Bhumi

What Bhumi does

Bhumi is an India-based non-profit founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chennai, operating what it describes as India's largest youth volunteering movement focused on education for underserved children. The organization engages more than 100,000 volunteers across 15+ Indian cities and claims a presence in 40+ countries, delivering programs that directly support an estimated 70,000 children annually through in-school interventions, community-based outreach in shelter homes, and a structured two-year fellowship that places young leaders inside partner schools. Its paid workforce is small (39 employees) relative to the volunteer base, indicating a leveraged, community-led operating model.

Bhumi's core programs are organized into five offerings: "Strong Foundations In Schools" (direct in-school support for low-income schools), "Holistic Growth Beyond Schools" (programming for children in shelter homes and communities), the "Bhumi Fellowship" (2-year leadership placement inside schools), "Youth Clubs" (grassroots civic engagement), and "Bhumi Care" (corporate CSR and employee volunteering). The platform layer is a Framer-built website serving as the primary funnel for volunteer registration, donation processing, and program information, supplemented by LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook for awareness.

The organization is funded entirely through donations — individual contributions processed via the website and corporate CSR partnerships channeled through Bhumi Care. There is no disclosed pricing, membership fee, or fee-for-service revenue stream. Volunteer participation is free; the organization monetizes only through philanthropic giving. No funding rounds, institutional investors, audited financials, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available data, and the organization operates as an independent private non-profit with no parent entity or holding structure.

Name

Bhumi

Legal name

Bhumi

Website

https://bhumi.in

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bhumi is an Indian non-profit founded in 2006 that runs the country's largest youth volunteering movement, engaging 100,000+ volunteers across 15+ cities to deliver education programs reaching 70,000+ underserved children annually through school-based interventions, fellowships, and corporate CSR partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Education & Youth Volunteering Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

K–12 Support & School Improvement Nonprofits (BPAGADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD), After-School, Tutoring & Academic Enrichment Nonprofits (BPAGADAC)

Keywords

• Youth volunteering programs
• Education nonprofit services
• Corporate CSR partnerships
• Community education initiatives
• Leadership fellowship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Chennai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donors contribute funds to support education programs for underserved children. Donors can make contributions through the organization's website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bhumi is a non-profit youth volunteering organization that delivers education and community development programs in India. It engages volunteers to support underserved children through in-school interventions, community-based education initiatives, a 2-year leadership fellowship, grassroots youth clubs, and corporate CSR partnerships.

Product overview

Bhumi is a youth volunteering platform that offers multiple interconnected programs to transform education and society in India. The core offerings include 'Strong Foundations In Schools' (direct support to low-income schools), 'Holistic Growth Beyond Schools' (reaching children in shelter homes and communities), the 'Bhumi Fellowship' (a 2-year intensive leadership program placing young leaders in schools), 'Youth Clubs' (grassroots civic change initiatives), and 'Bhumi Care' (corporate CSR and employee volunteering programs). These programs work together to engage volunteers, reach children, and partner with corporations to address educational inequality across underserved communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strong Foundations In Schools Works directly inside low-income schools to transform the learning experience from the ground up, providing educational support and resources to underserved school environments.
• Holistic Growth Beyond Schools Extends education beyond school gates, reaching children in shelter homes and communities to build complete, well-rounded lives through comprehensive development programs.
• Bhumi Fellowship A 2-year intensive fellowship program that places passionate young leaders directly in schools to drive transformation from within, developing future education leaders.
• Youth Clubs Grassroots civic and social change initiative operating across cities, empowering young people to drive community transformation at the local level.
• Bhumi Care Corporate social responsibility (CSR) program that enables employee volunteering and charitable giving, connecting corporations with opportunities to support underserved communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70,000+ children empowered with education support annually
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Teach For India: India's flagship education-equity fellowship placing young leaders in low-income schools for 2-year terms — directly comparable to Bhumi's Fellowship model, sharing both the target beneficiary (underserved schoolchildren) and the volunteer pipeline (young professionals).
• Make A Difference (MAD): Youth-volunteer-driven nonprofit working with shelter-home children through education and mentoring — comparable in scale, demographic (young Indian volunteer base), and operating model (chapter-based city network) to Bhumi.
• Magic Bus India Foundation: Youth-mentoring nonprofit using sport and activity-based modules to deliver education and livelihood outcomes to underprivileged children — comparable target population, volunteer-driven model, and Indian city-network delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Naandi Foundation: Hyderabad-headquartered Indian NGO focused on education, safe drinking water, and livelihood outcomes — comparable in education-mission focus, scale, and corporate-philanthropy funding channels to Bhumi.
• CRY (Child Rights and You): Established Indian child-rights nonprofit working on education, health, and child protection — directly comparable mission space, donor model (individual + corporate), and city-network structure, though broader than Bhumi's education-only focus.
• Akshaya Patra Foundation: Large-scale Indian NGO operating the world's largest mid-day meal program serving schoolchildren — overlaps with Bhumi's education-mission beneficiary base and CSR-funding channels, though focused on nutrition infrastructure rather than classroom delivery.
• Smile Foundation: India-based social-development nonprofit running education, healthcare, and livelihood programs with strong corporate-CSR engagement — comparable in mission breadth, donor base, and Indian urban delivery model to Bhumi.
• Pratham Education Foundation: One of India's largest education NGOs operating preschool-to-vocational learning programs at national scale — addresses the same underserved-children education gap as Bhumi but with a more program-led (less volunteer-led) delivery model.

Others

• United Way India: Indian nonprofit aggregator channeling corporate CSR funds to vetted partner NGOs — comparable as a corporate-CSR intermediary, but acts as a fund-distribution layer rather than a direct program operator.

Regional players

• Habitat for Humanity India: India arm of global housing-focused nonprofit — overlaps with Bhumi on corporate-volunteer engagement models and CSR-driven fundraising but addresses shelter/infrastructure rather than education outcomes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Bhumi.Org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bhumi
• Instagraminstagram.com/bhumiorg/?hl=en

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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