Maharashtra Foundation is a social venture catalyst
Established as a charitable organization under the laws of the United States, it is committed to the basic humanitarian principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution namely freedom, equality, secularism and human rights. The brainchild of late Shri Yashwant Kanitkar and his friends, Maharashtra Foundation was conceived in 1978 in Rochester, New York by 10 Marathi families, motivated by saints like Dnyaneshwar, Namdeo and Tukaram and social reformers like Lokmanya Tilak, Agarkar, Maharshi Karve, Mahatma Phule, and Dr. Ambedkar.
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2019 India Flood Relief
Multiple states affected - thousands displaced - lives disrupted - death toll in hundreds -…
Livelihood for marginalized women
SRHDP works with the people and families who are socially marginalized
Decrease in Maternal and Neonatal Mortality
In the tribal region of Melghat, neonatal mortality related to respiratory
Hunar Ghar
Educate for Life has been serving Bakhel Panchayat, an extremely deprived and marginalized rural, Adivasi…
English Literacy Program
LeapForWord believes that large-scale social change will not happen by enforcing equality, but rather by…
Child Labor Prevention and Education
HEARDS, based in Chittoor, AP, addresses the problem of child labor.
Kitchen Gardens
Based in Satara, Shramjivi works in the marginalized rural communities of Satara and Raigarh, focusing…
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