Legal & financials
Our registrations, governance, safeguarding, and financials. Every number here is copied from an issued document.
Company credentials
India
| Registration | Number | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Legal name | CanvasCode Foundation | A Section 8 (not-for-profit) company under the Companies Act, 2013 |
| Corporate Identity Number (CIN) | U88900TS2026NPL220988 | Incorporated 11 August 2026 |
| Memorandum & Articles of Association | U88900TS2026NPL220988 | Registered with the Registrar of Companies under this CIN |
| PAN | AAOCC1335P | Permanent Account Number, Income Tax Department |
| TAN | HYDC18086F | Tax Deduction Account Number, Income Tax Department |
| NGO Darpan ID | TS/2026/1180927 | NITI Aayog NGO Darpan · registered 14 August 2026 |
| Registration u/s 332, Income-tax Act 2025 (formerly 12A) | AAOCC1335PE20261 | Provisional · tax years 2026–27 to 2028–29Download the order (PDF): registration under section 332 |
| Approval u/s 354, Income-tax Act 2025 (formerly 80G) | AAOCC1335PF20261 | Provisional · tax years 2026–27 to 2028–29Download the order (PDF): approval under section 354 |
| Registered office | 8-3-214/3/2, Srinivasa Colony West, S.K. Nagar, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana 500038 | +91 98490 20324hello@canvascode.org |
| Grievance Officer | Ravi Paladugu | For any concern about the organization or this site |
The organization is funded entirely by its founders. Today the work is groundwork — partners, policy, curriculum, and this site — and programs with children begin with the pilot.
Governance
CanvasCode was founded by Ravi Paladugu and Sruthi Siripurapu, co-founders and equals, who together make up its board. Standard hygiene from day one: conflict-of-interest policy, annual statutory audits, board minutes, and a published annual report with real numbers.
Safeguarding
Our child-safeguarding policy follows the Keeping Children Safe international standards and India’s legal framework, and it exists before any program touches a child — a precondition, not a promise. We commit to an annual safeguarding review reported to the board. Read the policy →
Financials
Published annually from our first full year — audited statements, and program cost per child from the pilot onward. Today the organization is funded entirely by its founders, and the rules for any future giving are set now: no single source above 40% of our budget at scale, and cost per child published from the pilot onward.
Documents
The income-tax registration and approval orders are linked in the table above. As they are finalized, this section will hold the charter-derived one-pager, the child-safeguarding policy as a signed PDF, MOU templates, and annual reports. If you need something sooner, ask us directly.
Why publish before there is much to publish? Because the habit matters more than the numbers. An organization that publishes when it is small will still be publishing when it is big. We publish results either way — including the disappointing ones.