What Better World Foundation does

Better World Foundation (BWF) is a privately held Indian non-profit headquartered in Patna, Bihar, with a secondary office in Hinoo, Ranchi district, and an 11–50 person staff. Founded circa 2016 with first field operations in 2020, BWF designs and implements integrated rural-development programs targeting rural, tribal, and smallholder-farming populations across Jharkhand and Bihar. Its portfolio spans health and nutrition (Health on Wheels and Nutrition on Wheels mobile units, Model Village Development Project/MVDP in Jamui), agriculture and livelihoods (Krishak Pathshalas farmer schools, Goat Bank, vermicompost, community orchards, AGRO-TECHNOLOGICAL Park in Seraikela-Kharsawan, Samekit Birsa Gram Vikas Yojana), clean cooking (Smokeless Chulha / EKI stoves with WINGS Foundation), education (Better World School across five Bihar districts), cooperative strengthening (SIDHKOFED advisory), supply-chain formalization (Responsible Mica Initiative in Koderma and Giridih), and legal services for marginalized communities.

BWF's revenue model is grant- and CSR-funded rather than fee-based. Anchor funders include Glenmark Foundation (Health on Wheels), JM Financial Foundation (MVDP), and WINGS Foundation (Clearing the Air cookstoves), supplemented by convergence funding and program implementation contracts from the Government of Jharkhand (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Health, ICDS, and District Administrations) and technical partnerships with ICAR, KVKs, BAU Sabour, RPCAU Pusa, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ranchi, and National Seeds Corporation. Programs are delivered free of cost to beneficiaries through mobile units, community training centers, farmer field schools, and direct village outreach. Cumulative operational reach spans 309 villages, 25,000+ farmer households, 50,000+ Health-on-Wheels beneficiaries, and 15 lakh+ cooperative-federation members, with cited outcomes including 50–60% income increases for participating households, 418,206 kg of vegetables produced through nutrition gardens, and a 50% FLW Knowledge Index uplift among 611 trained workers.

The foundation is led by Founder & Director Manoj Prabhakar and Senior Advisor Sonal Singh, supported by an advisory council with credentials spanning public health (Johns Hopkins India), FMCG and animal nutrition (former IRMA PGDRM), agricultural sciences (IRMA PhD), water resources (Fulbright scholar, IIT BHU / University of Arizona), legal practice (Patna and Jharkhand High Courts), and digital marketing / analytics (PIET Panipat). The technology stack is intentionally non-proprietary — BWF operates as a field-implementation and advisory organization rather than a software-as-a-service platform.

Name

Better World Foundation

Legal name

Better World Foundation

Website

https://bwf.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Better World Foundation is an Indian non-profit that designs and delivers integrated rural-development programs across health, nutrition, agriculture, livelihoods, education, and clean cooking for rural, tribal, and smallholder-farming communities in Jharkhand and Bihar, funded primarily through CSR grants from Glenmark, JM Financial, and WINGS Foundations alongside Government of Jharkhand convergence funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Development Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219), Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating (115112)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Rural Livelihoods & Economic Empowerment (BPAGABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition Technical Assistance (BPADAEAG), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) Partnerships (HLAJAOAG), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH), Climate, Environment & Natural Resource Management Aid Programs (BPADABAI)

Keywords

• Rural development programs
• Community development services
• Nonprofit health programs
• Agricultural extension services
• Livelihood enhancement programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Patna City

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding & CSR Partnerships: BWF operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through grants from CSR foundations (such as Glenmark Foundation, JM Financial Foundation), corporate partnerships, and development grants. The organization implements donor-funded programs while maintaining transparency and community-driven approaches.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Better World Foundation delivers integrated rural development programs across health, agriculture, livelihoods, education, gender inclusion, and WASH in Jharkhand and Bihar, India. Programs include mobile healthcare (Health on Wheels, Nutrition on Wheels), farmer training schools (Krishak Pathshalas), Model Village Development Projects, goat banks, nutrition gardens, smokeless cookstove distribution, mica supply chain formalization, and cooperative strengthening. Services are funded through CSR partnerships with foundations such as Glenmark Foundation and JM Financial Foundation and implemented in collaboration with government departments.

Product overview

Better World Foundation is a non-profit organization (not a technology product company) that operates a diverse portfolio of community development programs focused on rural healthcare, agriculture, education, and livelihoods across Jharkhand and Bihar, India. Rather than a unified software product or platform, BWF delivers services through distinct programmatic initiatives including Health on Wheels and Nutrition on Wheels (mobile healthcare), agricultural programs (Krishak Pathshalas, Model Village Development Project, Goat Bank, Vermi Compost), environmental initiatives (Smokeless Chulha, Community Orchards), educational services (Better World School), and institutional capacity building. These programs are implemented through partnerships with government bodies, foundations, and community organizations rather than through a software-as-a-service model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Health on Wheels: Mobile healthcare program delivering maternal, child, and adolescent care to remote tribal villages through doorstep services, nutrition support, community engagement, and frontline worker strengthening.
• Nutrition on Wheels
• Better World School
• Krishak Pathshalas
• Goat Bank
• Responsible Mica Initiative

Products and services

• Health on Wheels A mobile healthcare program delivering maternal, child, and adolescent care to remote tribal villages through doorstep services, nutrition support, community engagement, and frontline worker strengthening in Khunti district, Jharkhand. Implemented in partnership with Glenmark Foundation.
• Nutrition on Wheels A mobile nutrition initiative delivering screenings, counselling, supplementation, and 15-day camps to reduce child malnutrition and support pregnant, anaemic, and high-risk women in rural Jharkhand.
• Nutrition Garden Initiative A household nutrition initiative helping families grow diverse vegetables and herbs, improving dietary diversity, reducing expenses, and supporting income through home-based nutrition gardens.
• Community Orchard Initiative A nature-based initiative creating shared community orchards that improve nutrition, boost biodiversity, and strengthen ecological resilience for families in Jamui, Bihar.
• Vermi Compost Production Program A sustainable farming initiative training 300 farmers in vermi composting to improve soil fertility, boost crop nutrition, and create additional income sources.
• Smokeless Chulha Project (Clearing the Air) A clean-cooking initiative distributing improved biomass cookstoves (smokeless chulhas) across rural households to reduce indoor air pollution, implemented in partnership with WINGS Foundation and distributed across Khunti, Hazaribagh, Koderma, and Simdega districts.
• Goat Bank / Goat Cooperative Project A women-centered livelihood initiative establishing community-managed goat banks to provide quality breed goats, scientific rearing training, and veterinary support to marginalized farmers.
• AGRO-TECHNOLOGICAL Park A district-level agriculture innovation hub in Seraikela-Kharsawan designed to transform rural livelihoods through integrated farming, renewable energy systems, and farmer capacity-building.
• Samekit Birsa Gram Vikas Yojana / Krishak Pathshalas A state-led initiative developing model Birsa Grams and Krishak Pathshalas (farmer schools) that strengthen scientific, integrated, and sustainable farming across 357+ villages in Jharkhand.
• SIDHKOFED Cooperative Strengthening Support Advisory support to strengthen Jharkhand's apex cooperative federation through governance reforms, compliance systems, SOPs, and market-led frameworks for transparent, farmer-centric institutions across 24 district unions and 4,454 MPCS.
• Model Village Development Project (MVDP) An integrated rural development initiative in Jamui, Bihar, implemented with JM Financial Foundation to create sustainable, resilient, and self-reliant rural communities through agricultural interventions and nutritional security.
• Responsible Mica Initiative A community-centric initiative to formalize Jharkhand's mica supply chain by reducing child labour, improving traceability, empowering households, and ensuring safe, fair, and ethical livelihoods in Koderma and Giridih.
• Legal Services for Marginalized Communities A legal support initiative offering guidance, documentation help, and rights awareness to ensure vulnerable families can access justice and navigate administrative and judicial processes.
• Better World School An education initiative delivering affordable, high-quality schooling to children in underserved districts of Bihar (Jamui, Nawada, Sheikhpura, Gaya, Patna) with holistic academic development.
• Covid Assistance & Shraddha Program Emergency Covid-19 relief providing food, safety support, and essential assistance to stranded migrant workers and vulnerable families, including direct financial assistance to excluded households.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% income increase for 1,000 households (target March 2026)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• SIDHKOFED CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 June 2025MoU signing ceremony to foster cooperative innovation and rural livelihoods in Jharkhand through the SIDHKOFED ecosystem.
• Glenmark FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlenmark Foundation provides funding and technical guidance for the Health on Wheels mobile healthcare program in Jharkhand. The program delivers maternal, child, and adolescent healthcare to remote tribal villages through mobile health vans, with Glenmark supporting nutrition innovations and program costs.
• JM Financial FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJM Financial Foundation supports the Model Village Development Project (MVDP) in Jamui, Bihar. The project aims to create sustainable rural communities through improved agricultural livelihoods, food security, and empowerment of marginalized families, targeting 1,000 rural households.
• WINGS FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWINGS Foundation partners with BWF on the Clearing the Air smokeless chulha project. BWF serves as the Jharkhand distributor and implementation partner for WINGS' improved biomass cookstoves, enabling distribution of 25,000+ smokeless chulhas across rural households.
• Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBWF collaborates with RMI and the Government of Jharkhand to formalize the mica supply chain in Koderma and Giridih districts. The initiative aims to reduce child labour, improve traceability, empower households, and ensure safe, fair, and ethical livelihoods for mica-dependent communities.
• SIDHKOFEDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBWF provides advisory and systems strengthening support to SIDHKOFED, Jharkhand's apex cooperative federation for agricultural and minor forest produce. Support includes governance reforms, SOP development, market linkages, and capacity building across the three-tier cooperative system.
• Government of Jharkhand (Various Departments)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBWF partners with multiple Jharkhand government departments including Agriculture Department, District Agriculture Offices, Animal Husbandry Department, District Health Department, ICDS Department, and District Administration Khunti for program implementation and convergence.
• ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAR provides scientific and technical guidance for the MVDP project in Jamui, Bihar, ensuring research-backed agricultural interventions and validation of farming practices promoted by the program.
• KVK Jamui & KVK RanchisupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerKrishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) provide agricultural extension services, farmer training, and technical support for MVDP implementation in Jamui and surrounding areas.
• Bihar Agricultural University, SaboursupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBAU Sabour contributes academic expertise and research support for agricultural development programs implemented by BWF in Bihar.
• RPCAU, PusasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRam Krishna Purvanchal Agricultural University provides technical support and research collaboration for agricultural programs.
• Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, RanchisupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with BWF on agricultural development and community empowerment initiatives in Ranchi district.
• National Seeds Corporation (NSC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSC provides quality seed distribution support for farmer programs, ensuring access to high-quality planting materials for improved crop yields.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SRIJAN: SRIJAN works on rural livelihoods, natural resource management, and smallholder farmer collectivization in central and eastern India, comparable to BWF's MVDP and farmer school interventions.
• BAIF Development Research Foundation: BAIF operates livestock-centered rural development programs (including goat and cattle husbandry) across India; its integrated farming and animal husbandry approach mirrors BWF's Goat Bank and Vermi Compost programs.
• S M Sehgal Foundation: Sehgal Foundation delivers rural development programs spanning agriculture, water, education, and health in Haryana and beyond; its CSR-funded, multi-sector model parallels BWF's portfolio structure.
• PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action): PRADAN promotes sustainable rural livelihoods through agriculture, livestock, and women's empowerment programs across central and eastern India, directly comparable to BWF's MVDP and Krishak Pathshalas models in Bihar/Jharkhand.
• DHAN Foundation: DHAN Foundation promotes livelihoods, microfinance, and community institutions among rural poor across India; its cooperative-strengthening work parallels BWF's advisory support to SIDHKOFED.
• World Vision India: World Vision India runs child-focused rural development, health, and nutrition programs in underserved districts; comparable to BWF's Better World School and Nutrition on Wheels initiatives.

Broad incumbents

• ActionAid India: ActionAid India operates a broad portfolio across women's rights, agriculture, and disaster response nationally; overlaps with BWF in gender inclusion and rural livelihoods but at a larger scale.
• Tata Trusts: Tata Trusts fund and operate large-scale rural development, agriculture, and health programs across India, representing an upstream funder/incumbent that BWF could partner with or compete against for CSR dollars.

Emerging players

• Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF): TRIF focuses on rural development across aspirational districts with integrated livelihood and health models, overlapping with BWF's Bihar/Jharkhand model village approach but at an earlier stage of scale.
• Piramal Foundation: Piramal Foundation leads rural transformation programs in aspirational districts, with health, education, and livelihood interventions comparable in structure to BWF's MVDP and Health on Wheels models.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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