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November 10th, 2011:

Winners of the India Giving Challenge 2011

Dear All,

Here's the moment many of you have been waiting for - the winners of the India Giving Challenge 2011! We’re pleased to announce that this year sees a new winner with Teach for India emerging as the NGO Champion of the India Giving Challenge 2011. In terms of overall numbers, this is what each and every one of YOU have achieved:
• 400 iGive pages
• 203 NGOs
• 16 corporates
• 8,900+ donors
• Rs. 3,06,93,135 raised!

and 72 NGOs have won matching grants amounting to Rs. 96,22,000!

The full list of winners is:

NGOs – Funds Raised:

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant (Rs.)
1	Teach For India	43,89,840	11,00,000
2	Parivaar Education Society	39,14,440	8,00,000
3	Apna Janakalyan	11,97,828	6,00,000
4	Vidya & Child	11,24,587	4,00,000
5	AID India	10,26,844	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	10,20,383	2,00,000
7	Sahaara, Mumbai	8,88,596	1,50,000
8	Vidya Bhawan Society	8,13,293	1,00,000
9	Vidyarambam	7,96,974	50,000
10	Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	6,68,455	50,000
11	Ekam Foundation	6,51,458	25,000
12	Dream A Dream	5,71,588	25,000

NGOs – Unique Donors:

Position	NGO	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant (Rs.)
1	Teach For India	1,788	25,000
2	New Life	330	15,000
3	Sevalaya	272	10,000

We were also yet to announce the winners for the last 9 days of the event – to the top 20 NGOs to raise Rs. 1 lakh. And these are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Teach For India	24,14,702	35,000
Parivaar Education Society	15,69,164	35,000
AID India	9,23,094	35,000
Vidya & Child	8,70,720	35,000
Apna Janakalyan	8,62,611	35,000
Sevalaya	7,37,071	35,000
Vidyarambam	7,23,801	35,000
Ekam Foundation	5,53,000	35,000
Dream A Dream	5,05,393	35,000
Deepalaya	4,73,886	35,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	4,00,085	25,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	3,72,804	25,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	3,42,165	25,000
IDEA Foundation	2,10,465	25,000
The Hope House	1,77,697	25,000
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,73,211	25,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	1,65,721	25,000
New Life	1,32,600	25,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	1,28,877	25,000
Bethany Society	1,13,150	25,000

And, now for the last set of prizes to the top-3 most Tweeted and Facebook-ed NGOs. And the winners in this category are:

Most Facebook-ed NGOs:

Position	NGO	Matching Prize (Rs)	Number of Facebook shares
1	Teach For India	3,000	7,703
2	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	2,000	1,370
3	New Life	1,000	929

Most Tweeted NGOs:

Position	NGO	Matching Prize (Rs.)
1	Bhumi	3,000
2	Teach for India	2,000
3	The Hope House	1,000

If you do not see your NGO here, please visit http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand. For details on how much your NGO has won in matching funds, please visit: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-matching-details.aspx. Over the next couple of days, you will receive a mail from our feedback team requesting you for certain details, in order for us to disburse the same to you.

You may witness a small discrepancy between the funds mentioned on the above pages and on your iGive page and what will finally get disbursed. This will be on account of multiple reasons as given below:
• Prizes have been decided based upon funds credited into our accounts as per November 8th, 2011. Funds received after that date have not been considered towards the prizes.
• We have done a check on all email IDs through which India Giving Challenge donations have been made and not taken into consideration donations from email IDs that bounced back.
• Many cheques/DDs were sent to us without transaction ids. These are not considered in the challenge.
• Bounceback and outstation cheque charges will be deducted while making disbursements.

However rest assured, ALL funds raised through your iGive page(s) will be disbused to your organisation. :-)

This brings us to the end of the third India Giving Challenge. We hope you enjoyed being part of the event and would like to join us again in an even bigger way next year.

Thank you once again for your support.

October 21, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Update for the Last Day

Dear All,

So here we are at the end of 45 days of the challenge. I would like to thank all of you for your great support and enthusiasm in reaching out to your supporters and in the process taking the India Giving Challenge to a new level.

While we will continue to sort out the cheques over the next 19 days and make sure that all the money received from you is indeed credited to your pages, we are glad to announce that all of you have now raised more than Rs. 2.5 crores from 7,000+ donors!

Please ensure that any cheques still lying with you/your donors are sent to us over the next 2-3 days itself, so that they do indeed clear by November 8th. (Do note that the banks are closed on 26th October and 7th November.)

And though a little late, we would also like to share with you an article on The India Giving Challenge that appeared in the newspaper, The Mint on October 12th - http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/12190533/Social-media-changes-fundrais.html?h=B.

And now getting back to business. Please join me in congratulating the winners of the daily prizes for one last time. The winners for October 20th are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Udayan Care	7,18,443	20,000
Parivaar Education Society	4,17,000	10,000
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped	3,20,539	10,000
Vidya & Child	3,10,000	5,000
Teach For India	2,67,802	5,000

Here are the current positions for funds raised between October 12th and today. Please note that the final winners of this prize will only be announced on November 10th. As all cheque donations made during this period, that clear by November 8th, will get counted towards this prize.

As of today, 18 NGOs qualify for this prize:

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	15,59,164	35,000
2	Teach For India	11,53,972	35,000
3	Vidya & Child	8,69,220	35,000
4	Sevalaya	6,58,475	35,000
5	Ekam Foundation	4,53,000	35,000
6	Vidyarambam	4,50,885	35,000
7	The Ma Foi Foundation	3,72,804	35,000
8	Vidya Bhawan Society	3,39,828	35,000
9	AID India	3,36,800	35,000
10	Dream A Dream	2,56,333	35,000
11	Sahaara, Mumbai	2,36,527	25,000
12	IDEA Foundation	2,10,465	25,000
13	The Hope House	1,72,402	25,000
14	New Life	1,32,500	25,000
15	Vihaan	1,30,826	25,000
16	Apna Janakalyan	1,12,611	25,000
17	Aangan Trust	1,03,000	25,000
18	Sarthak Prayas	1,00,200	25,000

And here are the positions with regards to the overall prizes ( in terms of funds raised) as of today. Again, these positions will probably change over the course of the next 19 days.
NGOs which meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	39,49,440	89	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	31,39,109	1,777	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	11,23,088	68	6,00,000	6,00,000
4	Sevalaya	10,17,774	270	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Vidya Bhawan Society	8,10,956	105	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sahaara, Mumbai	7,25,039	172	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Ekam Foundation	5,51,458	67	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Vidyarambam	5,24,058	73	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Apna Janakalyan	4,47,828	69	50,000	50,000
10	AID India	4,40,550	59	50,000	50,000
11	Aangan Trust	4,02,454	54	25,000	25,000
12	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,46,433	63	25,000	25,000
13	Dream A Dream	3,22,528	137
14	Sarthak Prayas	3,09,840	50
15	The Hope House	2,48,843	70
16	IDEA Foundation	2,10,665	106
17	Toybank	1,65,575	58
18	Development Focus	1,56,740	59
19	Bhumi	1,33,000	64
20	New Life	1,32,100	330
21	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,26,200	54
22	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50
23	Bani Mandir	79,100	117

If your NGO does not feature in the above list, please visit http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand. Today is our last update of this page. No more updates will take place till the announcement of the results (i.e. November 10th). You can obviously check your respective iGive pages as these will get updated automatically as the remaining cheques get credited.

For any questions with regards to the above, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

October 20, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just ONE more day to go!

Dear All,

Just ONE more day to go now!
And here are the winners for October 19th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Sevalaya	2,67,361	20,000
Teach For India	2,36,038	10,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,86,229	10,000
Vidyarambam	1,74,063	5,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,41,500	5,000

Do remember that The India Giving Challenge ends tonight at 11:59PM. Post midnight, all pages will expire and noone will be able to donate through them. Donors making cheque donations MUST generate transaction IDs for their donations by tonight; and then send the cheque in later. Please ENSURE that they do send in their cheques within the few days giving it enough time to get credited and reflect against your page. All funds credited in our accounts by November 8th will be considered for the OVERALL MATCHING GRANTS which will be announced along with the prizes for the last week on November 10th. ( October 26th and November 7th are bank holidays)

Here are the positions for funds raised between October 12th and today:
Just 7 more spots left in this prize category ( all cheque donations made on your iGive pages today will be counted towards this prize as long as the cheque clears by November 8th. So, do aim to secure one of the yet unclaimed 7 prizes!)

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit ( Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	11,42,164	35,000
Teach For India	9,25,591	35,000
Sevalaya	6,09,728	35,000
Vidya & Child	5,69,220	35,000
Vidyarambam	4,45,385	35,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	3,72,704	35,000
Ekam Foundation	2,89,000	35,000
AID India	2,71,300	35,000
Dream A Dream	1,93,765	35,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,81,568	35,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,75,281	25,000
New Life	1,16,000	25,000
Apna Janakalyan	1,12,611	25,000
Aangan Trust	94,100
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	66,400
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	66,303
Seva Mandir	65,165
The Hope House	64,691
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	59,701
CanSupport	43,592
Toybank	42,475
Sarthak Prayas	25,200
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	21,300
Bhumi	20,000
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,437
Iskcon Food Relief Foundation	18,000
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Swechha	13,950
Bani Mandir	12,500
Wildlife Trust of India	11,346
Latika Roy Foundation	11,097
CanKids	10,000
Development Focus	9,550
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	6,300
People's Institute of Rural Development	6,000
Umang Charitable Trust	5,000
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	4,500
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	4,225
Samrita Trust	4,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	3,500
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Muktangan	2,000
Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals (SOFOSH)	1,600
Bro. Siga Animation Centre	1,100
Dr. Ambedkar Sheti Vikas Va Sansodhan Sanstha	1,001
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Child Aid Foundation	500
Sabuj Sangha	500
Vidyanikethan	500
Goonj	300
Udayan Care	100

Here are the positions with regards to the overall prizes ( in terms of funds raised):
NGOs which meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)
19 NGOs now qualify for the overall prize!

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	35,32,440	88	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	28,99,327	1,684	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	8,23,088	65	6,00,000	600000
4	Sevalaya	8,20,476	260	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Sahaara, Mumbai	6,70,080	162	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Vidya Bhawan Society	6,46,409	86	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Vidyarambam	5,16,529	70	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Apna Janakalyan	4,47,828	68	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Aangan Trust	3,93,554	52	50,000	50,000
10	Ekam Foundation	3,87,458	61	50,000	50,000
11	AID India	3,75,050	57	25,000	25,000
12	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,46,433	63	25,000	25,000
13	Dream A Dream	2,58,945	99
14	Toybank	1,65,575	58
15	Bhumi	1,32,900	63
16	New Life	1,15,400	171
17	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50
18	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,01,200	54
19	Bani Mandir	79,100	117

The next 3 next NGOs who do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors ( No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	569,037	48
The Ma Foi Foundation	481,554	28
Sarthak Prayas	234,840	48

Don't see your NGO here? Visit: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand.

As always, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

October 19, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 2 days left

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of yesterday, October 18th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Teach For India	1,37,726	20,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,36,000	10,000
Apna Janakalyan	1,08,611	10,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	93,000	5,000
Vidyarambam	84,243	5,000

Do remember that the challenge ends at 11:59pm tomorrow. All your iGive pages created for the event will automatically expire after this time and no one will be able to make an online donation. So, please ensure that all your online donations are made either today or tomorrow, if you would like them to qualify for the challenge.

People wishing to make cheque donations, must make their online transactions by tomorrow too. And we will wait till November 8th for all money from these transactions to be credited into our bank account. So, please ensure that you send us all cheques as quickly as possible. Only cheques which realize in our account by November 8th will qualify for the overall prizes. The winners of the prize of the last 9 days and the winners of the overall prize will be announced together on November 10th.

Here are the positions for funds raised between October 12th and today:
Just 7 more spots left in this prize category:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit ( Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	10,02,164	35,000
Teach For India	7,52,448	35,000
Vidya & Child	5,59,220	35,000
Vidyarambam	2,73,407	35,000
Ekam Foundation	2,49,900	35,000
Sevalaya	2,45,035	35,000
AID India	2,36,300	35,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,86,475	35,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,64,936	35,000
Dream A Dream	1,45,112	35,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,18,622	25,000
Apna Janakalyan	1,11,611	25,000
New Life	1,09,250	25,000
Aangan Trust	90,975
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	66,400
Seva Mandir	63,165
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	59,700
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	58,072
CanSupport	34,345
Sarthak Prayas	24,800
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	21,100
Bhumi	19,900
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,436
Iskcon Food Relief Foundation	18,000
The Hope House	17,288
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Bani Mandir	12,500
Wildlife Trust of India	11,345
Latika Roy Foundation	11,097
CanKids	10,000
Toybank	7,100
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	6,300
Development Focus	6,150
Umang Charitable Trust	5,000
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Samrita Trust	4,000
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	3,925
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	3,500
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	3,200
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
People's Institute of Rural Development	2,500
Muktangan	2,000
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Bro. Siga Animation Centre	1,100
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Sabuj Sangha	500
Child Aid Foundation	500
Vidyanikethan	500
Udayan Care	100

Here are the positions with regards to the overall prizes ( in terms of funds raised):
NGOs which meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)
18 NGOs now qualify for the overall prize:

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	33,92,440	85	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	27,16,382	1,618	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	8,13,088	65	6,00,000	6,00,000
4	Vidya Bhawan Society	6,36,064	84	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Sahaara, Mumbai	6,07,134	158	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	5,27,647	238	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Apna Janakalyan	4,46,828	68	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Aangan Trust	3,90,429	51	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Vidyarambam	3,46,580	61	50,000	50,000
10	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,46,433	63	50,000	50,000
11	AID India	3,40,050	55	25,000	25,000
12	Dream A Dream	2,08,036	94	25,000	25,000
13	Bhumi	1,32,800	62
14	Toybank	1,30,200	52
15	New Life	1,08,300	109
16	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50
17	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,01,200	54
18	Bani Mandir	79,100	117

The next 5 next NGOs who do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are:

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)	Unique Donors ( No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	5,60,807	40
Ekam Foundation	3,48,358	38
The Ma Foi Foundation	2,95,325	21
Sarthak Prayas	2,34,440	44
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1

October 18, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - 3 days left

Dear All,

THREE days to go and with your support, the India Giving Challenge has crossed another major milestone of Rs. 1.75 crores yesterday!
We also have two new faces in the list of daily winners - New Life and AID India.
The full list of winners for October 17th are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Udayan Care	1,41,559	20,000
Teach For India	1,36,599	10,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,26,254	10,000
New Life	1,01,250	5,000
AID India	89,000	5,000

Important Things to Remember:
Last date to make your online transactions: October 20th, 2011
Last date for cheques to clear: November 8th, 2011
Current prizes on offer:
(a) Daily prizes of the day ( table above)
(b) Top-20 NGOs to raise Rs. 1 lakh between October 12th and October 20th ( we will wait till November 8th for all cheque donations made during this period to clear) ( Table 2 below)
(c) Overall prizes of the challenge ( Table 3 below)
(d) Most Facebooked and most Tweeted NGOs

Here are the positions for funds raised between October 12th and today:
6 more NGOs crossed the Rs. 1 lakh mark overnight, leaving just 9 spots left in this prize category.

Table 2:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit ( Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	8,64,664	35,000
Vidya & Child	5,59,221	35,000
Teach For India	5,49,656	35,000
AID India	2,36,300	35,000
Sevalaya	2,12,775	35,000
Vidyarambam	2,00,377	35,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,63,572	35,000
Ekam Foundation	1,21,000	35,000
Dream A Dream	1,18,825	35,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,09,383	35,000
New Life	1,01,250	25,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	93,475
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	66,400
Seva Mandir	61,165
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	58,073
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	57,701
Aangan Trust	48,900
Sarthak Prayas	22,800
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	21,100
Bhumi	18,900
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,437
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Bani Mandir	12,500
Wildlife Trust of India	11,346
Latika Roy Foundation	11,097
CanKids	10,000
CanSupport	9,346
The Hope House	8,999
Toybank	6,800
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	5,300
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Samrita Trust	4,000
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	3,640
Apna Janakalyan	3,000
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	2,500
People's Institute of Rural Development	2,500
Muktangan	2,000
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Bro. Siga Animation Centre	1,100
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	900
Sabuj Sangha	500
Vidyanikethan	500
Child Aid Foundation	500
Development Focus	100
Udayan Care	100

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	32,54,940	83	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	25,12,292	1,572	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	8,13,088	65	6,00,000	6,00,000
4	Vidya Bhawan Society	6,34,700	83	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Sahaara, Mumbai	5,97,895	154	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	4,95,987	225	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,44,433	61	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Apna Janakalyan	3,38,217	63	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	AID India	2,75,050	54	50,000	50,000
10	Vidyarambam	2,73,550	55	50,000	50,000
11	Dream A Dream	1,85,020	88	25,000	25,000
12	Bhumi	1,31,800	58	25,000	25,000
13	Toybank	1,29,900	50
14	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50
15	New Life	1,01,250	71
16	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,01,200	54
17	Bani Mandir	79,100	117

NGOs which do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	560,807	40
Aangan Trust	348,354	41
Sarthak Prayas	232,440	25
Ekam Foundation	217,958	24
Psycho Educational Society	203,271	1
The Ma Foi Foundation	202,325	13
Development Focus	141,100	22
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	138,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	134,103	17
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	122,738	5

October 17, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 4 days left

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of yesterday, October 16th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	76,000	20,000
Teach For India	46,647	10,000
Dream A Dream	29,517	10,000
Sevalaya	26,785	5,000
Sarthak Prayas	22,600	5,000

Important Reminder:
We had announced that all funds credited in our accounts till November 7th, 2011 will be considered for determining the winners of the overall prize as well as the prize of upto Rs. 35,000 of the last 9 days. As November 7th is a public holiday, we have extended this last date to November 8th, 2011.

This means that all online transactions must be made by Thursday 20th October. You can make all your donations online till October 20th midnight, post which all iGive pages of the India Giving Challenge 2011 will expire. And we will wait till November 8th for all money from these transactions to be credited into our bank account. So, please ensure that you send us all cheques as quickly as possible. Only cheques which realize in our account by November 8th will qualify for the overall prizes. So, the winners of the prize of the last 9 days and the winners of the overall prize will be announced together on November 10th.

Here are the positions for funds raised between October 12th and today:
5 NGOs have crossed the Rs. 1 lakh mark and there are some which are really close!

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit ( Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	7,38,410	35,000
Vidya & Child	5,39,221	35,000
Teach For India	4,07,788	35,000
Sevalaya	1,97,624	35,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,13,572	35,000
Vidyarambam	97,921
Sahaara, Mumbai	96,435
Udayan Care	89,723
The Ma Foi Foundation	85,688
Dream A Dream	83,424
AID India	82,300
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped	80,859
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	66,400
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	57,201
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	53,323
Ekam Foundation	49,000
Seva Mandir	45,165
Aangan Trust	43,775
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	33,050
Goonj	27,550
The Akanksha Foundation	24,700
Sarthak Prayas	22,600
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	21,100
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,437
SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)	17,573
Bhumi	16,500
Educo	14,700
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Anaithum Padaithavarin Karunai Samadana Ulagam	13,670
Bani Mandir	12,500
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare	12,050
Wildlife Trust of India	11,346
Latika Roy Foundation	10,162
CanKids	10,000
CanSupport	9,346
Literacy India	8,900
Jagriti	8,310
The Hope House	7,312
Ummeed Child Development Centre	6,254
St Jude India Childcare Centres	6,000
Vihaan	4,700
Toybank	4,600
National Association for the Blind, India	4,545
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Samrita Trust	4,000
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	3,170
Apna Janakalyan	3,000
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,837
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
People's Institute of Rural Development	2,500
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Shishu Mandir	2,000
Swechha	1,700
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	1,700
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,500
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Mumbai Mobile Creches	1,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	900
Ananya Trust	650
Child Aid Foundation	500
Vidyanikethan	500
Bro. Siga Animation Centre	100
Development Focus	100

Here are the positions with regards to the overall prizes ( in terms of funds raised):
NGOs which meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)
While all 12 positions have now been filled, your NGO may certainly overtake one of the organisations listed below here :-)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	31,28,686	82	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	23,77,842	1,521	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	7,88,368	61	6,00,000	4,88,512
4	Sahaara, Mumbai	5,84,947	147	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Vidya Bhawan Society	5,84,700	82	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	4,76,081	200	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,43,933	60	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Apna Janakalyan	3,38,217	63	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Bhumi	1,29,400	55	50,000	50,000
10	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50	50,000	50,000
11	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,01,200	54	25,000	25,000
12	Bani Mandir	79,100	117	25,000	25,000

NGOs which do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria yet are:

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)	Unique Donors ( No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	5,56,056	39
Aangan Trust	3,43,229	39
Sarthak Prayas	2,32,240	23
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,94,538	13
AID India	1,86,050	47
Vidyarambam	1,71,094	30
Ekam Foundation	1,47,458	17
Development Focus	1,41,099	22
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	1,38,900	4
Dream A Dream	1,34,712	48
Umang Charitable Trust	1,34,103	17
Toybank	1,27,700	48
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled Charitable Trust	1,22,738	5
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	1,18,951	14
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	1,03,600	8
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,03,409	20

October 16, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 5 days left

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of yesterday, October 15th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	151,000	20,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	68,720	10,000
Teach For India	42,474	10,000
Sevalaya	23,534	5,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	21,963	5,000

As we had mentioned, on a weekend, the chances of winning a daily prize are much higher. Glad to see some of you take advantage of this :-)

Please Note: We had announced that all funds credited in our accounts till November 7th, 2011 will be considered for determining the winners of the overall prize as well as the prize of upto Rs. 35,000 of the last 9 days. As November 7th is a public holiday, we have extended this last date to November 8th, 2011.

This means that all online transactions must be made by Thursday 20th October. You can make all your donations online till October 20th midnight, post which all iGive pages of the India Giving Challenge 2011 will expire. And we will wait till November 8th for all money from these transactions to be credited into our bank account. So, please ensure that you send us all cheques as quickly as possible. Only cheques which realize in our account by November 8th will qualify for the overall prizes. So, the winners of the prize of the last 9 days and the winners of the overall prize will be announced together on November 10th.

Here are the positions for funds raised between October 12th and today:
5 NGOs have now crossed the Rs. 1 lakh mark.

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	662,410	35,000
Vidya & Child	523,501	35,000
Teach For India	339,495	35,000
Sevalaya	164,515	35,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	113,572	35,000
Vidyarambam	97,920
Sahaara, Mumbai	96,435
The Ma Foi Foundation	85,687
AID India	82,300
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	65,400
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	57,200
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	53,322
Seva Mandir	43,165
Aangan Trust	40,775
Dream A Dream	39,000
Ekam Foundation	39,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	21,100
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,436
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Bani Mandir	12,500
Wildlife Trust of India	11,345
Latika Roy Foundation	10,162
CanKids	10,000
Bhumi	5,100
Sambhali Trust	4,500
The Hope House	4,057
Samrita Trust	4,000
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Apna Janakalyan	3,000
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	2,970
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	1,700
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,500
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	900
Toybank	600
Child Aid Foundation	500
Vidyanikethan	500
Development Focus	100
Bro. Siga Animation Centre	100
Udayan Care	100

Here are the positions with regards to the overall prizes ( in terms of funds raised).
NGOs which meet the minimum 50 donors criteria are: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	3,007,686	81	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	2,314,633	1484	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	777,368	60	6,00,000	6,00,000
4	Sahaara, Mumbai	584,946	147	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Vidya Bhawan Society	584,700	82	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	447,827	178	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	343,932	60	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Apna Janakalyan	338,217	63	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Operation ASHA	104,955	50	50,000	50,000
10	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	101,000	54	50,000	50,000
11	Bani Mandir	79,100	117	25,000	25,000
12				25,000	25,000

NGOs which do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria yet are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	556,056	39
Aangan Trust	340,229	37
Sarthak Prayas	209,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	203,271	1
The Ma Foi Foundation	194,537	13
AID India	186,050	47
Vidyarambam	171,093	30
Development Focus	141,099	22
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	138,900	4
Ekam Foundation	137,458	16
Umang Charitable Trust	134,103	17
Toybank	123,900	10

Any difficulty, please feel free to call us today too:
Rakhee - 97695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 98672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

October 15, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 6 days left

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of yesterday, October 14th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Vidya & Child	5,00,000	20,000
Parivaar Education Society	2,70,500	10,000
Teach For India	1,12,706	10,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	96,435	5,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	65,996	5,000

Remember, it's the weekend and as we have mentioned earlier the chances of winning a daily prize are much higher on a weekend. So, especially for those of you who have not won a daily prize yet, make the most of this last weekend of the India Giving Challenge.

I would just like to reiterate what I mentioned yesterday - that for donations that you get over these last few days of the challenge, you can get rewarded for the same donation three-fold! As you stand a chance to win in all the categories below:
Category 1: Upto Rs. 20,000 EVERYDAY as part of the daily prizes ( breakup of the same in the table above)
Category 2: Upto Rs. 35,000 if your organisation raises Rs. 1 lac ( between October 12th and November 7th). ( The top 10 organisations to raise Rs. 1 lakh will get Rs. 35,000 and the next 10 will get Rs. 25,000 )
Category 3: Upto Rs. 11 lacs as part of the overall funds raised prize ( as detailed in the table for category 3 below)

The current positions for Category 2 are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Vidya & Child	5,23,501	35,000
Parivaar Education Society	5,11,910	35,000
Teach For India	3,10,086	35,000
Sevalaya	1,35,887	35,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	96,435
Vidyarambam	92,921
The Ma Foi Foundation	85,687
AID India	82,300
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	65,400
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	56,201
Vidya Bhawan Society	44,852
Aangan Trust	39,275
Seva Mandir	38,165
Ekam Foundation	34,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	31,360
Dream A Dream	31,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	21,100
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,437
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Bani Mandir	12,500
Wildlife Trust of India	11,346
Latika Roy Foundation	10,162
CanKids	10,000
National Association for the Blind, India	4,545
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Samrita Trust	4,000
Bhumi	3,100
Apna Janakalyan	3,000
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
The Hope House	2,057
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	1,700
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,500
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	900
Toybank	600
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	550
Vidyanikethan	500
Child Aid Foundation	500
Udayan Care	100
Development Focus	100

And with regards to the overall prizes ( i.e. category 3 above), here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who meet the minimum 50 donors criteria: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	28,57,186	78	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	22,85,224	1455	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Vidya & Child	7,77,368	60	6,00,000	6,00,000
4	Sahaara, Mumbai	5,84,947	147	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Vidya Bhawan Society	5,15,980	81	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	4,19,198	165	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,42,933	59	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Apna Janakalyan	3,38,217	62	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50	50,000	50,000
10	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,01,000	54	50,000	50,000
11	Bani Mandir	79,100	117	25,000	25,000
12				25,000	25,000

Here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria yet:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	5,34,094	38
Aangan Trust	3,38,729	37
Sarthak Prayas	2,09,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,94,537	13
AID India	1,86,050	47
Vidyarambam	1,66,093	29
Development Focus	1,41,099	22
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	1,38,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	1,34,103	17
Ekam Foundation	1,32,458	15
Toybank	1,23,700	10

Any difficulty, please feel free to call us over the weekend too:
Rakhee - 97695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 98672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

October 14, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 7 days left

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of yesterday, October 13th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	2,07,000	20,000
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped	65,159	10,000
Teach For India	58,519	10,000
Vidyarambam	56,640	5,000
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	53,224	5,000

There remain now just 7 days for the India Giving Challenge to come to an end. And it really will be worth your while to go all out these last 7 days, given the prizes on offer.

These are the prizes your organisation can currently win:
Category 1: Upto Rs. 20,000 EVERYDAY as part of the daily prizes ( breakup of the same in the table above)
Category 2: Upto Rs. 35,000 if your organisation raises Rs. 1 lac ( between October 12th and November 7th). ( The top 10 organisations to raise Rs. 1 lakh will get Rs. 35,000 and the next 10 will get Rs. 25,000 )
Category 3: Upto Rs. 11 lacs as part of the overall funds raised prize ( as detailed in the table for category 3 below)

This essentially means that you can get rewarded for the same donation three-fold! So if your organisation is not taking advantage of the same, you're certainly missing out!

The current positions for Category 2 are:
Parivaar Education Society is the second NGO to claim its Rs. 35,000 prize.

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	4,40,910
Teach For India	2,04,269
Sahaara, Mumbai	96,435
Sevalaya	88,134
Vidyarambam	86,440
The Ma Foi Foundation	84,388
AID India	80,300
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	64,400
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	56,201
Aangan Trust	37,875
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	31,360
Seva Mandir	27,865
Vidya & Child	23,501
Ekam Foundation	22,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	20,000
Dream A Dream	19,000
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	18,434
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	14,400
Bani Mandir	12,500
Wildlife Trust of India	11,346
Vidya Bhawan Society	10,100
Latika Roy Foundation	8,199
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Kshana Charitable Trust	3,000
Bhumi	2,900
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Indian Dreams Foundation	2,570
The Hope House	2,057
Khushboo Welfare Society	2,000
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	1,200
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Apna Janakalyan	1,000
Samrita Trust	1,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	600
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	500
Child Aid Foundation	500
Vidyanikethan	500
Ritham Special School for the Mentally Retarded Children	150

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	26,31,186	74	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	21,69,305	1,412	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Sahaara, Mumbai	4,88,512	123	6,00,000	4,88,512
4	Vidya Bhawan Society	4,81,228	77	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Sevalaya	3,64,746	140	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	3,42,933	59	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Apna Janakalyan	3,36,217	61	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Vidya & Child	2,77,368	59	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50	50,000	50,000
10	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,00,300	52	50,000	50,000
11	Bani Mandir	78,600	116	25,000	25,000
12				25,000	25,000

Here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria yet:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	509,184	32
Aangan Trust	337,329	34
Sarthak Prayas	209,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	203,271	1
AID India	184,050	42
Vidyarambam	151,613	22
Development Focus	141,000	21
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	138,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	134,103	17
The Ma Foi Foundation	128,542	10
Toybank	123,100	4
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	122,738	5
Ekam Foundation	116,458	10
Bhumi	115,500	38
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	109,605	13
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	102,500	7
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	102,409	19

October 13, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 8 days left

Dear All,

Now, there remain just 8 days for the India Giving Challenge to come to an end. Here are the top-7 NGOs and winners of yesterday, October 12th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Teach For India	1,15,461	20,000
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	64,400	10,000
Udayan Care	61,340	10,000
Sevalaya	41,153	5,000
Parivaar Education Society	33,910	5,000
Vidyarambam	21,800
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	20,000

Yesterday, we had introduced a new prize into the India Giving Challenge. Over and above the daily prizes of Rs. 50,000 ( as detailed in the table above), we will be giving the top 20 NGOs to raise Rs. 1 lakh, between yesterday and November 7th the following prize:

NGO Position	Prize (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	1,00,000
11-20	25,000 each	1,00,000

Please note that the last date for calculation of this prize is November 7th, 2011. So, all you need to do is raise Rs. 1 lakh by then. Cheque transactions made during this period will be taken into consideration, as long as the cheque clears by November 7th. So, the final winners of this category will only be announced along with the overall winners on November 10th.

Teach For India has already claimed its prize of Rs. 35,000! See where your NGO stands in the table below:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	1,31,615
Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India	64,400
Sevalaya	50,053
Parivaar Education Society	33,910
Vidyarambam	25,305
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	20,000
AID India	15,300
Vidya & Child	15,000
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	13,500
Dream A Dream	12,500
Vidya Bhawan Society	10,100
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	6,450
Sambhali Trust	4,500
Khairabad Eye Hospital	2,836
Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled	1,200
Samrita Trust	1,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,000
Bhumi	1,000
Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal	1,000
Seva Mandir	1,000
Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan	600
Vidyanikethan	500
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	500
Child Aid Foundation	500
Aangan Trust	125

And with regards to the overall prizes, here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who meet the minimum 50 donors criteria: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	24,24,186	70	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	21,00,650	1,390	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Sahaara, Mumbai	4,88,512	123	6,00,000	4,88,512
4	Vidya Bhawan Society	4,81,228	77	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Apna Janakalyan	3,35,217	61	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Sevalaya	3,29,365	99	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Vidya & Child	2,68,867	55	1,50,000	1,50,000
8	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50	1,00,000	1,00,000
9	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	1,00,300	52	50,000	50,000
10	Bani Mandir	66,600	102	50,000	50,000
11				25,000	25,000
12				25,000	25,000

Here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria yet:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	5,09,184	32
Aangan Trust	2,99,579	30
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	2,87,232	41
Sarthak Prayas	2,09,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1
Development Focus	1,41,000	21
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	1,38,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	1,34,103	17
Toybank	1,23,100	4
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	1,22,738	5
AID India	1,19,050	36
Bhumi	1,13,900	36
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,09,850	8
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	1,02,500	7
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,01,909	18
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	1,00,514	12

October 12, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - 9 days left and YET MORE prizes to be won

Dear All,

Here are the top 7 NGOs and winners of yesterday, October 11th, 2011:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,15,500	20,000
Teach For India	52,824	10,000
The Akanksha Foundation	34,100	10,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	30,285	5,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	28,000	5,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	25,126
Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals (SOFOSH)	25,000

Now, there's just 9 days to go for the India Giving Challenge to come to an end. And we would really like to help you all make the most of these 9 days. So, once again, we're introducing some prizes! Over these last 9 days, over and above the daily prizes of Rs. 50,000 ( as detailed in the table above), we will be giving the top 20 NGOs to raise Rs. 1 lakh, the following prize:

NGO Position	Prize (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	1,00,000
11-20	25,000 each	1,00,000

So, all you need to do is raise Rs. 1 lakh between today and the 20th of October. Cheque transactions made during this period will be taken into consideration, as long as the cheque clears by November 7th. So, the final winners of this category will only be announced along with the overall winners on November 10th.

We really hope that the above prizes motivate you to reach out more, especially for those of you who do not qualify for the overall prize in terms of minimum number of donors.

Here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who meet the minimum 50 donors criteria: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	24,22,986	68	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	19,94,899	1,350	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Sahaara, Mumbai	4,88,512	123	6,00,000	4,88,512
4	Vidya Bhawan Society	4,71,128	75	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Apna Janakalyan	3,35,217	61	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Vidya & Child	2,54,867	52	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50	1,50,000	1,04,955
8	Bani Mandir	66,600	102	1,00,000	66,000
9				50,000	50,000
10				50,000	50,000
11				25,000	25,000
12				25,000	25,000

Here are the leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who do not meet the minimum 50 donors criteria:

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)	Unique Donors ( No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	5,02,734	29
Aangan Trust	2,99,454	30
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	2,87,232	40
Sevalaya	2,83,412	36
Sarthak Prayas	2,09,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1
Development Focus	1,41,000	21
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	1,38,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	1,34,103	17
Toybank	1,23,100	4
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	1,22,738	5
Bhumi	1,13,900	35
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,09,850	7
AID India	1,04,300	23
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,01,909	18
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	1,00,514	12

As always, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

October 11, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 10 days left

Dear All,

Rs. 1,34,01,113 raised
3,800+ donors
100+ NGOs
12 corporates

And the top 7 NGOs and winners of yesterday October 10th are:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,08,500	20,000
Ekam Foundation	93,458	10,000
Teach For India	91,668	10,000
Sevalaya	48,001	5,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	24,000	5,000
Educo	23,150
Udayan Care	21,425

With just 10 days left for the challenge to end, it's time to make those last phone calls and send out those last appeal letters! Remember, there's Rs. 50,000 to be won on all these 10 days - so do give it your best for this last set of prizes.

Also remember that the prize for the most Tweeted and the most Facebook-ed NGOs are also still in progress. So do continue to spread the word on Facebook and Twitter about the India Giving Challenge:

1. The most Tweeted NGOs:
The top 3 NGOs to get the most tweets about their participation in the India Giving Challenge will receive:
First Prize: Rs. 3,000
Second Prize: Rs. 2,000
Third Prize: Rs. 1,000
Please note that all tweets must contain #IGC2011 and a mention of the NGO/iGive page so that GiveIndia is able to see which NGO/iGive page is being tweeted about and keep track of the same.

Please note: Only pages identified as NGO iGive page will be taken into consideration. Tweets between today September 28th and October 20th, 2011 will be taken into consideration for this prize)

2. The most Facebook-ed NGOs:
The top 3 NGOs to get the most count on the Facebook share button on their iGive pages will receive:
First Prize: Rs. 3,000
Second Prize: Rs. 2,000
Third Prize: Rs. 1,000

( Please note: Only pages identified as NGO iGive page will be taken into consideration. This will be calculated post the challenge)

Leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who meet the minimum 50 donors criteria: (Corporate NGOs have been removed from this list)

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( if prize were to be announced today) (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	22,74,776	57	11,00,000	11,00,000
2	Teach For India	19.38,211	1,308	8,00,000	8,00,000
3	Sahaara, Mumbai	4,63,386	110	6,00,000	463,386
4	Vidya Bhawan Society	4,40,843	73	4,00,000	4,00,000
5	Apna Janakalyan	3,30,216	60	3,00,000	3,00,000
6	Vidya & Child	2,52,867	51	2,00,000	2,00,000
7	Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50	1,50,000	104,955
8	The Akanksha Foundation	94,047	68	1,00,000	94,047
9	Ananya Trust	69,110	65	50,000	50,000
10	Bani Mandir	66,600	102	50,000	50,000
11	Swechha	50,425	53	25,000	25,000
12				25,000

Leading NGOs, in terms of funds raised, who are yet to meet the minimum 50 donors criteria:
Please remember that it is important to reach this minimum 50 donors limit, to be eligible for the overall prizes.

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	4,93,388	28
Aangan Trust	2,89,354	28
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	2,86,218	39
Sevalaya	2,80,812	35
Sarthak Prayas	2,09,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1
Development Focus	1,41,000	21
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	1,38,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	1,34,103	17
Toybank	1,23,100	4
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	1,22,738	5
Bhumi	1,12,400	34
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,08,850	7
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,00,909	17
AID India	1,00,600	11
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	1,00,514	12

October 10, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 11 days left and prizes everyday

Dear All,

There's just 11 days left for the India Giving Challenge to end. Yet we continue to see new faces in the daily winners. Here are the top 7 NGOs and winners of yesterday, October 9th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,46,702	20,000
Operation ASHA	98,000	10,000
Teach For India	55,030	10,000
Vidya & Child	50,000	5,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	50,000	5,000
Bhumi	12,360
Aangan Trust	6,250

We had announced yesterday that we're giving out Rs. 50,000 everyday this week ( i.e. till Oct 15th). Well, we're happy to tell you that we're giving out Rs. 50,000 in daily prizes upto October 20th. That's right, there's daily prizes right till the last day of the challenge!

Do also remember that GiveIndia now retain 6.5% against 9.1% earlier. All this has been done to give YOU a reason to reach out. So, I urge you all to make the most of these last 11 days.

And as you do so, please do keep an eye on the overall prizes, for which it takes a minimum of 50 donors to qualify

. Here are the leading NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, who meet the minimum 50 donors criteria:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Parivaar Education Society	21,66,276	53
Teach For India	18,55,052	1,247
Sahaara, Mumbai	4,63,386	110
Vidya Bhawan Society	4,40,843	73
Apna Janakalyan	3,30,216	60
Vidya & Child	2,42,867	50
Shishu Mandir	1,28,790	61
Operation ASHA	1,04,955	50
Bani Mandir	66,600	102

Here are the leading NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, who are yet to meet the minimum 50 donors criteria:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	4,93,388	28
Aangan Trust	2,89,354	28
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	2,84,618	37
Sevalaya	2,42,812	30
Sarthak Prayas	2,09,640	21
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	1
Development Focus	1,41,000	21
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	1,38,900	4
Umang Charitable Trust	1,34,103	17
Toybank	1,23,100	4
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	1,22,738	5
Bhumi	1,11,000	31
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,08,850	7
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	1,00,909	17
AID India	1,00,600	11
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	1,00,514	12
Sabuj Sangha	92,526	12
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	84,300	24
Vidyarambam	68,500	11
Positive Women Network of Rajasthan	65,000	1
The Hope House	60,440	14
Anga Karunya Kendra	60,173	13
Samrita Trust	54,005	11
Dream A Dream	51,214	23
Azad India Foundation	50,827	5
Gram Chetna Kendra	50,000	5
Seva Mandir	43,134	10
Indian Dreams Foundation	41,256	19
SERUDS	40,500	2
Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital	31,400	9
Nightingales Medical Trust	31,246	7
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	30,500	3
Andhjan Kalyan Trust	29,102	5
Gram Vikas Trust	25,000	12

Visit http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where your NGO stands.

As always, please reach out to my colleague Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries with regards to the above. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389 4942/3/4.

October 9, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - 50 NGO winners of the Joy of Giving Week and the next set of prizes

Dear All,

Another Joy of Giving Week comes to an end! We had another record-breaking day yesterday with over Rs. 13 lacs being raised yesterday alone. It was quite a tight race for the first spot and SNEHA just managed to slip through ahead of NASEOH! Here are the daily winners of the last day of the Joy of Giving Week ( i.e. Saturday, 8th October).


NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,50,000	40,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,32,007	20,000
Psycho Educational Society	1,05,140	20,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,00,000	10,000
SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)	70,200	10,000
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped ( NASEOH)	69,750
Positive Women Network of Rajasthan	65,000

And here are the top 50 NGOs of the week who have won the prize being sponosored by the anonymous donor. The qualifying mark was donation(s) of just Rs. 10,000 during the week and I am happy to share with you that all 50 prizes have been claimed. Infact, the 50th NGO made it across this mark post-11pm last night! Thank you all for taking advantage of this opportunity.

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	8,90,574	35,000
Teach For India	3,82,203	35,000
Psycho Educational Society	2,03,271	35,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,65,430	35,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,48,865	35,000
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,38,958	35,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	1,32,059	35,000
Umang Charitable Trust	1,29,103	35,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,00,000	35,000
Bhumi	98,540	35,000
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled Charitable Trust	88,766	30,000
AID India	75,500	30,000
Sarthak Prayas	73,700	30,000
Sevalaya	71,501	30,000
Positive Women Network of Rajasthan	65,000	30,000
Aangan Trust	62,610	30,000
Anga Karunya Kendra	58,173	30,000
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	52,400	30,000
Samrita Trust	51,905	30,000
Vidyarambam	47,500	30,000
The Hope House	46,793	25,000
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	46,300	25,000
Development Focus	46,000	25,000
Azad India Foundation	44,827	25,000
SERUDS	40,500	25,000
Indian Dreams Foundation	35,756	25,000
Apna Janakalyan	35,500	25,000
Bani Mandir	31,600	25,000
Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	30,500	25,000
Andhjan Kalyan Trust	28,602	25,000
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,787	15,000
Dream A Dream	25,481	15,000
Gram Vikas Trust	25,000	15,000
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	25,000	15,000
Nightingales Medical Trust	24,746	15,000
Vidya & Child	21,250	15,000
People's Institute of Rural Development	19,500	15,000
Help A Child	18,500	15,000
Shikshan Ane Samaj Kalyan Kendra	15,400	15,000
Khushboo Welfare Society	13,814	10,000
Sabuj Sangha	11,322	10,000
Wildlife Trust of India	10,937	10,000
Educo	10,600	10,000
Catalysts For Social Action	10,200	10,000
New Mighty Grace Charitable Trust	10,100	10,000
Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital	10,000	8,000
Apnalaya	10,000	8,000
Jagriti	10,000	8,000
Life Help Centre for the Handicapped	10,000	8,000
Social Action For Rural Community	10,000	8,000

Though it is the end of the Joy of Giving Week, it is not the end of the challenge. The India Giving Challenge is on till the 20th of October and of course there are more prizes to be won! Right through this week ( i.e. October 9th - 15th), there continue to be prizes for the top 5 NGOs of the day. And these can be won as follows:

Position	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	20,000
NGO 2	10,000
NGO 3	10,000
NGO 4	5,000
NGO 5	5,000

see that all your fundraising was in top gear last week. Over Rs. 50 lacs was raised during the Joy of Giving Week alone! Lets all aim for higher this week

Feel free to reach out to Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) or Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) for any queries with regards to the above

October 8, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Day 6 of the Joy of Giving Week and just 13 prizes left to be won

Dear All,

Congratulations to all of you for raising a over Rs. 15 lacs yesterday alone! What's more, the India Giving Challenge 2011 crossed the Rs. 1 crore mark!

And yet again, we see some new faces in the daily winners, with Psycho Educational Society and Umang Charitable Trust entering the race as well as winning their first daily prize yesterday itself.
Here are the top 7 fundraising NGOs of yesterday ( i.e. Friday, October 7th) and the winners:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	2,67,373	40,000
Udayan Care	2,24,253	20,000
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,31,355	20,000
The Ma Foi Foundation	1,00,000	10,000
Psycho Educational Society	98,131	10,000
Umang Charitable Trust	95,103
Jagriti	77,850

Remember - today is the last day of the Joy of Giving Week and there's Rs. 1 lac to be won today too!

Further, with all the fundraising action we saw yesterday there remain now just 13 more prizes for the top-50 NGOs of the week ( which are being sponsored by an anonymous donor); which, if unclaimed, shall be returned back to the donor and not transferred to next week.

So, for those of you who do not feature in the list below, do try and get a donation of just Rs. 10,000 today to literally double the impact of that donation. We really urge you not to waste this opportunity!

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	7,40,574	35,000
2	Teach For India	3,71,703	35,000
3	Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,34,844	35,000
4	Umang Charitable Trust	1,05,103	35,000
5	Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	1,02,384	35,000
6	The Ma Foi Foundation	1,00,000	35,000
7	Psycho Educational Society	98,131	35,000
8	Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	88,766	35,000
9	Bhumi	79,670	35,000
10	AID India	63,500	35,000
11	Aangan Trust	62,610	30,000
12	Sevalaya	61,501	30,000
13	Anga Karunya Kendra	55,673	30,000
14	Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	52,400	30,000
15	Vidya Bhawan Society	48,865	30,000
16	Vidyarambam	47,000	30,000
17	Development Focus	46,000	30,000
18	Samrita Trust	38,905	30,000
19	Sarthak Prayas	37,700	30,000
20	The Hope House	33,711	30,000
21	Sahaara, Mumbai	33,422	25,000
22	Bani Mandir	31,600	25,000
23	Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	29,600	25,000
24	Andhjan Kalyan Trust	28,602	25,000
25	Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,273	25,000
26	Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	25,000	25,000
27			25,000
28			25,000
29			25,000
30			25,000
31	Azad India Foundation	24,827	15,000
32	Nightingales Medical Trust	24,746	15,000
33	Vidya & Child	21,250	15,000
34	Help A Child	18,000	15,000
35	Dream A Dream	16,981	15,000
36	Gram Vikas Trust	16,000	15,000
37			15,000
38			15,000
39			15,000
40			15,000
41	Indian Dreams Foundation	11,700	10,000
42	Sabuj Sangha	11,322	10,000
43	Sadhana Institute for the Mentally Challenged	10,500	10,000
44	Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital	10,000	10,000
45	Shikshan Ane Samaj Kalyan Kendra	10,000	10,000
46			10,000
47			10,000
48			10,000
49			10,000
50			10,000

Tip of the Day:
Today, being the last day of the Joy of Giving Week, we'd like to share with you a few more encouraging words; this time from Vinayak Lohani, CEO of Parivaar Education Society and winner of the previous challenges. This is what he shared with us last year during the India Giving Challenge:

"This year, I am seeing the India Giving Challenge primarily as an occasion, indeed a tool, for reactivating persons who are loosely connected supporters, who for some reasons have become slightly out of touch; and using our close supporters to reach out to new supporters.It would be not be incorrect to say that last year the prospect of substantial matching gifts was the dominant factor for us to be interested in this event. We had timed donations so as to optimise the matching grant for a particular day or week.

But this year, I questioned my earlier view and thought why not think beyond 'Matching Grants', by working to increase the net inflows themselves and not worry overly about programing the donation-schedule during the challenge period. I could see that the 'Joy of Giving Week', which was a lesser known commodity last year, was becoming incerasingly well-known and that this could help fund-raising for the IGC too as it gave an occasion, a context for seeking funds.

To give an example, I myself wonder that in the last 15 days I must have sent repeat mails every alternate day to scores of persons to whom I hitherto used to feel hesitant in seeking donations directly. Also, even the small-magnitude donor sees value in his donation due to the possibe magnification of his donation.

I have absolutely no doubt that the IGC would be of much greater benefit to an organisation which uses it to maximise the fund-inflow than thinking only for maximising matching grants through schedule optimisation. The India Giving Challenge is not merely an annual event now, but a valuable property as it has the potential to unlock substantial gains for all participant organisations. By being part of the 'Joy of Giving Week' umbrella, the IGC is getting benefitted. Similarly, the 'Joy of Giving Week' is getting strengthened from the IGC. But most importantly the 'giving culture' is getting a boost."

Important Links:
See where your NGO stands overall - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx
Plenty of fundraising ideas - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-igive.aspx
NGOs who would yet like to get listed ( It's not too late as the challenge is on till the 20th of October) - guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Solution to all your problems :-)
Rakhee - 097695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 098672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

October 7, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Day 5 of the Joy of Giving Week and 27 prizes yet to be won

Dear All,

As the Joy of. Giving Week progresses, we're seeing more and more new faces in the daily winners. Yesterday, Anga Karunya Kendra and Andhjan Kalyan Trust won their first daily prize. This will also give them a chance at the weekly prize for this week, helping them to get rewarded for the same effort twice :-)

Here are the top 7 fundraising NGOs of yesterday ( i.e. Thursday, October 6th) and the winners:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Udayan Care	66,925	40,000
Anga Karunya Kendra	50,000	20,000
Teach For India	35,109	20,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	32,700	10,000
Andhjan Kalyan Trust	28,602	10,000
AID India	21,000
Parivaar Education Society	20,600

There's just 2 more days of the Joy of Giving Week left and remember, Rs. 1 lac to be won on each of these days!

With Anga Karunya Kendra, Vidya & Child and The Hope House joining the list below, there remain 27 more prizes for the top-50 NGOs of the week ( which are being sponsored by an anonymous donor).

Remember, a donation of Rs. 10,000 over today or tomorrow is all that it will take to help you win one of these many unclaimed prizes! Do note that these prizes expire tomorrow and will not be transferred to next week, even if they are unclaimed. So, please do not waste this opportunity.

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	5,86,074	35,000
2	Teach For India	3,02,444	35,000
3	Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	88,766	35,000
4	Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	86,822	35,000
5	Bhumi	56,670	35,000
6	Anga Karunya Kendra	52,336	35,000
7	Sevalaya	42,501	35,000
8	Development Focus	41,000	35,000
9	Vidyarambam	40,000	35,000
10	AID India	38,500	35,000
11	Sarthak Prayas	37,700	30,000
12	Aangan Trust	37,000	30,000
13	Samrita Trust	36,100	30,000
14			30,000
15			30,000
16			30,000
17			30,000
18			30,000
19			30,000
20			30,000
21	Sahaara, Mumbai	29,982	25,000
22	Andhjan Kalyan Trust	28,602	25,000
23	Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,272	25,000
24			25,000
25			25,000
26			25,000
27			25,000
28			25,000
29			25,000
30			25,000
31	Azad India Foundation	24,827	15,000
32	Vidya Bhawan Society	18,350	15,000
33	Nightingales Medical Trust	17,500	15,000
34	Vidya & Child	16,250	15,000
35			15,000
36			15,000
37			15,000
38			15,000
39			15,000
40			15,000
41	The Hope House	11,748	10,000
42	Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital	10,000	10,000
43	Umang Charitable Trust	10,000	10,000
44			10,000
45			10,000
46			10,000
47			10,000
48			10,000
49			10,000
50			10,000

Tip of the Day:
We would like to share with you a previous challenge winner, the NGO JK MAASS's experience with the challenge. Please find the same at the end of this mail. We hope that this will motivate some of you to grab those unclaimed prizes!

Important Links: See where your NGO stands overall - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx
Plenty of fundraising ideas - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-igive.aspx
NGOs who would yet like to get listed ( It's not too late as the challenge is on till the 20th of October) - guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Solution to all your problems :-)
Rakhee - 097695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 098672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

Dear GiveIndia Team,

First of all, I would like to thank you from bottom of my heart. Initially, I had some inhibition about creating an iGive page. JK MAASS Foundation is really struggling to raise funds. Actually we were very much lagging in fund raising from individual donors.
Our entry into GiveIndia is a boon to us. It has supported us in many ways in terms of individual fundraising, transparency, accounting etc. It is only because of you people that I have achieved almost 25% of my target for next year’s expenses of the special school; I still have 12 more months in my hands. The initial days of this challenge was very dull for me. I sent emails to so many people; around 150 to 200; but I did not get response from anybody. I was so upset. Day-by- day, I was receiving mails from you about the funds raised by others and the matching grant. This only stimulated me and the tips from you people to call them over phone - was the initiation for this great achievement.
I called one of my cousin and told him about this challenge. Then only he went through the mail and donated Rs.1,001- the first donor of my iGive page. Then only I came to understand that most of the people have not read the mail.
I changed some text and again forwarded to more number of people. But still there was no response. Then, while checking my mail whenever I used to see that a donation had been made through my iGive page, I decided to spend some more time to gather info about left out friends and forward this info to them. Anyway, one by one started spreading the news about the challenge and finally it has come to a great end. I think this is not the end - this will go a long way. The announced matching grant was also a great catalyst in this process.

October 6, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Day 4 of the Joy of Giving Week and 30 prizes yet to be won

Dear All,

Teach for India cannot stay away from the top and once again they are the leading NGO of the day :-). Here are the top 7 fundraising NGOs of yesterday ( i.e. Wednesday, October 5th) and the winners:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Teach For India	78,076	40,000
Parivaar Education Society	73,000	20,000
The Akanksha Foundation	31,747	20,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	27,850	10,000
Azad India Foundation	22,727	10,000
SNEHA ( Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)	17,745
Anaithum Padaithavarin Karunai Samadana Ulagam	17,656

There's 3 more days of the Joy of Giving Week left and Rs. 1 lac to be won on each of these days! Plus, 30 of the prizes for the top-50 NGOs of the week ( which are being sponsored by an anonymous donor) are yet lying unclaimed!

Remember, a donation of Rs. 10,000 is all that it will take to help you win one of these many unclaimed prizes! Do note that these prizes expire on the 8th of October and will not be transferred to next week, even if they are unclaimed. So, do not waste this opportunity.

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	4,73,101	35,000
2	Teach For India	2,68,239	35,000
3	Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	88,766	35,000
4	Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	86,821	35,000
5	Bhumi	56,670	35,000
6	Anga Karunya Kendra	42,000	35,000
7	Vidyarambam	40,000	35,000
8	Sevalaya	39,501	35,000
9	Sarthak Prayas	37,700	35,000
10	Samrita Trust	36,100	35,000
11	Aangan Trust	35,000	30,000
12			30,000
13			30,000
14			30,000
15			30,000
16			30,000
17			30,000
18			30,000
19			30,000
20			30,000
21	Sahaara, Mumbai	29,981	25,000
22	Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,272	25,000
23	Development Focus	26,000	25,000
24			25,000
25			25,000
26			25,000
27			25,000
28			25,000
29			25,000
30			25,000
31	Azad India Foundation	22,727	15,000
32	Vidya Bhawan Society	18,350	15,000
33	AID India	17,500	15,000
34	Nightingales Medical Trust	15,000	15,000
35			15,000
36			15,000
37			15,000
38			15,000
39			15,000
40			15,000
41	Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital	10,000	10,000
42	Umang Charitable Trust	10,000	10,000
43			10,000
44			10,000
45			10,000
46			10,000
47			10,000
48			10,000
49			10,000
50			10,000

Tip of the Day:
Today is Dussera. Many of your donors will be at home relaxing. So, today would be a good day to give them a call and request them to make that donation they have been putting of for another time :-).

Also, as we had mentioned earlier - anyone can give. It does not matter who they are. It does not matter if they have supported your organisation in the past or not. It does not matter if they have ever donated in the past or not. So, if you are attending any Dussera functions today, do take the opportunity to ask for donations. Besides, today is one of the most auspicious days of the year. And contributing to better the lives of the underprivileged is a very auspicious thing to do :-)

Important Links: See where your NGO stands overall - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx
Plenty of fundraising ideas - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-igive.aspx
NGOs who would yet like to get listed ( It's not too late as the challenge is on till the 20th of October) - guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Solution to all your problems :-)
Rakhee - 097695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 098672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

October 5, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Day 3 of the Joy of Giving Week and 36 prizes yet to be won

Dear All,

Happy to see some new faces in the daily winners again with Shishu Mandir and Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled ( AFDA) Charitable Trust featuring in this list.

Here are the top 7 fundraising NGOs of yesterday ( i.e. Tuesday, October 4th) and the winners:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,93,970	40,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,82,500	20,000
Shishu Mandir	1,15,790	20,000
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled Charitable Trust	74,766	10,000
Teach For India	72,197	10,000
Anaithum Padaithavarin Karunai Samadana Ulagam	68,765
Udayan Care	54,621

There's 4 more days of the Joy of Giving Week left and Rs. 1 lac to be won on each of these days! Plus, there are prizes for the top-50 NGOs of the week ( which are being sponsored by an anonymous donor) as follows:

NGO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

Only 14 NGOs qualify for this prize as of today. 36 more prizes are lying unclaimed! And a donation of Rs. 10,000 is all that it will take to help you win one of these many unclaimed prizes! Do note that these prizes expire on the 8th of October and will not be transferred to next week, even if they are unclaimed.

Position	NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
1	Parivaar Education Society	3,81,601	35,000
2	Teach For India	1,93,567	35,000
3	Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	88,766	35,000
4	Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	84,093	35,000
5	Bhumi	56,670	35,000
6	Vidyarambam	40,000	35,000
7	Sarthak Prayas	37,700	35,000
8	Sevalaya	36,001	35,000
9			35,000
10			35,000
11	Samrita Trust	31,600	30,000
12			30,000
13			30,000
14			30,000
15			30,000
16			30,000
17			30,000
18			30,000
19			30,000
20			30,000
21	Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,273	25,000
22	Aangan Trust	25,000	25,000
23			25,000
24			25,000
25			25,000
26			25,000
27			25,000
28			25,000
29			25,000
30			25,000
31	Development Focus	20,000	15,000
32	Vidya Bhawan Society	18,350	15,000
33			15,000
34			15,000
35			15,000
36			15,000
37			15,000
38			15,000
39			15,000
40			15,000
41	Sahaara, Mumbai	13,636	10,000
42			10,000
43			10,000
44			10,000
45			10,000
46			10,000
47			10,000
48			10,000
49			10,000
50			10,000

Tip of the Day:
Given the prizes this week, I would urge all of you to really go all out where your fundraising is concerned. Many of you are telling us that you have sent across your email appeals but have not heard back from anyone you sent the appeal too. If this situation sounds familiar, do pick up the phone and call your donors. You will learn, as other organisations, who did follow-up phone calls with their donors have, that:
(a) Many times, donors do not receive your emails - they go into spam and are missed by the donor
(b) The concept of the challenge and the importance of making a donation, though explained in your mail, has not been understood by them
(c) They tried to make a donation but could not complete it

Your phone call will help you understand what prevented your donors from making their donations.
The fact that you put in the effort to followup with them shows them how important their donation is to you.

Calling up and following with donors was the winning formula for many past challenge winners. Do go through the attached document ( both Hindi and English versions attached), which speak of the experiences of past winners.

Important Links: See where your NGO stands overall - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx
Fundraising Ideas - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-igive.aspx
NGOs you would yet like to get listed ( It's not too late as the challenge is on till the 20th of October) - guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Solution to all your problems :-)
Rakhee - 097695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 098672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

October 4, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Day 2 of the Joy of Giving Week and 38 prizes yet to be won

Dear All,

Again, I would like all of you to take a moment to give yourselves a pat on the back. This time, for taking the India Giving Challenge past the Rs. 75 lakhs mark!
Just as we did yesterday, we have an NGO today too, this time Sevalaya, who just about missed out on a daily prize, sigh! Here are the top 7 fundraising NGOs of yesterday ( i.e. Monday, October 3rd) and the winners:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,26,100	40,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	84,093	20,000
Teach For India	71,651	20,000
Vidyarambam	40,000	10,000
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,273	10,000
Sevalaya	26,001
Udayan Care	22,300

Do remember that there's Rs. 1 lac to be won EVERYDAY this week! Plus, there are prizes for the top-50 NGOs of the week ( which are being sponsored by an anonymous donor) as follows:

NGO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

And now it's 12 NGOs who qualify for this prize as of today. 38 more prizes are lying unclaimed!

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit ( Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,97,101	35,000
Teach For India	1,06,533	35,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	84,093	35,000
Bhumi	55,670	35,000
Vidyarambam	40,000	35,000
Sarthak Prayas	37,700	35,000
Sevalaya	36,001	35,000
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	27,273	25,000
Samrita Trust	24,600	15,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	18,350	15,000
Ashish Foundation for the Differently Abled (AFDA) Charitable Trust	14,000	10,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	13,636	10,000

Tip of the Day:
Many of you have mentioned that you'll are in touch with your corporate sponsors. An easy and great way to get your corporates to support you during the India Giving Challenge is by encouraging their employees to donate. Employees of many companies we are in touch with have decided to give up one day of their salary this week - being the Joy of Giving Week! Do suggest this option to companies you are in touch with too. It's a great way to get everyone in the organisation involved in the same cause.

Get in touch with us if you do get have a company whose employees would like to support your organisation and we'll share with you an easy process to enable the same.

Important Links:
See where your NGO stands overall - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx
Fundraising Ideas - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-igive.aspx
NGOs you would yet like to get listed ( It's not too late as the challenge is on till the 20th of October) - guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Solution to all your problems :-)
Rakhee - 097695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 098672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

October 3, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Day 1 of the Joy of Giving Week

Dear All,

For the first time since the challenge begun, we have a tie! So, instead of 5, we have 6 winners for yesterday, October 2nd - the first day of the Joy of Giving Week. The matching grant for the 5th spot gets split. Also, just see how close Samrita Trust came to winning a prize, sigh!

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	71,001	40,000
Bhumi	52,670	20,000
Sarthak Prayas	37,700	20,000
Teach For India	34,882	10,000
Udayan Care	10,000	5,000
Sevalaya	10,000	5,000
Samrita Trust	9,600

Do remember that there's Rs. 1 lac to be won EVERYDAY this week! Plus, there are prizes for the top-50 NGOs of the week by an anonymous donor, as follows:

NGO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

And it looks like only 6 NGOs qualify for this prize as of today. 44 more prizes are lying unclaimed!

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	71,001	35,000
Bhumi	52,670	35,000
Sarthak Prayas	37,700	35,000
Teach For India	34,882	30,000
Udayan Care	10,000	10,000
Sevalaya	10,000	10,000

Tip of the Day:
Remember, GiveIndia now retains 6.5%, not 9.1%, of all iGive donations. Which means more of your donors money comes to you. So, do take this opportunity to go back to donors who did not appreciate the 9.1% and let them know about this. We have especially made this reduction in time for the Joy of Giving Week - to help you to reach out more.

Important Links: See where your NGO stands overall - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx
Fundraising Ideas - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-igive.aspx
NGOs you would yet like to get listed ( It's not too late as the challenge is on till the 20th of October) - guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Solution to all your problems :-)
Rakhee - 097695-03356 - rakhee@giveindia.org
Tarika - 098672 41614 - tarika@giveindia.org

As the Times of India put it, the Joy of Giving Week is all about little acts of kindness - http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-02/mumbai/30234850_1_sweeper-card-taxi-drivers. Supporting your organisation during the India Giving Challenge can be a little act of kindness for your donors. Do let them know about the same :-)

October 2, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Daily prizes raised to Rs. 1 lac plus prizes to the top-50 NGOs as the Joy of Giving Week begins

Dear All,

Wishing you all a very, very happy Joy of Giving Week :-)!
Here are the top 7 fundraising NGOs of yesterday ( i.e. Saturday, October 1st) and the winners. Once again, you can see that it did not take much to win a prize on a weekend.

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,10,000	20,000
Teach for India	57,872	10,000
Sarthak Prayas	37,600	10,000
SNEHA	12,000	5,000
Udayan Care	9,200	5,000

The Ma Foi Foundation 6,000
Vidya & Child 3,500
With the Joy of Giving Week having officially begun, we are happy to bring to you some BIGGER prizes! This week (i.e. Oct 2 - Oct 8, 2011 ) we are giving DAILY matching prizes upto Rs. 1,00,000 each day! That's right, EVERDAY to the top 5 NGOs in terms of funds raised. And here's how these prizes can be won:
NGO 1: Rs. 40,000
NGO 2: Rs. 20,000
NGO 3: Rs. 20,000
NGO 4: Rs. 10,000
NGO 5: Rs. 10,000

And it doesn't end there. There are also matching prizes for not just the top 5 or the top 10 or the top 15 but the top 50 NGOs of the week! As we had shared with you earlier, a well-wisher of GiveIndia, who has been following the challenge closely for the past 3 years, has decided that he too wants to be a part of the event. He has been impressed by all your efforts over the years and so to motivate you to reach out all the more, has decided to sponsor the following set of prizes:

Matching prizes to the top 50 NGOs that raise the most money during Joy of Giving Week ( i.e. Sun, Oct 2nd - Sat, Oct 8th, 2011) as follows:

NGO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

We hope you take this opportunity to impress him all the more with your fundraising efforts!

Do remember that the above two categories of prizes are in addition to the overall prizes in the funds raised and unique donors category ( see: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-matching-grant.aspx ). And your NGO can win a prize in all 3 categories!

So, we really, really urge you to move your fundraising into fifth gear and take advantage of the tons of prizes on offer ! There's plenty of tips and ideas to help you keep your fundraising in fifth gear at: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-ngo.aspx

Tier 1/2 NGOs on GiveIndia or those who have completed their registration for the challenge - if you have not yet set up your iGive page for the challenge, waste not a day more. Do it today by following these steps
NGOs not yet registered for the event - register for the India Giving Challenge today - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

Here are the leading NGOs of the challenge, as of today:

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)
Teach For India	14,14,831
Parivaar Education Society	10,94,001
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,61,330
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,97,957
Apna Janakalyan	2,97,716
Vidya Bhawan Society	2,41,978
Aangan Trust	2,20,493
Sevalaya	1,69,709
Vidya & Child	1,69,617
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,45,660
Sarthak Prayas	1,35,940
Toybank	1,23,100
Development Focus	94,999
Society for Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	86,500
Sabuj Sangha	81,203

As always, feel free to contact Tarika (tarika@giveindia.org) or Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge. Don't hesitate to call us even today.
Our numbers are:
Rakhee - 097695-03356
Tarika - 098672-41614

October 1, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - Just 1 day left for the Joy of Giving Week

Dear All,

We've seen a new face in the daily winners almost everyday this week, and yesterday was no different with Jagriti and Anaithum Padaithavarin Karunai Samadana Ulagam winning their first prize of the challenge. Here is the entire list of winners for Friday, 30th September:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped	1,02,635	20,000
Jagriti	1,01,725	10,000
SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)	1,00,298	10,000
Anaithum Padaithavarin Karunai Samadana Ulagam	95,221	5,000
Parivaar Education Society	65,000	5,000
Teach For India	53,665
Bani Mandir	35,000

NGOs who are reaching out are truely emerging as the winners of the day. Here are some of the different things NGOs are doing to spread the word to their donors. Hope this gives you some inspiration :-)!
1. See how Teach for India is spreading the word on Twitter
2. See Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India's writeup about the India Giving Challenge in their newsletter to supporters
3. See how smartly Sevalaya has requested people to make donations as part of their Diwali celebrations
4. See CanKids very well-designed and well-written donation appeal mailer

What is your NGO doing to reach out? Do share with Rakhee or myself the email appeals / letters etc. that you are sending out and we'll be happy to give you our feedback on the same. We'll help ensure that the right message is being sent out. That you have made a mention of the prizes on offer for the week, that your iGive page URL is available in the appeal, that details on how a person can donate have not been missed out, as well as an email ID/telephone number that your donors can reach you at, if they have any further questions/doubts/difficulties, has been provided.

Here are the overall winners of the challenge till date:
(iGive pages of NGOs being supported by corporates have been removed when presenting the list below):

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Teach For India	13,32,410	956
Parivaar Education Society	11,29,000	15
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,61,330	16
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,97,956	69
Apna Janakalyan	2,94,716	54
Vidya Bhawan Society	2,41,978	63
Aangan Trust	2,20,494	17
Vidya & Child	1,69,617	44
Sevalaya	1,59,710	19
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,45,660	20
Toybank	1,23,100	4
Sarthak Prayas	98,340	10
Development Focus	95,000	16
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	86,500	3
Sabuj Sangha	81,204	9

Do remember that the Joy of Giving Week starts tomorrow!
- So, Tier 1/2 NGOs on GiveIndia or those who have completed their registration for the challenge - set up an iGive page today by following these steps
- For NGOs who have already set up pages - get your fundraising into top gear! As always, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 30, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - Just 2 days left for the Joy of Giving Week

Dear NGOs,

Yesterday saw not 1 but 2 new faces in the daily winners. These are Gram Chetna Trust and National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped. And here is the entire list of winners for yesterday, Thursday 29th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,24,000	20,000
Teach For India	55,616	10,000
Gram Chetna Kendra	50,000	10,000
National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped	32,550	5,000
Apna Janakalyan	25,000	5,000
SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action)	17,600
Anaithum Padaithavarin Karunai Samadana Ulagam	12,900

Do remember there's Rs. 50,000 to be won today too!

Tip of the Day:
I notice that many of you have set up pages but have not yet begun reaching out. Remember, donors will only learn of your iGive pages, when YOU tell them about it. They wll only know that your organisation can win additional funds for their donation, when YOU request them to donate.

On that note, I would like to share this blog post from a rather popular blog on fundraising. The post is titled Are you too embarrassed to fundraise? and shares tips with how you can overcome that feeling. Here's a jist of what's mentioned:

When asking people for donation, if you don’t feel that you are giving someone an opportunity to be part of an extraordinary organization that does terrific things, you are in the wrong place. That’s true whether you are staff or a member of the Board. Making a donation is not a chore or onerous—it is a blessing, a gift. Indeed, the latter is the word we use to describe support that is given.
Read the entire post at: http://www.futurefundraisingnow.com/future-fundraising/2011/09/are-you-too-embarrassed-to-fundraise.html and for thr the tips on how to overcome that feeling at: http://toobusytofundraise.com/2011/08/23/be-happy/

The overall winners of the challenge till date, in terms of funds raised are:
(iGive pages of NGOs being supported by corporates have been removed when presenting the list below):

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Teach For India	12,91,311	942
Parivaar Education Society	954,000	13
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	361,330	16
Sahaara, Mumbai	297,956	69
Apna Janakalyan	292,846	53
Vidya Bhawan Society	241,978	63
Aangan Trust	220,494	17
Vidya & Child	165,617	42
Sevalaya	159,710	19
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	145,160	20
Toybank	123,100	4
Sarthak Prayas	98,340	10
Development Focus	95,000	16
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	86,500	3
Sabuj Sangha	81,204	9

NEXT STEPS:
For Tier 1/2 NGOs on GiveIndia or those who have completed their registration for the challenge - set up an iGive page today by following these steps

For NGOs not yet registered for the event - register for the India Giving Challenge today - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

For NGOs who have already set up pages - get your fundraising into top gear!
As always, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 29, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Just 3 days left for the Joy of Giving Week

Dear NGOs,

Once again we have a new face in the daily winners - Economic Rural Development Society ( ERDS). Great to see that more and more of you have begun with your fundraising! Here is the entire list of winners for yesterday, 28th September:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,50,000	20,000
Teach For India	88,634	10,000
Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS)	54,545	10,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	39,900	5,000
Aangan Trust	30,025	5,000
Udayan Care	20,850
Vidya Bhawan Society	16,000

The countdown has truely begun. There's just 3 days left for the Joy of Giving Week. With so many prizes already on offer ( Rs. 50,000 DAILY ) and more to come, we hope that you are revving up your fundraising. Don't forget to check out the tons of tips and ideas on promoting your iGive page at http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-promote-ngo.aspx - and implement as many of these as possible!

Next week, also sees prizes for the top 50 NGOs as follows:

NGO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

And the overall winners of the challenge till date, in terms of funds raised:
(iGive pages of NGOs being supported by corporates have been removed when presenting the list below) :

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Teach For India	12,24,855	896
Parivaar Education Society	8,30,000	9
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,57,920	11
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,97,956	69
Apna Janakalyan	2,67,846	51
Vidya Bhawan Society	2,41,978	63
Aangan Trust	2,10,494	16
Vidya & Child	1,65,617	42
Sevalaya	1,59,710	19
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,45,160	20
Toybank	1,22,100	3
Sarthak Prayas	98,340	10
Development Focus	94,000	15
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	86,500	3
Sabuj Sangha	81,204	9

NEXT STEPS:
For Tier 1/2 NGOs on GiveIndia or those who have completed their registration for the challenge - set up an iGive page today by following these steps

For NGOs not yet registered for the event - register for the India Giving Challenge today - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

For NGOs who have already set up pages - get your fundraising into top gear!
As always, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 28, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - 4 days left for the Joy of Giving Week

Dear All,
Before I announce the daily winners, I would like each and everyone one of you to take a moment to give yourselves a pat on the back for taking the India Giving Challenge past the Rs. 50 lakhs mark!

While all of you keep busy with your fundraising trying hard to win those daily prizes while competing for the overall ones, we have decided to infuse some more fun into your 'fun'draising! So, we are introducing a few prizes of a different nature. And these are:

1. The most Tweeted NGOs:
The top 3 NGOs to get the most tweets about their participation in the India Giving Challenge will receive:
First Prize: Rs. 3,000
Second Prize: Rs. 2,000
Third Prize: Rs. 1,000

Please note that all tweets must contain #IGC2011 and a mention of the NGO/iGive page so that GiveIndia is able to see which NGO/iGive page is being tweeted about and keep track of the same.

Please note: Only pages identified as NGO iGive page will be taken into consideration. Tweets between today September 28th and October 20th, 2011 will be taken into consideration for this prize)

2. The most Facebook-ed NGOs:
The top 3 NGOs to get the most count on the Facebook share button on their iGive pages will receive:
First Prize: Rs. 3,000
Second Prize: Rs. 2,000
Third Prize: Rs. 1,000

( Please note: Only pages identified as NGO iGive page will be taken into consideration. This will be calculated post the challenge)

So, we hope that this motivates you to get in touch with EVERYBODY you know. Even if they are not in a position to donate, you can simply request them to tweet or spread the word about your organisation on Facebook. Especially for those NGOs who have a celebrities supporting them, do send across a special request - they'd be more than willing to help spread the word!

Here are the winners for yesterday, September 27th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000	20,000
Teach For India	62,280	10,000
Ummeed Child Development Centre	50,000	10,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	24,070	5,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	22,500	5,000
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	15,191
Vidya & Child	15,000

And the overall winners of the challenge till date, in terms of funds raised:
(iGive pages of NGOs being supported by corporates have been removed when presenting the list below) :

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Teach For India	11,52,555	868
Parivaar Education Society	6,80,000	7
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,57,010	10
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,97,956	69
Apna Janakalyan	2,67,846	51
Vidya Bhawan Society	2,25,978	59
Aangan Trust	1,90,494	14
Vidya & Child	1,64,617	41
Sevalaya	1,59,710	19
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,34,660	17
Toybank	1,22,100	3
Sarthak Prayas	98,340	10
Development Focus	89,713	12
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	86,500	3
Sabuj Sangha	81,204	9

NEXT STEPS: -
- Tier 1/2 NGOs on GiveIndia or those who have completed their registration for the challenge
- set up an iGive page today by following these steps
- NGOs not yet registered for the event - register for the India Giving Challenge today - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx
- NGOs who have already set up pages - get your fundraising into top gear!

As always, please feel free to reach out to Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or Tarika ( tarika@giveindia.org ) for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 27, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - 5 days left for the Joy of Giving Week

Dear All,
Once again, we have a new face in the daily winners! Please join me in congratulating Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization along with the other winners for yesterday, September 26th:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	86,050	20,000
Parivaar Education Society	56,000	10,000
Aangan Trust	45,469	10,000
Teach For India	36,764	5,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	28,750	5,000

With just 5 days to go for the Joy of Giving Week to begin, I would once again like to remind all of you who have not yet gotten started, to please do so TODAY! Because next week, there are matching prizes for not just the top 5 or the top 10 or the top 15 but the top-50 NGOs!

That's right - top 50. And this is how these prizes will be given:

NGO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

And these are in addition to the already announced Rs. 75 lacs ( http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-matching-grant.aspx ). And all of this will count towards your overall prizes!

NEXT STEPS: -
- Tier 1/2 NGOs on GiveIndia or those who have completed their registration for the challenge - set up an iGive page today by following these steps
- NGOs not yet registered for the event - register for the India Giving Challenge today - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx
- NGOs who have already set up pages - get your fundraising into top gear!

Here are the leading NGOs of the challenge, as of today:

NGO	Funds Raised ( Rs.)
Teach For India	10,87,557
Parivaar Education Society	5,35,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,57,010
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,97,957
Apna Janakalyan	2,66,847
Vidya Bhawan Society	2,03,478
Udayan Care	1,75,067
Aangan Trust	1,70,469
Sevalaya	1,59,209
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,49,824
Vidya & Child	1,49,617
Modern Educational Social & Cultural Organization	1,31,659
Toybank	1,22,100
Sarthak Prayas	98,340
Development Focus	88,712

September 26, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - 6 days left for the Joy of Giving Week

Dear All,

Once again, we can see that it did not take too much to win a daily prize. So congratulations to all the NGOs who took advantage of this :-). And they are -

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Sarthak Prayas	32,500	20,000
Teach For India	30,335	10,000
Apna Janakalyan	26,818	10,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	25,000	5,000
Parivaar Education Society	25,000	5,000
Aangan Trust	15,000
The Akanksha Foundation	5,000

There's just 6 days left for the Joy of Giving Week to begin. And we're happy to let you know that yet again, there's upto Rs. 50,000 to be won EVERDAY. That's right, from Sep 26th - Oct 1st, the top 5 NGOs in terms of funds raised will receive:

Position	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	20,000
NGO 2	10,000
NGO 3	10,000
NGO 4	5,000
NGO 5	5,000

Tip of the Day:
As many of you have asked for, here are some articles on the Joy of Giving Week that have appeared in the media. Please do share the same with people you approach for donations. This will give them a better idea of the week.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-12/chennai/29764825_1_sports-camps-vastrasamman-joy
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-19/india/30175159_1_ceos-fine-dining-experience-jgw

Do remember that the India Giving Challenge is one of the many events of the Joy of Giving Week and gives people a chance to participate in the week. So, don't hesitate to ask people to join in the celebrations through the India Giving Challenge!

Here are top 15 NGOs, in terms of funds raised, as of today

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Unique Donors (No.)
Teach For India	1,040,277	799
Parivaar Education Society	479,000	4
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	331,555	9
Sahaara, Mumbai	285,274	59
Apna Janakalyan	266,846	50
Vidya Bhawan Society	174,728	45
Udayan Care	163,591	90
Sevalaya	157,210	17
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	144,337	77
Vidya & Child	133,117	36
Aangan Trust	130,988	5
Toybank	122,100	3
Sarthak Prayas	94,800	9
Development Focus	88,713	12
Society For Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	86,500	3

As always, feel free to reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge.

September 25, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Update for 24th September

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of yesterday, 24th September:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Teach for India	49,869	20,000
Sarthak Prayas	34,500	10,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	32,004	10,000
Parivaar Education Society	25,000	5,000
Hope for the Children Foundation	6,000	5,000
Dream a Dream	4,500
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare	2,500

Do remember that the same matching grants apply today and tomorrow as well!

Here are the OVERALL postions as of today, in terms of funds raised:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	10,15,550
Parivaar Education Society	4,54,000
IAPA	3,31,555
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,85,274
Apna Janakalyan	2,40,028
Udayan Care	1,63,591
Sevalaya	1,57,210
Vidya Bhawan Society	1,49,728
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,44,337
Vidya & Child	1,31,117

Tip of the Day:
As you can see from above and as many of you who have been part of previous challenges would have experienced - weekends generally show a dip in donations. So, especially for those of you who have not yet won a daily prize - your chances of winning a daily prize for your NGO could be higher. So, do continue with your fundraising efforts even today!
As always, feel free to reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge.

September 24, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Update for 23rd September and tips in Hindi

Dear All,

For the first time in this challenge we have a tie for the daily prizes. The tie is between Aangan Trust and Parivaar Education Society. Here are all the winners for yesterday, September 23rd and the matching grants that they have won :

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Aangan Trust	1,00,000	15,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000	15,000
Teach for India	29,742	10,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	27,909	5,000
IAPA	27,272	5,000
Vidya & Child	24,017
Ummeed Child Development Centre	10,301

Do remember that the same matching grants apply today and tomorrow as well!

Here are the OVERALL postions as of today, in terms of funds raised:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	9,57,175
Parivaar Education Society	4,29,000
IAPA	3,31,555
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,85,274
Apna Janakalyan	2,40,028
Udayan Care	1,63,591
Sevalaya	1,57,210
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,42,837
Vidya & Child	1,30,517
Toybank	1,22,100

Tip of the Day:
While some of you are yet to reach out, some of you have already begun to do so. And the feedback that we are getting from many of you is that you have sent across your email appeals but have not heard back from anyone you sent the appeal too. If this situation sounds familiar, do pick up the phone and call your donors. You will learn, as other organisations, who did follow-up phone calls with their donors have, that:
(a) Many times, donors do not receive your emails
(b) The concept of the challenge and the importance of making a donation, though explained in your mail, has not been understood by them
(c) They tried to make a donation but could not complete it

Your phone call will help you understand what prevented your donors from making their donations.
The fact that you put in the effort to followup with them shows them how important their donation is to you.

Calling up and following with donors was the winning formula for many past challenge winners. Do go through the attached document ( both Hindi and English versions attached), which speak of the experiences of past winners. And as always, feel free to reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge.

September 23, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Update for 23rd September and tips in Hindi

Dear All,

For the first time in this challenge we have a tie for the daily prizes. The tie is between Aangan Trust and Parivaar Education Society. Here are all the winners for yesterday, September 23rd and the matching grants that they have won:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Society for Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	82,000	20,000
Teach for India	57,374	10,000
Parivaar Education Society	50,000	10,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	30,500	5,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	28,100	5,000
Sarthak Prayas	25,100
Aangan Trust	10,000

Do remember that the same matching grants apply all through this week!

Here are the top-10 NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	9,38,697
Parivaar Education Society	3,29,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,04,283
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,57,365
Apna Janakalyan	2,40,028
Udayan Care	1,63,591
Sevalaya	1,57,210
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,42,337
Vidya & Child	1,30,517
Toybank	1,22,100

Don't see your NGO here? Visit: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand.

Tip of the Day:

Before you guide your donors in making their online donations, please be aware of the process yourself. Here's a pictorial representation on making a donation through an iGive page:
By Credit Card/Net Banking - http://www.giveindia.org/t-igive-donation.aspx
By Cheque - http://www.giveindia.org/t-igive-cheque-donation.aspx
Please share the above links in your email appeals to your donors.

Also please refer to the tables below, which explain which donor types may donate through your page. This will help you understand what tax paying status donors should select on the GiveIndia site, before proceeding with their donation:

For Tier 1 NGOs ( i.e http://www.giveindia.org/certified-indian-ngos.aspx ) :

Tax Paying Status of Donor on GiveIndia	If your NGO has FCRA	If your NGO does not have FCRA
Resident Indian	Yes	Yes
NRI	Yes	Yes
US Taxpayer	Yes	No
UK Taxpayer	Yes	No
Other	Yes	No

For all other NGOs:

Tax Paying Status of Donor on GiveIndia	If your NGO has FCRA	If your NGO does not have FCRA
Resident Indian	Yes	Yes
NRI	Yes	Yes
US Taxpayer	No	No
UK Taxpayer	No	No
Other	Yes	No

For faster, more regular updates, follow @GiveIndia on Twitter. Also, do post your appeals/updates on GiveIndia's Wall at: www.facebook.com/GiveIndia And as always, feel free to reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: +91-22-2389 4942/3

September 22, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - Update for September 22nd

Dear All,
A new face features in the daily prizes! Please join me in congratulating Society for Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India and the other winners for September 22nd's, daily prize:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Society for Comprehensive Rural Health Projects in India	82,000	20,000
Teach for India	57,374	10,000
Parivaar Education Society	50,000	10,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	30,500	5,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	28,100	5,000
Sarthak Prayas	25,100
Aangan Trust	10,000

Do remember that the same matching grants apply all through this week !

Here are the top-10 NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	9,38,697
Parivaar Education Society	3,29,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,04,283
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,57,365
Apna Janakalyan	2,40,028
Udayan Care	1,63,591
Sevalaya	1,57,210
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,42,337
Vidya & Child	1,30,517
Toybank	1,22,100

Don't see your NGO here? Visit: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand.

Tip of the Day:
Before you guide your donors in making their online donations, please be aware of the process yourself. Here's a pictorial representation on making a donation through an iGive page:
By Credit Card/Net Banking - http://www.giveindia.org/t-igive-donation.aspx
By Cheque - http://www.giveindia.org/t-igive-cheque-donation.aspx

Please share the above links in your email appeals to your donors.
Also please refer to the tables below, which explain which donor types may donate through your page. This will help you understand what tax paying status donors should select on the GiveIndia site, before proceeding with their donation:

For Tier 1 NGOs ( i.e http://www.giveindia.org/certified-indian-ngos.aspx ) :

Tax Paying Status of Donor on GiveIndia	If your NGO has FCRA	If your NGO does not have FCRA
Resident Indian	Yes	Yes
NRI	Yes	Yes
US Taxpayer	Yes	No
UK Taxpayer	Yes	No
Other	Yes	No

For all other NGOs:

Tax Paying Status of Donor on GiveIndia	If your NGO has FCRA	If your NGO does not have FCRA
Resident Indian	Yes	Yes
NRI	Yes	Yes
US Taxpayer	No	No
UK Taxpayer	No	No
Other	Yes	No

For faster, more regular updates, follow @GiveIndia on Twitter. Also, do post your appeals/updates on GiveIndia's Wall at: www.facebook.com/GiveIndia
And as always, feel free to reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: +91-22-2389 4942/3

September 21, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - Update for September 21st

Dear All,

Here are the leading NGOs and the winners of yesterday, September 21st's, daily prize:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Teach For India	76,133	20,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	69,773	10,000
Empowering Minds Society for Research and Development	27,500	10,000
Vidya & Child	21,786	5,000
Vidya Bhawan Society	11,100	5,000
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare	9,000
Udayan Care	8,040

Do remember that the same matching grants apply all through this week!

And here are the top-10 NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	8,73,207
Parivaar Education Society	3,29,000
Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption & Child Welfare	3,04,283
Sahaara, Mumbai	2,57,365
Apna Janakalyan	2,25,028
Udayan Care	1,59,941
Sevalaya	1,52,209
Toybank	1,22,100
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	1,14,237
Development Focus	88,713

Don't see your NGO here? Visit: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand.

We'd also like to share with you an article on the Joy of Giving Week and the India Giving Challenge that appeared in SpiceRoute - the in-flight entertainment magazine of the airlines SpiceJet. Please find the same attached. And please feel free to share the same with your individual and corporate supporters, when you reach out to them.

Also, would like to inform you all that incase you do not receive a daily mail from my team, then please visit http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-daily-updates.aspx for the latest update. Please go through this page incase you have missed any previous announcements.

For faster, more regular updates, follow @GiveIndia on Twitter. Also, do post your appeals/updates on GiveIndia's Wall at: www.facebook.com/GiveIndia

And as always, feel free to reach out to Tarika (tarika@giveindia.org) or Rakhee (rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: +91-22-2389 4942/3

September 20, 2011:

India Giving Challenge 2011 - Yesterday's winners and prizes for the top-50 NGOs during Joy of Giving Week

Dear All,
At the start of the challenge, we announced the overall prizes. Yesterday we announced that the top 5 fundraising NGOs of the day this week can win prizes upto Rs. 50,000 daily.
And now today, we’re happy to announce an additional set of prizes for you. A well-wisher of GiveIndia, who has been following the challenge closely for the past 3 years, has decided that he too wants to be a part of the event. He has been impressed by all your efforts over the years and so to motivate you to reach out all the more, has decided to sponsor the following set of prizes:

Matching prizes to the top 50 NGOs that raise the most money during Joy of Giving Week ( i.e. Sun, Oct 2nd - Sat, Oct 8th, 2011) as follows:

GO Position	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)	Minimum Funds to be Raised to Qualify (Rs.)
1-10	35,000 each	35,000
11-20	30,000 each	30,000
21-30	25,000 each	25,000
31-40	15,000 each	15,000
41-50	10,000 each	10,000

This gives 50 NGOs a chance to win a prize that week! ( provided they raise a minimum of just Rs. 10,000) . So if you have not set up your iGive page, DO IT NOW! If you have not registered for the Challenge, DO IT NOW! We just made it a whole lot easier even for the smaller NGOs to win a matching grant.
Please note that these well-wisher prizes can be won only during the Joy of Giving Week. But that shouldn’t deter you from reaching out today to take a chance at the Rs. 50,000 on offer daily! And all of this will count towards your overall prizes.
Now, didn’t we tell you that there were a lot more prizes coming your way?
Here are the winners of yesterday’s daily prize of Rs. 50,000:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
IAPA	2,99,283	20,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,34,000	10,000
Teach For India	96,051	10,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	33,456	5,000
MESCO	29,418	5,000

Here are the top-10 NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	7,25,606
IAPA	3,04,282
Parivaar Education Society	2,34,000
Apna Janakalyan	2,32,028
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,87,591
Sevalaya	1,52,208
Udayan Care	1,28,496
Toybank	1,22,100
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	99,569
Development Focus	88,712

Don't see your NGO here? Visit: http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2011-ngo-champions.aspx to see where you stand.
For faster, more regular updates, follow @GiveIndia on Twitter. Also, do post your appeals/updates on GiveIndia's Wall at www.facebook.com/GiveIndia And as always, feel free to reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org) for any assistance with regards to the challenge.

September 19, 2011:

Dear All,

Please join me in congratulating the winners of last week's prize. These are the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds last week (i.e. Monday 12th September - Sunday 18th September) and the prizes they have won:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Teach For India	5,64,385	40,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,54,136	20,000
Apna Janakalyan	1,23,978	20,000
Toybank	1,22,100	10,000
Sevalaya	1,07,700	10,000

And now moving on to the part that many of you have been waiting for eagerly - the prizes for the coming week. We're happy to let you know that this week (i.e. Sep 19 - Sep 25, 2011) we are giving DAILY matching prizes upto Rs. 50,000 each day! That's right EVERDAY to the top 5 NGOs in terms of funds raised. And here's how these prizes can be won:

Position	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	20,000
NGO 2	10,000
NGO 3	10,000
NGO 4	5,000
NGO 5	5,000

we really hope this motivates you to reach out as your NGO can win a prize EVERYDAY this week!
Here are the top-10 NGOs of the challenge, in terms of funds raised, till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	6,31,887
Apna Janakalyan	2,31,028
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,54,136
Sevalaya	1,43,704
Udayan Care	1,23,196
Toybank	1,22,100
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	89,869
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	86,713
Vidya & Child	72,178

September 18, 2011:

Dear All,

Do remember that today is the last day for the Rs. 1 lakh weekly prizes on offer. Prizes will be given to the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds this week (i.e. Monday 12th September -Sunday 18th September) and here are the leading contenders for this prize as of today:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Teach For India	5,21,224	40,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,54,136	20,000
Sevalaya	1,06,700	20,000
Apna Janakalyan	1,02,978	10,000
Toybank	1,01,100	10,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement	62,000

Here are the OVERALL postions as of today, in terms of funds raised:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	5,74,225
Apna Janakalyan	2,10,028
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,54,136
Sevalaya	1,42,704
Udayan Care	1,18,196
Toybank	1,01,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Development Focus	86,712
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	79,869
Vidya & Child	67,200

A reminder to all NGOs who have not yet set up their pages:
If you are a Tier 1/2 NGO on GiveIndia or have completed your registration for the challenge, set up an iGive page today by following the steps given at the end of this email.
For all other NGOs - get started with your registration for the event through our NGO Outreach and Registration partner for the event, GuideStar India by following these steps - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx
As always, please feel free to reach out to my colleague Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or me for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 17, 2011:

Dear All,

There's just 2 days left for this week's prizes ( i.e. a total of Rs. 1 lakh to the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds) to be announced and IF these prizes were to be announced today, the winners would have been:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Teach For India	4,71,518	40,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,54,136	20,000
Sevalaya	1,04,200	20,000
Toybank	1,01,100	10,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000	10,000
Apna Janakalyan	82,978
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare	44,318

Here are the OVERALL postions as of today, in terms of funds raised:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	5,30,521
Apna Janakalyan	1,90,028
Sahaara, Mumbai	1,54,136
Sevalaya	1,15,596
Udayan Care	1,40,204
Toybank	1,18,196
Parivaar Education Society	1,01,100
Development Focus	1,00,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	86,713
Sabuj Sangha	79,369

A reminder to all NGOs who have already set up their pages:

Please note that the GiveIndia site will be down this Sunday, 18th September from 7:30am - 8:30am - so no one will be able to make donations during this hour.
A reminder to all NGOs who have not yet set up their pages:
If you are a Tier 1/2 NGO on GiveIndia or have completed your registration for the challenge, set up an iGive page today by following the steps given at the end of this email.
For all other NGOs - get started with your registration for the event through our NGO Outreach and Registration partner for the event, GuideStar India by following these steps - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx
As always, please feel free to reach out to my colleague Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or me for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 16, 2011:

Dear All,

Do remember that there's Rs. 1 lakh worth of prizes to be won this week ( i.e. Monday 12th September -Sunday 18th September) to the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds. And IF these prizes were to be announced today, the winners would have been:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant Limit (Rs.)
Teach For India	3,94,284	40,000
Toybank	1,01,100	20,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000	20,000
Sevalaya	84,700	10,000
Sahaara, Mumbai	69,091	10,000
Apna Janakalyan	48,979
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare	38,888

Here are the OVERALL postions as of today, in terms of funds raised:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	4,33,495
Apna Janakalyan	1,56,028
Sevalaya	1,20,704
Udayan Care	1,15,596
Toybank	1,01,100
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Development Focus	76,712
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	75,369
Sahaara, Mumbai	69,091
Sabuj Sangha	64,392

A reminder to all NGOs who have already set up their pages:
The minimum donation is Rs. 107 online ( i.e. by netbanking and credit card) and Rs. 535 by cheque ( i.e. inclusive of GiveIndia's 6.5% donation retention, i.e. Rs. 100/500 to the NGO’s iGive page and Rs. 7/35 towards GiveIndia donation). Please also note that demand drafts and bank transfer donations are NOT allowed as part of the India Giving Challenge.

A reminder to all NGOs who have not yet set up their pages:
If you are a Tier 1/2 NGO on GiveIndia or have completed your registration for the challenge, set up an iGive page today by following the steps given at the end of this email.
For all other NGOs - get started with your registration for the event through our NGO Outreach and Registration partner for the event, GuideStar India by following these steps - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx
As always, please feel free to reach out to my colleague Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) or me for any queries/difficulties. We are also available at the GiveIndia office at: 022-2389-4942/3.

September 15, 2011:

Do remember that there's Rs. 1 lakh worth of prizes to be won this week, so do keep up the steam. This week ( i.e. Monday 12th September -Sunday 18th September), the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds will receive matching grants upto:

Position	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	40,000
NGO 2	20,000
NGO 3	20,000
NGO 4	10,000
NGO 5	10,000

And here are the leading contenders for this prize as of today:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	2,87,776
Toybank	1,01,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Sevalaya	8,47,00
Sahaara, Mumbai	55,455
Apna Janakalyan	47,978
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	29,750
Hyderabad Council of Human Welfare	24,963
Udayan Care	20,300
Sabuj Sangha	20,000

September 14, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - Some winners announced

Dear All,

We're happy to share with you that the next 3 prizes to the NGOs to raise Rs. 1 lakh each have also been taken :-)! Please join me in congratulating the winners -

NGO	Matching Grant Won (Rs.)
Teach For India	10,000
Toybank	5,000
Sevalaya	5,000

But as I said yesterday, do not lose heart! There's still a weekly ((i.e. Monday 12th September - Sunday 18th September) prize on offer to the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds this week :

Position	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	40,000
NGO 2	20,000
NGO 3	20,000
NGO 4	10,000
NGO 5	10,000

Here are the leading 10 NGOs, in terms of funds raised, of the challenge till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Teach For India	2,16,001
Apna Janakalyan	1,45,028
Udayan Care	1,03,206
Toybank	1,01,000
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Development Focus	72,725
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	63,069
Sahaara, Mumbai	55,454
Sevalaya	39,704
Sabuj Sangha	34,392

September 13, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - 7 days, Rs. 7 lakhs

Dear All,

Looks like we're setting a trend here - 7 days and over Rs. 7 lakhs raised!

The second prize for the NGO to raise Rs. 1 lakh has also been taken - by Parivaar Education Society, who have won themselves a matching grant of Rs. 10,000. Don't lose heart though! There still remain 3 such prizes of Rs. 10,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 5,000 respectively - to the next 3 NGOs to hit this mark. Not to forget the following weekly (i.e. Monday 12th September - Sunday 18th September) prize to the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds:

Postion	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	40,000
NGO 2	20,000
NGO 3	20,000
NGO 4	10,000
NGO 5	10,000

Here are the leading 10 NGOs, in terms of funds raised, of the challenge till date:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)
Apna Janakalyan	1,35,028
Parivaar Education Society	1,00,000
Teach For India	90,053
Udayan Care	88,406
Development Focus	72,725
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	49,169
Sevalaya	39,704
Sabuj Sangha	34,392
Vidya & Child	23,400
Deepalaya	22,489

For those of you who haven't gotten started yet, please do so TODAY! There's LOTS of prizes coming your way.

If you are a Tier 1/2 NGO on GiveIndia or have completed your registration for the challenge, set up an iGive page today by following the steps given at the end of this email.

For all other NGOs - get started with your registration for the event through our NGO Outreach and Registration partner for the event, GuideStar India by following these steps - http://guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

If your organisation is already registered on GiveIndia, then, set up your iGive page by following these steps

1. Go to: http://www.giveindia.org/PrePledgeRegistration.aspx
2. If your NGO has registered as a user of the GiveIndia site, please fill in the left hand side of the page.

If your NGO is not already registered as a user of the GiveIndia site, please fill in the right hand side of the page (i.e. New to GiveIndia? Enter your details) with the following:
Email: Put in your NGO's email ID. Any email ID that is valid and that is checked often will do.
Name: Title: Messrs; First Name: ; Middle Name: ; Last Name:
I would like a tax receipt: Resident Indian
Address: Fill in your NGO's address here
City: Fill in your NGO's city here
State: Fill in your NGO's state here
Pin / Zip: Fill in your NGO's address pin code here
Country: India

2. Then, fill up the iGive page details on the next page that you see after you click on 'Proceed'. Do use this iGive guide - http://www.giveindia.org/images/document/how-to-set-up-igive-page.pdf - which explains what all the different fields you see on the page mean. View this PDF ( http://www.giveindia.org/images/document/sample-iGive-page.pdf ) to understand how the different fields will be displayed on your iGive page.

Here is an example of an iGive page - http://www.giveindia.org/igive-sahaaramumbai

September 12, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - Week 2, Doubling of the Weekly Prizes

Dear NGOs,

Thanks to all your efforts, we've seen the best start to the India Giving Challenge till date with close to Rs. 6 lacs being raised overall in just 6 days! Here are some of the NGOs that made that happen and landed up winning the prizes on offer while doing so.

So, the prize for raising the most funds this week ( i.e. Tuesday 6th September - Sunday 11th September, 2011) goes to:

NGO	Funds Raised (Rs.)	Matching Grant ( Rs.)
Apna Janakalyan	1,07,050	20,000
Udayan Care	82,906	10,000
Development Focus	72,725	10,000
Teach For India	51,901	5,000
Kherwadi Social Welfare Association	39,619	5,000

And congratulations again to Apna Janakalyan for being the first NGO to raise Rs. 1 lac. Do remember, there are four more prizes to be won in this category:

Position:	Matching Grant:
NGO 2:	Rs. 10,000
NGO 3:	Rs. 10,000
NGO 4:	Rs. 5,000
NGO 5:	Rs. 5,000

And now for the prizes on offer this week. Week 2 of the India Giving Challenge sees a doubling of the weekly prizes on offer. So, this week ( i.e.Monday 12th September to Sunday 18th September) , the top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds will receive: ;

Postion	Matching Grant (Rs.)
NGO 1	40,000
NGO 2	20,000
NGO 3	20,000
NGO 4	10,000
NGO 5	10,000

Which means there's a total of Rs. 1 lac to be won this week! Do remember that your organisation may win a prize in both these categories.

September 6, 2011:

India Giving Challenge - The India Giving Challenge 2011 has begun!

Dear NGOs,

Here is the email many of you have been waiting for - the prize details for the India Giving Challenge 2011.

So, without further ado, here are the details:

The Overall Prizes:

Matching Grants Limits	By funds raised (min. 50donors)	By number of unique donors
First	Rs. 11 lacs	Rs. 25,000
Second	Rs. 8 lacs	Rs. 15,000
Third	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. 38 lacs	Rs. 50,000

We're also happy to announce that this year, we have decided to offer early bird prizes from the first day of the event itself. So, please note the first set of prizes that are up for grabs:

1. The top 5 NGOs to raise the most funds this week ( i.e. Tuesday 6th September to Sunday 11th September, 2011) will receive matching grants upto the following amounts:

NGO 1:	Rs. 20,000
NGO 2:	Rs. 10,000
NGO 3:	Rs. 10,000
NGO 4:	Rs. 5,000
NGO 5:	Rs. 5,000

2. The first 5 NGOs to raise Rs. 1 lakh each, will receive matching grants upto the following amounts:

NGO 1:	Rs. 20,000
NGO 2:	Rs. 10,000
NGO 3:	Rs. 10,000
NGO 4:	Rs. 5,000
NGO 5:	Rs. 5,000

Do note that your organisation may win a prize in both the categories. So, start spreading the word to your donors NOW!

I would also urge you all to please go through all the terms and conditions before you start reaching out - http://www.giveindia.org/t-india-giving-challenge-2010-terms-conditions.aspx

Please note that your NGO must be registered on GiveIndia as a tier 1 or tier 2 organisation or have gotten registered specifically for the India Giving Challenge, to participate in the event. If not, please get registered through GuideStar India, the NGO Outreach & Registration partner for the event TODAY! All details are available at: http://www.guidestarindia.org/IGC2011.aspx

If your organisation is already registered on GiveIndia, then, set up your iGive page by following these steps

1. Go to: http://www.giveindia.org/PrePledgeRegistration.aspx
2. If your NGO has registered as a user of the GiveIndia site, please fill in the left hand side of the page.

Here is an example of an iGive page - http://www.giveindia.org/igive-sahaaramumbai

Please reach out to me or my colleague Rakhee ( rakhee@giveindia.org ) incase you face any difficulty with the above.

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