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Lighthouse Communities Foundation to list on BSE Social Stock Exchange
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CNBC TV18•08-10-2026, 15:04
Lighthouse Communities Foundation to list on BSE Social Stock Exchange
- •Lighthouse Communities Foundation is listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange Social Stock Exchange with a public issue open from September 30 to October 14, 2026.
- •The non-profit aims to raise 58.86 lakh rupees through Zero Coupon Zero Principal instruments to fund a 12-month project supporting 1,000 youth in Pune.
- •Funds raised will be directed toward career counselling, vocational skilling, employer partnerships, and tracking livelihood outcomes.
- •Recent Corporate Affairs Ministry amendments allow companies to count ZCZP instrument subscriptions toward their annual CSR spending up to a 10% cap.
- •The Lighthouse programme has helped over 50,000 young people access livelihood opportunities across 51 centres in six states over the past decade.
Key Questions Answered
Lighthouse Communities Foundation's public issue seeks to raise ₹58.86 lakh using Zero Coupon Zero Principal instruments to expand its Lighthouse programme in Pune.
ZCZP instruments issued by non-profits on the SSE pay no interest and return no principal, functioning purely as philanthropic funding rather than a standard financial investment.
Following the Ministry of Corporate Affairs' CSR rules amendment on May 27, 2026, companies can count subscriptions to ZCZP instruments from SSE-listed non-profits as CSR spending up to 10% of their annual expenditure.
