Salaam Baalak Trust

What Salaam Baalak Trust does

Salaam Baalak Trust is a non-profit charitable organization headquartered in Mumbai, India, that provides comprehensive care and rehabilitation services to street and homeless children. Founded in 1989 as a direct outcome of Mira Nair's film 'Salaam Bombay!', the Trust began with a single center at Dongri and has grown to 11 centers serving over 1,100 children across Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, and Solapur. Its service portfolio is integrated rather than point-based: day care and shelter, full-time schooling with supplementary tutoring, daily hot meals, on-site first aid and doctor support, creative arts and sports, psychiatric counseling, night shelters for boys, and a Career Project (since 2010) that delivers vocational training and job placement with employers such as Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai.

The organization's delivery model is fundamentally physical and human-services based, with no proprietary technology platform. Programmatic reach is enabled through on-the-ground centers, night shelters, and outreach contact points, augmented by a basic digital presence (Squarespace website, Instagram, Facebook) and third-party tools such as Razorpay for donations and Google Forms for volunteer intake. There are no apps, APIs, or SDKs, and no AI/ML components disclosed.

Salaam Baalak Trust is funded entirely by donations from individuals, corporate partners, and institutional supporters including BMC, Save the Children, Maharashtra State Women's Council, and Jawahar Bal Bhawan. Services to beneficiaries are free of charge; there is no pricing model. Governance rests with a small trustee bench led by Founder/Managing Trustee Zarin Gupta (TISS-trained Medical Social Worker), Counseling Trustee Pratima Jamwal (TISS-trained psychotherapist, with the Trust since 1996), and Admin Trustee Taher Attarwala. The Trust is operationally active, privately held, and does not disclose financials.

Name

Salaam Baalak Trust

Legal name

Salaam Baalak Trust

Website

https://salaambaalak.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Salaam Baalak Trust is a Mumbai-based non-profit, founded in 1989, that provides shelter, education, nutrition, healthcare, counseling, and vocational training to over 1,100 street children across 11 centers in Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, and Solapur, funded entirely by donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Child Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Child Rights & Protection (BPADAGAG)

Keywords

• Street children welfare
• Child rehabilitation services
• Shelter and education
• Nonprofit child care
• Vocational training youth

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The organization accepts donations from individuals through online payment links, net banking, debit/credit cards, and mobile wallets. Donors can also contribute via cheque, cash, or goods (food rations, medicine, study aids, clothes, etc.).
2. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate entities and organizations can partner with Salaam Baalak Trust through financial contributions, in-kind donations, and volunteer programs. The organization has relationships with various corporate supporters.
3. Institutional Support: The trust receives support from governmental bodies like BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) and collaborates with organizations such as Maharashtra State Women's Council and Jawahar Bal Bhawan for operational space and resources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Salaam Baalak Trust provides free, comprehensive residential and day care services to street children and homeless youth in Mumbai and Thane. Its offering spans shelter, food, education, healthcare, psychiatric counseling, creative arts, sports, vocational training, and career/job placement, delivered through 11 centers to over 1,100 children. The Trust also runs a Child Identity Program in partnership with Save the Children that has provided identity documentation to 80,000 children of Maharashtra.

Product overview

Salaam Baalak Trust is an NGO (not a technology company) providing a comprehensive set of programs for street children and homeless youth in Mumbai and Thane, India. Founded in 1989 as a direct result of the film 'Salaam Bombay!', the organization operates 11 centers serving over 1,100 children. The core offering is an integrated child welfare ecosystem consisting of Day Care & Shelter Services, Education Support, Nutrition & Food, Medical Care, Creative Arts, Sports & Recreation, Vocational Training, Counseling & Mental Health Services, Safe Spaces, Night Shelters, Career & Job Placement programs, and a Child Identity Program in partnership with Save the Children. These programs work together to transform street children into confident, poised, and self-aware individuals ready to deal with the outside world.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Day Care & Shelter Services

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Save the ChildrenflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Major partner for child welfare initiatives. Together achieved the exceptional feat of providing identity to 80,000 children of Maharashtra. Published the book 'We Are The Champions' featuring child champions and felicitated Salaam Baalak Trust as their trusted partner.
• Salaam Baalak Trust DelhiminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Sister organization that honoured Salaam Baalak Mumbai with a commemorative plaque during the 30-year celebration event.
• Jawahar Bal BhawancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Provided indispensable cooperation and space for the second contact point at Girgaon Chowpatty, which later moved to a garden, pump house, and eventually into a permanent shed. Continues to provide office space at Bal Bhavan for headquarters.
• Maharashtra State Women's CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1989Early partner in establishing the first center at Dongri in 1989. The partnership was instrumental in founding Salaam Baalak Trust following the success of the film 'Salaam Bombay!'
• Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey government partner providing community and administrative support. Mentioned in 30-year celebration as a valued supporter of the organization.
• Four Seasons Hotel MumbaiminorOthersEmploys SBT beneficiary Mohammed Rahim Munnu as apprentice in kitchen and butchery department. Represents successful job placement outcome for vocational training program.
• Authors Devendra Tak and Rashmi BansalminorOthersAuthors of 'We Are The Champions' book featuring 15 child champions from Salaam Baalak Trust, published during the 30-year celebration.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Save the Children India: Save the Children India is a major child rights organization operating across India with a similar mandate around child protection, education, and welfare. They are an existing flagship partner of Salaam Baalak Trust, having jointly provided identity to 80,000 children in Maharashtra, making them the most operationally and programmatically comparable peer.
• Childline India Foundation: Childline India operates the 1098 helpline for children in distress across India, including street children. As a national child protection infrastructure, it is directly comparable in mission (rescue, rehabilitation, and reintegration of vulnerable children) and overlaps with SBT's outreach and shelter mandate in Mumbai.
• Catalysts for Social Action: Catalysts for Social Action works on child welfare including shelter, education, and rehabilitation of children in institutional care across India. Their center operations and child-focused rehabilitation programs are closely comparable to Salaam Baalak Trust's integrated care model.
• Bal Ashram Trust: Bal Ashram Trust operates shelter homes and rehabilitation programs for destitute and street children in Rajasthan. Their center-based residential care and education support model is structurally similar to SBT's operations, though at a different geographic scale.
• Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre: Prayas JAC is a Delhi-based organization working with children in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection, including street children. Comparable to SBT in its focus on vulnerable children's rehabilitation, shelter, and reintegration into mainstream society.
• Butterflies NGO: Butterflies is a Delhi-based NGO working with street and working children through education, health, and leadership programs. Their child-centered community model and outreach-to-rehabilitation pipeline closely mirrors Salaam Baalak Trust's approach, making them a directly comparable peer.
• Udayan Care: Udayan Care provides residential care, mentoring, and aftercare support for orphaned and abandoned children in India. Comparable to SBT in its lifecycle approach—sheltering children and supporting them through education and vocational transition to independent living.
• Don Bosco Ashalayam: Don Bosco Ashalayam provides shelter, education, and rehabilitation to street and at-risk children across multiple Indian cities including Mumbai and Kolkata. Their center-based residential and non-residential care model for street children directly parallels Salaam Baalak Trust's operational structure.
• Salaam Baalak Trust Delhi: The Delhi sister organization of Salaam Baalak Trust Mumbai, sharing the same origin story from the 'Salaam Bombay!' film and operating a nearly identical center-based model for street children in Delhi NCR. The two trusts share brand, methodology, and alumni network, making them the most direct institutional peer.

Regional players

• Concerned for Working Children (CWC): CWC works with working and street children in Karnataka and South India on rights-based mobilization, education, and protection. Their advocacy and child-led programming approach differs from SBT's center-based model but addresses a comparable beneficiary population with overlapping child rights and protection mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/salaambaalak
• Instagraminstagram.com/salaambaalaktrust
• Xx.com/salaam_baalak
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/salaambaalak

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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