Does Upakriti fund religious organizations?
Does Upakriti fund political organizations?
What does Upakriti fund?
How does Upakriti make grants?
How does Upakriti monitor projects?
Does Upakriti provide all the funding up front?
How does an organization apply for a grant?
Can I visit a Upakriti project?
Upakriti is a nonreligious nonprofit committed to improving lives of underprivileged children in India regardless of caste, creed, religion, or color. Typically, Upakriti funds secular organizations. However, Upakriti may fund projects with religious affiliations provided their services are inclusive of children of all faiths and there is no evangelizing or proselytization.
Upakriti does not fund any political organizations or efforts in India.
Upakriti supports efforts that enhance the physical and emotional well-being of children by providing and promoting their rights to basic necessities and health care. Our broad goal in the area of education is to advance educational opportunities for underprivileged children and to improve the quality of their educational experience. For more information, please visit the What We Fund page.
Upakriti makes all grants using an objective project selection criteria. The grant seeking organization is required to provide detailed information about its activities, its annual budget, the project for which grant is sought, and the expected impact of the project. Whenever possible, Upakriti also undertakes a site visit prior to arriving at the final funding decision. For additional details about grant making, please visit the Grant Making Process page.
Upakriti closely monitors all of its currently supported projects. Monitoring consists of receiving regular status reports and financial statements from organizations being funded and conducting regular site visits. At the end of the funding period, organizations are also required to send in a final report describing the overall impact and accomplishments of the program. For additional details, please visit the grant monitoring section of the Grant Making Process page.
Upakriti does not provide all the funding up front. The total funding amount is disbursed to the projects in phases. Grant disbursal typically takes place on a monthly or a quarterly basis. Continued support is contingent upon submission of acceptable reports and financial statements describing progress made on the program and accounting of fund usage.
Please visit our Grant Application Package page for information on submitting a grant proposal.
Yes! For more information, please visit the Visit a Project page.