Spandan Foundation

What Spandan Foundation does

Spandan Foundation, Mumbai is a nonprofit NGO founded in 2015 by Mr. Pramod Mohite that delivers educational support services to economically and socially underprivileged students across Maharashtra. Its core programs include donating educational materials (books, uniforms, computers, water purifiers, stationery), conducting board exam guidance seminars delivered by qualified teachers, providing scholarships, and supporting infrastructure improvements at tribal and rural schools. The organization also engages in disaster relief, including COVID-19 ration drives, Nisarga cyclone relief, Kokan flood response, and drought-impacted student support in Pune. All programs are volunteer-driven through a network of 43 active volunteers including experienced educators, and the foundation has cumulatively supported 7,000+ marginalized students across 50+ activities.

The foundation serves multiple beneficiary segments: tribal students in remote areas of Palghar, Nashik, and Hemalkasa; economically underprivileged urban students in Mumbai; drought-affected students in Pune; and vulnerable populations including orphans (via Sindhutai Sapkal's ashram) and transgender community members (via Sakhi Char Chaughi Trust). Geographic operations span Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Nashik, Pune, Hemalkasa in Nagpur district, and Devgad in the Konkan region. Service delivery is conducted through direct school engagement and community organization partnerships; the only documented institutional partner is State Bank of India, which supported a computer lab installation in Devgad in 2021.

As a charitable trust, Spandan Foundation generates no commercial revenue and operates entirely on donations from individuals, well-wishers, and corporate donors collected via UPI, bank transfer, and QR code. The organization does not hold an 80G tax-exemption certificate, which materially constrains large-ticket Indian corporate and HNI giving. There is no proprietary technology, no software products, and no AI/ML capabilities — the foundation operates as a traditional grassroots NGO with a WordPress website and social media presence as its only digital footprint.

Name

Spandan Foundation

Legal name

Spandan Foundation, Mumbai

Website

https://spandanfoundationmumbai.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spandan Foundation is a Mumbai-based nonprofit NGO founded in 2015 that delivers educational materials, board exam guidance seminars, and infrastructure support to economically and socially underprivileged students across Maharashtra via 43 volunteers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Education Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Dropout Prevention, Alternative Education & Re-Engagement Nonprofits (BPAGADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Youth Housing, Foster Care & Wraparound Support (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAO), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Nonprofit education services
• Student guidance seminars
• Educational material donations
• Tribal school support
• Community charitable programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The foundation relies on donations from individuals, well-wishers, and corporate donors. Donations are accepted through BHIM UPI ID (spandanfoundationmumbai@sbi), bank transfer to SBI account (A/C No: 36054777125, IFSC: SBIN0000566), and QR code. The foundation does not have 80G certificate for tax redemption as of the source date.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Spandan Foundation is a nonprofit NGO that provides free educational support to economically and socially underprivileged and tribal students in Maharashtra. Its core offerings include free student guidance seminars for board exam preparation conducted by experienced teachers, donation of educational materials (books, notebooks, uniforms, stationery, sanitary napkins), school infrastructure support (computer labs, water purifiers, fans, cupboards, electricity and toilet repairs), scholarships, and disaster relief drives (COVID-19 food and relief distribution, Nisarga cyclone and Kokan flood relief). All services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries and funded through donations.

Product overview

Spandan Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization, not a technology product company. It operates as a single unified program focused on providing educational support, scholarships, and donation services for underprivileged students. The organization offers donation-based programs including direct donation, scholarship sponsorship, and volunteer-driven educational activities such as guidance seminars, material donations, and infrastructure support to tribal and rural schools in Maharashtra. There are no commercial software products, modules, or technology offerings — only charitable programs and services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Guidance Seminars Free subject-wise guidance seminars (English, Science, Mathematics, Accounts, Business) conducted by experienced teacher-volunteers for 10th-standard and other board exam students in tribal, rural and urban schools across Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Nashik, Pune, Hemalkasa and Devgad.
• Educational Material Donation Program Free distribution of educational materials — books, notebooks, school bags, uniforms, stationery, sanitary napkins and similar supplies — to economically and socially underprivileged students, with a focus on tribal schools in Maharashtra.
• School Infrastructure Support Program Provision of physical infrastructure and equipment to rural and tribal schools, including computer labs (e.g., 7-computer lab at Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Devgad), water purifiers, fans, cupboards, electricity installations, toilet repairs, and WiFi/projector donations, to enable learning in schools lacking basic amenities.
• Disaster Relief Drives Time-bound humanitarian relief drives providing food, ration, masks, sanitizers, handwash bottles and other essentials to affected communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nisarga cyclone, and Kokan floods, including support to orphanages and the transgender community.
• Scholarship Sponsorship Program Sponsor-funded scholarship program enabling individual and corporate donors to underwrite the higher-education costs of underprivileged students, including drought-affected students in Pune who would otherwise be unable to continue their education.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,000+ marginalized students benefited through various educational support activities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Doorstep School: Mumbai-headquartered nonprofit delivering education support directly to underprivileged children including street and slum-dwelling kids. Direct peer on geography, beneficiary profile, and volunteer-led educational-support model.
• Make A Difference (MAD): India-based nonprofit mobilizing volunteers to educate underprivileged children through after-school and mentoring programs. Highly comparable volunteer-driven, education-equity model serving school-age children across Indian cities.
• Akanksha Foundation: Mumbai/Pune-based nonprofit running schools and education programs for underprivileged children. Highly comparable to Spandan in geography (Maharashtra), target beneficiary (low-income students), and educational support mission, but operates a formal school network rather than volunteer seminars.

Broad incumbents

• Teach For India: Large-scale fellowship placing young professionals in low-income schools across India. Comparable in mobilizing qualified professionals for direct educational support to underprivileged students, though structurally a fellowship rather than a donation-driven NGO.
• Smile Foundation: National NGO running education, healthcare, and livelihood programs for underprivileged children and families. Comparable donation-driven, education-focused model with corporate CSR partnerships, but at substantially larger scope and footprint than Spandan.
• Pratham Education Foundation: One of India's largest education-focused NGOs operating 'Learning Improvement' programs for underprivileged children. Comparable mission (educational equity) and donation-based model, but vastly larger scale and national footprint than Spandan's hyperlocal Maharashtra presence.
• CRY (Child Rights and You): Pan-India child rights nonprofit supporting underprivileged children's education, health, and protection. Comparable focus on enabling education access for vulnerable children, but operates at significantly larger scale with institutional donor infrastructure.
• Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the Children India): Indian arm of Save the Children supporting child education, protection, and welfare across the country. Comparable mission of educational support to underprivileged children, with substantially larger institutional infrastructure.
• Magic Bus Foundation: India-based youth development nonprofit combining education, mentoring, and sports for underprivileged adolescents. Comparable target beneficiary (underprivileged youth) and education-support mission, but at national scale with structured curriculum.

Regional players

• Round Table India Trust: National network building and equipping school infrastructure for underprivileged children across India, including tribal and rural Maharashtra. Highly comparable activity of donating computers, furniture, and educational materials to government and Zilla Parishad schools.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/spandan_mumbai
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCl7b4d8Gk-IqTDLBcjOZ4XQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/Spandanfoundationmumbai
• Instagraminstagram.com/spandanfoundationmumbai

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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