Supporting equitable opportunities for all

Overview

In 2024, Oak Foundation made the difficult decision to close its India programme. While we are no longer accepting new applications, we remain committed to supporting our current grantees with their existing grants and additional assistance. We will continue to commit resources to support organisations in India through other programmes.

Oak’s India Programme was established in 2011. Through the programme’s grant-making, Oak committed approximately USD 85 million to about 120 not-for-profit organisations working in Jharkhand and West Bengal. In these states, our grantees worked to sustainably improve the lives of people, including unorganised workers, Indigenous communities known as Adivasis, and adult and child migrants. Oak’s grantees have helped workers access benefits, supported sustainable agriculture practices, worked closely with communities to increase school attendance and reduce child labour, and supported girls and women rescued from trafficking.

It has been an honour to be a small part of our partners’ inspiring efforts. Their work to support the needs of so many people and to improve citizenship rights, livelihoods, and essential services in India has been a source of inspiration to all of us at Oak.

We made 14 grants totalling US