| Movement/Organisation | Founder |
| Abhinav Bharat | Vir Savarkar |
| Aligarh movement | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
| Amnesty International | Peter Benenson |
| Arya Samaj | Dayanand Saraswati |
| Bahiskrit Hitkarni Sabha | Dr BR Ambedkar |
| Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi |
| Brahmo Samaj | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| Chinmaya Mission | Swami Chinmayananda |
| Chipko | Sunderlal Bahaguna |
| Dev Samaj (an atheistic movement) | Swami Satyanand Agnihotri |
| Guides | Lady Agnes Baden Powell |
| Gyan Prasarak Mandali | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Home Rule Movement | Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar |
| Missionaries of Charity | Mother Teresa |
| Narmada Bachao | Medha Patkar |
| Prarthana Samaj | RG Bhandarkar & MG Ranade |
| Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh | Dr Baliram Hedgewar |
| Red Cross | JH Dunant |
| Sadbhavna ke Sipahi | Sunil Datt |
| Sarvodaya Movement | Jaya Prakash Narayan |
| Saryodaya, Bhoodan | Acharya Vinobha Bhave |
| Satyasodhak Samaj | Jyotiba Phule (Mah) |
| Scouts | Baden Powell |
| Self-respect Movement | EV Ramaswamy Naicker |
| Servants of God or Khudai Khidmatgar | Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| Servants of India Society | GK Gokhale |
| Servants of People Society | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam | Shri Narayaana Guru |
| Sulabh International | Dr Bindeshwar Pathak |
| Tattvabodhini Sabha | Debendranath Tagore |
| Theosophical Society | Madame H. P. Blavatsky |
| Transparency International | Peter Eigen |
| Vana Mahotsav | K.M. Munshi |
| Vanmahotsav | KM Munshi |
| Bhoodan Movement | Vinoba Bhave |
| Peoples Education Society | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar |
| Landholders society – 1838 | Dwaraknath Tagore |
| British India Society – 1839 | William Adams |
| British India Association – 1851 | Devendranath Tagore |
| London India Committee – 1862 | C.P. Mudaliar |
| East India Association -1866 | Dadabhai Naoroji . |
| National Indian Association- 1867 | Mary Carpenter |
| Indian Society – 1872 | Anand Mohan Bose |
| Indian Association -1876 | Anand Mohan Bose and S.N. Banerjee |
| Indian National Society- 1883 | Shishir Chandra Bose |
| Indian National Conference- 1884 | S M Banerjee |
| Bombay Presidency Association – 1885 | Mehta and Telang |
| United India Patriotic Association-1888 | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
| Servants of India Society -1905 | G.K. Gokhale |
| Indian Trade Union Congress – 1920 | NM Joshi (founder) and Lala Lajpat Rai (President) |
| All India Communist Party- 1924 | Satyabhakta |
| Khudai Khidmatgar – 1928 | Abdul Gaffar Khan |
| All India Kisan Sabha – 1936 | Sahajananda and N.J. Ranga |
| Radical Democratic Party – 1940 | M.N. Roy |
