The Pakhar Foundation

• The foundation's stated geographic focus is India and its themes are education and health, so projects with that base and those aims are the best fit.
• Typical grants reported in its annual report fall between about £19,000 and £56,500, with a median of about £33,500, so a request in that region matches what it has given, though that band is not a ceiling.
• No application process is published, and no way to apply was found in the annual report, its register entry or other pages.
• Recipients are identified by a consultant and assessed on impact, scalability, sustainability, governance and innovation, so build your case around those five points and find out whether you can reach the consultant or trustees.
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The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

• PPES · To provide educational and vocational training to girls in the rural district of Bulandshahr, a patriarchal community.
  £56,151year to 5 April 2025
• Udayan Care · To provide scholarships and mentoring to talented girls from very poor families in 3 states in India.
  £55,272year to 5 April 2025
• CECOEDECON (Rakshan) · To provide safe space for children in Malpura Block in Rajasthan's Tonk District, where it is commonplace for tribes to sell young girls into prostitution as soon as they reach puberty. A holistic approach is used to increase educational levels and improve health conditions for girls and boys while also providing rural youth, women and men with alternative livelihood opportunities.
  £48,858year to 5 April 2025
• JamGhat · To provide shelter, care and protection for street children of Delhi and livelihood to women from resource poor backgrounds.
  £46,737year to 5 April 2025
• Azad Foundation · The 'Women on wheels' program is the first initiative of its kind in India which trains women between the ages of 18 - 35 to become professional chauffeurs, taxi and HGV drivers. These women are from the slums and other poor backgrounds in various cities.
  £33,280year to 5 April 2025
• Project ECHO (Pallium India Trust) · To improve healthcare for rural areas in India. This grant was awarded specifically to extend work in palliative care.
  £25,000year to 5 April 2025
• Prerana · To offer the children of sex workers the opportunity of an alternative life. A life where their rights are protected, choices are created, and dignity is restored. Prerana offers shelter and a safe place to sleep for children of victims of commercial sexual exploitation. As well as night shelter, Prerana offers education, nutrition, medical, psychological and educational support to children born in the red-light district.
  £23,290year to 5 April 2025
• ARK India (Peepul) · To transform lives through education.
  £20,000year to 5 April 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£11,980).

• Grants paid, year to 5 April 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

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.

• Annual report (year to 5 April 2025)

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Sources last checked on 24 October 2026.