Bucket List India

What Bucket List India does

Bucket List India is a New Delhi-based non-profit organisation founded in 2016 that supports underprivileged children through six interconnected verticals: Health, Academics, Sports, Rights, Arts, and Bucket List wish-granting. Its work is structured around the Framework for 21st Century Learning and delivered directly in underserved communities, including Jasola, Madanpur Khadar, Sarita Vihar, Okhla in South-East Delhi, Khandsa in Gurugram (Haryana), and Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh. The team is small (approximately 10 employees plus volunteers) and is led by Executive Director Rida Ali alongside co-founders Sakshi Srivastava (Operations) and Yogesh Gangotia (Media Strategies), with a Project Lead overseeing academic interventions. The organisation reports concrete programme outputs, including 260+ children mainstreamed into formal schools, 160+ children receiving remedial academic support, 70+ Aadhaar cards procured, and 3,400+ community members reached through RTE awareness rallies.

The organisation's offerings are programmatic rather than productised: flagship initiatives include the #HelpMeWrite campaign (RTE-driven school enrollment and literacy), the School Admission Drive, the 'Streets to Field' sports project, the annual 'Tell-A-Tale' theater production, and the 'Genie in a Bucket' quarterly wish-granting events. It also runs a 'Sponsor A Child' donation programme and a volunteer programme, and has participated in events such as the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023 in Chennai.

The revenue model is entirely donation-based, with no paid products or services. Funding comes from individual donors contributing via the Razorpay-powered website portal, Paytm, or direct bank transfer, supplemented by corporate/CSR partnerships (YouWeCan, Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Rizvi Group, Sport for All Charity, SimplePlan Media) and a 'Partner With Us' CSR channel. Unit pricing is communicated at approximately ₹1,100 per child to cover school bag, textbooks, stationery, and shoes. Technology is limited to a standard web platform with Razorpay integration; no proprietary technology stack, app, or AI/ML capability is described.

Name

Bucket List India

Legal name

Bucket List

Website

https://bucketlist.org.in

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bucket List India is a New Delhi-based non-profit founded in 2016 that supports underprivileged children through six integrated verticals—Health, Academics, Sports, Rights, Arts, and wish-granting—delivered via community learning centres in Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh and funded by individual donations and CSR partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (813990)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Emergency Livelihood Support (BPAGAAAJ)

Keywords

• Child welfare nonprofit
• Community education programs
• School enrollment support
• Corporate social responsibility
• Recreational sports programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

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, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations and Sponsorship: Individual donors contribute through the website (Razorpay), Paytm, and bank transfer. Donations fund the six verticals: Health, Academics, Sports, Rights, Arts, and Bucket List wish-granting. The 'Sponsor A Child' programme enables recurring or one-time sponsorship of individual children. Donations are non-refundable.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bucket List India is a nonprofit organisation that supports underprivileged and street-connected children across six integrated program verticals: Health, Academics/Education, Sports, Rights, Arts, and Bucket List wish-granting. Programs are delivered on the ground through neighbourhood learning centres and community events in South-East Delhi, Gurugram (Haryana), and Fatehpur (Uttar Pradesh), funded primarily by individual donations and corporate CSR partnerships.

Product overview

Bucket List India is a nonprofit organization operating a multi-vertical program model focused on supporting underprivileged children in Delhi and surrounding regions. The organization runs six interconnected verticals: Health (health camps and medical support), Academics/Education (#HelpMeWrite campaign and School Admission Drive), Sports (Streets to Field project), Arts (visual and performing arts including Tell-A-Tale theater), Rights (child rights advocacy and RTE implementation), and Bucket List wishes (granting innocent wishes to inspire hope). Additionally, they offer donation-based programs like Sponsor a Child and Volunteer opportunities. The organization operates learning centers in South-East Delhi, Gurugram, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, working with children in Jasola, Madanpur Khadar, Sarita Vihar, Khandsa, and Fatehpur communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Health Vertical Integrated health vertical delivering health camps, group sessions, and one-on-one health conversations to ensure the overall healthy functioning of underprivileged children; delivered through partnerships with healthcare organisations.
• Academics/Education Vertical Programme that gets underprivileged children enrolled into formal schools and supports them to stay there through ongoing academic and remedial support, documentation assistance, and post-enrolment follow-up.
• #HelpMeWrite Campaign RTE-focused literacy and school-enrolment campaign identifying out-of-school children aged 6–14, organising rallies, conducting house visits, providing documentation support, and enrolling children into formal schools.
• Sports Vertical Sports and physical-activity programme that uses team sports (including rugby) to build life skills such as teamwork, interpersonal communication, and healthy outlets for negative energy among underprivileged children.
• Arts Vertical Visual and performing-arts programme using art as a medium for emotional expression, developing fine motor skills, neural development, problem-solving, and self-confidence; includes the Tell-A-Tale annual theatre production.
• Rights Vertical Child-rights programme that builds awareness and practice of rights among disadvantaged children through campaigns on child rights, RTE advocacy, and partnership-driven support for vulnerable children.
• Bucket List (Wishes) Vertical Wish-granting programme that captures and fulfils the small but meaningful wishes of underprivileged children to inspire hope, belief in possibilities, and the courage to dream — operationalised through quarterly 'Genie in a Bucket' events.
• Sponsor a Child Programme Donation programme that allows individuals to financially support a specific underprivileged child (one-time or recurring) to help them reach their full potential; the stated per-child school sponsorship cost is approximately ₹1,100.
• Street Child Cricket World Cup Participation Programme through which 9 street-connected children represented Bucket List/India at the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023 in Chennai, providing visibility and a platform to highlight the invisibility of street children.

Quantifiable outcome

• 260+ children mainstreamed into formal schools
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• YouWeCancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare organisation partnered with Bucket List to arrange regular health camps and prescribed medicine distribution for children and their families in target communities, ensuring consistent physical health monitoring.
• Max Smart Super Speciality HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare partner supporting Bucket List's health vertical by providing health camps and medical services for underprivileged children and families in Jasola and surrounding communities.
• Salaam BaalkaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Bucket List to support the documentation process for children, specifically helping procure Aadhaar cards for underprivileged children to enable access to government policies and school enrollment.
• NCPCR (National Commission for Protection of Child Rights)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment body partnered with Bucket List in supporting the documentation process, helping procure identity documents for street-connected children to access education and welfare schemes.
• Rizvi GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of Bucket List's participation in the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023. Rizvi Group provided support for the team's participation in the tournament held in Chennai.
• Sport for All CharityminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCharity organisation that sponsored Bucket List's participation in the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023, supporting the sports vertical and visibility of street-connected children.
• SimplePlan MediaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDigital agency that designed and maintains Bucket List's website (crafting credited in footer). Also listed as a sponsor for the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023.
• Superfly ProductionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhotography and media production partner credited for photography during the Street Child Cricket World Cup 2023.
• Delhi Hurricanes (Rugby)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal rugby ground provider for Bucket List's Sports vertical training sessions. The first five practice sessions were held at Delhi Hurricanes ground to boost children's and parents' confidence.
• RazorpaycoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment gateway provider enabling online donations to Bucket List via the website donation portal (pages.razorpay.com/bucketlist).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pratham: One of India's largest education NGOs, focused on universalising primary education through remedial, vocational, and digital programmes. Overlaps with Bucket List's academics vertical at vastly larger scale.
• CRY (Child Rights and You): Long-established Indian NGO working on child rights, education, and livelihood outcomes across India. Comparable donor base, beneficiary focus, and CSR partnership structure at meaningfully greater scale.
• Save the Children India: Large, established Indian affiliate of a global NGO delivering education, health, and child-protection programmes. Competes for CSR funding and individual donations in overlapping verticals and geographies.
• CHILDLINE India Foundation: National helpline and intervention network for children in distress, supported by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. A much larger incumbent operating in the same child-protection and rights domain as Bucket List's Rights vertical.
• Smile Foundation: National NGO running education, health, and livelihood programmes for underprivileged children and families. Competes directly with Bucket List for corporate CSR partnerships through its 'Teach for India'-style child-education programmes.

Direct peers

• Make-A-Wish India: Indian affiliate of Make-A-Wish Foundation granting wishes to critically ill children. Closely comparable to Bucket List's 'Genie in a Bucket' wish-granting vertical and offers direct insight into the wish-granting donor model.
• Salaam Baalak Trust: Delhi-based NGO providing shelter, education, healthcare, and recreational support to street and working children. Operates in the same Delhi NCR geography and overlapping beneficiary population as Bucket List.
• Bachpan Bachao Andolan: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi's child-rights movement focused on education access, child labour, and child rights advocacy. Overlaps with Bucket List's Rights vertical and Education/RTE advocacy work.
• Butterflies NGO: NGO working with street and working children across India on education, health, and protection. Operates learning and recreation centres for the same beneficiary cohort and competes for similar CSR grants.
• Magic Bus India Foundation: National NGO using sports and education to move children out of poverty; explicitly referenced as a prior employer of Bucket List's project lead. Operates a community-based model serving underprivileged youth across India and shares Bucket List's sports-plus-education thesis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bucketlist_in
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCBMpfBubMDddyXX80ZXPD0w
• Facebookfacebook.com/bucket.list.official.india
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bucket-list-india
• Instagraminstagram.com/bucket.list.india

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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