This press release was originally written by Centre for Advancment of Philanthropy and  Samhita. Mumbai, June 15: Leading institutional, individual and corporate donors met at a confluence in Mumbai to take the first step towards forming a network by donors for donors. The Philanthropy Leadership Confluence (PLC), organised by the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy (CAP) [...]

This is cross-posted from Samhita, and written by Namit Agrawal, Samhita Communications Manager. Mumbai, February 20; Hans Heitz, co-founder, Grameen Creative Lab (GCL) launched the Mumbai chapter of Grameen Creative Lab at a gathering of social business enthusiasts. GCL, a joint venture between Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus and serial entrepreneur Hans Reitz was officially founded [...]

This is a cross-post from Samhita. An NGO based in India worked for the benefit of cleft lip patients. Field agents of the NGO used to travel to remote villages and collect information on cleft lip patients and forward the information to the hospital for surgery. It took them almost 2 months for one such [...]

This is a guest post from Namit Agarwal, Communications Manager of Samhita. Indian billionaires have been criticized for their inability to contribute enough to social causes. As more and more billionaires around the world pledge their wealth for charitable purposes the gap becomes more distinct. In the recent past we have seen Indian industry leaders parting [...]

The American Center and Samhita cordially invite you to a discussion program on “Making Philanthropy Easy, Essential and Effective” with Dr. Amita Vyas, Assistant Professor & Director, George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services and Founder & President, Global India Fund Inc. in conversation with Li Ping Lo, Foreign Services Officer, U.S. Consulate [...]

Samhita launches Socially Positive – an opportunity for the youth to contribute towards positive social change. This weekend put on your creative hat and do good. Socially Positive is a nationwide campaign where you can use creative skills such as photography, film-making, designing and blogging to create awareness for social causes and support NGOs. You [...]

Samhita is pleased to announce an extension for the application deadline, previously covered here. NGOs now have until September 5th to complete their application. If your projects focus on the girl child and if you have still not applied for the award, you can register on www.samhita.org to become eligible for: Unrestricted grants of up [...]

Samhita – a collaborative social marketplace – has now launched The Hari Chopra Social Awards 2010 (HCSA) in partnership with Global India Fund. HCSA will disburse grants of up to Rs. 5,00,000 each to multiple organizations annually, particularly ones that integrate girls’ education, training and livelihood with health. HCSA will provide unrestricted grants for program [...]

This post is contributed by Team Samhita. Findings of the Samhita fundraising survey speaks of the kind of support trusts and foundations provide to NGOs and the feedback mechanism they prefer to follow. Nearly 45.8% of the NGOs who took the survey say they approached the trusts and foundations via personal contacts. 34.5% used online [...]

This post is contributed by Team Samhita. A detailed online survey conducted by Samhita reveals that individual donations are the most critical source of funds for Indian NGOs. This survey was conducted to understand the fundraising practices of Indian NGOs. We hope that the results will help NGOs customize their activities based on popular practices.    The [...]