Impact Investors Council

Impact Investors Council, India (IIC) is a member-based industry body. Its objective is to help build the impact investing eco-system, present a compelling and comprehensive India Impact story and strengthen Impact Investing in India.

Impact Investments are investments made into impact enterprises with the intent to contribute measurable positive social or environmental impact, alongside a financial return. These impact enterprises generate substantial social impact by offering low cost, innovative solutions.

IIC is registered as a not-for-profit entity, Section 8, 80G, 12AA company and is funded through membership fees from members. IIC enjoys active support from over 50 prominent impact Investors and ecosystem players. To see the list of IIC members,

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Sa-Dhan

Sa-Dhan is an association of Impact Finance Institutions and an RBI appointed Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) for Microfinance Institutions. Sa-Dhan is the first and largest association of community development finance institutions in India formed over two decades back for supporting and strengthening the agenda of fostering Inclusive Impact Finance in India. It strives for creating a better understanding of the microfinance sector among policymakers, funders, banks, governments, researchers, and practitioners.

Sa-Dhan has about 220 members working in 33 states/UTs and over 600 districts, which includes both, for Profit and Not for Profit MFIs, SHG promoting institutions, banks, rating agencies, capacity-building institutions etc. Sa-Dhan’s members with diverse legal forms and operating models, reach out to approximately 44 million clients with loan outstanding of more than ₹1,27,801 crores. Sa-Dhan is also recognized as a National Support Organization (NSO) by National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)

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MicroSave

MicroSave, leading microfinance consultants, supports the development of portfolio through capacity building (training and on-site technical assistance) to nurture the growth of our MFI partners. These capacity building efforts are augmented by specific diagnostic tools for assessing product, process or portfolio qualities and on the basis of these assessments, putting in place remedial action.

According to its Program Director, Graham Wright: “The [Dia Vikas Capital/MicroSave] partnership has allowed the team not just
to build a balanced and appropriate portfolio comprising start-ups through to leading MFIs in India, but also to shape some of the microfinance industry norms in India.”

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