Navjyoti India Foundation

Status: Under Consideration

Date: 10/4/2019

Contact Information

Attach your 501(c)(3) determination letter (or 12AA.pdf

equivalent if not a U.S. non-profit):

Attach a copy of your most recent audited Balance Sheet 2018-2019.pdf

financials:
Attach a copy of your current operating budget: ORGANIZATIONAL BUDGET.pdf
Attach program budget: Budget.pdf
Attach the current list of your organization's Governing Board.pdf
Board of Directors and their affiliations:
Organization name (legal name): Navjyoti India Foundation

Guidance: Please provide us with the

primary person within your organization
responsible for managing and reporting
through the grant period.
Contact salutation: Ms.
Contact first name: Ujala
Contact last name: Bedi
Contact job title: Executive Director
Contact phone number: 9910230300
Extension # (if applicable):
Contact email address: ujala@navjyoti.org.in

Nominating Employee Information

Nominating employee first name: Nimisha

Nominating employee last name: Jain

Nominating employee email address: nimisha.jain@blackrock.com

Select the nominating employee's BlackRock India - Gurgaon
office from the list below:
Does your nominating employee have a Yes
personal history of volunteer service with the
organization?
If yes, please describe: Nimisha & Parul volunteers in Paint the wall and tree plantations with
Navjyoti India Foundation

Is your nominating employee engaged in any No

activity with your organization that gives the
appearance of a conflict of interest?
Identify any BlackRock employees who are Ms.Parul & Nimisha Jain volunteers in Paint the Wall ,Cleanliness drives,
actively involved with your organization and and tree plantations with Navjyoti India Foundation.
briefly describe their involvement.

Organization Information

President/Executive Director Name: MD Mehta

Title: President
Email: mdevmehta@gmail.com
Website URL of organization: www.navjyoti.org.in
Organization address (line 1): Khasra No. 99, Majri Karala, Main Kanjhawala Road,
Organization address (line 2): Near Sector – 22 Rohini,
Organization city: Delhi
Organization state/province: Outside US/Canada
Organization zip/postal code: 110081
Is your organization registered in the US or Yes, registered in the US or India
India?
Organization country: India
Organization phone number: 8800528880
Organization fax number:

Is your organization using a fiscal agent or No

another organization as its governing body?
What type of non-profit organization is this? Registered non-profit outside of US/Canada
If a registered non-profit outside of US/Canada Non - Profit Organisation
specify type of organization.
Charity registration number or local country S-18521 of 1988
equivalent.
If your organization dissolves, are the assets Yes
required to be distributed for the public good?
Does your organization discriminate against any No
person or group of people in its hiring and
employment practices, codes of conduct,
programs, services or in any other aspect of its
operations or activities on the basis of that
person or group of people’s personal
characteristics or attributes?
Which category best represents your Other
organization's primary mission?
If other, please provide: Women Empowerment, Skill Development, Environmental Sustainability,
Education
Briefly describe your organization’s purpose: Vision: To challenge the socio-economic inequalities and enable the
vulnerable sections of the society towards the goal of self-reliance

Mission: To mobilize and harness the power of children, youth, women,

and people at large to approach illiteracy, ignorance, gender
discrimination and the evil of drug addiction with an ultimate aim of crime
prevention and inclusive socio-economic development

How does your organization measure impact? What outputs does your
organization measure?

The organization measures impact against the predefined outputs for

each project. Measurable indicators for each of these outputs are also
defined at the commencement of the project and means of verification for
these measurable indicators are developed through which impact is
measured as per planned timeline and method.

How does your organization measure impact? The organization measures impact against the predefined outputs for
What outputs does your organization measure?
What were some of those outputs over the past
three years?
each project. Measurable indicators for each of these outputs are also
defined at the commencement of the project and means of verification for
these measurable indicators are developed through which impact is
measured as per planned timeline and method.
(a)Environment outputs:
Government schools in more than five villages in Sohna Block converted
into Harit schools by installing rooftop harvesting structures and training
children to manage them.
Villagers of 70 villages being converted in Pani Police and Jal yodhas n
order to join the movement “ Jal Kranti” to save water
Watershed structures constructed in five villages in order to increase
water level up to 60-90 ft in each of these villages.
More than 30 acres of agricultural land put to productive use.
(b)Social outputs:
More than 7000 children attending government schools benefitting every
year through 3S model – Shiksha, Sanskar and Skills.
Gurukul Project promoting value-based early leadership has created 700
child leaders in Bawana, North West Delhi who are further reaching out
to more than 4000 other children in the community.
More than 2000 youth being vocationally trained every year and 60%
placed.
Percentage of compartments reduced to 2% in government schools.
School drops out rate less than 2% among children attending a remedial
education program.
1500 women empowered through self-help groups and now working
actively to address social issues of their villages in Sohna Block
(c)Economic outputs :
More than 60% youth placed after completing skill training. Average
family income increased to up to 7000 per month.
Total savings of women enrolled in 110 self-help groups more than 45
lacs with an average income of every member about 6000 per month.
Financial Information

Total organization operating budget (in USD): 752,545.87

General & administrative costs, including 10
fundraising, as a percentage of total revenue:
List current top five donors, including level of Evalueserve.com 25,00,000.00
support for each:
E.I.Dupont Pvt.Ltd. 70,00,000.00

Relaxo Foundation 17,57,700.00

Seth Madanlall Palriwala Foundation 13,10,000.00

Essel Social Welfare Foundation 25,00,000.00

Has your organization received support from Yes

BlackRock in the past?
Has your funding been within the past 12 Yes
months?
Provide any details on past support, including 01.07.2019 Navjyoti Bal Gurukul Program INR 2003000
event/program name, dates and amounts:
14.08.2018 Empowering Women Through Economic
Activities INR 800000

12.06.2017 Women Empowerment Program INR 1500000

24.05.2016 Women Empowerment Program INR 1500000

23.06.2015 Women Empowerment Program INR 1750000

Program Information

Name of the program for which you are seeking Empowering women through livelihood activities
a grant:
Which of the following best represents your Skills building
program's primary focus area?
Provide a brief description of the program for 1. Project Background
which you seek support, including its overall
goal and use of BlackRock funds:

Sustainable development of a country requires the full participation of all

its citizens. Greater gender equality can enhance productivity and
therefore empowered women can bring about a revolutionary change in
the community. Working on a larger mission of crime prevention, the
project addresses the issue of providing platform to women to voice their
concerns on economic development.

The project area is characterized in a typical rural setting where the

women and girls are subjected to domestic violence, social bias, dowry
and exclusion from higher education and their daily activities are limited
to only household chores and helping the men wherever needed. The
project strives to empower the women from the marginalized
communities of the country and equip them with tools to become self-
reliant by building their capacity in making handicraft products.
2. Project Vision

Inculcating self-help spirit amongst women by involving them in

economic activities and thereby improving their overall quality of life

3. Project Mission

To promote economic empowerment and better living amongst women

from the marginalized communities of the country by building their
capacity in making handicraft products and enhancing their opportunities
for income generation.

4. Project Objectives

• Up-skilling of women by conducting refresher trainings for them

• Networking with other NGOs and artisans

• Enhancing livelihood opportunities for the marginalized women

5. Action Plan

OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS

Up-skilling of women through refresher trainings Identification of

designers, fashion experts, fashion blog writers, models, marketing
experts, entrepreneurs, motivational trainers etc. and inviting them to be
as mentors (regular and visiting)

Mentoring by designers, experts of existing and new women

artisans 50 women provided refresher training

Networking with other NGOs and artisans

Travel to various parts of the country to procure raw materials and

identify small NGOs and artisans who need marketing
support Ecosystem created by networking with NGOs and artisans
in multiple states

Enhancing livelihood opportunities Procuring finished products from

women in other states of India as well

Identification of companies and markets for forward linkage and

obtaining job orders from them

Designing and printing of labels, brochures, pamphlets and

strengthening packaging for promotion and marketing

Putting up stalls and promotion of products through various marketing

platforms A total of INR 2,50,000 generated by women through sale
of handicraft products
Total amount requested in your local currency: Currency Local Currency Amount
Amount INR 1,684,950.00
Total amount in USD: 23,788.00
Total program budget in USD: 23,788.00
What mechanisms do you have in place to track The organization has an executive board who conducts monthly financial
the program budget and ensure any funding monitoring in presence of internal auditor and financial head to track the
restricted to this program is applied budgets of the program and ensure there are no deviations. Regular
appropriately? internal financial audits are conducted at the program level followed by
the annual statutory audit.

Program start date: 11/1/2019

Program length/grant term: 12
Number of people benefiting from this program: 50
What is the anticipated impact of this program, The anticipated impact of the program is as follows:
and how will you measure it?
A total of INR 2, 50, 000 generated by women through sale of handicraft
products

Indicate the geographic area(s) where the India

primary beneficiaries will be located.
Geographic area to be served (list city, INDIA
state/province and country):
What gender will this grant primarily serve? Female
Age range of the people served: 25+ years old
Is this grant directed to underserved Yes
populations?
Over 51% of the individuals served by the True
organization are considered low-to-moderate
income:
What tangible results are you most proud of that (a) Environment impact:
your organization has achieved in the past three
years? • Government schools in more than five villages in Sohna Block
converted into Harit schools by installing rooftop harvesting structures
and training children to manage them.

• Villagers of 70 villages being converted in Pani Police and Jal

yodhas in order to join the movement “ Jal Kranti” to save water

• Watershed structures constructed in five villages in order to

increase water level up to 60-90 ft in each of these villages.

• More than 30 acres of agricultural land put to productive use.

(b) Social impact:

• More than 7000 children attending government schools benefitting

every year through 3S model – Shiksha, Sanskar, and Skills.

• Gurukul Project promoting value-based early leadership has

created 700 child leaders in Bawana, North West Delhi who are further
reaching out to more than 4000 other children in the community.

• More than 2000 youth being vocationally trained every year and
60% placed.

• Percentage of compartments reduced to 2% in government

schools.
 • School drops out rate less than 2% among children attending a
remedial education program.

• 1500 women empowered through self-help groups and now

working actively to address social issues of their villages in Sohna Block

(c) Economic impact :

• More than 60% youth placed after completing skill training.

Average family income increased to up to 7000 per month.

• Total savings of women enrolled in 110 self-help groups more than

45 lacs with an average income of every member about 6000 per month.

What challenges has your organization faced in
the past three years?
The organization is an evolving, continuously gaining insights from
experiences from implementation of interventions. Since we are a grass-
root level organization depending upon the funding from donors,
mobilizing resources is always a challenge for the organization. The
location of our project sites poses another challenge for recruitment and
retention of qualified and competent team members. Thus, the majority
of the team members are multitasking and trained to perform varied roles
in the organization. While the organization is extremely credible and has
community mobilization as one of the strongest areas, there are few
challenges which are being faced at the project management level:

• Use of technology for impact documentation and measurement

• Communication tools and techniques for enhancing visibility

• Development of self - sustainable models

Volunteer Information

List the volunteer opportunities available to Haryana Day 11th November 2019
BlackRock employees with this program:
Exposure visit to famous places in Gurugram

Christmas Day 26th December 2019

Employees will plan and organize winter carnival with children of Navjyoti
Bal Gurukul at the campus of Navjyoti India Foundation.

List any specialized skills which you seek. Accounting and Bookkeeping
Computers/Technology
Counseling
Financial Literacy
Leadership Development
Marketing / Branding
Mentoring
Public Relations

Payment Details

If a grant is awarded, what is your preferred Electronic deposit

method of payment?
Account Holder: Navjyoti India Foundation
Bank Name: Yes Bank
Bank IBAN Number:
Bank Account Number: 38793900000027
Bank Sort Code:
Bank SWIFT Code/ABA Routing Code: YESBINBB
Special instructions (if applicable):