Legal

Donation & 80G Policy

How donations are accepted, receipted and reported — including the 80G deduction, the ₹2,000 cash limit, and FCRA segregation.

Cash donations above ₹2,000 are not eligible for deduction. This is a statutory rule, not our preference: to claim a deduction on more than ₹2,000, the donation must come through a banking channel. Our system marks such donations as ineligible automatically and the receipt will say so plainly.

To claim the deduction you must give us your PAN. We report every eligible donation in the annual Form 10BD statement of donations and issue you a Form 10BE certificate. If the PAN you give us is wrong, the deduction will be denied at your end and we cannot correct it after filing.

3. ReceiptsLink to the section 3. Receipts

Every successful, eligible donation receives a numbered 80G receipt by email, normally within minutes and always within 48 hours. Receipt numbers run sequentially within each financial year in the format AKSF/2025-26/00001.

A receipt is a statutory document and is immutable once issued. It carries a snapshot of your details and ours as they stood at the moment of issue, so that a later change to your address or our registration does not alter a document already filed. If a receipt is wrong, we cancel it and issue a replacement that references the cancelled number; we never edit one in place.

4. Foreign contributionsLink to the section 4. Foreign contributions

Foreign contributions are accepted only into our designated FCRA account and only where our FCRA registration is current. They are recorded, banked, accounted for and reported entirely separately from domestic donations, and are never mixed into domestic totals. A foreign contribution does not attract an 80G deduction under Indian tax law.

If you are an Indian citizen resident abroad donating from an NRO account, that is a domestic donation. If you hold foreign citizenship, including OCI, it is a foreign contribution. If you are unsure, ask us before you give and we will tell you.

5. Restricted and unrestricted givingLink to the section 5. Restricted and unrestricted giving

A donation to a named campaign, fund or school is restricted and will be spent only on that purpose. A general donation is unrestricted and pays for the things restricted grants will not: staff, transport, audits, the reading assessment, and the follow-up visit six months later. Unrestricted giving is the most useful money we receive.

6. Corporate and CSR givingLink to the section 6. Corporate and CSR giving

We hold CSR-1 registration with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and can receive CSR funds under Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. CSR grants are governed by a written agreement specifying deliverables, reporting dates and the utilisation certificate.

7. RefundsLink to the section 7. Refunds

See the Refund & Cancellation Policy.