JSW Foundation is the social development arm of the US$ 22 billion JSW Group, one of India’s leading business houses. It has a long track record and a rich legacy of empowering rural communities to enrich their lives since the last three decades.
The Foundation’s focus areas are Education, Health & Nutrition, Skill Development, Rural BPO, Environment & Water, Sports and Art and Heritage. Through a strong field presence, it operates across 33 districts in 14 Indian States with priority on communities around JSW’s plant and port locations.
The Foundation also reaches out to communities beyond these locations to contribute towards India’s social development in a meaningful way. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Foundation supported various communities & families by providing food and healthcare facilities across all these locations.
Multi-specialty hospitals
JSW Foundation’s holistic life cycle-based interventions have positively impacted more than a million underprivileged people across India. It operates two multi-specialty hospitals in Karnataka and Maharashtra states with outpatient potential of 100,000 annually.
Education to privileged children
Its educational interventions have positively impacted more than 140,000 under-privileged children in rural locations while its Agriculture, Women SHG and Rural BPO initiatives have created new livelihood sources for more than 16,000 farmers and 10,000 rural women. The Foundation has provided access to sanitation by constructing more than 7500 toilets in rural villages. It has also helped more than 200,000 needy individuals access Government welfare schemes.
Skilling Youth
The foundation has trained over 23000 youth on various skills that lead to their employment or entrepreneurship. 1400 self-help groups with around 16000 rural women are providing access to credit to the poorest of the poor. JSW Foundation’s work in Art & Heritage is focussed on restoring India’s monuments such as Chandramauleshwar Temple in Hampi, Kenneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue in Mumbai among others. These restorations have been recognized globally and won prestigious international awards.
