At Funds4ngo, we work collaboratively with organisations and individuals who are working to build a just society.
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Established in the year 2003, Funds4ngo is one of the eminent non-profit organisations engaged in providing a better future to the underprivileged girls. We make efforts to reduce the miseries faced by the children in India.
What we will not fund
n addition to our general exclusions, we do not support the following:
- Non-Indian organisations or locally registered branches of non-Indian organisations
- Organisations without FCRA registration (please note that we do not work on prior permission)
- Political or religious institutions
- Applications received through consultants or fundraisers. Please apply to Paul Hamlyn Foundation directly
Our relationship with grant holders
Building relationships
We want to work alongside the people and groups we fund. We aim to work as flexibly as possible and build strong trusting relationships so that we can use your insights to better support you in delivering your work.
We are committed to being an open and trusting grant maker and strive to always follow IVAR’s eight commitments: to not waste time, to ask relevant questions, to accept risk, to act with urgency, to be open, to enable flexibility, to communicate with purpose and to be proportionate.
Embedding learning
We believe supporting learning is one of the key ways we can drive social change. This means we aim to be a learning organisation and to support you to learn from your work.
Reporting guidelines
Our approach to our relationship with you and our reporting arrangements will depend on the type of grant you hold.
We aim for our approach to be proportionate and tailored to the type of work you are undertaking. These might look different depending on the type of grant you hold.
We will regularly review and occasionally update these guidelines – the guidelines below were updated on 8 December 2022. If you have any questions around the content of your reporting, please contact your Grants Manager.
The SVP India Model
Across our chapters, this is the framework of how we operate.
The time commitment and expectations for each role, be it a Lead Partner or a member of the Grants or Review committees, are well-defined and clearly communicated to potential members in order to find a good fit for each partner.
Funds4ngo India signs on ‘partners’ interested in getting involved with philanthropy hands-on rather than in a cheque writing capacity.
Our partners pool together their capital contributions, and as a group, we decide on a few NGOs to support, after going through an exhaustive due diligence and selection process conducted by a partner-led Grants Committee.
During the selection process, we work to understand which areas of capacity need to be built in the NGO to grow and scale and reach more beneficiaries.
After selection, we assign 3 Partners to an NGO who serve as Lead Partners and have professional skills in the areas identified for support.
The Lead Partners work with the NGO for three years and mentor and build their capacity. When required, they contact the entire partner group for additional input.
On a six-monthly basis, the lead partners and the NGO present to a Review Committee (again made of Partners) to ensure mutual satisfaction with the engagement.
Funds4ngo, which was founded in 2013, is India’s largest social impact opportunity platform
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