December 18, 2023

Best memes of 2023: IDR style

We spent all year laughing at the sector, now it’s time to roast ourselves.

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 Our team, looking at our own YouTube channel that only took *six years* to get right.

Jameen Kaur in a yellow suit with text overlay that says "just looking like a wow"_nonprofit humour
Picture courtesy: Jasmeen Kaur

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Our Editorial Head in real life vs how we talk about our Editorial Head when we cannot publish your article.

margot robbie from barbie and cillian murphy from oppenhiemer_nonprofit humour

3

Our reach of ~12 million people/month every time someone asks, “but what is the impact on the ground?”

Shahrukh khan crying with text overlay that says "Moye Moye"_IDR humour

4

The IDR Roman Empire? It’s cake.

image with text that says "actual quotes from IDR group chat" and includes text conversations around cake such as "Jasmine has internalised the idea that cake is always in Delhi'_nonprofit humour

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What it looks like when our content attempts to make jokes out of very grim realities.

image with orry and a text that says "IDR", Maikka Arora and a text that says "FCRA humour" and __ with a text that says "the very real FCRA clampdowns"_nonprodit humour

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If you’re ever wondering why our funders have a love/hate relationship with us, well, now you know.

image with text that says IDR maths is number of HNIs/philanthropists/foundations approached for funding (10) plus number of article pitches we've rejected from them (50) equals to a happy ediorial team and a frustrated fundraising team_nonprofit humour
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