Clients

Partnerships across the social sector

Theia Impact has partnered with organisations working on child rights, gender, ageing, education, disability and more – often at moments when they are planning for scale or strengthening their foundations.

Case Studies

Protsahan India Foundation

Protsahan empowers girls living in situations of vulnerability to grow up empowered with access to education and healthcare in safe spaces.

The challenge

Protsahan was delivering effective programmes with adolescent girls and was looking to develop a coherent strategy to scale their work sustainably. Teams needed clarity on priorities, resource requirements and how to grow without losing quality.

What we did

Co‑developed a clear organisational purpose and 5‑year strategy.
Built a programme roadmap for scaling across locations.
Designed integrated people, financial and operational plans.

The impact

Clear Human Resource practices and learning frameworks strengthening staff capability.
Financial clarity and budget discipline aligned to strategic goals.
A scalable roadmap that teams across locations can implement with consistency.

Protsahan now has a unified, actionable strategy enabling planned growth. Their teams understand priorities, resources are allocated strategically, and they can scale while maintaining quality.

Dignity Foundation

Dignity Foundation enables senior citizens to lead active, dignified lives with access to information and community they need.

The challenge

Dignity Foundation was experiencing declining membership among senior citizens. The organisation needed to understand why members were leaving and how to acquire and retain them across their pan‑India network.

What we did

Conducted in‑depth interviews with team members and lapsed members across India to uncover barriers and expectations.
Reviewed activities, communication and member experience across all touchpoints.
Co‑developed acquisition and retention strategies with practical, easy‑to‑implement recommendations.
Facilitated a pan‑India workshop to equip staff with tools and build ownership of the new approach.

The impact

Clear processes for member acquisition and retention that teams can execute.
Strengthened Human Resource policies and staff engagement frameworks.
Refreshed member activities and engagement models at local centres.
Improved online presence and magazine content driving member value.

Dignity Foundation now has evidence‑based strategies to reverse membership decline. The pan‑India workshop ensured staff across all locations understood the new approach and were equipped to implement it. Recommendations have been rolled out, and teams have the tools and confidence to acquire and retain members effectively.

Action for Autism

Action for Autism designs and delivers lifespan services enabling autistic individuals to lead independent, dignified lives.

The challenge

Action for Autism was restructuring their budgeting and financial planning processes. They needed robust systems to track programme performance, plan manpower strategically, and understand the financial viability of each programme.

What we did

Analysed financial data from previous years to provide clarity on programme and organisational performance.
Designed budget templates and MIS formats for tracking progress against plans.
Developed financial planning models enabling programmes to be evaluated as profit centres.

The impact

Clear visibility into financial performance of each programme and the organisation overall.
Robust budgeting process anchored in realistic programme plans.
Ability to plan manpower strategically based on available budget and programme goals.
Ongoing performance tracking enabling timely course corrections and sustainable programming.

Action for Autism now has financial discipline and clarity guiding their decisions. They can confidently assess programme viability, make staffing decisions grounded in budget reality, and plan fundraising strategically aligned to programme needs.

Testimonials

What our partners say.

"Theia Impact helped Protsahan India Foundation put together our 5-year-strategic growth plan with the founding team and executive director. Theia Impact's team is patient and empathetic to the needs and resources of the NGO. Nina helped Protsahan build more structure to our programmatic interventions for it to be communicated well and also a five year growth Gantt chart to benchmark our progress vis a vis a implementation plan."

Sonal Kapoor
Founder, Protsahan India Foundation

"Nina's research and logical deduction skills have enabled Dignity Foundation to undertake remedial measures for the problems identified. She came forward with recommendations most of which have been implemented as of date."

Dr. Sheilu Sreenivasan
Founder President, Dignity Foundation

"Nina was thorough in her diagnosis of the recruitment challenge we were facing. She combined methods of primary research through interviews with various stakeholders and secondary research of Fellowships to propose her recommendations. I would highly recommend Theia Impact for solving your persistent strategy problems through focussed turnkey projects."

Tarun Cherukuri
Founder, Indus Action

"Theia Impact is one of those rare, most required organisations for the social sector. With the help of Nina we managed to roll‑out our super crucial projects. What she did for us is actually a game‑changer for the organisation as a whole."

Shweta Chari
Chief Executive, Toybank

"The very crucial insights that you've brought in from the sector, our data as well as prevailing best practices have led us to create a very solid brief for our agency. The support you've given in putting all the pieces together and working on the website wireframe and homepage design is also appreciated. Lot of what you’ve been able to add value is in my opinion due to the great attention to detail as well as the ownership you’ve had. Also, the patience and resolve shared by you through the project has been praiseworthy, the ability to think creatively and crucially in spite of pressures of timeline and multiple stakeholders involved, is very crucial."

Vishal Goswamy
Head Digital, Save the Children India

"I want to thank you for your invaluable assistance in helping us streamline our HR processes and more importantly for being patient with us while we managed this with limited bandwidth on our side.I found your inputs extremely thoughtful and relevant and it has certainly helped us think through our policies and processes. We will be incorporating most of the suggestions recommended by you."

Merlia Shaukath
CEO, Madhi Foundation

"Nina took us through a rigorous budgeting exercise that included in particular all the program heads. We are extremely satisfied with the outcome. The exercise gave us much-needed clarity of how each of our programs was performing financially. It is helping us tighten programs, decide on staff requirements, make changes to make programs financially viable including planning our fund raising. Our collaboration with Theia Impact has been extremely beneficial. Nina has been wonderfully accommodating and a pleasure to work with."

Merry Barua
Chief Executive, Action for Autism

Organisations we worked with

Partners in creating lasting change.

Theia Impact has engaged with diverse organisations across the social sector, partnering with them on strategy, operations and capacity building.