# Diya Foundation (DiYA Foundation) — Assam/Meghalaya

**Status:** Compiled from official website (diyafoundation.in), 4 downloaded Annual Activity Reports (2014-16, 2017-18, 2020-21, 2021-22), official MHA FCRA quarterly filings, Give.do, LinkedIn, and Commutiny.

**⚠️ Important disambiguation:** There are at least **two unrelated organizations named "Diya Foundation"**:
1. **This profile** = Diya Foundation, Assam/Meghalaya (Kamrup Rural) — livelihood/health/education NGO, founded 2011, MITA partner of The ANT.
2. **A different org** = Diya Foundation, Bangalore (diyafoundation-india.org) — vocational training for adults with intellectual disabilities, founded 1999 by Maria Santamaria. **Not related to this profile.** Some directory sites (e.g., Give.do) appear to have cross-contaminated data between the two — see §6 for details.

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## 1. Basic Profile

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal/full name | Diya Foundation (also styled "DiYA Foundation") |
| Type | Society (non-profit) |
| Founded | **2011**, registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, in Meghalaya. Founder: **M. Martin Rabha** (20+ years in NE India development sector; previously with Bosco Reach-Out, National Alliance Mission, Centre for Micro Finance & Livelihood). Earliest activity report on file covers 2014-2016. |
| Registered Office | C/O Rilum Foundation, Smit Village, Smit, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya – 793015 |
| Admin/Head Office | Vill. + PO Loharghat, Via Mirza, Kamrup Rural District, Assam – 781120 |
| Branch office | Goalpara, Assam (per 2025 social posts) |
| Phone | 8811016600 / 03623-292026 |
| Email | diyafound@gmail.com |
| Website | https://diyafoundation.in/ (older domain: diyafoundation.org.in) |
| **Society Registration No.** | **SR/DF-4/19** (Meghalaya State) — per Commutiny profile. *Note: a third-party directory (searchdonation.com) cites a different/older number "E.16/5 of 2010/262 (29-07-2011)" — possibly an initial registration reference before a renumbering; flagged for verification.* |
| **PAN** | **AABAD3470F** |
| **FCRA Registration Number** | **020780156** — independently confirmed via official MHA "Details of Quarterly Receipt of Foreign Contribution" filings hosted directly on diyafoundation.in |
| **80G** | CIT (Exemption), Kolkata / 80G/2020-21/A/10249 |
| **12A** | 191/12AA/CIT(TECH)/SHG/2012-13/3043-46 |
| **CSR-1 (MCA Form)** | **Not Available** (per Give.do) — same finding as The ANT; suggests no active corporate CSR-1 filing |
| LinkedIn | [in.linkedin.com/company/diya-foundation2011](https://in.linkedin.com/company/diya-foundation2011) — 11-50 employees, 17 associated LinkedIn members |

## 2. Governing Board

| Name | Role | Affiliation/Background |
|---|---|---|
| Banteilut L. Nongbri | Chairman | Founding Chairman, Rilum Foundation; 25 yrs dev-sector experience; ex-Board Member, CML (a Tata Trust initiative); promoter, Famous 5 Ventures |
| Lumlang Nengnong | Treasurer | Rilum Foundation; B.Com; 15 yrs NGO finance/accounts experience |
| M. Martin Rabha | Secretary (Founder) | Development professional, 20 yrs NE India experience; ex Bosco Reach-Out, National Alliance Mission, CML |
| Sarat Ch. Das | Member | Founder, Grameen Sahara & Grameen Development Finance Pvt. Ltd. (NBFC); profiled among "22 outstanding social entrepreneurs" in Tata Trusts' VikasAnvesh Foundation book *"Gems of Purest Ray, Serene"*; Board member, SADAN (RBI-appointed Self-Regulatory Org for Microfinance) |
| Dilip Ch. Deka | Member | Retired Senior Manager, Assam Gramin Vikas Bank; Founder, Udoyan Santi Niketan school (1994) and NGO "PRATYUSH" |
| Dr. Kripaljyoti Mazumdar | Member | PhD, Ecology & Environmental Science; ex-WWF India Programme Manager; ex-State Project Officer, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) |
| Eliza Boro | Member | Founder, MASK (Mahila Shakti Kendra, 2002) — women's SHG network across 57 villages |

## 3. Program Areas (3 core thematic verticals)

### A. Livelihood Promotion (primary focus)
- **Animal Husbandry**: Piggery, Poultry, Goattery, Duckery with low-cost improved sheds; ~1,200-1,500 families directly involved; 550-800 households earning additional ₹25,000-70,000/year from livestock sales.
- **Horticulture**: Arecanut, Banana, Lemon, Pineapple — homestead-land intercropping with spices/sericulture; ~2,000 households adopted; 300-800 farmers turned "progressive"/commercial.
- **Spice Promotion**: Black Pepper, Ginger, Turmeric — targeted at households affected by wild elephants/animals; up to 3,500 households adopted; ₹35,000-70,000/season additional income from Black Pepper alone.
- **Sericulture**: Eri and Muga silk rearing (Rabha tribal communities); ~500 households; ₹3,500-4,000/month additional income.
- **Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE)**: solar-powered livelihoods for ~100-250 small entrepreneurs (tailoring, Eri spinning, irrigation, elephant repellers, refrigeration, egg incubators, rice hullers, spice grinding) across Assam (Kamrup Rural, Goalpara, Darrang) and Meghalaya (Ri-Bhoi border areas). Partner: **SELCO Foundation**.
- **Farmer Producer Companies**: Co-promoted **Rangsang Agro Producer Company Ltd** (600 members/300 shareholders; spices — black pepper, turmeric, ginger; formed 2020) and **Mapakkai Agro Producer Company Ltd** (500 members/220 shareholders; sericulture, livestock).
- **Pashu Sakhi (Livestock Cadre)**: community women trained as para-veterinary workers for doorstep goat/pig healthcare (partner: **The Goat Trust**, Dept. of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Govt. of Assam).

### B. Health & Hygiene
- **Maternal Health**: Respectful Maternity Care advocacy; ASHA worker sensitization; holds the **Assam chapter secretariat of The White Ribbon Alliance India**; ~1,000 midwives engaged across Kamrup, Goalpara, Darrang districts via "What Midwifery Want" campaign.
- **Mental Health**: In partnership with **The ANT** (since ~2019-2020) under Project MITA — providing low-cost mental illness treatment camps in Kamrup Rural District. As of 2020-21: 280+ patients registered, 55-60% regular monthly attendance, 85-90% treatment success/control rate. Treats Schizophrenia, schizotypal/delusional disorders, Somatoform disorders, Epilepsy.

### C. Education & Literacy
- Works with Rabha, Bodo, Garo, Tea-tribe, and Assamese communities in forest villages and tea gardens of Kamrup District.
- Directly supports 23 primary schools across 25 villages (within 13km of HQ), covering 931 children aged 6-11.
- Remedial classes and creative learning for ~550-631 students; teacher capacity-building workshops; community/SMC engagement to reduce dropout and absenteeism.

### D. Institution Building
- Promoted 85+ women's Self-Help Groups (SHGs) (180 by 2021-22), federated into Village Organizations, linked to **Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission (ASRLM)**.
- By 2021-22: 2 Farmer Producer Companies, 180 Women SHGs, 85 Farmers Interest Groups (FIGs) — FPCs leveraged the **SFURTI Scheme** (MSME Dept., Govt. of India) for Common Service Centres, plus **APART** and **ARIAS Society** (Govt. of Assam) linkages; FIGs linked with banks.

### E. Humanitarian/Disaster Response
- COVID-19: ration/dry food support to 3,000 households; doorstep medicine delivery to 150 mental-health patients during lockdown.
- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) program launched in Darrang District (flood-prone area).

## 4. Geography of Operation

| State | Districts | Development Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Assam | Kamrup Rural, Goalpara, Darrang, Dima Hasao | Rani, Chayani Barduar, Chhaygaon, Boko, Rampur (Kamrup Rural — under Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council); Kushdhuwa, Sipajhar (Darrang) |
| Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, East Jayantia Hills | Jirang Development Block |

## 5. Scale Indicators (by year, self-reported)

| Period | Households/Families Reached |
|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 2,500 families / 86 villages |
| 2020-21 | ~2,000+ households (homestead farming model); 10th anniversary year |
| 2021-22 | 6,500 small & marginal households; goal of 60,000 lives impacted by 2023 |
| Current (per website/LinkedIn) | 10,500+ households cumulatively; 5-year target: 20,000 households / 100,000 lives |

## 6. Funders / Partners (historical + current, from annual reports & FCRA filings)

### Institutional Funders (confirmed via reports/FCRA filings)
- **Sir Dorabji Tata Trust**, Mumbai — Black Pepper livelihood project (Kamrup Rural + Ri-Bhoi)
- **National Foundation for India (NFI)**, New Delhi — smallholder livelihoods program; also a confirmed FCRA foreign-contribution donor (₹3,72,247 in Jan-Mar 2019 quarter alone)
- **Paul Hamlyn Foundation**, London — women's empowerment via livestock management
- **Centre for Catalyzing Change (C3)**, New Delhi — Respectful Maternity Care advocacy; confirmed FCRA donor (₹2,42,796, Jan-Mar 2019 quarter)
- **Child Aid Network**, Germany — confirmed FCRA donor (₹5,00,765 in Oct-Dec 2021 quarter alone)
- **GVM, Nalbari** — Digital Literacy Program ("Internet Saathi") reaching 54,600 women
- **Habitat for Humanity India**, New Delhi — sanitation project (Dima Hasao, Assam & West Jayantia Hills, Meghalaya)
- **Kabil**, New Delhi — MGNREGA promotion (Chayani Barduar block)
- **USHA International** — "Silai Schools" (tailoring skills) in Assam & Meghalaya
- **Dasra + Tarsadia Foundation** — **Rebuild India Fund** (5-year unrestricted operating grant, ~USD 13,500/year, part of a Northeast India NGO cohort alongside Grameen Sahara, SATRA NGO, UBSSB, UTSAH, Grassroots Shillong, Mahila Mehfil Morigaon)
- **SELCO Foundation** — decentralized renewable energy technical partner
- **The Goat Trust** — livestock/Pashu Sakhi program technical partner
- **NABARD** — e-commerce/market-access training for Farmer Producer Companies
- **Ministry of MSME (Govt. of India)** — solar equipment support for Rangsang Agro Producer Company's spice-processing unit
- **Assam State Rural Livelihood Mission (ASRLM)** — government SHG-linkage partner
- **Dept. of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Govt. of Assam** — Pashu Sakhi program

### Implementation Partner (not a funder)
- **The ANT** (Action Northeast Trust) — MITA mental health program collaboration since ~2019-2020

**⚠️ Data quality flag:** Give.do's listing at `give.do/discover/1A0Q/diya-foundation` shows the correct registration numbers (PAN AABAD3470F, FCRA 020780156, 80G/12A numbers matching this Assam org) but its "About/Impact" narrative text ("touched the lives of 448 young adults with intellectual challenges... over 25 years") actually describes the **unrelated Bangalore Diya Foundation** — likely a content-tagging error on Give.do's platform. Registration numbers are independently corroborated via official MHA filings and are trustworthy; the narrative text on that specific page is not.

## 7. Financials

- Each Annual Activity Report contains a "Financial Outlook" / "Financials" section (e.g., pp.19-21 of the 2020-21 report), but these render as **image/scanned tables with no extractable text** — could not pull exact income/expenditure figures automatically.
- FCRA quarterly filings (hosted on diyafoundation.in) show individual foreign-contribution receipts, e.g.:
  - Q3 FY2018-19 (Jan-Mar 2019): ₹6,15,043 total (NFI ₹3,72,247 + C3 ₹2,42,796)
  - Q3 FY2021-22 (Oct-Dec 2021): ₹5,00,765 total (Child Aid Network, Germany)
- No consolidated multi-year audited financial summary was found in machine-readable form; would require manual PDF review or the org's direct audited statements.

## 8. Annual Reports Found & Downloaded

| Year(s) | Local file | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-2016 | `diya-annual-report-2014-16.pdf` | (not fully read — large file) |
| 2017-2018 (bi-annual, covers 2016-17 & 2017-18) | `diya-annual-report-2017-18.pdf` | 35 |
| 2020-2021 | `diya-foundation-annual-report-2020-21.pdf` | 21 |
| 2021-2022 | `diya-annual-report-2021-22.pdf` | 27 |
| 2022-2023 | Referenced as "Audit Report 2022-23" on diyafoundation.in/reports but direct PDF link not yet resolved | — |

Also downloaded: 2 sample FCRA quarterly filings (`diya-fcra-2019-jan-mar.pdf`, `diya-fcra-2021-oct-dec.pdf`) confirming FCRA registration and specific foreign donor transactions.

## 9. Gaps / Items Not Yet Confirmed
- [ ] Exact/original founding registration number discrepancy (SR/DF-4/19 vs. E.16/5 of 2010/262) — needs verification with Meghalaya Registrar of Societies.
- [ ] Full audited financial statements (income/expenditure) — annual report financial pages are image-only.
- [ ] NGO Darpan unique ID — not located.
- [ ] Complete list of current (2023-25) institutional funders — most funder data here is from 2017-18 through 2021-22 reports; a 2022-23 audit report exists on their site but wasn't downloaded.
- [ ] BRSR — not applicable (SEBI filing for listed companies only).

## 10. Sources
- https://diyafoundation.in/ (homepage, health, education, contact, reports pages)
- https://diyafoundation.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Annual-Activity-Report-[YEAR].pdf (4 annual reports downloaded)
- https://diyafoundation.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FCRA_[QUARTER].pdf (official MHA FCRA quarterly filings)
- https://give.do/discover/1A0Q/diya-foundation (registration numbers — but see disambiguation note)
- https://commutiny.in/organization/diya-foundation (society registration number, operational geography)
- https://in.linkedin.com/company/diya-foundation2011 (company size, LinkedIn posts on Rebuild India Fund, Pashu Sakhi program, FPC solar project)
- https://www.searchdonation.com/ngo/diya-foundation.php (alternate registration number cited)
- https://cases.som.yale.edu/system/files/2024-09/Diya%20Foundation%20Annual-Activity-Report-2020-2021.pdf (Yale SOM case study archive copy of 2020-21 report)
- https://grantedai.com/grants/rebuild-india-fund-dasra-and-tarsadia-foundation-7ad7cbef and https://dasra.org/what-we-do/rebuild-india-fund (Rebuild India Fund program details)

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*Compiled via direct download + text extraction of Diya Foundation's own annual reports and official FCRA filings, cross-referenced with third-party directories (Give.do, Commutiny, LinkedIn).*