Creating Inclusive
Impact for India
Inclusive Impact Foundation builds self-reliant communities across India's most underserved regions, strengthening health, livelihoods, and climate adaptation, while helping the wider development ecosystem work more effectively, credibly, and sustainably.
Built on purpose, driven by impact.
Inclusive Impact Foundation is a not-for-profit company incorporated under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, committed to transformative, rights-based, and dignity-centred social change across India. We work at the intersection of community empowerment, institutional capacity building, and ecosystem strengthening, driven entirely by purpose, and accountable entirely to the communities we serve.
We were founded with a clear and unwavering purpose: to create meaningful, lasting change in the lives of India's most marginalised communities. We believe that social equity is not a destination but an ongoing practice of inclusion, empowerment, and justice.
Improve access to quality primary healthcare and nutrition support for underserved families in West Bengal and Jharkhand.
Help households build sustainable and diversified livelihoods through skills training, farmer collectives, and support for women-led enterprises.
Strengthen community resilience to climate change through sustainable agricultural and environmental practices.
Build the capacity of youth and grassroots organisations through mentorship, advisory support, and rigorous impact measurement.
Find and promote traditional skills and handicrafts, and connect artisans with markets for better livelihoods.
Our Section 8 Commitment
As a Section 8 company, every rupee of our income, whether from grants, CSR contributions, consultancy fees, or donations is legally required to be reinvested in pursuit of our registered objects. We do not distribute profits to members. We have no shareholders in the commercial sense. Our only accountability is to the communities we serve and the mission we have legally bound ourselves to uphold.
"Income and property of the Foundation, whensoever derived, shall be applied solely for the promotion of its objects. No portion shall be paid as dividend, bonus, or otherwise to members."
- Memorandum of Association, INC-13, Clause 5
Two streams, One purpose.
Two co-founders, 30+ years of grassroots experience each.
Inclusive Impact Foundation is led by two co-founders, each bringing 30+ years of grassroots, institutional, and international development work across India, South and Central Asia, and Africa.
Susmita Choudhury
A seasoned development professional with experience spanning programme management, public health, advocacy, and gender justice across South and Central Asia.
At Inclusive Impact Foundation, Susmita brings her formidable breadth of field experience, policy acumen, and a deeply personal conviction that equity, inclusion, and dignity must be the foundation of every community intervention.
Shamsul Akhtar
A social impact leader with experience across India and Africa, holding a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Visva-Bharati University. His work spans livelihoods, sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition, and governance.
He developed a community-owned model, Small Money, Big Change, for transparent and participatory development, piloted across villages in Africa and India.
At Inclusive Impact Foundation, he brings his passion for dignity-centred, community-led development and a firm belief that lasting change happens only when communities become the architects of their own transformation.
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Glimpses of Impact
A visual journey of our work and the communities we serve.
Starting where the need is greatest.
Inclusive Impact Foundation works in West Bengal and Jharkhand, two states facing significant health, livelihood, and climate challenges. Communities here have limited access to healthcare, depend heavily on farming and fishing, and are exposed to natural disasters such as cyclones and unpredictable weather.
Modes of engagement.
Multiple ways for donors, partners, and institutions to engage with our work, depending on their goals and resources.
Program Funding & Philanthropic Grants
Direct financial support for any of our program areas, including corpus contributions and restricted grants.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Partnership
Eligible partnerships under Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013. Full documentation, utilisation certificates, and impact reports provided.
Technical Assistance & Capacity Building
Knowledge partnerships, training delivery, and professional support to strengthen the Foundation's institutional capacity.
Research & Impact Study
Baseline surveys, independent assessments, and documentation partnerships to generate evidence and shared learnings.
Volunteer & Pro Bono Engagement
Professional skills-based volunteering and pro bono services across legal, financial, communications, technology, and program domains.
Joint Advocacy & Policy Influencing
Collaborative campaigns, policy engagement, and coalition participation on issues of social equity, climate justice, and development.
Co-Design & Institutional Partnerships
Co-created programs with aligned institutional partners, shaped jointly from design through implementation to match a partner's specific goals and expertise.
Your support reaches the last mile.
Every contribution helps us reach families in the remotest parts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, regions where health, livelihood, and climate challenges often strike together. As we grow, this support will help us extend our work further across Eastern India and the Northeast.
Mobile health camps, telemedicine, and nutrition programs for mothers and children
Livelihood training, kitchen gardening, and market linkages for farmers, women, and youth
Climate adaptation support for flood, drought, and cyclone-prone communities
Mentorship and capacity building for the next generation of changemakers
₹500
Basic medicines and a health check-up for one child at a mobile health camp.
₹2,000
A kitchen garden kit and seeds for one household to improve family nutrition.
₹5,000
One month of vocational skills training for a woman entrepreneur.
₹10,000
Seeds, tools, and training support for one Farmer Producer Organisation for a season.
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Support our programs directly. Every rupee is directed toward measurable, on-ground impact.
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