Section 8 Social Enterprise80G & 12ACSR-1 Registered

Innovate · Implement · Evolve

Socio-technical upliftment, built with communities.

TREE Innovative Foundation is a Pune-based social enterprise that works with communities — tribal, rural and urban, students, women and youth — on clean energy, education, livelihoods and the environment — and with companies who want CSR impact they can see, measure and stand behind.

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Watch: The system we built — our 2025–26 film

समाजाचा विकास, समाजाच्या हातात.

A community’s progress, in its own people’s hands. For communities →

Solar light illuminating a fort path at night
Clean energy
Facilitator teaching a classroom of students — Program Dhruv
Education & health
Women preparing products in a village enterprise — Project Eklavya
Livelihoods

3.5M+

lives impacted across our programmes

1,432 kW

clean energy installed and community-run

43,687+

students empowered with life-skills

6,386+

women trained for health and livelihoods

2,562.97 t

CO₂e emissions avoided live

14+

locations across India

35,79,568 kWh of clean power generated by community solar — panels resting overnight, counting resumes at sunrise · FY 2025–26Explore the live dashboard ↓
Support the mission80G tax benefit · 2 minutesDonate →

Live · Measured in the open

Most organisations tell you what they did. We show you.

Our public dashboard tracks clean-energy capacity, people trained, students reached and carbon avoided — year by year, program by program. Communities, donors and CSR teams all see the same numbers.

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For individuals

Stand with a community.

Give once or monthly to the whole mission. Unrestricted gifts go where communities need them most.

Give ₹2,500 →

80G receipt by email · Secured by Razorpay · UPI, cards & netbanking

Already a donor? See what your gift did →

Volunteer in the field →Work with us →

For companies · CSR

Adopt an outcome, end to end.

Schedule VII-aligned projects with an MoU, itemised budget, field reporting and a live dashboard your board can open.

  • ₹41.1 LAdopt a village
  • ₹28 LAdopt a river node
  • ₹16 LLight up a fort
  • ₹28,000Sponsor a school
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For foundations, government & academia

Take a proven model to scale.

Co-design programs, run joint research, or replicate our community-owned models in new districts — with open data and documented playbooks.

  • Grant and co-funding partnerships
  • Panchayat and district convergence
  • Research, fellowships and student field work
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Who we are

The bridge between communities that know what they need and partners who can fund it.

TREE Innovative Foundation works where the absence of energy, learning, income and ecological balance holds communities back. Communities bring the priorities and the ownership; partners bring the resources; we bring the engineering, the field team and the accountability that joins the two.

Our vision

Socio-Technical Upliftment — an India where every community can harness technology and knowledge to lead its own progress.

Our mission

To build scalable, community-owned systems in clean energy, education, livelihoods, health and the environment — partnering with government, industry and institutions to reach those development has left behind, and proving every outcome in the open.

Who we work with

  • Tribal communities
  • Rural communities
  • Urban communities
  • Students
  • Women
  • Youth
Our story, team & governance →
Woman in a wheelchair with TREEI volunteers at a Project Sahyog community support event
“Communities are not beneficiaries — they are stakeholders in their own transformation.”

Stories of change

Change, told from the places it happened.

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Case studies, field notes and blogs — new picks every 10 minutes.

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The system we built — a year inside TREEI Impact film · 2025–26The system we built — a year inside TREEI I see the difference now — a father’s voice Community voice · Mission URJAI see the difference now — a father’s voice A principal’s perspective on real change Partner voice · Program DhruvA principal’s perspective on real change 200+ volunteers, 3+ companies, one mission Volunteers · Mission URJA200+ volunteers, 3+ companies, one mission

One model, for communities and partners alike

The community owns the outcome. The partner sees every step. We make sure both hold.

  1. 1Listen and co-designEvery intervention starts with the community’s own needs and priorities. Community · sets the priorities and forms a SamitiPartner · chooses a defined, costed outcome
  2. 2Build with local handsWe install, teach and set up enterprises with people we train locally. Community · gains skills, jobs and techniciansPartner · can join with employee volunteering
  3. 3Hand over ownershipAssets and decisions pass to the community, with clear governance. Community · owns and runs what was builtPartner · funds something that lasts
  4. 4Measure in the openOutcomes and cost per beneficiary are published, year after year. Community · sees progress in its own numbersPartner · gets audit-ready reporting

What we do

Four areas of work, designed to strengthen each other.

Power makes evening classes possible. Learning opens up income. Income funds upkeep. A healthy environment sustains it all. Each area also maps to the CSR focus areas in Schedule VII of the Companies Act.

From skill to steady income
03 · Sustainable livelihoods

From skill to steady income

Market-linked, women-led enterprises that turn local skills into income that stays in the community.

CSR: Sch. VII (ii), (iii)
Village women at a community meeting with a TREEI facilitator

For communities

Want to work with us in your community, school, college or group?

Gram Panchayats, schools, self-help groups and community organisations can reach out directly. Tell us what your community needs — we’ll visit, listen, and plan it together with you.

  • No cost to the community for our assessment visit
  • You choose the priorities; a local committee owns the result
  • We speak Marathi, Hindi and English
Request a visit →WhatsApp us

For companies · CSR partnership

CSR that your board, your auditors and the community can all see.

Fund a defined unit of impact — a community, a school, a fort, a river node, a youth or women’s cohort. We handle compliance, delivery and reporting; your team gets a clear story and real numbers.

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Sch. VII (x) rural development₹41.1 LAdopt a villageThe full UTTHAN integrated model — energy, water, health, livelihood and governance — over two years.
Sch. VII (iv) environment₹28 LAdopt a river nodeOne DHARA restoration node on Pune’s Mula–Mutha river.
Sch. VII (iv), (v) heritage₹16 LLight up a fortSolar lighting, Solar TREE and CCTV on a Sahyadri heritage fort.
Sch. VII (ii) education₹28,000Sponsor a schoolA year of Program Dhruv life-skills — about ₹45 per student.
Sch. VII (ii), (iii) livelihood & womenCohortBack a women’s cohortProject Eklavya skill-to-enterprise for a full batch of women entrepreneurs.

How a partnership runs

  1. 1 · ScopeWe match your CSR policy and budget to a defined outcome and site.
  2. 2 · MoUItemised budget, milestones and reporting cadence, signed up front.
  3. 3 · DeliverOur field team builds with the community; your employees can join.
  4. 4 · ReportUtilisation statements, field reports and a live dashboard view.

What you receive

  • CSR-1, 12A and 80G registration documents
  • Formal MoU with itemised budget and milestones
  • Field reports, photos and fund-utilisation statements
  • A live dashboard view for your project
  • Employee volunteering days near Pune

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Where we work

Rooted in Pune. Working across the Sahyadris.

From tribal hamlets with no grid connection to city schools and the rivers of Pune — we go where development has not reached, and stay until communities can carry it forward.

What’s next

Scaling community-owned solar to 25 villages and 10 heritage forts.

Fund the next site →
  • Pune citySchools, urban settlements and the Mula–Mutha river system.
  • Mulshi & Pune districtIntegrated model villages governed by their own Samitis.
  • Sahyadri tribal beltKatkari and other tribal hamlets beyond the reach of the grid.
  • Sahyadri heritage fortsSafe, solar-lit forts for visitors, conservation and local tourism.

Accountability

Registered, recognised and open about every rupee.

Annual reports & filings →
Section 8 companyA registered social enterprise under the Companies Act, 2013.
80G & 12ADonations from Indian taxpayers qualify for 80G tax deduction.
CSR-1 registeredEligible to receive and report CSR funds from companies.
Live impact dashboardOrganisation-wide outcomes published openly, refreshed from the field.
As covered byThe Better Indiaसकाळदैनिक भास्करपुण्यनगरीप्रभात

Recognition

  1. 2018MIT Heller Social Innovation Challenge — Global Winner
  2. 2020Karmaveer Chakra — UN & iCONGO
  3. 2022Guinness World Record — mass tree plantation
  4. 2023Maharashtra ZEP Award · Imerys SD Challenge win
  5. 2024Imerys SD Challenge · SANMAN Award · Karmaveer Chakra
  6. 2025Featured by The Better India

Open knowledge

What we learn, we share.

Case studies, field notes and plans — so others can replicate what works and avoid what didn’t.

Questions, answered

Whoever you are, start here.

Can’t find your answer? Write to us — we reply within two working days.

Is TREEI eligible to receive CSR funds?

Yes. TREE Innovative Foundation is a Section 8 company registered with CSR-1, and holds 12A and 80G registration. We share all registration documents during scoping.

Which Schedule VII areas do your projects cover?

Our work maps to rural development, environmental sustainability, protection of heritage, education and livelihood, women’s empowerment, and health and nutrition. We help align each project with your CSR policy.

What reporting will we receive?

A formal MoU with milestones, periodic field reports with photos, fund-utilisation statements and a live dashboard view of your project’s outcomes.

Can our employees volunteer?

Yes. Teams can join installation drives, plantations, river clean-ups and school sessions in and around Pune.

Follow our work

See the field every week, not once a year.

LinkedInPartnerships, CSR projects and impact reports — for companies and institutions.Follow TREEI → InstagramLife in the field — villages, classrooms, forts and rivers, every week.@tree_innovative_foundation → YouTubeFilms and voices from the communities we work with.@treei_foundation →

Let’s build the next self-reliant community together.

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