ASSCOD is a non-profit, registered Association, Registered under Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act. The Registration number of the organization is 111/1994. The organization is registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) of 1976 and 2010. Our organization renewed its FCRA registration with Ministry of Home Affairs to receive foreign contribution and the renewal is valid till March 2028. Our NGO has exemption status under sections 12A and 80G of Income Tax ACT. ASSCOD is empanelled with TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) CSR Hub and National Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility (NFCSR), Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Our NGO is approved through registration of CSR Form-1 to receive CSR Funds as per recent amendment in CSR Laws 2021Our organization helps in promoting and developing the socio-economic conditions of people in rural communities. Initially, our priority was to provide healthcare facilities to people living in remote areas, and then we shifted our focus to empowering rural women as they were subjected to gender inequality, domestic violence, and no access to livelihood opportunities.We as an organization believed that empowered women play a crucial role in community development, so our programmes are targeted towards capacity building of women. Our activities also extended to providing educational facilities for children from underprivileged communities. Our interventions are executed in 65 villages of Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu, and Thiruvannamalai districts.