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Thank you for making it possible!
We are exceptionally pleased to announce that India Giving Day 2024 raised over $5.5 million, more than four times what was raised in its inaugural year. More than 33 of the leading nonprofit organizations focused on India participated in the campaign which gained the support of 1770 individual donors.
On the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, held on October 2, 2019, we announced the formation of the India Philanthropy Alliance (IPA) to further advance humanitarian and development goals in India. Our mission is to enhance collaboration among organizations working to advance the development agenda in India. We work together to foster a more robust and better recognized culture of giving among Indian-Americans and over time, increase the scale and impact of philanthropy benefiting India.
We are United in Our Vision for India
The most active organizations in our network are Agastya USA, Akanksha Education Fund, Akshaya Patra Foundation USA, American India Foundation (AIF), Antara International, Arogya World, Avanti Fellows, Children’s Hope India, Community Pure Water, CRY America, Foundation for Excellence (FFE), Give, Indiaspora, Lotus Petal, Pratham USA, Project ECHO, Sehgal Foundation, Teach for India U.S., VisionSpring and WISH Foundation.
These organizations collectively raise more than $135 million annually in philanthropic donations, including more than $60 million in the United States to support their evidenced-based development and humanitarian programs. Their most generous donors are Indian-American entrepreneurs and professionals as well as companies doing business in both the United States and India.
Together, these 20 organizations have cumulatively impacted more than 70 million people with their programs spanning education, health care, livelihood support, agriculture and water management, and other essential services. They form the nucleus of our network of professionally run India-focused organizations operating in the United States.
“We’re excited about this effort to join forces as an alliance committed to the ideal of making a collective impact. Working together, using our combined philanthropic reach and innovative ideas, we can help India in far greater ways than each of us could accomplish working on our own. The time is right for building a more robust culture of philanthropy among Indian-Americans and I am positive that our efforts will help accelerate social progress in India.”
—Deepak Raj
Chair of the Board of India Philanthropy Alliance
“Our generous donors have been telling us for years that greater collaboration among professionally run nonprofits focused on India made sense, and that a narrative of complementarity has been missing from our sector. AIF is pleased to respond in a pragmatic and visionary way to our friends and supporters by being a founding member of the Alliance.”
—Nishant Pandey
Vice-Chair of the India Philanthropy Alliance
CEO of American India Foundation (AIF)
“Organizations working towards the goal of educating all Indians regardless of their family’s wealth cannot work in isolation from others with similar goals, or from efforts of the government. The opportunities for transformation are vast and a collective impact approach is now needed.”
— Minoo Gupta
Vice-Chair of the India Philanthropy Alliance
President of Foundation for Excellence (FFE)
