Sankalptaru Foundation

Works to increase green cover on the planet by planting trees besides helping rural communities take up extensive agriculture to strengthen the green revolution

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  • FCRA
  • 80G
  • 12A
  • CSR-1
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About

  • Headquarters

    Dehradun, Uttarakhand

  • Since

    2012

Sankalptaru strives to work for a greener planet along with the assistance of the community. It takes up plantation of trees and encourages the people Read more to contribute their time to plant trees. It has various programmes to enable people to participate in greening the environment, for instance, it facilitates plantations for particular projects, on birthdays, as per zodiac signs, native species or to celebrate festivals. It has created applications to help people in taking part in greening activities while taking care of their health.

Impact

Sankalptaru has planted 488799 trees which have absorbed 733198.5 tonnes of CO2.

Vision & Mission

Our mission is to promote sustainable development and preserve the natural environment through community engagement, education and by implementing innovative techniques. We strive to empower local communities and inspire individuals to take action to protect and conserve the environment for future generations.

A world where the environment is protected and preserved for future generations to enjoy. For our humans to have a harmonious imprint on nature. We also envision developing a lush-green and bio-diverse sustainable world for future generations by igniting a huge environmental revolution through trees. With each healthy sapling, we intend to create a repository for a rich ecological biodiverse planet.

Donor History

Tata Motors, Bank Of Baroda, SBI Card, Accenture, DHL

Programs

  • Clean and Green School Programme

    Through this programme, schools are roped in to help with drives where the students are mobilized in large numbers to plant and nurture trees. It connects with organisations and corporates like Teach for India, RB, Tata Power, Godrej Appliances and Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, to conduct large-scale plantation drives and tree gifting campaigns.

  • Community Land Plantation Programme

    Partnering with Rio Tinto, State Bank of India Foundation, GIC Re, RB and TechnipFMC, the organisation set out to provide livelihoods and green areas in the Aravallis, Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, Ladakh and Satara and Buldhana districts of Maharashtra.

  • City Based plantation Programme

    To increase employee engagement and promote corporate social responsibility toward the environment, Sankalptaru partnered with New India Assurance Co. Ltd., NEC Technologies India Limited, ThyssenKrupp Elevator India Pvt. Ltd. (tkEl), Kotak Life Insurance & Kotak Mahindra Bank and Philips India Ltd, to successfully conduct plantation drive in city areas of Mumbai and Bengaluru which are crowded and known for traffic and pollution.

  • Rural Livelihoods Support Programme

    Also called Project Thar, This programme works in the desert areas of Rajasthan. It aims to provide a livelihood to the local farmers while taking care of the environment. Sankalptaru plants fruit-bearing trees like Pomegranate, Ber, Lemon and many more which can survive in arid climates while providing an income to the farmers through selling their fruits. It also includes tree plantation drives in partnership with corporates.

  • Molai Forest 2.0 Plantation

    District
    State

    Creating forest with Forest Man Of India, Padma Shri Jadhav Payeng. These trees will build a green space for the community along with their flora and fauna.

  • Green Leh Ladakh

    Project Green Leh Ladakh is a mission to support farmers through agroforestry which started with supporting a couple of farmer beneficiaries a few years ago and then slowly turned into a revolution of creating 'Apple Villages' across the region. We have associated hundreds of farmers in this campaign and are focusing to expand this mission of 'Apple Villages' to a wider scale with the most efficient utilization of water possible.

Impact Metrics

  • Trees Planted

    Program Name

    Molai Forest 2.0 plantation

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1000
    • 2020-21 50000
    • 2021-22 150000
  • Trees Planted

    Program Name

    Green Leh Ladakh

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 12000
    • 2020-21 15000
    • 2021-22 70000
  • Different Species Planted

    Program Name

    Molai Forest 2.0 plantation

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2
    • 2020-21 5
    • 2021-22 12
  • Area Covered (Acres)

    Program Name

    Malai Forest 2.0 plantation

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1
    • 2020-21 50
    • 2021-22 150
  • Different Species Planted

    Program Name

    Green Leh Ladakh

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1
    • 2020-21 2
    • 2021-22 2
  • Area Covered

    Program Name

    Green Leh Ladakh

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 3
    • 2020-21 40
    • 2021-22 80

Theory of Change

Be it a go-green, corporate social responsibility, or carbon offset program; we partner with you to achieve multi-dimensional enviro-socio-economical impact. We are one of the pioneer non-profit organizations in the world leveraging technology and greening hot & cold deserts, mountains, plateaus, deltas, and river islands.

Milestones & Track Record

https://sankalptaru.org/our-journey/

Leadership Team

  • Priyanka Negi Bhandari

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Khushbu Doshi

    Associate Director - Technology and Innovations

  • Simar Mann

    Associate Director

  • Priyanka Negi

    COO

  • Shivani Aggarwal

    General Manager

  • Nivetha Ramesh

    Program Manager

  • Apurva Bhandari

    CEO

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    51-100

  • Strength of Governing Body

    8

  • Diversity Metrics

    24% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    Yes

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    Yes

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    No

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

Our Achievements

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAAAZ1378F

  • Registration ID

    368/2011-12

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    UA/2017/0151841

  • 12A

    AAAAZ1378FE20211

  • 80G

    AAAAZ1378FF20219

  • FCRA

    347900195

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00000590

Location

Other Details

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Society

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.58,955,811
    Expenses
    Rs.50,626,441
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.5,062,644
    Program Expenses
    Rs.45,563,797
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.73,517,532
    Expenses
    Rs.65,907,583
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.4,613,530
    Program Expenses
    Rs.61,294,053
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.174,372,093
    Expenses
    Rs.153,837,467
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.7,691,873
    Program Expenses
    Rs.146,145,594
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