TRANSPARENCY
Who we are, on paper.
Registration, tax status, governance and how we handle money and data. If something you need is not here, ask us for it.
Registration
The legal facts.
- Registered name
- Hammy-Needy Animals' Hope Foundation
- Legal form
- Section 8 company limited by guarantee, incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013
- Date of incorporation
- 25 September 2024
- CIN
U75000PN2024NPL234501- PAN
AAHCH5550L- TAN
PNEH14996C- Registered office
- Solitaire Tree, Flat 601, Sr. No. 6/1/1, Plot 16, Baner Gaon, Haveli, Pune 411045, Maharashtra
- Registrar
- Central Registration Centre, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Status verifiable at mca.gov.in
Section 8, not a trade
A Section 8 company applies its income solely to its objects. No profit, dividend or bonus may be paid to any member, at any time. That is not our policy — it is the constitution we were incorporated under.
Tax relief
80G, and what it means for your donation.
Hammy's Hope holds provisional approval under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Donations are eligible for tax relief and receipts are issued for every gift.
- Approval under
- Sub-clause (A) of clause (iv) of the first proviso to sub-section (5) of Section 80G
- Unique Registration Number
AAHCH5550LF20251- Document Identification Number
AAHCH5550LF2025101- Date of approval
- 23 January 2025
- Valid for
- Assessment years 2025–26 to 2027–28
- Nature of activities
- Charitable
This is provisional approval. We are required to apply for regular approval within six months of commencing activities, or six months before this expires, whichever is earlier. We will update this page when that is granted.
What we were set up to do
Our objects, in our own words.
Summarised from the Memorandum of Association. The full document is available on request.
Healthcare for animals in need
To assist and fund the healthcare of needy, abandoned, injured and sick animals across India — domestic, stray and wild — and to work with authorised veterinary clinics by subsidising treatment so care is not delayed.
Awareness and advocacy
To promote animal welfare and protection through education and advocacy that raises public understanding of animal healthcare and encourages the ethical treatment of all animals.
Funds, handled properly
To raise funds through campaigns and partnerships, and to run structured financial-aid programmes with transparency and accountability in how money for treatment is disbursed.
How we handle money
Where a donation actually goes.
Money does not pass through owners
Treatment funding is settled with the clinic, against an itemised invoice. We do not hand cash to owners or reimburse after the fact.
Estimates come before treatment
A partner clinic sends an itemised estimate, which we approve before work begins. Anything beyond it needs fresh approval.
Receipts for every donation
Every gift gets an 80G receipt. If yours has not arrived, message Hammy and we will re-issue it.
Privacy
How we handle your data.
Short version: we keep what we need to help your animal and to meet our legal obligations, and nothing else. We do not sell it, we do not profile you, and this site runs no analytics, advertising or tracking.
- Most of what we hold is what you sent us on WhatsApp
- Shared only with the treating clinic, our service providers, and the Income Tax Department where 80G requires it
- You can ask what we hold, correct it, erase it, withdraw consent, or nominate someone to do that for you
The full notice, written against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, sets out every category of data, the lawful basis for each purpose, how long we keep things and how to exercise your rights.
If we get it wrong
How to raise a grievance.
Accountability is not only publishing what we did well. Anyone may raise a grievance with us — a family we assisted or turned down, a partner clinic, a donor, a volunteer, or someone who simply saw something they think we got wrong.
- Two routes, both reaching our Grievance Officer: email or WhatsApp
- Acknowledged within 3 working days, resolved within 15
- Escalation to a senior representative if the answer does not satisfy you
- Handled confidentially, and never held against the person who raised it
Anonymous is allowed
You do not have to give your name. We cannot report an outcome back to you if you do not, but a complaint with enough detail to look into still gets looked into.
