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FRIENDS OF PARIVAAR INC

New York, NY · EIN 471323851 · Form 990 · FY2025 · NTEE T30 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · Medium ($1M-$10M) · parivaar.org
revenue
$1.7M
expenses
$1.7M
net assets
$3K
employees
0
program ratio
100%
mission · from form 990

The primary purpose of Friends of Parivaar Inc is to raise awareness of and secure donations in support of the charitable organization called Parivaar in India. The solicitation is primarily in the form of quarterly email newsletters to existing donors (some of who reside in the state of NY) & frequent updates on the website and social media about impact of their monetary donations in the past. In these updates, we may provide information on where the most pressing needs are and how these donors may donate. Furthermore, we encourage donors to ask questions via email or phone calls & in turn become advocates of Parivaar; We do not intend to use fund-raising campaigns like ticketed musical shows or dinner events or auctions etc. to raise awareness. We believe person to person connection this way is the most efficient and effective way to spread awareness.

profile · synthesized from sources

Friends of Parivaar Inc is a U.S.-based nonprofit that raises awareness and secures donations to support Parivaar, an Indian organization serving impoverished tribal communities. It does not conduct direct programs but funds and promotes Parivaar’s Seva Kutirs—nutritional and educational centers for children in tribal regions of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand. The organization communicates impact through newsletters, website updates, and donor engagement.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2025

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $0
    FORM 990-EZ, PART V, INFORMATION REGARDING PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACTS:THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT
named programs · 2 · from sources

What they call their work

Seva Kutir
Nutritional and educational centers providing two daily shifts of supplementary education, life-skills training, and nutritious meals/snacks for children in tribal communities across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.
Shiksha Kutir
Variant of Seva Kutir offering two shifts of education and development with nutritional snacks provided in one shift; serves children in the same tribal regions.
activities · 3 groups

What they do

  • Individual Child Education Sponsorship 2 activities
    • Funding Seva Kutirs for nutrition, education, and life-skills training
      Funds 1,139 Seva Kutirs (nutritional and educational centers) across 25 districts in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand, serving over 70,000 children with supplementary education, life-skills training, and nutritional snacks on a fortnightly cycle.
    • Funding residential care and education for vulnerable children
      Funds residential institutions that provide total care, education, and development for orphans, street children, abandoned children, and impoverished tribal children across West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand. As of January 2024, supports over 3,700 children in residential programs.
  • Hospital and Medical Center Support 2 activities
    • Funding free 24/7 ambulance services in rural Madhya Pradesh
      Funds a network of 83 free 24/7 ambulance services operating across 22 districts in Madhya Pradesh, transporting patients with serious conditions to hospitals and having served over 400,000 emergency cases in the past five years.
    • Funding mobile medical clinics in tribal areas
      Funds 55 mobile medical clinics that serve 2,910 tribal villages across 24 districts in Madhya Pradesh on a fortnightly basis, providing daily medical consultations and free medicines to approximately 6,000 patients per day, totaling over 2.9 million patients served in the past five years.
  • Vision Research Funding 1 activity
    • Funding vision restoration camps and free eye surgeries
      Funds large-scale vision restoration initiatives including over 82,000 eye camps and 88,000 free cataract and other eye surgeries for poor and elderly patients across 37 districts in Madhya Pradesh and one district each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$1.65M
Contributions & grants$1.65M100%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$1.72M
Program expenses100%
Admin / overhead0%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$1.72M
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$3K
Cash$3K
Investments$0
Liabilities$0
Net assets$3K
Liquid reserves0.0 mo
6 years on record · 2020–2025 · YoY revenue +8.6%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025

Who runs it

board members · 3
  • AMIT VARSHNEYA — Treasurer
  • Chitra Mandyam Anandampillai — Director
  • LALIT KUMAR — VICE PRESIDENT
relationships · 13

Who they work with

  • Block or District Level Hospitals Partner — Refers and transports patients with serious conditions to block or district hospitals for advanced treatment.
  • Childline India Foundation Government — Member of the Management Committee and Governing Board of Childline India Foundation, constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
  • Government of India Government — Serves on Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) and other national committees under Indian government ministries.
  • Government of Madhya Pradesh Government — Government is highly appreciative of the ambulance service and operates in regions where government ambulance coverage is limited.
  • IIM Calcutta Partner — Delivered lectures on social entrepreneurship to MBA students.
  • IIM Indore Partner — Delivered lectures on social entrepreneurship to management students.
  • PARIVAAR EDUCATION SOCIETY Government — Registered legal entity in India under which Parivaar operates.
  • Parivaar Partner — Supports the charitable organization Parivaar in India by raising awareness and securing donations.
  • Sri Ramakrishna Partner — Organization is spiritually inspired by the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna.
  • Sri Ramakrishna Partner — Spiritual inspiration for Parivaar's mission and ethos
  • Sri Ramakrishna Vivekananda Seva Kutir Network — Name adopted for the Seva Kutir program in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand, indicating affiliation or naming partnership.
  • Swami Vivekananda Partner — Organization is guided by the ideals and teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
  • Swami Vivekananda Partner — Primary philosophical and spiritual influence behind Parivaar's mission of selfless service
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Community-Based Staffing for Local Ownership and Cultural Relevance
    methodology: community_based_staffing
    By employing local community members as service providers, the organization ensures cultural relevance and builds trust because locally rooted staff are more effective in engaging their communities and sustaining participation.
  • Complementary Schooling Model with Meal Incentives
    methodology: complementary_schooling_with_nutrition
    By operating morning and evening education shifts with meals while aligning with government school schedules, the organization reinforces formal education because it supports continuous enrollment and attendance without creating parallel systems.
  • Integrated Nutrition and Education for Holistic Child Development
    methodology: integrated_nutrition_education
    By combining nutritional support with educational programming, the organization improves both health and learning outcomes among tribal children because undernourishment and low education are interdependent challenges requiring coordinated intervention.
  • Mobile Healthcare Delivery to Overcome Structural Barriers
    methodology: mobile_healthcare_delivery
    By deploying mobile medical clinics directly to remote tribal villages, the organization increases access to healthcare because it removes geographic, economic, and infrastructural barriers that prevent populations from reaching fixed facilities.
  • Spiritual-Humanistic Service as a Motivational and Ethical Framework
    methodology: spiritual-humanistic_service_model
    By grounding humanitarian work in the spiritual-humanistic ideals of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda—particularly the principle of 'Shiva Jnane Jiva Seva' (serving the divine in humanity)—the organization sustains a service ethic centered on dignity, selflessness, and reverence, which motivates long-term commitment and shapes compassionate program delivery.