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Thematic Areas

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WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygine)

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Soil

Tax Compliance Eligibility

  • 80G (for 50% tax benefits)
  • 12 A (Tax exemption for NGO income)
  • FCRA (Eligible for international funding)

About the organization

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Isha Outreach, the social welfare initiative, is involved in several path-breaking environmental, educational, health and community revitalization efforts in rural India.  Established in the year 2009, as a Public Charitable Trust under the Indian Registration Act with the objective of promoting and carrying out social outreach activities.

Isha Outreach comprises several path-breaking environmental and social initiatives that focus on ecological preservation as well as community revitalization through quality education, healthcare and welfare for rural and tribal communities to enable them to rewrite their future. Our projects are supportive of Isha’s larger goal of raising human consciousness, as we address the critical challenges that prevent individuals from realizing their full potential. 

Our ecological initiatives are designed to reignite our intrinsic connectedness with nature. These initiatives are interwoven into the community’s way of life, creating a strong sense of ecological ownership and an experiential understanding of the interdependence of species. They create in human beings a conscious understanding that as the most evolved life form, we have a responsibility to protect all other life forms and assist them to flourish on this planet. 

Working primarily in Southern India(Karnataka and Tamil Nadu), Isha Outreach has become an example of the transformation that human intention and effort can bring about. The programs are meticulously planned and manned mostly by over 2 million volunteers, offering their time and effort for their fellow human beings’ benefit. Together with its active and dedicated volunteer base, Isha’s activities serve as a thriving model for human empowerment and community revitalization throughout the world.

Special features of the organization

  • The organization has rich experience /in planning and delivering large-scale environmental and social projects. Its projects include some of the largest ecological movements in the world, which have reached over 4.1 billion people.

  • The organization’s projects include and work with all stakeholders, from central & state governments to local village bodies and panchayats, from farmers, businesses and academia, to influencers and other NGOs. This allows project implementation to progress quickly without obstacles.

  • The organization has extensive experience in bringing broad-based support to its projects. Several projects are actively under implementation in collaboration with various state governments. The organization’s policy proposals for river revitalization have also been circulated by the central government to all states in India, as a blueprint for river revitalization.

  • Isha is accepted as a subject expert in several domains by international bodies such as the United Nations and World Economic Forum – which reflects in its accreditation by the UNCCD, membership with the IUCN, partnerships with UN Environment and UNESCO, and special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

  • Isha’s efforts to raise human consciousness help equip individuals with mental and physical wellbeing through Yogic tools that bring inner balance and clarity (including rural Yoga programs, and free Yoga programs conducted online during the pandemic). By creating the right atmosphere within the individual, these tools form a basis upon which all other Isha Outreach projects can flourish. Over 65 million people have directly benefited from the various Yogic tools offered, such as free guided meditations, simple and free Upa-Yoga practices, and advanced Yoga programs. This includes people from all sections of society such as students, rural people, prison inmates and municipal workers.

Why should a corporate partner with organization?

Isha Outreach is a trusted CSR implementation partner with a proven track record of large-scale rural transformation since 2009. Our initiatives span environmental sustainability, healthcare, regenerative agriculture, and rural livelihoods  directly impacting millions across South India.


While implementing a wide variety of projects and people’s initiatives, Isha has gathered rich and rewarding experience of partnering with a large number of corporate donors, government organizations, industry bodies, and major Indian and American foundations (e.g. NABARD, Tata Trust, Arbor Day Foundation).  Isha Outreach has been honored with the FICCI Water Award, and holds memberships and accreditations from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), UN Environment Programme, and the World Economic Forum’s Trillion Trees initiative. This is owing to the highest standards of transparency and efficacy of all their projects, which has earned them the trust and confidence of the people, governments and corporates. 


All of Isha’s initiatives are aligned with the respective UN SDGs and with Section 135, Schedule VII activities of the Companies Act 2013.


Our Impact at a Glance

  • 12 crore trees enabled | 2.38 lakh farmers adopted tree-based farming

  • 45 lakh+ rural patients served through mobile health clinics

  • 25 Farmer Producer Organizations with 10,000+ members and ₹70 Cr turnover

  • 32,000+ trained in natural farming | 51,000+ farmers supported digitally

  • 43,000 rural youth participated in Gramotsavam 2024


By collaborating with Isha Outreach, corporates have the opportunity to be seen as a committed partner to global ecology, social upliftment, skill development and nation building. Isha Outreach projects have received wide positive coverage in national and international media, from prestigious organizations such as National Geographic and Discovery Channel. 

Donors can also be assured of the maximum impact of donations. Isha’s connection with the rural populace runs deep and spans several decades. The outreach programs are multidimensional with a holistic and people-centric approach, taking into account all aspects of wellbeing for the individual and community. This ensures that project outcomes are sustainable and long-lasting. In fact, in many situations, communities are able to take up the project and sustain it perpetually. Additionally, all their interventions and projects are meticulously planned, and the implementation is powered by their passionate volunteers who come from all walks of life. This allows the Isha Outreach to produce maximum impact on the ground with every donation.


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