Action Village India

Registered charity 1118845 · since 2007actionvillageindia.org.uk·India·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£133k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.

Key takeaways

Action Village India funds Indian partner organisations that work with rural and remote communities in India, on themes such as education, health, land rights, agricultural innovation, women's rights and disability rights, so the work must fit that setting.
The charity does not accept unsolicited requests and selects partners under its Partner Approval Policy, so an organisation that is not already a partner should not send a cold application.
If you are a partner, the Partnership Solidarity Fund encourages requests for small amounts of flexible support for things that are hard to fund, such as pilot initiatives, learning and organisational development, and the annual report records £133,228 paid out, so a modest request fits.
The Charity Commission register does not confirm that figure, so check the annual report before you plan around it.

Overview

Action Village India is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1118845).

Action Village India is a charity that works to secure the rights and strengthen the livelihoods of India's rural poor. It channels its support through Indian partner organisations, which design and manage rural development projects in-country. Since its first project, AVI and Friends of ASSEFA have raised over £4.5 million for rural development projects in India. Its Partnership Solidarity Fund is an annual fund that gives flexible funding to those partners, and the annual report records £133,228 paid in its latest year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Action Village India supports Indian partner organisations working with villagers in rural and remote parts of India. Its rural development projects are devised and managed in-country by Indian non-government organisations, which work alongside disadvantaged communities and design work around local needs and rights. The foundation focuses on securing rights and strengthening the livelihoods of India’s rural poor, with projects covering education, health, land rights, agricultural innovation, women’s rights and gender equality, as well as disability rights. Through the Partnership Solidarity Fund, it encourages all its partners to seek flexible support for creative initiatives, organisational development, learning activities, pilot initiatives and other activities that are difficult to fund.

Themes

Education
Health
Land rights
Agricultural innovation
Women’s rights and gender equality
Disability rights
Sustainable livelihoods

Geographic Focus

India.

How to apply

The Partnership Solidarity Fund encourages all partner organisations to apply for small amounts of funding for flexible support, including creative initiatives, organisational development, learning activities, pilot initiatives and other activities that are difficult to fund.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The foundation selects partners in line with its Partner Approval Policy.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

India

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Action Village India.

The Pakhar FoundationNo public processGave £340k iPartner IndiaNo public processGave £549k The Greencliffe FoundationInvitation onlyGave £454k Narayan Seva Sansthan UKNo public processGave £346k The Arisaig Partners FoundationRollingGave £232k Ethnic Inclusion FoundationNo public processGave £13,000 human capability foundationInvitation onlyGave £1.9M The Maarif Foundation UKNo public processGave £765k Palan FoundationRollingGave £84,676 Mission IndiaNo public processGave £280k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£196,199	£220,855	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£211,485	£187,503	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£181,885	£230,523	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£221,772	£205,760	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£210,993	£229,048	£133,228	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.