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The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Sector: Children
Sub Sector: Nutrition
Tax Deduction: 50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
FCRA:

UN Sustainable Development Goals:
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% Spent on Beneficiaries

83%
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Year of Establishment : 2000
Registered Address : #72, 3rd Floor, 3rd Main Road, 1st & 2nd Stage Yeshwantpur Industrial Suburb, Rajajinagar Ward No. 10 , Bengaluru 560022, Karnataka
Presence : Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Website : https://www.akshayapatra.org
Email : infodesk@akshayapatra.org
Telephone : +91 80 3014 3400
Donor Contact : Mr. Mathan Varkey / +91 9820842453 / donorcare@akshayapatra.org
Registered Under : The Indian Trust Act, 1882
Auditor : Walker Chandiok & Co LLP
Bankers : Yes Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Trustees/Directors/Managing Committee: : Mr. Madhu Pandit Dasa - Chairman, Mr. Chanchalapathi Dasa - Vice Chairman, Mr. Bharatarshabha Dasa - Trustee, Mr. Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa - Trustee, Mr. Anil Swarup - Trustee, Mr. K V Chowdary - Trustee, Mr. M S Unnikrishnan - Trustee, Mr. G Raghuram - Trustee, Ms. Vidya Shah - Trustee

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that no child in India is deprived of education due to hunger. With a mission to feed 3 million children every school day by 2025, the NGO serves students from government and government-aided schools across India. Providing hot, nutritious mid-day meals as an incentive for school attendance aims to combat classroom hunger, promote education, and nurture confident citizens, thereby making a significant investment in child development and human progress.

Major Interventions:

Feeding Programs:

Akshaya Patra partners with the Government of India, state governments, and UT administrations to implement the PM POSHAN initiative (formerly the Mid-Day Meal Scheme). It provides nutritious meals to children aiming to eliminate classroom hunger and support the Right to Education for children from socio-economically challenging backgrounds. By delivering quality mid-day meals, it seeks to address malnutrition and encourage school attendance, thereby helping children grow into healthy, educated, and confident individuals.

The NGO collaborates closely with government bodies like the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the Food and Civil Supplies Corporations to secure timely food grain supplies. In addition to PM POSHAN, Akshaya Patra runs programs such as the ICDS Anganwadi Feeding Programme for pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children and breakfast initiatives to address short-term hunger in schools. It uses its kitchen infrastructure for food relief during emergencies, exemplified by its nationwide efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Non-Feeding Programs:

The National Endeavour for Student Transformation (NEST) includes the Digital Education Programme, which bridges the digital divide by providing quality modern education on tablets to economically disadvantaged students, and the Avsar Scholarship Programme, which supports bright students facing financial challenges in pursuing higher education. Another component, the School Rejuvenation Programme, enhances learning environments by improving infrastructure and academic resources in line with the Government's Model School initiative. Abhay initiative further boosts academic performance through activity-based remedial classes and extracurricular learning. Launched in response to post-pandemic educational challenges, the digital program offers access to competitive exam materials and social-emotional learning.

The sustainability strategy focuses on implementing measures that minimize environmental impact while enhancing its meal programs. Biogas systems for efficient organic waste management and solar power plants are being installed in its kitchens. It has transitioned to biomass briquettes for energy, conserving non-renewable resources, and has established a water conservation roadmap to optimize usage in meal preparation. 

FY 2021 (₹) FY 2022 (₹) FY 2023 (₹)
Income
Government Sources 1,234,659,000 2,056,906,000 3,776,307,000
Foreign Sources - - -
Institutional Sources - - -
General Donations 3,254,978,000 4,074,498,000 3,635,728,000
Sales/Fees 30,103,000 17,779,000 16,894,000
Interest/Dividend 109,205,000 105,587,000 68,605,000
Other Income 36,258,000 39,872,000 58,196,000
Total Income (A) 4,665,203,000 6,294,642,000 7,555,730,000
 
Expenditure
Direct Program Activities 2,639,396,000 4,169,923,000 4,306,573,000
Program Staff Cost 1,145,766,000 1,258,208,000 1,906,599,000
Travel Expenses 12,570,000 22,792,000 48,150,000
Direct Program Expenses 3,785,162,000 5,428,131,000 6,213,172,000
Fund Raising Expenses 83,311,000 138,760,000 191,105,000
General Staff Cost 45,343,000 44,516,000 52,064,000
Overhead Expenses 343,487,000 345,138,000 441,122,000
Depreciation 713,058,000 567,056,000 626,495,000
Other Expenses/Transfers 16,932,000 5,479,000 13,818,000
Total Expenditure (B) 4,999,863,000 6,551,872,000 7,585,926,000
 
Surplus / Deficit (A-B) -334,660,000 -257,230,000 -30,196,000
Assets
Fixed Assets 1,652,240,000 2,531,693,000 2,596,510,000
Current Assets 1,570,519,000 1,220,027,000 1,534,255,000
Cash And Bank 2,853,541,000 2,080,296,000 1,609,676,000
Total Current Assets 6,076,300,000 5,832,016,000 5,740,441,000
Investments 348,949,000 516,631,000 655,655,000
Accumulated Deficits 160,451,000 417,681,000 447,877,000
Total Assets 6,585,700,000 6,766,328,000 6,843,973,000
 
Liabilities
Trust Corpus 1,758,857,000 1,758,867,000 1,758,867,000
General Funds - - -
Earmarked Funds 3,160,594,000 3,038,245,000 3,138,335,000
Unutilized Grants - - -
Total 4,919,451,000 4,797,112,000 4,897,202,000
Loans - - -
Loans (From Members) - - -
Current Liabilities 1,666,249,000 1,969,216,000 1,946,771,000
Other Liabilities - - -
Total Liabilities 6,585,700,000 6,766,328,000 6,843,973,000
1) Government support comes in the form of grants and subsidies.
2) Other Income includes profit on sale of fixed assets and liabilities no longer required written back and misc. income.
3) Other Expenses includes loss on fixed assets and provisions and write-offs of receivables (including from the government).
FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023
Beneficiary Details
Direct Beneficiaries (nos.) - - -
Indirect Beneficiaries (nos.) - - -
Average Cost per Direct Beneficiary (₹) - - -
Staff Details
No. of Staff - - -
Number of Consultants - - -
Number Of Volunteers - - -
Total - - -
Highest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) - - -
Lowest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) - - -
Services Funds Raised (₹)
952
Donation 50,250
Total Funds Raised 51,202
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