fundraising

A ten rupee note being exchanged from one hand to another against a blurred background with flowers. Here's what you need to know about tax exemptions, FCRA rules, and more, if you plan to raise money through a crowdfunding platform.
November 26, 2021
A guide to tax-efficient crowdfunding for individuals
Here's what you need to know about tax exemptions, FCRA rules, and more, if you plan to raise money through a crowdfunding platform.
by Dhaval Udani | 5 min read
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September 27, 2021
Individual giving in India at an all-time high
The India Giving Report 2021 finds that individual donations in India went up by 43 percent during the pandemic. Other trends include a preference for local philanthropy and giving to new causes.
by Satviki Sanjay, IndiaSpend | 5 min read
an image of a cat with its eyes closed and mouth open-funders
September 27, 2021
What funders say vs what they mean
Where is the lie though?
by Sumathy Krishnan | 2 min read
An Olympic 2021 hurdle event in which the running track is an infinite loop in which people are running. The hurdles, from left to right are running out of money, unending feeling of doom, begging funders for overheards, sense of purpose vs crippling self-doublt, quantifying impact every quarter, running out of money, structural inequality, keeping up with compliance, and donor reporting 24/7. The hurdle on the far right, labelled CSR committees, seems to have fallen down. On the far right, one exhausted man lies outside the ring on the floor-nonprofit life
August 2, 2021
This nonprofit life Ep 15 | Olympics 2021
Special track and field event: Infinite Hurdles, for the nonprofit sector. There's only one way to win: never stop running.
by Rachita Vora | 2 min read
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July 22, 2021
Where Indian philanthropy has gone wrong
The cost-based funding approach of Indian philanthropists does more harm than good for nonprofits and for their impact.
by Rathish Balakrishnan | 4 min read
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July 15, 2021
Why can’t more philanthropists think like MacKenzie Scott?
Unrestricted grants for nonprofits are hard to come by. Here's why funders need to place bigger bets on the social sector.
by R Sriram, Vanessa D’Souza | 5 min read
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May 19, 2021
What is the price of water in the city of Mumbai?
Poor water governance has cut off several residents from Mumbai's water system, making equal access to all a distant dream.
by Suraj Katra | 3 min read
A healthworker pushes coronavirus up a hill-COVID-19 latest social sector
April 26, 2021
COVID-19 in 2021 | Latest updates for the social sector
A crowdsourced collection of updates and insights on COVID-19 that are relevant to the social sector in 2021.
by India Development Review | 10 min read
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March 22, 2021
Answers on grant reports if nonprofits were brutally honest: Part IV
Ever wondered what your answers on grant reports would be if you could be completely honest? Here's a glimpse.
by Vu Le | 4 min read
A row of water pipes with locks on theem_philanthropy needs to pay what it takes
March 19, 2021
It’s time for funders to pay-what-it-takes
The chronic underfunding of administrative costs undermines the impact both funders and nonprofits strive for.
by Donald Yeh, Shashank Rastogi, Pritha Venkatachalam | 4 min read
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