Funding and partnerships

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Each SARD-supported intervention is scoped, costed, and reported clearly. Partners can support afforestation, water conservation, community development, and model village work with project-specific documentation, phased execution, and local handover when the work is complete.

Project funding

Fund a specific project

SARD works through modest, responsibly managed project budgets. Every supported intervention within afforestation, water conservation, community development, or model village work is scoped, costed, and executed as a standalone unit.

A funding partner selects the programme bracket or intervention they want to support. SARD produces a scope document with the deliverables, timeline, and cost breakdown before any commitment is made. On completion, SARD delivers a project completion report with photographs, specifications, expenditure summary, and a handover record.

For water conservation, SARD prioritises strengthening existing tanks, bunds, and check-dam systems through desiltation, minor repairs, recharge improvement, and community maintenance planning.

SARD is registered under Section 12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act. CSR contributions under the Companies Act 2013 Schedule VII are applicable to SARD's programme activities.

What you can fund

Four programme brackets

Each programme bracket can be translated into a specific, costed intervention after field scoping. Project costs are confirmed before funding commitments are made.

Environment

Afforestation

Survival-focused planting, avenue greenery, and community spaces that restore green cover, improve ecological balance, and support local stewardship after planting.

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Water

Water Conservation

Existing tank and check-dam support through desiltation, bund strengthening, minor repairs, recharge improvement, roof rainwater harvesting systems, farm ponds, watershed development, water-efficient agriculture, and water management technologies.

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Community

Community Development

RO plants and safe drinking water support, awareness camps, women empowerment, community health, livelihood and agriculture, child labour elimination, infrastructure, skill development, WASH, and convergence works with local handover.

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Integrated Development

Model Villages

Model village planning that builds on SARD's separate field work — RO plants, water-asset strengthening, awareness camps, afforestation, and community spaces — and integrates them into a practical local plan.

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Registration

12A, 80G, and CSR eligibility

SARD — Society for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development — is a registered NGO in Andhra Pradesh. SARD holds 12A and 80G registration under the Income Tax Act, making donations eligible for tax deduction.

CSR contributions from companies under Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 are applicable to SARD's eligible programme activities.

Registration certificates and audited accounts are available on request.

Other partnerships

Research and technical collaboration

Beyond project funding, SARD is open to research and technical partnerships that support field project quality and documentation.

Research partnership

Academic institutions and policy research organisations interested in water conservation outcomes, afforestation survival rates, community development, or model village work. SARD offers field access subject to community consent, and programme data for co-designed research.

Technical collaboration

Sector-specialist organisations with WASH, water conservation, watershed management, community health, livelihoods, skill development, or afforestation expertise can contribute to project design, quality review, or monitoring. Technical partners are credited in project documentation.

Start a conversation about a project

Contact SARD to discuss the programme bracket you want to support, receive a scope and cost estimate, and confirm the location, timeline, reporting, and handover plan.