CSR Partner — verifiable betterment for your CSR spend.
Co-design a multi-year programme with Meer Foundation. Six programme options from river restoration to women's FPOs. CSR-1 registered, 80G approved, Five-Pillars-Framework-aligned reporting. You receive Betterment Verification — not just compliance.
Betterment Verification — not compliance theatre
Most CSR reports answer the question: 'Was the rule followed?' We answer a different question: 'Did lives measurably improve?' A programme can be fully compliant and produce no betterment. We treat betterment as the higher bar — and our research arm has audited 28 CSR programmes across 8 districts of tribal Chhattisgarh to prove it. When you partner with us, you receive Betterment Verification: proof, not press releases.
“Compliance asks: was the rule followed? Betterment asks: did lives improve? A CSR programme can be fully compliant and produce no betterment. We hold ourselves — and our partners — to the higher bar.”
— Founder, Meer Foundation, on CSR accountability
Six programmes, ready to scope
Each programme card specifies the budget envelope, the number of districts, and the deliverables. Custom scopes are welcome — write to us with your CSR focus areas.
River restoration programme
Sponsor an end-to-end Bolti Nadi programme — river walk, hydrological assessment, riparian plantation, check dams, and 3-year monitoring in a Chhattisgarh river basin.
- Field report (open-access)
- Restoration works
- 3-year monitoring
Prayaas learning centre
Adopt a tribal-belt Prayaas learning centre. Funds Class 1–12 CGBSE materials in English & Hindi, midday meals, mentor salaries, and digital infrastructure for one academic year.
- 1 learning centre · 1 year
- Class 1–12 materials
- Mentor salaries
Women's FPO formation
Form and incubate a women-led Farmer Producer Organisation across 24 months — from Self-Help Group mobilisation to legal incorporation, processing unit, and market linkage.
- 24-month incubation
- 1 incorporated FPO
- Market linkages established
Yoga & health awareness drive
Fund 200-hour yoga instructor certification for 12 rural women. Free weekly sessions across 12 villages. Includes emergency-awareness PDFs and wellness literacy camps.
- 12 women certified
- 12 villages served
- Weekly sessions for 1 year
Heritage walk + Guriya magazine
Sponsor the annual Social Heritage Walk on World Heritage Day (18 April) plus four quarterly issues of Guriya magazine — distributed free to 250+ rural schools across Chhattisgarh.
- 1 heritage walk · 18 April
- 4 magazine issues
- 250+ rural schools
Meer FM community radio
Sponsor six months of broadcast on Meer FM community radio. Covers studio equipment, reporter stipends, content production, and transmission infrastructure for one district.
- 6 months broadcast
- Reporter stipends
- Studio + transmission
Eleven instruments, all current
Every compliance instrument a corporate finance team needs is in place and current. Documentation is shared within 48 hours of MoU signing. The IDs below are real and verifiable with the respective authorities.
Chhattisgarh Society Registration Act 1973 (44). Reg. No. 3588, dated 23/12/2011. Section 8 Company under the Companies Act 2013. PAN: AAICM9348L.
80G approval enables tax deduction on Indian donations. CSR-1 registration enables receipt of corporate CSR funds under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013.
Standard MoU template available. Custom MoUs accommodated. Legal review welcome. We sign in 7 working days from concept approval.
CSR Funding Application Dossier
The complete application package for corporates and HNIs — ten sections covering everything from eligibility to declaration. Download the full dossier as a single PDF, or browse the sections below.
How to partner with Meer Foundation for CSR initiatives — the four-phase partnership process from concept note to closure report.
Who can apply — corporates (Section 135 compliant, ₹10L minimum) and HNIs (₹5L minimum, KYC + source-of-funds). Exclusions documented.
Meer Foundation's profile — Section 8 company, 14 years in Chhattisgarh, 38 staff, 7-member Board, audited FY21-24.
What we do — six programme options across four flagship initiatives, sectoral coverage, geographic footprint.
Downloadable 11-line budget template (Excel + PDF) for scenario testing. Admin ≤15%, contingency 5%, scheme convergence tracked separately.
20-item checklist of compliance certificates, financials, governance policies, and MoU template — all shared within 48 hours of MoU signing.
Browse and download 50+ Detailed Project Reports by sector, district, and initiative. Each DPR is 50+ pages, A4, print-ready, branded.
How proposals are evaluated — 8 criteria weighted to 100%. 60% advance to re-scoping; 75% advance to MoU drafting.
Terms and conditions — statutory declarations on compliance, audit, litigation, financials, open-access publication, anti-corruption.
Complete CSR funding application package as a single downloadable PDF — companion budget template + 50+ DPRs.
Download the complete dossier
Single PDF — compliance matrix, programme menu, budget template, required documents checklist, evaluation criteria, declaration, and annexures. ~13 pages, A4, print-ready.
53 Detailed Project Reports, ready to scope
Every DPR is a 50+ page print-ready A4 PDF — cover, TOC, executive summary, organisational profile, problem statement, objectives, description, methodology, beneficiaries, geography, stakeholders, strategy, work plan, budget, M&E, sustainability, risk, experience, lessons, outcomes, communications, compliance, and 22 annexures. Filter by sector, district, or initiative below.
Mahanadi River Revival — Dhamtari Stretch
Sihawa Block Water Conservation & Catchment Treatment
Berla Block Water Harvesting & Micro-watershed Development
Magarlod Minor Irrigation Network Renovation
Mahasamund Irrigation Project — Community Lift Irrigation
Jagdalpur Urban River Stretch Revival
Nagri Block Catchment Mapping & Springshed Revival
Kanker Riparian Restoration & Check-dam Network
Makhana Cultivation & Processing Cluster — Dhamtari
Kurud Block Irrigation Development for Smallholders
Sustainable Agriculture Transition in Magarlod Block
Bemetara Block Organic Farming Cooperative
Four phases from concept to closure
From the first concept note to the final Betterment Verification report — here is what to expect at each phase of a CSR partnership.
Concept note
Share your CSR focus areas, budget envelope, and geographic interest. We co-design a programme that fits both your company's CSR policy and the Five Pillars Framework.
MoU & documentation
Formal MoU signed. CSR-1, 12A, 80G, and NGO Darpan documentation shared with your finance and legal teams. Payment milestones and reporting cadence agreed.
Implementation
Quarterly milestones. Field visits welcome — indeed encouraged. Mid-year review with your CSR team. Independent audit at closure by a CA empanelled with the CAG.
Impact report
Five-Pillars-Framework-aligned closure report. Betterment Verification — proof that lives measurably improved, not just compliance metrics. Raw survey data annexed.
Co-designed, not off-the-shelf
Every programme is co-designed with your CSR team. The menu is a starting point, not a take-it-or-leave-it list.
Quarterly milestones
Milestones set in writing. Field visits welcome. Mid-year review with your team. Slippage flagged immediately.
Open-access closure report
Published under CC-BY 4.0. Raw survey data annexed. Your stakeholders and the communities served can read it.
CSR partnership enquiry form
Tell us about your company, your CSR focus, and your budget envelope. Our CSR desk will respond within 3 working days with a concept note draft and a proposed MoU timeline.
Five things worth knowing before you partner
A quick carousel of the commitments, expectations, and outcomes of a CSR partnership with Meer Foundation.
From ₹6 lakh heritage walks to ₹2 crore river restoration. Each programme is scoped with deliverables, districts, and duration. Custom scopes welcome.
Test your knowledge of CSR with us
Five quick questions on programme budgets, compliance, the Five Pillars Framework, and the Betterment Verification bar. Pass at 60%.
CSR Partnership Quiz
5 questions · passing score 60%
Questions we get often
From partnership duration to closure report philosophy to mid-size company eligibility — here are the questions CSR teams ask us most.
Frequently asked questions
Most CSR partnerships run 12–36 months. River restoration programmes run 24–36 months because of the monitoring commitment. Prayaas learning centre adoptions are annual. Heritage walks are seasonal. We will not propose a duration shorter than what the work genuinely requires — and we will not stretch a duration to inflate the budget.
Betterment Verification — not compliance theatre
If your CSR report answers 'Was the rule followed?', our report answers 'Did lives measurably improve?'. Browse 50+ DPRs, download the application dossier, or submit an enquiry — our CSR desk responds within 3 working days.
CSR-1 · 12A · 80G · 12AB · NGO Darpan · Section 8 · PAN · GST — 11 compliance instruments, all current. Betterment Verification is the only metric that counts.