57% of nonprofits have at least one woman founder, compared to 18% of Indian startups.
Women founders are building India's social startups, their representation in nonprofits outpaces corporate leadership by a big margin, shows study
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/… via @timesofindia
They have greater access to unrestricted funding: Around 21% of organisations with at least one woman founder have more than 25% of their budgets in unrestricted funding, compared to nearly 13% of organisations with only male founders.
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Read the full report, Access to Flexible Funding: A Gender Lens:
drive.google.com/file/d/1pQz…
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In The Daily Pioneer, Kriti Krishnan, Co-founder of Ally, and Varun Aggarwal, Co-founder of Change Engine, make the case for strengthening the support systems behind India’s growing mental health conversation.
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Here’s a glimpse from “Big Ideas for India”—a conversation on what it will take to unlock greater impact from India’s philanthropic capital.
Watch the full session on YouTube and explore the full Mission Billion Summit 2026 playlist.
Link - youtube.com/@changengine_in
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The conversation then moves to what funders look for in organisations and ideas that have the potential to create wider change—
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How do you use evidence to drive impact and change the narrative around a problem?
At the Mission Billion Summit 2026, we asked four founders this question.
A thread 🧵
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The Same Message, Four Different Studies: Why Flexible Funding Matters More Than Ever by Kate Griffin medium.com/firetreephilanthr…
@BridgespanGroup @caps_asia
Asia Community Foundation — Funding in Practice: 68% of social purpose organisations receive more than 80% of their annual income from restricted grants.
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