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They are accessible to all kinds     with the clients. Equipped with       Quick facts:
        of not-for-profit concerns - right   experience of working with Big
        from nascent to well-established     4 and i-NGOs such as American         Company name: Aria CFO
        organizations, whether they do       Red Cross and Center for              Services
        or do not have an indigenous         Economic Progress, Ravi Bagaria       Management: Ravi Bagaria
        finance department. “Our focus       believe in delivering ethical
        has always been to support the       and highest quality services to       Founding year: 2011
        finance, accounting and legal        their clients with a people-first
        requirements of social enterprises.   approach. Aria is a partner of       Office location: Mumbai
        The perception of charity is         choice when it comes to CFO
        changing rapidly. Founders and       services for many NGOs, Tata          Company strength: -
        entrepreneurs often ignore the need  Trusts, Foundation to Educate         Website: www.ariaadvisory.in
        to strengthen their systems before   Girls Globally, Masoom, Reality
        scaling. We aim to free them from    Gives, Under the Mango Tree,
        the responsibility of having to      Cuddles Foundation and No
        worry about the finance function.    Nasties, to name a few. With
                                             regards to future endeavours, “We
        Success Mantra:                      are in the prototyping phase of

        They use latest e-channels such      creating our own web app that
        as Slack, Asana, Clockify and        will enable NGOs to scale up and
        Dropbox to create an effective       manage their finances effectively.
        working and communication            This will be a comprehensive
                                             platform specially catering to the
        network internally as well as
                                             needs of NGOs.”


















































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