Sanitation and Health Rights in India (SHRI)

Y Combinator Winter 2016 · North America

What it sells

Nonprofit that renovates and operates shared community toilet facilities in India.

Business model breakdown

Workflow: what inputs become what output?

Identify government-built community toilets, adopt them and run operations and monitoring, evaluate impact with independent researchers, influence policy.

Economics: what it saves and how it charges

Donor-funded; reports 27 facilities, 2.51M uses, USD 0.04 maintenance cost per use (2025).

Distribution: how it reaches customers

Donate button; partnership with local governments.

Funding history and coverage

Round dateStageAmountInvestorsSource
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Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.