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Who Gives in India? Charity & CSR Mapping (FY 2023–24)

Who Gives in India? Mapping Charity & CSR in FY 2023–24

Author: Shatabda Basu

In the Indian civilisational context, social and charitable contribution has long been viewed as a measure of responsibility rather than mere prosperity. From early Vedic thought, where social obligation was articulated through ideas such as the pancha yajña, to later religious and community traditions, giving has been culturally valued alongside earning.

What follows is a carefully compiled snapshot of India’s organised charitable and CSR landscape for FY 2023–24. All figures have been cross-checked against publicly available annual reports and income–expenditure statements, with the aim of placing authentic, comparable numbers in one place.

This work is intended as a factual baseline—not a celebration list—from which sharper questions about scale, structure, transparency, and accountability can be asked.

1. Who the hell are you

Why create another list when magazines and CSR reports already exist?
Because existing lists do not show the entire giving landscape together.

Why mix CSR, NGOs, foundations, and religious bodies?
Because they all spend money on the same society, in the same country, in the same year.

Why compare mandatory CSR with voluntary giving?
Because the money is real and the social effect exists regardless of legal obligation.

Why use expenditure instead of impact?
Because expenditure is auditable; impact is not consistently defined or measured.

Why name philanthropists but not rank them?
Because their year-wise spending is not publicly verifiable.

Why exclude well-known organisations?
Because they do not publish usable, consolidated financial disclosures.

Why trust your rules?
Because they are explicit, consistent, and open to inspection.

Rank Organisation Type Expenditure (₹ crore) Domains Source

Note: Figures are based on FY 2023–24 audited disclosures and primary public documents available at the time of publication.

2. Methodology

  • Data pertains strictly to FY 2023–24.
  • Only audited, publicly available disclosures were used.
  • No estimates, pledges, or projections were included.
  • Ranking is based solely on reported expenditure.

3. Limitations

The limitations here are deliberate choices, not accidents. Verifiability was prioritised over completeness or shine.

Individual Philanthropy (not ranked)

Individual philanthropy carries no legal disclosure obligation and is weakly standardised. As a result, it has been excluded from ranking, though its influence is acknowledged.

  • Shiv Nadar and family — ₹2,153 crore
  • Mukesh Ambani and family — ₹407 crore
  • Bajaj family — ₹352 crore
  1. No impact-quality measurement attempted.
  2. Beneficiary counts are structurally ambiguous.
  3. No cross-organisation normalisation applied.
  4. Incomplete disclosures were excluded.

4. Eligibility Criteria

  • Audited financial statements
  • Clear FY 2023–24 attribution
  • Programme expenditure (not pledges)
  • Publicly accessible sources
  • Secular humanitarian focus only

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