[2021]

Social Welfare : US

    Children
  1. Behind The Book, New York, NY
    • Project location: New York
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for running supplemental education programs at 5 Title I schools in NYC (Details)
  2. City Parks Foundation, New York, NY
    • Project location: Brooklyn, NY
    • Category: Environmental Education
    • Contribution towards running after-school Coastal Classroom project ( Details )
  3. First Book, Washington DC 20004
    • Project location: NY and CA
    • Category: Children, education
    • Funding for making approximately 15,500 books educational resources availabe to high poverty schools and programs in greater Los Angeles, and greater NYC (including Nassau county) schools (Details)
  4. Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
    • Project location: Flushing, NY
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Support for conducting Diwali program, and arts programs for children in public schools in Queens, NY (Details)
  5. Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City
    • Project location: Garden City and Westbury, NY
    • Category: Education
    • Support for STEM collaboration with Westbury Schools (Details)
  6. Parent Resource Center, Port Washington, NY
    • Project location: Port Washington, NY
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for operating Outreach program for financially disadvantaged families (Details)
  7. Read To A Child, Wellesley, MA
    • Project location: Boston,Detroit,Hartford,Los Angeles,Miami
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for developing 4 read-aloud videos to engage children in reading (Details)
  8. Staten Island Giving Circle, Staten Island, NY
    • Project location: Staten Island, NY
    • Category: Children, Food
    • Funding for Weekend Food Backpack program at 3 schools that provides food to children and families from impoverished backgrounds (Details)
  9. St Nicks Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
    • Project location: Brooklyn, NY
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for operating the BK Book Voyager, a mobile library that serves schools in north Brooklyn (Details)
  10. Youth Leadership Development Program, New Jersey
    • Project location: Princeton, NJ
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for running classes for children providing training in public speaking, emotional intelligence and mindfulness (Details)
    Adults
  11. Literacy Nassau Inc, Wantagh, NY
    • Project location: Wantagh, NY
    • Category: Adults, Education
    • Funding for outdoor pods to provide social distanced tutoring, new computers, and language related help to immigrants (Details)
  12. 21 Social Wellness Partnership, California
    • Project location: Fremont, CA
    • Category: Adults, Psychological Health
    • Funding for developing yoga based program for social wellness (Details)
    Food pantries
  13. Project Hospitality, Staten Island, NY
    • Project location: Staten Island, NY
    • Category: Adults, Food
    • Funding for moving food pantry/soup kitchen to new location in Staten Island (Details)
  14. Reaching Out Community Services, Brooklyn, NY
    • Project location: Brooklyn, NY
    • Category: Adults, Food
    • Funding for operating Homeless/Homebound Feeding Program (van), vegetarian food items for food pantry, and school backpacks for kids (Details)
  15. South Asian Council for Social Services, Flushing, NY
    • Project location: Flushing, NY
    • Category: Adults, Food
    • Funding for food pantry serving poor South Asian immigrant population (Details)


    Social Welfare : India

    Children - education
  16. AIM for Seva USA, Saylorsburg, PA/Chennai, India
    • Project location: Cumbaum, Tamil Nadu and Elluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for maintenance of boys hostel in Cumbaum and girls hostel in Elluru, and general opex (Details)
  17. America India Foundation
    • Project location: Shimogga, Karnataka, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Support for two non-formal Learning Resource Centers for children of migrating laborers (Details)
  18. Akshaya Patra USA
    • Project location: Chennai and Mysore, India
    • Category: Families, Food/Health/Education kits
    • Support for providing nutrition/health/education boxes to 3409 children and families in Chennai and Mysore (Details)
  19. Anandam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for running tuition center for first generation students (Details)
  20. Bala Mandir Trust, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Education
    • Funding for education and food expenses of children in High School (Details)
  21. Children's Hope India, Albertson, NY
    • Project location: Bangalore/Hyderabad, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for teacher training and supplementing STEM/English education for disadvantaged children in 2 schools (Details)
  22. Children International, Kansas City, MO
    • Project location: Delhi, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Support for 8 non-formal Learning Resource Centers and one early development center for children in Delhi, India (Details)
  23. Child Rights and You, America
    • Project location: Thirupullani, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Food
    • Preventing child labour and exploitation and increasing access to education (Details)
  24. Commit 2 Change, New York, NY
    • Project location: Gujarat, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for running a Tech2Lab program in 2 schools in Gujarat for 172 tribal girls (Details)
  25. EDUCATR, Usilimpatti, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Usilampatti, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding to setup bridge (non-formal) education support and providing COVID-19 related support for families of 200 children (school fees, food, masks, sanitizers) (Details)
  26. Ekal Vidyala Foundation of USA, Burlington, MA, 01803
    • Project location: India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Support for Integrated Village Development Program in 30 villages in Telengana (program will run Ekal Vidyalayas, provide digital literacy training, health training and skills training) (Details)
  27. Gandhigram (Tamil Nadu, India)
    • Project location: Gandhigram, Tamilnadu, India
    • Category: Rural children
    • Funding for running primary school for rural children (Details)
  28. Lotus Outreach International, San Diego, CA 92102
    • Project location: Vellore, Tamil Nadu and Mewat, Rajasthan, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Support for Buddha Smiles, non-formal tutoring for poor village children in Vellore district, India
    • Support for Blossom Bus to transport female children and university students safely to and from school/college, Mewat district, Haryana, and Rajasthan, India (Details)
  29. One School At A Time, San Jose, CA
    • Project location: Karnataka, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for introducing digital infrastructure in schools in Karnataka (Details)
  30. Sevalaya, Thiruninravur, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for skill centre that will impart training in computers and tailoring (Details)
  31. Sri Ramacharan Charitable Trust, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Education
    • Funding to provide Montessori education to children in KG and Grade 1 in public schools in Chennai (Details)
  32. Sri Ramakrishna Math Vivekananda Centenary Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for teacher salaries and providing food to poor students (Details)
  33. Sri Ramakrishna Mission Students Home, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for teacher salaries at residential school for poor students (Details)
    Children - orphanages
  34. Adruta Children Home (RAWA Academy)
    • Project location: Bolangir, Odisha, India
    • Category: Children, Food/Education
    • Funding for maintaining an orphanage in Bolangir, Odisha (Details)
  35. AUM Pranava Ashram, Ilanji, Tamil Nadu
    • Project location: Ilanji, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Food/Education
    • Funding for maintenance of orphanage (Details)
  36. Seva Chakra Samajam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Food
    • Funding to pay for food-related expenses of residents at orphanage in Chennai, India (Details)
  37. Sri Kanyakumari Gurukula Ashram
    • Project location: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Food/Education
    • Funding for maintenance of orphanage (Details)
  38. Sphoorti Foundation
    • Project location: Hyderabad, Telengana, India
    • Category: Children, Education
    • Funding for teacher salaries at orphanage/school in Hyderabad, India (Details)
    Children - health
  39. Rotary Club Madras East, Chennai, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Adults, Livelihood training
    • Funding for subsidized pediatric heart surgeries for children with congenital heart defects, Chennai, Tamilnadu (Details)
    Disabled
  40. Amar Seva Sangam (Ayakudi, India)
    • Project location: Tamilnadu, India
    • Category: Disabled youth
    • Funding for running vocational center for disabled youth (Details)
  41. Balavidyalaya School, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Deaf children, Education
    • Funding for staff salaries and maintenance of school (Details)
  42. Hope Charitable Trust, Chennai
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Disability Assistance
    • Funding for paying salaries of staff at school/early intervention centre for disabled children in Chennai (Details)
  43. Madras Dyslexia Association, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Disability Assistance
    • Funding for developing an early intervention program for dyslexic children (Details)
  44. Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust, Chennai
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Children, Disability Assistance
    • Funding for paying salaries of staff at orphanage for disabled children in Chennai (Details)
  45. Vidyasagar (Chennai, India)
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Category: Disabled youth
    • Funding for running vocational center for disabled youth (Details)
    Adults
  46. Action for India, Delhi, India/Los Altos, CA
    • Project location: India
    • Category: Adults, Entrepreneur Empowerment
    • Funding for running Social Entrepreneur Advisory Services (Details)
  47. Anisha (Karnataka, India)
    • Project location: Karnataka, India
    • Category: Families, Food/health
    • Funding for dry ration kits and health care to 500 families affected by Covid (Details)
  48. Grass Roots India, Cuttack, Odisha, India
    • Project location: Cuttack, Odisha, India
    • Category: Women, Livelihood Training
    • Funding for running home for destitute girls (Details)
  49. Her Future Coalition, Florida
    • Project location: Kolkatta, West Bengal, India
    • Category: Women, Livelihood Training
    • Funding for running computer training institute for vulnerable women (Details)
  50. INK Global Foundation, Delhi, India/Los Altos, CA
    • Project location: India
    • Category: Adults, Enrepreneur Empowerment
    • Funding for Fellowships for 2 INK Fellows (Details)
  51. Lila Poonawalla Foundation (Pune, India)
    • Project location: Maharashtra, India
    • Category: Women, Education
    • Funding for 10 girls to study Bachelors in Nursing (Details)
  52. Sri Vivekananda Rural Community College, Puducherry, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Adult youth, Education
    • Fee subsidy for youth at Rural Community College (Details)
  53. Womens Organization for Rural Development, Namakkal, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Women, Livelihood Training
    • Funding to run two tailoring centers and a production unit to provide skill training to rural women, Tamil Nadu, India (Details)
    Old age homes/Food
  54. Kannathal Foundation, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Adult Seniors, Food
    • Funding for daily annadanam at Chatralaya near Madurai (Details)
  55. Sri Poorna Mahameru Trust, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
    • Project location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    • Category: Adult Seniors, Food
    • Funding for maintenance of old age home (Details)

Higher Education

    US
  1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
    • Project location: Cold Spring Harbor, NY
    • Category: Higher Education
    • Funding for Graduate Student Fellowship at CSHL (Details)
  2. University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (UCLA)
    • Project location: Los Angeles, CA
    • Category: Higher Education
    • Funding for Graduate Fellowship in Electrical Engineering Department (Details)
    • Funding for Term Chairs in Electrical Engineering
    • Funding for Systems Scaling Laboratory in Engineering School
    India
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
    • Project location: Kharagpur, India
    • Category: Higher Education
    • Funding for activities of SandHI initiative (focusing on Indian classical arts and music) at IIT KGP and Upgrade of Nehru hall (Details)

Spirituality, Arts & Culture

    US
  1. Hindu Temple Society of North America, Flushing, NY 11355
    • Project location: Flushing, NY
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Maintenance of temple (Details)
  2. Religion News Foundation, Colombia, MO
    • Project location: Columbia, MO
    • Category: Culture
    • Support for columnist to cover Hinduism for News organization (Details)
  3. Samskrita Bharati, USA
    • Project location: Washington, DC
    • Category: Cultural
    • Support for establishing a Samskrita Bhavanam to promote Samskrita language and culture (Details)
  4. Sri Arunachala Ashram, Jamaica, NY 11432
    • Project location: Jamaica, NY
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Contribution towards general expenses of Arunachala Ashram ( Details )
  5. Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja Millenium Foundation, NY
    • Project location: Ossining, NY
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Support for publication of English commentaries of various sanskrit and Manipravalam texts (Details)
  6. Sri Krishna Ashram, NJ
    • Project location: NJ
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Contribution towards acquiring property to setup ashram ( Details )
  7. Sri Ramanuja Mission of Srirangam Srimath Andavan Ashramam
    • Project location: Franklin Twshp, NJ
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Support for constructing temple and acquiring materials for Samprokshanam of Perumal temple in Franklin township, NJ (Details)
  8. Sri Ranganatha Temple, Pomona, NY 10970
    • Project location: Pomona, NY
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Contribution towards full-day expenses (VPUP) on Srinivasa and Sri Mahalakshmi Tirunakshatram (Details)
    India
  9. Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam
    • Project location: India
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Support for operating expenses of 6 Veda patasalas and Goshala (Details)
  10. Sri Pratyaksha Charitable Trust, Chennai, India
    • Project location: India
    • Category: Spirituality/Culture
    • Partial annual support for 1060 students at 20 patasalas (Details)
  11. Sri VPTV Trust, Kanchipuram, India
    • Project location: India
    • Category: Spirituality
    • Support for study of Vedas and Vedic practices at several temples (Sri Varadaraja Temple, Kanchipuram, Sri Vilakkoli Perumal Temple, Srithoopul, Sri Kodandaramaswamy Temple, Madurantakam, Sri Chakrapani Temple, Kumbakonam, Sri Sarangapani Temple, Kumbakonam, Sri Tirunarayana Temple, Melkote, Sri Devanathan Temple, Thiruvayindirapuram) (Details)

Environmental

  1. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA
    • Project location: Chennai, India
    • Category: Environment Preservation
    • Contribution towards developing a natural wastewater treatment system and restoring Sembakkam lake in Chennai ( Details )
  2. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA
    • Project location: Long Island, NY
    • Category: Environment Preservation
    • Contribution towards preserving Uplands Farm Sanctuary and Mashomack Preserve and making them more accessible to the public ( Details )