- Individuals, corporates and NGOs can set up any number of iGive pages. All iGive pages should be setup under the "India Giving Challenge 2011" event.
- Corporates must inform GiveIndia about their iGive pages within 5 days of setting up the same so that GiveIndia can track the money collected on such iGive pages and credit the corporate with the same. GiveIndia will maintain a running list of corporate pages.
- Corporates are encouraged to provide a team leader contact to the GiveIndia team for dissemination of any information. GiveIndia will take instructions regarding corporate pages only from team leaders.
- Only donations made to iGive pages created under the event "India Giving Challenge 2011" will be considered.
- The Challenge begins at 12:01am on September 6, 2011, IST and ends at 11:59pm on October 20, 2011, IST. All iGive pages created for the event will automatically expire after this period and no donation will be possible thereafter to any iGive pages under this event. Please ensure that all your donations are made well in advance of this date.
- Donations made only through the following modes of payment will be considered:
Tier 1 NGOs - credit card, net banking, my account, Paypal, Google Checkout and cheque.
Tier 2 NGOs - credit card, net banking, my account and cheque.
Please note that demand drafts and bank transfers will NOT be considered for any donation. - Only donations through tier 1 NGOs' iGive pages shall receive US/UK tax benefits provided ALL the following conditions are met :
- The NGO in question is set up to accept foreign contributions
- The iGive page has been setup to accept foreign contributions
- The donors' profile has been set to 'US Taxpayer' or 'UK Taxpayer' against the tax receipt field - The minimum acceptable value for a cheque donation is Rs. 535 ( i.e. inclusive of GiveIndia's 6.5% donation retention, i.e. Rs.500 to the NGO’s iGive page and Rs.35 towards GiveIndia donation)
- Ensure that cheques, if any, are sent to us well before the last date so that they can be credited and the amount reflects in your overall funds collected. Only cheques made against online transactions will be considered. Cheques without corresponding online transactions will not be considered as part of the overall funds raised for determination of the matching grant. Such cheques will be destroyed after informing the donor (if the correct donor contact details are available), else the cheques will be destroyed. GiveIndia will in no way be expected to trace the donor of the cheque and make effort to link the same to a transaction if the same is not available.
- If a demand draft is sent and you would like it to be sent back, a penalty donation of Rs. 250 will need to be made to GiveIndia. This will need to be in the form of a demand draft only. Further, all unreclaimed demand drafts will be processed by GiveIndia only after the challenge and will not be considered as part of the overall funds raised for the challenge.
- You may send a cheque in place of an already sent in demand draft, using the same transaction ID of the donation. However, you would still need to make a penalty donation of Rs. 250, if you would like the demand draft returned.
- Effective 01 October, 2011 GiveIndia will retain 6.5% of all donations made through India Giving Challenge 2011 pages. For all other donations made through its website the GiveIndia retention remains at 9.1%.
- Donations by the NGO itself towards its iGive page will result in disqualification of the NGO from the competition.
- Donations from only valid e-mail ids will be considered. GiveIndia will reserve the right to disregard any donations from invalid e-mail ids and will use all means at its disposal to determine validity of e-mail ids.
- For determining the winners of the matching grant, only money raised online (including online cheque transactions) on the iGive pages set up under "India Giving Challenge 2011" from Sep 6th - Oct 20th, 2011 will be considered.
- We will notify the overall winners by November 10, 2011. All funds credited in our accounts till Nov 7th, 2011 will be considered for determining the winner. The funds of the India Giving Challenge 2011 will be disbursed to the respective NGOs by Nov 30th, 2011.
- The matching funds will be disbursed against receipt of iGive reimbursement reports for the same. This will be done on the 20th of every month provided iGive reimbursement report is submitted by the 15th of the month. Hence, NGOs are requested to send iGive reimbursement reports as soon as data is provided to them.
- A reimbursement report would be required to be submitted for funds raised through iGive pages as well as the matching amount won, if any.
- Incase an NGO is not able to submit reimbursement reports within this financial year, GiveIndia reserves the right to allocate the same to other NGOs.
- GiveIndia will provide a matching grant (upto a limit) to the top fundraising corporate / NGOs. Each corporate / NGO may win a prize in both categories of prizes - 'Funds Raised' and 'Number of Unique Donors':
- Top 3 corporates by funds raised - This will encompass all the NGOs for which funds are being raised by the corporate
- Top 3 corporates by number of unique donors - This will encompass all the NGOs for which funds are being raised by the corporate
- Top 12 NGOs by funds raised
- Top 3 NGOs by number of unique donors
In addition we will also have some special prizes which will be announced later so don't lose hope. You could yet be a winner!Corporate Champions
NGO Champions
Matching Grants Limits
By funds raised
By number of unique donors
By funds raised
(min. 50 donors)By number of unique donors
First
Rs. 5 lacs
Rs. 2 lacs
Rs. 11 lacs
Rs. 25,000
Second
Rs. 3 lacs
Rs. 1 lacs
Rs. 8 lacs
Rs. 15,000
Third
Rs. 2 lacs
Rs. 0.5 lacs
Rs. 6 lacs
Rs. 10,000
Fourth
Rs. 4 lacs
Fifth
Rs. 3 lacs
Sixth
Rs. 2 lacs
Seventh
Rs. 1.5 lac
Eighth
Rs. 1 lac
Ninth
Rs. 50K
Tenth
Rs. 50K
Eleventh
Rs. 25K
Twelveth
Rs. 25K
Total
Rs. 10 lacs
Rs. 3.5 lacs
Rs. 38 lacs
Rs. 50,000
- All pages set up for an NGO (i.e. by the NGO themselves, by individual supporters, by corporates and any others) will be taken into consideration when determining the daily and weekly prizes. For the overall prizes, in the corporate category, only pages identified as corporate pages will be taken into consideration ( please see point number 2 above).
- To win daily/weekly prizes, it is advisable to make online donations. Cheques get credited at the bank's discretion. GiveIndia typically deposits cheques within 1-2 days of receipt of the same.
- Outstation cheques take a long time to clear and are often dependent on the issuing bank. Since expediting clearance of such cheques is not in GiveIndia’s control, donors are requested to issue cheques which are local clearing for Mumbai.
- Sometimes, online transactions also take 2-3 days to get credited. This usually happens when money has been deducted from the donors account by the online payment gateway but the same has not been deposited into GiveIndia's account; and only gets credited when we receive the same from the payment gateway. Such circumstances are out of GiveIndia's control and we request you, especially at times like these, to keep the spirit of the challenge alive.
- Please note that multiple transactions from the same credit card may lead to your credit card being blocked and/or GiveIndia's account being blocked too. In such a case, NGO(s) will be disqualified from the challenge and GiveIndia reserves the right to recover any financial loss from the concerned individual/ organisation.
- Number of unique donors will be counted per NGO / corporate.
- No feedback report to donors will be provided for any donation made as part of the India Giving Challenge 2011 as is the practice for all iGive pages.
- GiveIndia will provide participating individuals, corporates and NGOs with the following support:
- Promotional material (sample posters, appeal letters, widgets, badges, etc) to create excitement and participation
- Workshop for your core team on different online fundraising ideas
- Preparing a daily dashboard showing the top corporates / NGOs
- Issuing receipts and 80G certificates for every donation
- Disbursing funds, including matching contributions to the respective charities
- Recognising every single contribution on our website.
- GiveIndia reserves the right to alter any of the above rules at its discretion and take any means necessary to ensure a fair contest. In case of any dispute, GiveIndia will have the final say.