HCLFoundation
Type of work: Project and Program Management
Relevent Country: India
Last Date: 25-06-2024
The HCLFoundation is inviting applications for the HCLTech Grant Program.
A unique aspect of the HCLTech Grant is that the organisations are recognized not only based on the “idea”, but also for their power to transform these ideas into reality and thereby, transforming Rural India.
Objectives
HCLTech Grant aims to achieve sustainable rural development by supporting NGOs that are doing path-breaking work, anywhere in India. HCLTech Grant has following specific objectives:
Award financial Grant to innovative, replicable, scalable, sustainable & time-bound projects, proposed by NGOs which are committed towards transformative rural development, in the categories of Environment, Health & Education.
Identify NGOs that have made significant impact in rural transformation and publish a compendium capturing work of these NGOs, such that they become globally visible for their efforts.
Funding Information
HCLTech Grant awards the winning NGOs in each of the categories of Environment, Health and Education, a grant of ₹ 5 Crore (~US$0.65 Million) for a 4 years’ project. The 2 other finalists in each category receive a grant of ₹ 25 lakhs (~US$0.03 Million) for a year-long project which is mutually agreed with HCLFoundation after the final Jury meet. Thus, the total committed fund for HCLTech Grant Edition X is ₹16.5 Crores (~US$2.2 Million), for 9 finalists NGOs (3 winner receives ₹ 5 Crore each and 6 runner-ups receive ₹ 25 lakhs each in the category of Environment, Health & Education).
Besides this, each year, work of top 30 shortlisted NGOs, 10 per category; their innovative rural development models and best practices are featured in The Fifth Estate – The HCLTech Grant Compendium – Volume I- VIII. This is possibly the first-ever, sector-wide, comprehensive compendium of highly credible NGOs, highlighting their proposals submitted for HCLTech Grant, striving towards the empowerment of rural India.
Thematic Grant Categories
The HCLTech Grant is awarded under 3 thematic categories – Environment, Health and Education. Below is an indicative list of sub-thematic areas that may be proposed to seek funding under HCLTech Grant.
Environment
Health
Education