Projects
GROW+
The GROW+ Fund is an initiative by the EdelGive Foundation. It aims to support grassroots organisations working at the frontlines of climate action.
Antara is the knowledge partner for GROW+.
Institute of Social Studies Trust
ISST is a four-decade-old feminist research organisation that specialises in women’s work and their role in the economy, and gender transformative evaluation.
Antara supported ISST through strategic advisory and leadership accompaniment.
Building guiding frameworks for community resilience
Antara supported a collaborative to put together comprehensive research and guiding frameworks that help make the case for philanthropy to invest in long-term recovery and community resilience as a response to disasters.
India Leaders for Social Sector
ILSS aims to build leadership talent and capacity within India’s social sector to create catalytic impact at scale. Antara is supporting ILSS’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Board Governance through a research-led engagement.
Toolbox India
TBXI is an Indian non-profit that connects grassroots civil society organisations that have capacity-building requirements with skilled volunteers from the corporate sector.
Antara supported them through landscape research and strategic advisory.
Engagement on CSR with a leading business conglomerate
Antara provided research, knowledge, curatorial, and communication tools.
Women’s Fund India
WFI is a donor that supports organisations working to advance gender equality in India.
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Antara supported them through a strategy-level engagement.
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ANANDI
Antara is supporting ANANDI through an engagement at the intersection of strategy, structure, and collective leadership.
Convenings
Feminist Organisations in India
Antara played the role of a thoughtful interlocutor among a small group of feminist organisations and philanthropists in India. Applying its theory of facilitation and transformation, Antara held space for a dialogue among resource seekers and resource holders who have a shared agenda to advance gender equity through resilient feminist organisations.
Other engagements and explorations
Partnership/Collaboration Strategies
We will be working with an innovation incubation organisation to shape their partnership strategy and strengthen their positioning and value proposition for the domestic landscape.
Child Protection and the Care Economy
The relationship between child protection and the care economy presents a critical area for research, given the symbiotic nature of these two sectors. The strength of the care economy, which includes support for caregivers, fair wages, training, and policies, plays a crucial role in enhancing the effectiveness of child protection systems.
Antara is currently engaged in an advisory role in helping organizations build their strategy-structure-impact continuum in this area.
Partnerships between universities and philanthropies : A multi-stakeholder exploration
The year 2030 marks a critical milestone for the Sustainable Development Goals. As we approach this, Antara is collaborating with pioneering stakeholders in academia, social innovation, and philanthropy to reimagine cross-sectoral collaboration and redefine the SDG paradigm.
Funder Education and Awareness
Antara is building a framework and curriculum to help funders build their awareness and knowledge towards improving funder practices and accountability in the sector.
Mental Health
Evaluating mental health services requires a thoughtful, multifaceted approach that goes beyond traditional outcome measures. It involves sensitivity to the personal, long-term, and context-dependent nature of mental health, while also navigating the ethical complexities of working with vulnerable populations.
Antara is in the process of building a set of tools and frameworks to bridge this gap.