NON-FCRA PROJECT
NON-FCRA PROJECT: SIR RATAN TATA TRUST INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS FOR INDIAN NGO’S.
The founder of the Tata Empire,
Jamsetji Tata, was a true nationalist who foresaw the significance of the
industrial revolution for India. He had a desire to catapult India to a place
amongst the leading industrial nations of the world. Sir Ratan Tata, the
younger of his two sons, was born on 20th January 1871. He was educated at St.
Xavier's College in Bombay.
(a) Programme Grants:
(1) Rural Livelihoods
(4) Enhancing Civil Society and Communities.
(2) Education.
(3)
Health.
and
Governance.
(5)
Arts and Culture
(b) Endowment Grants: Task
motivated, civil society institutions need to be sustained and fostered, so
that they can continue to make a meaningful contribution to humanity. This view
forms the basis of the Trusts' strategy of making endowment grants, formulated
in 1997 by Prof. Tushaar Shah, a consultant to the Trusts. The endowment
strategy paper illustrates the need of a well designed endowment grant that
could spare the grantee organisations from the rigours of survival through
resource generation on a recurring basis, thus leaving them free to concentrate
their efforts towards their tasks and long term goals.
(c)
Small Grants: With
a view to cater to the needs of small welfare oriented organisations, which
were generally unable to access the Trusts' funds, the Sir Ratan Tata Small
Grant Programme (SGP) was launched in 1998-99. Since then, the Small Grant
Programme has supported several hundred organisations across all five thematic
areas of the Trusts.
Receipt of a proposal does not indicate a
funding commitment. All proposals received are subjected to a rigorous
appraisal process, at the end of which, the decision taken regarding extending
support, is communicated to the applicant.
Website: http://www.srtt.org/index.htm
Note: The Trusts support registered Indian
Non Profit Organisations only.