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Equity Foundation - A Forum for Women & Child

Sector: Women
Sub Sector: Awareness & Advocacy
Tax Deduction: 50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
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% Spent on Beneficiaries

91%
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Year of Establishment : 2003
Registered Address : 123-A, Road No.- 5A, Patliputra Colony , Patna 800 013, Bihar
Presence :
Website : https://www.equityasia.net
Email : equityasia@gmail.com
Telephone : +91 612 2270171
Donor Contact : Ms. Nina Srivastava / +91 9431055965 / equityasia@gmail.com
Registered Under : The Societies Registration Act, 1860
Auditor : B. L. Raju & Co.
Bankers : HDFC Bank
Trustees/Directors/Managing Committee: : Ms. Nina Srivastava - Executive Director, Dr. Renu Ranjan - Chairman, Ms. Manju Srivastava - Finance Controller, Ms. Madhurima Raj - Member , Ms. Rachna Sahaya - Member , Ms. Rita Verma - Member, Ms. Tushima Sahay - Member

Some of their activities are:

  • Gender Development: The organisation applies innovative approaches to promote women’s economic empowerment, legal status, rights, inclusion and participation in decision making. Gender based initiatives such as community empowerment and local governance have established a rights-based approach for sustainable community development. They work to collectivize the members of the community to address gender violence, social poverty, enhance living conditions, and realize civil rights. A One stop crisis centre at Panchayat level acts as a dedicated location to facilitate effective handholding of women affected by violence and guide them to ‘Nirbhaya Centre’.
  • Panchayathi Raj: The organisation has developed an interactive forum which serves as a platform for women panchayat representatives to develop strategies to empower women. The main projects are with support of Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) on strengthening women's political participation in 4 villages of 1 Panchayat in Vaishali district and with Action Aid on Orientation for Women Elected Representatives & Gram Kutchehry (for capacity building) in 3 villages of 1 panchayat of Biddupur block.  
  • Education opportunities: Since 2012 Equity Foundation has been working with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation on mainstreaming education programme in primary school clusters in Madhubani District. The goal is to provide educational opportunities to disadvantaged (particularly SC) children in Bihar, with an emphasis on mainstreaming into the State's primary education system.
  • Other campaigns: The Foundation has launched a forum against sexual harassment named VISHAKA which engages with representatives from the government, media, civil society, trade unions, etc and focuses on the issue of gender discrimination at work.  It provides inputs to develop gender sensitization amongst employees and adopt gender equitable policies. It also launched a female foeticide campaign in rural Bihar and worked with CWS on a 2 year Advocacy based programme on female foeticide in Vaishali district of Bihar.
FY 2013 (₹) FY 2014 (₹) FY 2015 (₹)
Income
Government Sources - - -
Foreign Sources 245,300 203,400 320,814
Institutional Sources 1,705,500 1,657,051 1,183,388
General Donations 87,700 84,000 162,500
Sales/Fees - - -
Interest/Dividend 53,015 29,033 15,999
Other Income - 8,492 360
Total Income (A) 2,091,515 1,981,976 1,683,062
 
Expenditure
Direct Program Activities 688,673 380,943 1,542,629
Program Staff Cost 1,183,510 1,410,136 -
Travel Expenses 112,385 83,818 6,400
Direct Program Expenses 1,872,183 1,791,079 1,542,629
Fund Raising Expenses - - -
General Staff Cost - - -
Overhead Expenses 119,098 107,485 143,057
Depreciation 24,510 20,264 14,798
Other Expenses/Transfers - - -
Total Expenditure (B) 2,128,176 2,002,646 1,706,884
 
Surplus / Deficit (A-B) -36,661 -20,670 -23,823
Assets
Fixed Assets 117,747 97,483 82,685
Current Assets 39,873 109,155 26,665
Cash And Bank 127,851 430,536 145,604
Total Current Assets 285,471 637,174 254,954
Investments 950,000 - -
Accumulated Deficits - - -
Total Assets 1,235,471 637,174 254,954
 
Liabilities
Trust Corpus - - -
General Funds 128,872 108,202 84,379
Earmarked Funds - - -
Unutilized Grants 1,006,607 348,076 69,370
Total 1,135,479 456,278 153,749
Loans - - -
Loans (From Members) - - -
Current Liabilities 99,992 180,896 101,205
Other Liabilities - - -
Total Liabilities 1,235,471 637,174 254,954
1) Institutional Sources mainly include grants from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF). SDTT grants have been the largest income source in the past few years, i.e. around 70-80% of Total Income.
2) Foreign Sources mainly include grants from Center For World Solidarity (CWS).
3) In FY15, the NGO has provided only one amount as expenditure on projects, but not a detailed breakdown.
FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015
Beneficiary Details
Direct Beneficiaries (nos.) 9,638 10,657 -
Indirect Beneficiaries (nos.) 22,000 34,000 -
Average Cost per Direct Beneficiary (₹) 221 188 188
Staff Details
No. of Staff 29 29 -
Number of Consultants 6 - -
Number Of Volunteers 30 - -
Total 65 29 -
Highest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) 118,800 130,680 -
Lowest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) 23,760 26,136 -
NGO Name Sector Sub Sector Location % Spent on Beneficiaries Income (₹) Expense (₹)
Purnima Mahila Bahuuddeshiya Sanstha Women Empowerment Maharashtra 99 97,784 89,116
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Equity Foundation - A Forum for Women & Child Women Awareness & Advocacy Bihar 91 1,683,062 1,706,884
Men Against Violence & Abuse (MAVA) Women Preventing Violence Maharashtra 91 2,175,721 2,111,456
Equity Foundation - A Forum for Women & Child Women Awareness & Advocacy Bihar 91 1,683,062 1,706,884
Men Against Violence & Abuse (MAVA) Women Preventing Violence Maharashtra 91 2,175,721 2,111,456
Women's Emancipation and Development Trust (WED Trust) Women Empowerment Tamil Nadu 84 2,198,600 2,405,406
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Women's Organisation in Rural Development (WORD) Women Empowerment Tamil Nadu 78 6,657,540 6,626,085
Theni Mavatta Pengal Samuga Porulathara Munnetra Sangam Women Empowerment Tamil Nadu 64 366,893 337,740
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