We are an independent funding organisation with a vision to empower and enable citizens to improve their lives. By supporting causes that enable access to information, access to quality healthcare, and the promotion of civil liberties, we endeavor to address the root determinants and not just symptoms of socio-economic problems in India.

Access Information

We believe that access to information allows for participative governance leading to citizen empowerment:

  • To become aware of their right to live a healthy life.
  • To hold their governments accountable.
  • To become positively engaged with the process of governance.
Our Vision

TARGETED GRANTS.

An Accountable Long-Term
Investment For Sustained Impact.

CAPACITY BUILDING IN SOCIETY.

citizen empowerment.

Our Focus Area

Our grants seek to create sustainable change in two focus areas:

Our grants enable applicants to research, engage, debate, inform, and implement policies in these two areas. The focus of our grants is long-term; delivering impact at the grassroots level and supporting capacity building through a systems-based approach.

Who We Support

Awarded through an open application process online.

These grants are specific to projects in investigative reporting and academic research into Public Health, and support lawyers and academics who work in the field of Civil Liberties.

Our investigative reporting grants in Public Health are open to applicants from diverse backgrounds. We encourage writers, activists, documentary filmmakers, print and broadcast journalists, organizations, and individuals with an interest in public health to apply.

An announcement inviting applicants will be made online, and interested applicants are required to follow the process for submission of proposals in a time-bound manner.

Awarded to projects consistent with our mission. Such works are commissioned directly by the Thakur Foundation.

Awarded to applicants, outside the application process, who reach out to us for support with proposals consistent with our vision.

Thakur Foundation announces a grant to the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune to establish a repository of information to support the Central and State Governments in the implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, India Mental Health Policy, 2014, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and other state-led policy initiatives such as the District Mental Health Program to be named India Mental Health Observatory (IMHO).

IMHO will develop an institutional mechanism to collaborate with a range of stakeholders including policymakers, mental health professionals and civil society to collect and collate data, research and metrics on mental health services at the national, state and district level with the goal of promoting evidence-based policymaking for bridging systemic gaps in the provision of mental health services and advancing mental health in India.