Seva Nivesh

Infrastructure

Make Your Philanthropy
Structured, Trusted, and Measurable

Empowering donors to create meaningful social impact and contribute to a Viksit Bharat.

India’s philanthropy ecosystem has many committed donors and institutions ready to create deeper change. Seva Nivesh enables you to move from heartfelt, occasional giving to strategic, nation-building impact through trusted philanthropy infrastructure, due diligence, governance support, managed giving solutions, and reporting systems that guide, strengthen, and amplify every contribution toward meaningful, measurable social change across India

The Challenge

Private philanthropy in India is growing, but donors often face structural barriers that make giving less effective. They may not have access to curated non-profits, independent impact assessment, clear reporting, or innovative funding instruments that can multiply social impact.

  • Limited access to verified nonprofit opportunities
  • Trust deficit due to unclear impact reporting
  • Need for stronger governance and due diligence
  • Limited awareness of social finance instruments such as ZCZP, outcome-
    based financing, and social impact bonds
This is ideal for
  • Family or Charitable Trust
  • Individuals
  • Heir or Executor of a Will
Ready to invest?

Speak with our team to understand the fund structure, minimums, and how the SIF fits your philanthropic goals.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Whether you want to donate strategically, or support clients and institutions with structured philanthropy, Seva Nivesh can guide you to the right pathway

Philanthropy tailwinds

  • Growing HNI / UHNI participation
  • 168M Upper middle-income households by 2030
  • 10Cr+ Demat accounts
  • Shift towards institutional philanthropy

Structural gaps

  • Fragmented NGO discovery
  • Trust deficit
  • Lack of structured impact vehicles
  • Existing giving limited to donations

Our solution – Social Impact Fund - creating scalable pathways for impact capital

Size and Structure

  • Fund size - Rs 20 cr
  • Sponsor – Harshu Ghate
  • Domain agnostic fund
  • Social returns – no financial returns

Why Invest?

  • Access to vetted NGOs
  • Diversified impact
  • Strong governance
  • Institutional giving experience

Objective - Channel philanthropy through regulated structures

Funding Model - SSE + Outcome financing + Catalytic capital + Grants

Access - Enable NGOs to access structured funding

Current Status
  • SEBI approval received

  • Core team in place

  • Governance being put in place

  • Fund raising in progress

This is Ideal If

You want to channelise philanthropic funds into carefully curated social impact opportunities.

You want your giving to be managed through a structured financial tool.

You want to support credible, high-potential social sector organisations.

You want periodic reporting on fund deployment, outcomes, and impact.

What Seva Nivesh Does

SEBI-regulated Category I Alternative Investment Fund structure

Professionally managed by Seva Tarang Foundation

Governed by an Advisory Board and Investment Committee 

Regular compliance, reporting, and impact disclosures

The Challenge

Funds earmarked for philanthropy often remain unused because donors are unable to decide whom to support, how much to give, or how to monitor fund use. Busy professionals, senior citizens, families, and heirs may all have giving intent but need time, guidance, and structure.

  • Inability to decide whom to support and how much to give
  • Lack of bandwidth to manage and track donations
  • Heirs unable to decide how to deploy philanthropic capital earmarked in a Will
This is ideal for
  • Family or Charitable Trust
  • Individuals
  • Heir or Executor of a Will
Ready to invest?

Speak with our advisors to set up a Donor Advised Fund tailored to your giving timeline and philanthropic goals.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Whether you want to donate strategically, or support clients and institutions with structured philanthropy, Seva Nivesh can guide you to the right pathway

This is Ideal If

You want to give but have not finalised the cause or organisation.

You want to claim eligible tax benefits now and deploy funds over time.

You want professional support to evaluate credible organisations.

You are managing charitable funds earmarked under a will.

You want impact reporting without managing the process yourself.

What Seva Nivesh Does

Identify eligible organisations aligned with your mandate.

Evaluate organisations for credibility, governance, and impact readiness

Support deployment based on your preferred causes, geographies, or instructions

Monitor and track use of funds.

Report on impact created

How engagement is structured

Donate & Advise

You donate the funds to us – get 80G deduction same year – we deploy the funds to desired causes as per your mandate.

Transfer & Track

You handover the funds to us to manage – as and when we deploy, the recipient organisation will give you 80G receipt.

In both models your funds are parked in a separate bank account
Income earned from their interim investment gets added to your account (increasing your philanthropy pool)

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