. To engage rural communities with corporates, urban youth, NGOs and governments and empower them to co-execute programs that transform their lives which enables our exit, creating role models and change agents for the rest of the country. 

We currently execute ~35 programmes in our geography and work with partners including Tata Trusts, Reckitt Benckiser, Deutsche Bank, UTI AMC, HSBC, Mahindra & Mahindra AFS, HDFC Bank, Australian Consulate - General Mumbai and RBL Bank to name a few.

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Swades Foundation

Mangesh Wange

Aarti Pandya

Bhakti Arora (Sathe)

Shivtej Dhaul

Mohan Dhangar

Mukul Doshi

Amit Gupta

Rahul Katariya

The Donor Engagement and Fundraising team at Swades Foundation works to cultivate and maintain relationships with individual and corporate donors to secure funding for the organization’s various programs. They develop strategic partnerships and innovative fundraising campaigns to enhance community impact while ensuring donors are informed and engaged in the Foundation's mission of empowering rural communities. By aligning donor interests with the Foundation's goals, the team fosters a culture of collaboration and accountability that drives sustainable development initiatives.

Donor Engagement and Fundraising

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