Arghyam provides Grants to organizations which can illustrate/ensure social, institutional, environmental, technological & financial sustainabilities through on the ground projects in the following Grant Theme Areas:

• Integrated Domestic Water Management (IDWM)
• Groundwater Management
• Sustainable Sanitation
• Wastewater Management

We support projects which build capacities of communities to understand and respond to their local water and sanitation needs. Innovative projects that have potential for scale and scope for good learning have an edge over other projects. The projects may be either addressing issues in a rural area or in an urban set up. In addition to this, the project should demonstrate efficiency in cost per beneficiary, last mile reach, sustainability of outcome over time, institutionalization of successful efforts, et al. We look favourably upon projects which have the potential to leverage public funding. We also support for critical gap-filling in larger, existing donor/Govt projects.  

In rare cases, Arghyam may consider part-funding Workshops/Conferences, Training Programmes, Awareness Creation Campaigns etc. provided such activities contribute to improving the access to water for the marginalized. We generally discourage grants for corpus or for solely covering administrative costs of an Organization.

Arghyam funds projects all across India. The amount of funds available per year for grant making is around Rs.6 Crores (Rs.60 million), which will be optimally spread across small, medium & large projects.

Arghyam believes in transparency and accountability in all its transactions and expects its partners also to abide by these values. We do not necessarily endorse the viewpoints/positions of all organizations that we support on issues external to the project.

Project Selection Process:

1. Grant applicant submits a Concept Note to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
2. Within 3 weeks the applicant is informed of Arghyam’s decision.
3. A positive decision will entail submission of a detailed proposal, the template for which will be shared with the applicant
4. Wherever required, a visit is made to the Organization & Project location for understanding the situation better
5. All queries are addressed through dialogue
6. A draft MoU is drawn and sent to the Grantee Organization for comments
7. After necessary mutually agreed modifications, the MoU is signed by both Arghyam & the partner Organization