Indiaspora

TRANSFORMING THE SUCCESS OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA INTO MEANINGFUL IMPACT WORLDWIDE.

COVID19 RELIEFABOUT:INDIASPORA LAUNCHED A CHALOGIVE FOR COVID-19 ONLINE GIVING CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT HUNGER AND PROVIDE RELIEF DIRECTLY TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AFFECTED MOST BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED $849,726 FOR COVID19 RELIEF TO FEEDING AMERICA, GIVEINDIA FOUNDATION, AND EDELGIVE. ADDITIONAL FUNDS RAISED WERE DISTRIBUTED AFTER THE CLOSE OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

INCREASING THE IMPACT OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA WORLDWIDEABOUT:IN LINE WITH ITS MISSION, INDIASPORA CONTINUED ITS ACTIVITIES TO TRANSFORM THE SUCCESS OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA INTO MEANINGFUL IMPACT WORLDWIDE, WE ESTABLISHED AND EXPANDED INDIAN DIASPORA RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROMINENT INDIAN LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES, INDIA AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES. WE ORGANIZED GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM IN NEW YORK WELCOMING INDIAN DIASPORA LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE INITIATED THE COMPILATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF TOP INDIAN DIASPORA BUSINESS LEADERS - SHOWCASING INDIAN DIASPORA AS A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD. WE ORGANIZED OUR SECOND PHILANTHROPY SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, DC INFORMING AND EDUCATING 125 INDIAN DIASPORA PARTICIPANTS AROUND PHILANTHROPY AND ENCOURAGING THE INDIAN DIASPORA TO GET MORE PHILANTHROPICALLY INVOLVED. WE ESTABLISHED THE HERITAGE INDIA PROGRAM, A UNIQUE, IMMERSIVE, 3-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR INDIAN YOUTH TO CONNECT WITH THEIR ROOTS. WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL GLOBAL FORUM WHICH ATTRACTED OVER X NUMBER OF PROMINENT INDIAN-AMERICAN ATTENDEES WHICH IS GROWING TO BECOME A TRULY GLOBAL EVENT WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

INDIA PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE (IPA) INITATIVE: ABOUT: IPA IS A COALITION OF NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPIC AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MOBILIZE PEOPLE AND FUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES (AND ELSEWHERE) FOR DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY-REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN INDIA. THIS INITIATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AMONG ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN INDIA, WORKING TOGETHER TO FOSTER A MORE ROBUST AND BETTER RECOGNIZED CULTURE OF GIVING AMONG INDIAN-AMERICANS AND OVER TIME, INCREASE THE SCALE AND IMPACT OF PHILANTHROPY BENEFITING INDIA.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: IPA CONVENED ITS 12 NONPROFIT MEMBER AGENCIES MORE THAN 15 TIMES IN ORDER TO BETTER COORDINATE THEIR PHILANTHROPIC, HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IN INDIA, AND TO GROW THE CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY IN INDIA. THESE INCLUDED 11 LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, ONE DAYLONG RETREAT ATTENDED BY CEOS AND OTHER LEADERS OF ITS MEMBERS, AND FOUR SPECIAL WEBINARS FOCUSED ON EFFECTIVELY RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC. IPA PUBLISHED ITS FIRST WEBSITE IN JANUARY 2020, HAD A MAJOR ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW IN OCTOBER 2019, AND PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL LIVE AND VIRTUAL CONFERENCES DURING THIS TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDED A PAGE DETAILING ALL OF THE COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES IPA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS HAD LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC AND DIRECTED PEOPLE IN TERMS OF HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. IPA EDUCATED OUR MEMBERS ABOUT CHANGES IN INDIAN LAWS RELATED TO FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND ABOUT BEST PRACTICES IN HOLDING VIRTUAL GALAS. FINALLY, IPA ORGANIZED A FIRST-EVER YOUTH ESSAY COMPETITION THAT TO INSTILL A GREATER PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT AMONG STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF INDIAN HERITAGE, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP THAT SOME YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PROVIDING THROUGH VOLUNTARY HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN YOUNG PEOPLE SUBMITTED ESSAYS, AND AFTER A PANEL OF VOLUNTEER JUDGES DELIBERATED, WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP WERE CHOSEN IN TWO AGE CATEGORIES AND THEIR ESSAYS WERE PROMOTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

COVID19 RELIEFABOUT:INDIASPORA LAUNCHED A CHALOGIVE FOR COVID-19 ONLINE GIVING CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT HUNGER AND PROVIDE RELIEF DIRECTLY TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AFFECTED MOST BY THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA. DURING OUR FISCAL YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED $849,726 FOR COVID19 RELIEF TO FEEDING AMERICA, GIVEINDIA FOUNDATION, AND EDELGIVE. ADDITIONAL FUNDS RAISED WERE DISTRIBUTED AFTER THE CLOSE OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

INCREASING THE IMPACT OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA WORLDWIDEABOUT:IN LINE WITH ITS MISSION, INDIASPORA CONTINUED ITS ACTIVITIES TO TRANSFORM THE SUCCESS OF THE INDIAN DIASPORA INTO MEANINGFUL IMPACT WORLDWIDE, WE ESTABLISHED AND EXPANDED INDIAN DIASPORA RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROMINENT INDIAN LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES, INDIA AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES. WE ORGANIZED GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM IN NEW YORK WELCOMING INDIAN DIASPORA LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE INITIATED THE COMPILATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF TOP INDIAN DIASPORA BUSINESS LEADERS - SHOWCASING INDIAN DIASPORA AS A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD. WE ORGANIZED OUR SECOND PHILANTHROPY SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, DC INFORMING AND EDUCATING 125 INDIAN DIASPORA PARTICIPANTS AROUND PHILANTHROPY AND ENCOURAGING THE INDIAN DIASPORA TO GET MORE PHILANTHROPICALLY INVOLVED. WE ESTABLISHED THE HERITAGE INDIA PROGRAM, A UNIQUE, IMMERSIVE, 3-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR INDIAN YOUTH TO CONNECT WITH THEIR ROOTS. WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL GLOBAL FORUM WHICH ATTRACTED OVER X NUMBER OF PROMINENT INDIAN-AMERICAN ATTENDEES WHICH IS GROWING TO BECOME A TRULY GLOBAL EVENT WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

INDIA PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE (IPA) INITATIVE: ABOUT: IPA IS A COALITION OF NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPIC AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MOBILIZE PEOPLE AND FUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES (AND ELSEWHERE) FOR DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY-REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN INDIA. THIS INITIATIVE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AMONG ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN INDIA, WORKING TOGETHER TO FOSTER A MORE ROBUST AND BETTER RECOGNIZED CULTURE OF GIVING AMONG INDIAN-AMERICANS AND OVER TIME, INCREASE THE SCALE AND IMPACT OF PHILANTHROPY BENEFITING INDIA.ACCOMPLISHMENTS: IPA CONVENED ITS 12 NONPROFIT MEMBER AGENCIES MORE THAN 15 TIMES IN ORDER TO BETTER COORDINATE THEIR PHILANTHROPIC, HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IN INDIA, AND TO GROW THE CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY IN INDIA. THESE INCLUDED 11 LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, ONE DAYLONG RETREAT ATTENDED BY CEOS AND OTHER LEADERS OF ITS MEMBERS, AND FOUR SPECIAL WEBINARS FOCUSED ON EFFECTIVELY RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC. IPA PUBLISHED ITS FIRST WEBSITE IN JANUARY 2020, HAD A MAJOR ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW IN OCTOBER 2019, AND PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL LIVE AND VIRTUAL CONFERENCES DURING THIS TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD. THE WEBSITE INCLUDED A PAGE DETAILING ALL OF THE COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES IPA MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS HAD LAUNCHED IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC AND DIRECTED PEOPLE IN TERMS OF HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. IPA EDUCATED OUR MEMBERS ABOUT CHANGES IN INDIAN LAWS RELATED TO FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND ABOUT BEST PRACTICES IN HOLDING VIRTUAL GALAS. FINALLY, IPA ORGANIZED A FIRST-EVER YOUTH ESSAY COMPETITION THAT TO INSTILL A GREATER PHILANTHROPIC SPIRIT AMONG STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF INDIAN HERITAGE, AND TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP THAT SOME YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ALREADY PROVIDING THROUGH VOLUNTARY HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN YOUNG PEOPLE SUBMITTED ESSAYS, AND AFTER A PANEL OF VOLUNTEER JUDGES DELIBERATED, WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP WERE CHOSEN IN TWO AGE CATEGORIES AND THEIR ESSAYS WERE PROMOTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.