What Wipro Foundation does

Wipro Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) entity of Wipro Limited, operating as a non-profit foundation headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Incorporated in 2017 (with antecedents going back over two decades via the Wipro Cares trust established in 2002), the foundation manages social programs across five verticals: Education, Healthcare, Ecology, Disaster Response, and Cities and Public Spaces. Its beneficiaries are underserved communities in India, with a particular emphasis on Wipro-proximate geographies.

The foundation does not build proprietary technology products; instead, it operates a portfolio of programs and grants executed through a partner network of more than 500 civil society organizations (CSOs) across 27 states and 3 Union Territories. Flagship initiatives include Wipro earthian (a 15-year sustainability education program reaching 2,000+ schools and 700+ colleges), the Wipro STEM Program (training 1,500+ STEM teachers), Urban Waters (urban water stewardship in Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, and Hyderabad), and the Samuhik Pahal journal. Wipro Cares, an employee-led trust under the foundation, engages 45,000+ Wipro employees in volunteering and payroll giving with 1:1 corporate matching.

Wipro Foundation is not a revenue-generating entity; its funding flows from Wipro Limited's CSR allocations, employee contributions matched 1:1 by the parent, and additional donations from Wipro Enterprises Private Limited. It collaborates closely with Azim Premji Foundation (a separate legal entity under the same principal benefactor) on multi-stakeholder deployments — most notably the Rs 2,125 crore (~USD 286 million) joint COVID-19 response reaching 13 million+ people. Distribution is partner-mediated rather than direct; grant applications are accepted online and undergo discussions, field visits, board reviews, and due diligence before approval. The foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees led by Narayan P S, who also serves as Global Head of Sustainability & ESG at Wipro Limited.

Name

Wipro Foundation

Legal name

Wipro Foundation

Website

https://wiprofoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Wipro Foundation is the CSR entity of Wipro Limited, executing social programs across Education, Healthcare, Ecology, Disaster Response, and Cities and Public Spaces through a network of 500+ NGO partners across India and engaging 45,000+ Wipro employees in volunteering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Social Responsibility / Non-profit Foundation Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC)

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Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

Keywords

• Corporate social responsibility
• Social impact programs
• Education access initiatives
• Sustainability education
• Disaster response funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Bengaluru

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding from Wipro Limited: Wipro Foundation represents Wipro Ltd's CSR initiatives, funded through corporate social responsibility allocations. Additional funding comes from employee contributions matched 1:1 by Wipro, and donations from Wipro Enterprises Private Limited as part of their CSR strategy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Wipro Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) entity of Wipro Limited and operates as a non-profit foundation running social programs across Education, Primary Healthcare, Ecology, Disaster Response, and Cities & Public Spaces. It provides grants to NGO partners, runs sustainability education through the Wipro earthian program, facilitates employee volunteering and payroll giving via Wipro Cares, and coordinates urban water stewardship through Urban Waters. Programs are executed through a network of 500+ civil society organizations rather than direct implementation.

Product overview

Wipro Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) entity of Wipro Limited, operating as a non-profit organization focused on social initiatives across five key domains: Education, Healthcare, Ecology, Disaster Response, and Cities & Public Spaces. The foundation does not offer a unified technology product but rather manages a portfolio of social programs and initiatives. Its major programs include Wipro earthian (sustainability education for schools and colleges), Wipro Cares (employee volunteering and payroll giving program), Urban Waters (urban water stewardship), and various grant programs supporting NGOs working in education, healthcare, and ecological sustainability. The foundation collaborates with civil society organizations, government bodies, and academic institutions to execute its mission of building a more humane, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable society.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wipro earthian: A sustainability education initiative of Wipro Foundation, fostering environmental learning among schools and colleges across India for 15 years.
• Wipro Cares
• Urban Waters
• Wipro STEM Program
• Samuhik Pahal

Products and services

• Education Initiative Initiative enabling systemic education reforms and improving access to education for underserved children through partnerships with civil society organizations across India.
• Healthcare Initiative Initiative supporting the delivery of quality primary healthcare services at Wipro proximate locations through NGO partnerships and community health programs.
• Ecology Initiative Initiative engaging with communities on issues of ecological sustainability and urban ecology through various environmental programs.
• Disaster Response Initiative facilitating long-term rehabilitation for communities affected by natural disasters through coordinated relief and recovery efforts.
• Cities and Public Spaces Initiative focused on urban development and creating inclusive public spaces in communities near Wipro locations.
• Wipro earthian A sustainability education program for schools and colleges, one of India's largest programs of its kind designed to foster excellence in sustainability thinking and action through competitions, educator networks, and continuous engagement programs.
• Wipro Cares An employee-led trust functioning under the umbrella of Wipro Foundation that engages Wipro employees in volunteering and charitable giving through payroll contributions (matched 1:1 by Wipro), supporting education, healthcare, environment, and disaster response programs.
• Urban Waters A Wipro Foundation program bringing together stakeholders from water-stressed cities in India (Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad) to address urban water challenges.
• Wipro STEM Program A transformative program for STEM teachers and District Science Coordinators, reaching over 1,500 educators across India.
• Samuhik Pahal A journal of collective action serving as a platform for organizations working in the field of education to share knowledge and experiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 million+ people reached with COVID-19 response
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

41 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Azim Premji FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020Azim Premji Foundation is a separate legal entity from Wipro Foundation. They collaborate to amplify outreach - Wipro Foundation handles Wipro Ltd's CSR while Azim Premji Foundation is Mr. Azim H. Premji's philanthropic initiative. For COVID-19 response, they leveraged Azim Premji Foundation's 1,600-member field team and 500+ CSO network. Joint commitment of Rs 2,125 crore for COVID-19 relief.
• BBMP (Bengaluru Bruhat Palayan) + L&TminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with BBMP (Bengaluru municipal corporation) to expedite cooked meal distribution to frontline health staff and needy. Collaboration with L&T to ensure food availability for workers at Wipro construction sites during lockdown.
• Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHPT partnered with Wipro Cares to host a volunteering event creating health awareness material at Wipro's Kodathi campus. 90 Wipro employees created drawings, animations, jingles, and short plays for community health awareness campaigns targeting low-income communities in Bengaluru.
• Doctors For You (DFY)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDFY has been a Wipro Cares partner since 2021, supporting primary healthcare services including Routine Immunization, Antenatal Care, Post-Natal Care, and essential newborn care to vulnerable communities in Mumbai's M-East ward with targeted population of around 15,500.
• Korou Education FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKorou Education Foundation runs library programmes in public schools in Ukhrul, Manipur. During COVID-19, delivered aid to 600 families including cancer patients and persons with disabilities.
• Recognise Rise and Empower Association (RREA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRREA works on education and early literacy in Kamjong district near Myanmar border. During COVID-19, delivered aid to remote villages in difficult terrain. Coordinated with Azim Premji Foundation to source PPE kits and N-95 masks, airlifted by Indian Air Force.
• Center for Environment Education (CEE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEE is a Wipro earthian partner organization helping reach thousands of schools and conduct teacher training programs for sustainability education across India.
• C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre (CPREEC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPREEC collaborates with Wipro earthian to evangelize sustainability education program across diverse rural and urban schools in India.
• Wild EcologuesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization in Wipro earthian's Sustainability Educator Network, contributing to biodiversity and environmental education initiatives.
• Rural Literacy and Health Programme (RLHP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that collaborated with Wipro Cares for a tree plantation drive at Government High School in Marballi village, Mysuru, where 14 employee volunteers planted nearly 50 saplings.
• The Society for Door Step Schools (DSS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDSS aims to bring education to the doorstep of children. Partnership since 2018, focusing on education access for underserved children.
• Vision EmpowermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVision Empower is a not-for-profit trust empowering visually impaired children through inclusive education. Partnership since 2017.
• We, The People Abhiyan (WTPA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWTPA works towards a just, free, equal society woven together with sense of fraternity as envisioned in the Constitution of India.
• UNNATImajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNNATI works to improve access to formal school education and realize the fundamental right of all children to quality education. Focus on Multi-Linguistic Education (MLE) pedagogy and working with government systems.
• Unmukt FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnmukt Foundation creates joyful and sustainable learning communities in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Works on holistic education PEACE model and Amaa Kritishaalaa model for literacy improvement.
• Towards FutureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking in field of child education, child protection, and women empowerment since 2009 in India.
• ShikshamitraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 2005 as school and education resource centre working on issues of equity, pedagogy, and sustainable learning.
• Shiksharth TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNot-for-profit educational initiative designing and implementing contextualized positive childhood experiences for children from spaces of conflict and adversity.
• SnehjoriminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking towards building a just, healthy, equitable community through sustainable changes.
• UdayanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization helping youngsters whose families have been impacted by leprosy to develop, flourish, and reach their potential.
• UdhyamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnleashing entrepreneurial capabilities of marginalized girls in educationally backward geographies through STEAM education.
• Umoya SportsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUmoya meaning 'Spirit' - reinforcing that all children 'in spirit' are the same, irrespective of gender, through sports programs.
• Universe Simplified Foundation (USF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMumbai-based nonprofit setting up STEM-based Innovation hubs within schools and community centers.
• Space for Nurturing Creativity (SNC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization working in mountain communities on education, employability, and healthcare.
• Suhit Jeevan TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProviding special services to children with Intellectual Disabilities in Raigad district.
• SwadharmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmpowering women in distress and underprivileged children through education, guidance, training, and counseling. Programs include family counseling, life skills education, girls' education support, and childcare.
• SwaTaleemmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas to create thriving school communities for adolescent girls in India. Focus on language learning, socio-emotional skills, and middle school science.
• Teach for Green (TFG)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBridging gap between environmental knowledge and day-to-day actions through experiential learning. Currently works with 30 schools in Champawat, Uttarakhand, 10 schools in Delhi, and 10 schools in Jharkhand.
• The Community Library Project (TCLP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRunning three free community libraries in Delhi NCR with over 30,000 books and 5,000+ members. Programs include Reading Fluency Program, Read-Aloud, and Book Report Clinic.
• The Forest WaymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with marginalized Narikuravar and Irular communities in Thiruvannamalai on language enhancement, reading skills, and environmental education.
• The Amma Social Welfare Association (ASWA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking on primary education, library initiatives, and holistic wellbeing (UHV) workshops reaching 10 states in India and 10 countries across 4 continents.
• Swatantra TalimmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking in alternative education in interior villages of Uttar Pradesh since 2013, nurturing scientific temper among rural children through hands-on curriculum and maker education (Khoj Shaala, Khoj Dabba).
• PratigyaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnsuring access to education and encouraging children and young people to open their mind toward learning.
• Prayas SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded in 1996 fighting for human dignity, working with marginalized communities.
• PrayogminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLibrary-based initiative running libraries in government schools and community sites for children's literature access.
• rZambaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable Trust in Kargil, Ladakh empowering communities and schools to co-create educational solutions.
• Safdaria (SHMW)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGirls' high school in Hyderabad established in 1934, catering to educational needs of young girls.
• Sahasra Deepika International for EducationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProviding stable, caring environment and well-rounded education for 80 girls from kindergarten to 10th standard.
• Sahodaya TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking in child education, child protection, and women empowerment since registration in 2016 in Patna.
• SAJAGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProviding foundational literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills to primary-grade students in Kalyan.
• Thrive FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational nonprofit in Chennai addressing lack of positive, preventive, and protective mental health services.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Google.org: Philanthropic arm of Google/Alphabet, funding education, economic opportunity, and inclusion globally through grants and AI-enabled programs. Relevant as a global tech-foundation peer for benchmark on innovation and scale, though geographically and structurally distinct from Wipro Foundation.
• Microsoft Philanthropies: Global corporate philanthropy arm of Microsoft, operating at vastly larger scale with tech-enabled education, workforce, and humanitarian programs. Useful as a global-incumbent benchmark for what a scaled tech-corporate foundation can become, though not a direct India-market competitor.
• Reliance Foundation: CSR foundation of Reliance Industries, one of India's largest corporates. Operates across education, health, rural transformation, sports, and disaster response with national-scale programs. A larger and more diversified corporate foundation peer.
• Tata Trusts: India's largest private philanthropic foundation (Tata group), operating across health, education, livelihood, and environment with a much larger endowment and broader mandate. Relevant as the established incumbent benchmark for Indian corporate philanthropy, though substantially larger than Wipro Foundation.

Direct peers

• Bharti Foundation: CSR arm of Bharti Enterprises (Airtel parent), primarily focused on rural education through the Satya Bharti school network. Similar corporate-foundation structure and India-centric, partner-supported model — closest direct peer in the education-vertical intensity.
• HCL Foundation: CSR arm of HCL Technologies, an Indian IT company directly comparable to Wipro. Operates across education, health, environment, and livelihoods through NGO partnerships in India, with similar scale and operating model to Wipro Foundation.
• Azim Premji Foundation: Philanthropic foundation of Wipro's founder Azim Premji, with deep operating overlap with Wipro Foundation (joint COVID-19 response, shared CSO network, education focus). Operates as the larger, founder-controlled sibling entity with 1,600+ field team — the most operationally intertwined peer.
• Infosys Foundation: CSR foundation of Infosys, a major Indian IT peer of Wipro. Operates similar verticals including education, healthcare, rural development, and arts/culture, with comparable scale and an India-centric, partner-led execution model. The most direct structural comparable in the Indian IT CSR landscape.
• Mahindra Foundation: CSR foundation of the Mahindra Group, focused on education (Project Nanhi Kali) and health. Comparable in scale, India-centric operations, and the corporate-foundation-plus-NGO-execution model, though with a narrower vertical focus than Wipro Foundation.

Regional players

• Aditya Birla Foundation: CSR arm of the Aditya Birla Group, focused on education, healthcare, sustainable livelihood, and rural development across India. Comparable India-centric corporate-foundation model and vertical mix, though with a different parent industry (conglomerate vs. IT services).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wipro
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• Facebookfacebook.com/wiprofoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wiprofoundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/wipro.foundation

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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