About the foundation

The Kanakia Foundation is a private foundation begun in 2020, in memory of Chandrakant Devidas Kanakia. For more than fifty years he gave his time to the community in Kandivali, Mumbai. The foundation exists to carry that service forward.

Its work is philanthropic, in the United States and in India, aimed at health, education, and the everyday dignity of a community. The picture we hold is simple: children who can finish school and go further if they wish; people who get help when they need it; lives lived with health and respect.

We would rather strengthen a project that is already working than start a rival one. A grant, or a program run jointly, is enough.