The full application is the second stage of the application process for Harit Bharat Fund. After conducting a review of the expressions of interest, we have invited the most compelling applicants to submit a full proposal. This does not mean you have been officially selected for this funding opportunity.
Once you submit your full application, our team of experts will review your comprehensive proposal and we will announce our final decision in the beginning of 2024. Below, you will find a list of each of the application sections and fields, as well as links to dive deeper into each section of the application.
On 6 November, we will host a webinar to walk applicants through the questions. We highly recommend that you review this information before proceeding.
We understand that projects might change scope, but you should submit information based on your current understanding of your project model. You can anticipate that this project will begin early 2024, with planting beginning that year. For each field, try to be as detailed as you can. Note that we will not accept applications outside of the TerraMatch platform.
Note that these questions pertain only to non-governmental organizations (NGOs). For-profit companies should consult this list.
Organizational Information: General
- Organization type: For-profit organization or non-profit organization.
- Organization name.
- Organization registered address.
- Organization address of operation / mailing address.
- Organization WhatsApp-enabled phone number.
- Website and social media links.
- Language preferences.
Organizational Information: Governance
- Organization's state and district of legal registration.
- Proof of registration
- Certificate of Registration
- Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) Certificate
- Form 12A
- Form 80 G
- Permanent Account Number (PAN)
- Tax Deduction/Collection Account Number (TAN)
- Organization mission and vision.
- List your organization’s board members.
- Describe institutional, Technical, and community mobilization skills of your staff.
- Employee Demographics
- Number of Full-time employees
- Number of Part-time employees
- Number of women employees
- Number of employees that identify as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class
Organizational Information: Past Community Experience
- How has your organization mobilized and engaged with community members or groups to restore land?
- Describe how your organization engages marginalized communities.
- How many community members did you benefit last year (FY2022-23)?
- How many were men?
- How many were women?
- How many were between 15 and 29 years old?
- How many were over 29 years old?
- How many identify as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Other Backward Class?
- How does your organization engage farmers?
- How does your organization engage with women?
- How does your organization engage with people younger than 29 years old?
- How does your organization engage landless people?
Organizational Information: Financials and Business Model
- What was your organization's total budget in INR in FY2020-21, FY2021-22, and FY2022-23?
- Upload your organization’s audited financial certificates for FY2020-21, FY2021-22, and FY2022-23.
- What is your organization's projected total budget in INR for FY2023-24?
- List of funding sources
- Fund-raising techniques
Organizational Information: Past Restoration Experience
- How many years of restoration experience does your organization have?
- Describe the landscape where this restoration work occurred and indicate what percentage of your work took place in our target states.
- Which land use systems have you restored?
- Which restoration practices have you used to restore land?
- Historically innovative models of restoration developed.
- How many hectares of degraded land has your organization restored since it was founded?
- How many hectares of degraded land has your organization restored in the past 36 months?
- How many trees has your organization restored or naturally regenerated since it was founded?
- How many trees has your organization restored or naturally regenerated in the past 36 months?
- Survival rate of trees grown.
- Describe tree species grown in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and/or Chhattisgarh.
- Does the work of your organization include a focus on biodiversity conservation?
- Have you used any of these global standards/indices/frameworks while designing or implementing your work?
- What strategies have you used to maintain the innovative models of restoration that you have developed?
- How have you monitored and evaluated the progress of past projects?
- Please upload a past MRV report, if available.
- Upload a geospatial polygon from a past restoration project.
- Upload Photos of past restoration work.
- Describe how you organization has worked with any government schemes, programs, or departments on landscape restoration.
Proposed Project Information
- What are the objectives of your proposed project?
- In what state(s) will your project operate?
- In which district(s) and block(s) do you intend to operate?
- Which land use systems will you restore through your project?
- What restoration practices will you use to restore land through this project?
- What detailed interventions do you intend to use to restore land?
- What is your proposed budget in INR?
- Upload a detailed budget.
- Start date for active restoration work.
- End date for active restoration work.
- Key stages of project implementation.
- Describe the theory of change.
- Description of partner organizations.
- Select Land tenure arrangement for project area.
- Describe Land tenure system for project area.
- Upload documentation for project area’s land tenure.
- Will your project incorporate any government schemes, programs, or departments?
- Describe any potential risks for your project and any techniques to mitigate the effects.
- How will you report on, monitor, and verify your project impact?
- Indicate location of proposed project.
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) incorporated in project.
Proposed Project Information: Environmental Impact
- What are biophysical characteristics of project area?
- Describe the main causes of degradation and the methods the projects will use to address them.
- How many hectares of land do you intend to restore through this project?
- How many trees do you intend to restore through this project?
- What tree species do you intend to grow through this project?
- How many geographically separate locations would your project restore?
- What would be the ecological benefits of your project?
- How would this funding improve local biodiversity?
- What is the source of water that will be used for irrigation?
- What would be the sources of tree seedling/saplings for your project?
- How many tree nurseries would this project establish?
Proposed Project Information: Socioeconomic Impact
- Describe how land degradation has impacted livelihoods of communities in proposed project area.
- Describe how restoration in project area would improve lives of local people and their communities.
- Describe any connections between proposed project and improved food + nutritional security.
- Describe any connections between proposed project and improved water availability, quality, or flow.
- Describe any connections between proposed project and improved climate adaption + resilience.
- Describe any connections between proposed project and improved soil health.
- What kind of new jobs would this project create?
- Number of paid jobs that your project would create
- Total Number of jobs
- Percentage of new full-time jobs
- Percentage of new part-time jobs
- Percentage of new jobs for women
- Percentage of new jobs for Scheduled Caste/Other Backward Class/Scheduled Tribe
- Percentage of new jobs for people between the ages of 15 and 29
- Number of people benefited by project
- Total Number of beneficiaries
- Percentage of beneficiaries that are women
- Percentage of beneficiaries that are smallholder farmers
- Percentage of beneficiaries that are large-scale farmers
- Percentage of new jobs for Scheduled Caste/Other Backward Class/Scheduled Tribe
- Percentage of new jobs for people between the ages of 15 and 29
Project Long-Term Sustainability/Business Model
- Describe your plan to ensure sustained legacy of your project after work concludes
- Describe how you plan to replicate and scale this project if implementation is successful
- What challenges do you foresee in scaling, replicating, and ensuring the sustainability of your project? How will you address these challenges?
Additional Information
- Upload any additional documents
- On which of the following topics would you request technical assistance from a team of experts?
- How did you hear about this opportunity?
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