Ashraya Foundation · Bengaluru since 2017
Every child deserves a full plate and a full day of school.
We cook 6,400 school lunches every morning, keep girls in class, plant forests on school grounds and look after the elders the city forgot — with your rupees and your Saturdays.
Our causes
Eight ways to show up for Bengaluru
Every cause has a clear unit cost, so you always know what your gift buys.
NutritionMidday Meals
Rice, dal, a vegetable and an egg or banana — cooked fresh every morning in our Hebbal kitchen and carried to 38 government schools across north Bengaluru.
₹500 = child's school lunches for a month
EducationGirls' Education
Fees, uniforms, books, a bicycle for the long road and an evening learning centre — so girls from low-income families finish school and choose what comes next.
₹1,200 = girl's books, uniform and fees for a term
EnvironmentUrban Forests
Miyawaki-style mini forests of native species on school grounds, lake edges and unused civic plots, planted by volunteers and cared for three full years.
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× child's school lunches for a month
At ₹500 each, from last year's audited costs.
Field notes · KattigenahalliField notes
Meena was about to leave school. This term she came first in maths.
A scholarship, a bicycle and an evening learning centre — and a girl who wants to be the teacher who tells other girls they are good at maths.
Read Meena's story →FY 2025-26
Where every rupee goes
84 paise of every rupee reaches a programme
Audited every year, published in full. The rest keeps the lights on and the receipts going out on time.
- Midday meals₹1.86 Cr
- Girls' education₹98.2 L
- Health & water₹62.1 L
- Livelihoods & elder care₹49.3 L
- Urban forests₹27.8 L
- Fundraising₹21.4 L
- Administration₹19.8 L
Volunteer
Give a Saturday, not just a rupee
Lake clean-ups, forest days, soup kitchens and reading circles. Seats are limited so every volunteer has real work.
Puttenahalli Lake Clean-up
Pull plastic and weeds from the lake edge, sort what we collect, and plant 200 native shrubs along the bund.
Sunday Soup Kitchen
Chop, stir and serve 600 plates of bisi bele bath at our Hebbal kitchen for families from the nearby settlement.
Plant a Miyawaki Forest
Dig, mulch and plant 1,200 native saplings in a single morning on a government school ground in Yelahanka.
Monthly giving
Become a Friend of Ashraya
Monthly gifts let us plan a whole school year of lunches instead of a week at a time. Change or stop yours any time from your account.
- ₹500 a month feeds one child every school day
- 80G receipt for every payment, emailed instantly
- A short field letter from the kitchen every quarter
Fundraise
Turn a birthday, a run or a wedding into lunches
Start a page in two minutes. We check it, make it live, and every gift on it gets its own 80G receipt.
Stories
The people behind the numbers
Meena's first report card
Two years ago Meena was about to leave school to look after her brothers. This term she came first in maths.
18 Sept 2026 · 4 min read
The kitchen that wakes at five
Twenty-two women, forty drums of sambar and 6,400 lunches before 11 — a morning in our Hebbal kitchen.
30 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
A forest on a school ground
Three years after 300 volunteers planted it, the Yelahanka school forest is taller than the classroom roof.
14 Jul 2026 · 3 min readIn their words
Donors, volunteers, neighbours
“I visited the kitchen expecting a photo opportunity and left with flour on my shirt. You can see exactly where the money goes.”
“Our team of forty planted a forest in four hours. Three years later we went back and it was taller than us.”
“The 80G receipt arrives before I've closed the payment window. That alone makes me give here every month.”
“My daughter was the first girl in our lane to finish Class 12. Now she tutors at the learning centre on Saturdays.”
“Well-run drives, clear instructions, real work. The lake clean-up is now a monthly ritual for our family.”
“The head teacher told us attendance on Mondays went from the worst day of the week to the best. That's the lunch.”
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For companies
CSR that you can visit on a Saturday
Schedule VII-aligned projects with quarterly utilisation reports, site visits and employee volunteering built in. Registered under CSR-1.
- Project-wise budgets and milestone reporting
- Employee volunteering days for teams of 10 to 400
- Impact audits by an independent evaluator
Registered & audited
Trust you can check
Every eligible gift gets a numbered receipt, emailed instantly.
Income-tax registered public charitable trust.
Registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Independent chartered accountants; statements published in full.
Yes. Ashraya Foundation is registered under Section 80G, so Indian taxpayers can claim a 50% deduction on eligible gifts. Tick “I want an 80G receipt” and add your PAN, and we email a numbered receipt the moment your payment goes through.
