Helping Hand Foundation

What Helping Hand Foundation does

Helping Hand Foundation (HHF) is a Hyderabad-based nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by Mujtaba Hasan Askari, a former Infosys mechanical engineer, that delivers free healthcare, education, and social support services to marginalized populations across Telangana, India. The organization runs a distributed service network comprising 20 urban community health centers in slums, 11 rural primary healthcare clinics (in partnership with Wipro Cares), 17 patient-help desks embedded inside government hospitals including NIMS, Osmania, Gandhi, MGM Warangal, and Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, a 10-bed free dialysis center, a 35+ bed rehab/palliative/geriatric care facility, a 55-bed home for the aged, telemedicine for 250+ government residential schools, and educational programs (bridge schools and government school enrollment) for dropout and migrant children. Annual beneficiary reach exceeds 1 million lives, including 5+ lakh primary care patients, 1.5 lakh hospital help-desk patients, 19,980+ dialysis sessions, and 155 pediatric cardiac surgeries sponsored. Technology assets include the My Health Monitor mobile app (iOS/Android), FitCop app for Hyderabad City Police, an eHealth app integrated with a Health Command & Control Center serving 205 TGMRIES schools, and a Digital Health Screening App covering nutritional, anaemia, eye, dental, and cardiometabolic screening for madrasa students. Donations are processed via Razorpay payment gateway.

The organization operates on a charitable donations model with no fees charged to beneficiaries across any service line. Revenue inflows come from three documented streams: individual donors via online payment gateway, WhatsApp campaigns, and fundraising events; CSR funding from corporations including Indian Oil Corporation and Wipro Cares; and grants from international NGO partners SEED-USA, AMPI-USA, Lean Foundation-USA, and Child Aid International Canada. Cumulative donations reported as Rs 53 crore through 2019 and an additional Rs 24 crore raised in 2025, implying total funds raised since inception of approximately Rs 77 crore (~USD 9 million at standard INR rates). HHF is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees (Mujtaba Hasan Askari, Khurram Askari, Faheem Sherza, Mujahed Farooqui, Murali Ramisetty) and operates with 400+ staff and volunteers, of which approximately 100+ are volunteers deployed across government hospitals as counselors and patient navigators. The go-to-market motion is community-led direct outreach, supplemented by event-driven health camps, the Praja Darbar daily grievance system at headquarters, and referral pathways through partner NGOs and government schemes.

Name

Helping Hand Foundation

Legal name

Helping Hand Foundation

Website

https://helpinghandf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Helping Hand Foundation is a Hyderabad-based nonprofit founded in 2007 that provides free healthcare, education, and social support services to marginalized populations across Telangana through 20 community health centers, 17 hospital help desks, and 11 rural clinics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Healthcare and Social Support Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

Keywords

• Community health services
• Primary healthcare clinics
• Hospital patient navigation
• Nonprofit medical relief
• Telemedicine services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Individual donors contribute through online payment gateway, WhatsApp community campaigns, and fundraising events. The organization runs periodic campaigns for specific causes.
2. CSR Funding from Corporations: Corporate Social Responsibility funding from companies like Indian Oil Corporation, Wipro Cares, and others for specific healthcare programs and equipment donations.
3. International NGO Partnerships: Funding and support from international organizations including SEED-USA, AMPI-USA, Lean Foundation-USA, Child Aid International Canada for healthcare programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Helping Hand Foundation is a nonprofit organization that operates 20 urban community health centers, 11 rural primary healthcare clinics, and 17 patient help desks in government hospitals, delivering free primary care, dialysis, pediatric cancer support, rehabilitation, palliative, and geriatric services to marginalized populations in Hyderabad and Telangana. The foundation also runs a 55-bed Home for the Aged, telemedicine for 250+ government residential schools, ambulance and funeral services, bridge schools for dropout children, and an orphan rehabilitation program, funded by donations and CSR grants.

Product overview

Helping Hand Foundation operates as a multi-service NGO providing healthcare and education programs in Hyderabad, India. The organization offers a portfolio of mobile health applications (including Digital Health Screening App, My Health Monitor, FitCop, and eHealth app) alongside an extensive network of 20 Community Health Centers in urban slums, 11 Rural Primary Healthcare Clinics, 17 Hospital Help Desk Services, a Free Dialysis Center (10 beds), Rehab/Palliative/Geriatric Care Centers (35+ beds), and a 55-bed Home for the Aged. Supporting services include Telemedical Services for 250 government residential schools, Ambulance & Funeral Services, NCD Sub-Centres for chronic disease management, Zero Cost Treatment Facilitation, Paediatric Cancer Support, Orphan Rehabilitation, and educational programs (Bridge Schools, Adopt & Enroll). The organization is funded by charity partners including SEED-USA, Wipro Cares, and others, with donations processed via Razorpay payment gateway. Major product launches include the Digital Health Screening App (July 2026), Health Command & Control Center (2025), and Sivananda Free Rehab Care Facility (January 2026).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Community Health Centers

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 million+ lives touched annually
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

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

• SEED-USAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2026International NGO partnership for promoting Universal Health Care. SEED-USA is a charity partner collaborating on community health centre operations in urban slums.
• All India Muslim Personal Law BoardminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2026President launched the digital health screening app for madrasa students, indicating collaboration on healthcare initiatives for religious educational institutions.
• Institute of Mental Health (IMH), EragaddaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026Deployment of five psychiatric social workers to strengthen patient counselling and rehabilitation support, focusing on discharge ward where stable patients often remain due to family issues.
• Mosque Management (Old City)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2026Managing mosque-turned-hospital in Hyderabad's Old City treating 1.4 lakh patients annually with free medical services including inpatient care, outpatient clinics, and specialized wards.
• Sivananda Rehabilitation TrustmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 January 2026HHF as operational partner for city's first free rehab care facility - 20-bed Sivananda Physio Rehab Centre at Kukatpally for post-stroke, trauma, and chronic disability patients.
• Govt. Sarojini Devi Eye HospitalmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2025Help desk collaboration launched at the eye hospital with 2 helpdesks and trained counselors assisting 200-300 patients daily.
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2025CSR initiative facilitated by HHF - donation of cutting edge equipment worth Rs 50+ lakhs to Govt ENT Hospital for cochlear implant surgeries including BERA Machine, M320 Scope, and Flexible Laryngoscope.
• Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2025MoU to enhance existing patient care support services with six help desk systems in EMD, Millennium Block, specialty block, and OPD block. NIMS sees 3-4k OPD, 75-100 emergencies daily, with 1639 IP beds.
• Basheer & Sarwar Babu Khan Human Development TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 August 2025Supporting HHF government help desk program and collaborating with MGM Hospital Warangal for patient support services.
• Telangana Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society (TGMRIES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 August 2025HHF as resource partner delivering health and hygiene services for 205 schools/colleges across the state through Health Command and Control Center with mental health experts, nutritionists, and emergency response teams.
• Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (AIMSR)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 December 2024MoU for offering services at affordable cost including free OPD, subsidized NICU/PICU, free pediatric cardiac surgeries under Aarogyasri, and free C-sections and normal deliveries.
• AMPI-USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO partner working with HHF on promoting Universal Health Care in urban slum communities.
• Lean Foundation-USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO partner collaborating on community healthcare initiatives for underserved populations.
• Child Aid International CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational NGO partner supporting healthcare programs for marginalized communities.
• Wipro CarescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSR partnership with Wipro Care for rural comprehensive primary healthcare clinics in 11 villages covering 25,000 population. Also supported Maheshwaram Mandal village health surveys.
• Wipro CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSR partner for comprehensive primary health care plan including village surveys and rural health clinics.
• Hyderabad City PoliceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFitCop initiative - HHF collaborating with police to conduct health screenings at police stations and enroll officers with weight issues or chronic ailments into the health program.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Partners in Health: International nonprofit delivering free healthcare to poor populations with strong government partnership model. Comparable in mission and embedded hospital support approach, though operates in different geographies.

Direct peers

• Akshaya Patra Foundation: Large Indian nonprofit providing school meals and education support with strong government partnerships and CSR funding base. Comparable multi-program nonprofit with similar CSR dependency and beneficiary scale.
• Smile Foundation: National Indian NGO providing healthcare, education, and livelihood programs to underprivileged communities. Comparable multi-service nonprofit model with similar beneficiary segments and CSR funding dependency.
• HelpAge India: Indian nonprofit focused on elderly care, healthcare access, and advocacy for senior citizens. Comparable to HHF's Home for the Aged and geriatric care components, with similar donor-funded model.
• Swasth Foundation: Indian nonprofit operating a network of primary health clinics and health programs serving low-income urban populations. Directly comparable to HHF's community health center model in urban slums with free or subsidized care.
• Piramal Swasthya: Indian nonprofit healthcare organization operating telemedicine and primary care programs for underserved populations. Directly comparable to HHF's telemedicine services and community health center model.

Broad incumbents

• Aravind Eye Hospital: Large-scale Indian nonprofit hospital network providing free and subsidized eye care, including 600+ free cataract surgeries annually. Comparable to HHF's partnership with Akbar Eye Hospital for cataract surgeries at scale.
• SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association): Large Indian nonprofit trade union and development organization providing healthcare, childcare, and social security to informal sector workers. Comparable in serving marginalized urban populations with comprehensive service model.
• Narayana Health: Major Indian hospital chain offering affordable cardiac and specialty care. Comparable in addressing healthcare affordability for lower-income populations, though operates as a paid provider with cross-subsidy model rather than donation-funded.
• CARE India: Indian arm of CARE International operating health, education, and women's empowerment programs at scale. Comparable multi-state health nonprofit with similar government hospital and rural community engagement model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/HelpingHandHyd
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HelpingHandFoundationHyderabad
• Facebookfacebook.com/helpinghandf.hyd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/helping-hand-foundation-hyd
• Instagraminstagram.com/helpinghandf_hyd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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