CTGA

Empowering grassroots

Helping Community Based Organisations Become Locally Sustainable

About Empowering Grassroots

Community based organizations are the backbone of the development cycle in any society, and ensure last mile delivery of government welfare schemes and policies to the communities. However, they often face challenges in terms of bandwidth and resources which impedes their potential and impact.

Traditionally, the Indian development sector depended on large corporations, multinationals or international grant making institutions for their major funding, but these were often out of reach for local social initiatives. However, with progressive policies, a rising middle class and the CSR mandate, several new doors have opened for community based organisations within the country.

Smile Foundation’s Empowering Grassroots programme is designed to help such grassroots social initiatives become locally sustainable, without dependency on foreign resources. Aligned with Government of India’s “Atmanirbhar Bharat” mission, Empowering Grassroots helps CBOs to become more efficient, scale up their welfare activities and enables them to tap locally available resources to ensure long term sustainability of the social projects.

How We Work

With the aim to catalyze effective and impactful grassroots social initiatives, Empowering Grassroots empowers genuine and credible Community Based Organisations through a comprehensive two-pronged approach:

Matching Grant to CBOs

Extending critical investment to ensure the smooth functioning of the social initiatives, while also encouraging them to raise part funding through locally available resources

Handholding & Capacity Building of CBOs

Building the capacities of the CBOs for better organizational planning, local fundraising through innovative ways, effective communication, and robust monitoring and reporting systems

Our Impact

Total Organizations

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organizations empowered

Local Sustainability

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organsiations became locally sustainable

What our participants say

“I Believe no journey is smooth all through and if it is smooth then it’s not a memorable one. When people give you money, they are giving you, their time. No matter how big or small, value the time and opportunity given to you by people”

Neev Dr-Shalini Malhotra

“Programs like Mobilising Support gave us the right direction to scale up our initiative and effectively channelize our energies for creating change and impact. Instilled professionalism in pursuing our passion with a purpose”

Samvedana – Mrs. Janki Vasant

“Even one pays 25 % attention to the training under CtGA, the rest 75% can be attained”

Rainbow Homes – Mr. Saket Priyadarshi

Adversity is the time when we can identify and throw off the deadwood, both in our organization and in own thinking. Adversity is an opportunity to make new beginnings. Never give up hope!

SMTA – Dr. Satyendra Srivastava

“Prepare future leaders, teach them to be persistent to work hand with honesty. No dream is too small. One must continue the endeavour to improve lives of others and to be an inspiration for the change for the better”

Jupiter Academy – Mr. Sandeep Bhatnagar

Meet Our Changemakers

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“those who want to bring in any change, need to understand that credibility is important at all levels. Be it in approach, behaviour, intent or action. Only then one will be able to mobilize support. The learning from CtGA remains relevant today as well as tomorrow.”

Kalappa LakshmaiahFounder BMV Trust, Bangalore

“Programs like Mobilising Support gave us the right direction to scale up our initiatives and effectively channelize our energies for creating change & impact. Instilled professionalism in pursuing our passion with a purpose.”

Janki VasantFounder Samvedana, Ahmedabad

“My journey was personally great. I felt like my ideas were validated and encouraged a lot. I could discuss my challenges which was a huge weight off and I used to get really good advice. As far as the activities are concerned, CtGA helped me plan them more

Aaina LohiaChapter Leader, CtGA Youth Program

Activities

Leaders’ Workshop on Local Fundraising – 21st June 2023

Blogs

Empowering Grassroots – changing the face of nation

The growth of the non-profit sector in India in the last two decades has been phenomenal. India has possibly the largest number of active non-government, not-for-profit organizations in the world. Official estimates put the number. Read more…

News

Change the Game Academy in Bangalore

Smile Foundation in collaboration with The Wilde Ganzen Foundation, the Netherlands organized a national five-day capacity building workshop in Bangalore for grassroots NGOs and CBOs under Change the Game Academy.

Co-Creators

In an effort to learn from, and exchange knowledge, with other countries, Empowering Grassroots partners with like-minded organizations from time to time. One such ongoing partnership is with Change the Game Academy, a global alliance established by the Wild Ganzen Foundation, Netherlands. CTGA has partners in 15 countries, and Smile Foundation is recognized as a co-creator of the alliance. CTGA aims to mentor local social initiatives from across the world to become locally sustainable by offering a range of physical and virtual training programmes.