Indian Philanthropy Report 2017

Over 71 per cent of the funders have a defined grant-making thesis to support their philanthropic work with capacity building as the most popular kind of support provided by them, according to a survey by Accelerate Indian Philanthropy (AIP). Most funders consider a range of factors to assess how well an organization or project will fit with their objectives and priorities, and some of the parameters for assessment include leadership and governance, track record and impact, strategy and vision alignment. The survey highlighted that 62 per cent of respondents found leadership and governance, and track record and impact of a potential partner as key factors in their assessment metrics. Further, sustainability and scale is important for 16 per cent of respondents, while strategy and vision alignment is largely relevant to 15 per cent, it added. The survey provides decision-making frameworks for funders to facilitate informed, effective grant-making. It engaged with over 20 philanthro

It's perhaps time for the government to once again introduce norms for donation of equity for charitable purposes, without the receiving foundations losing IT exemption status