Shanti Bhavan is a 501(c) (3) non-profit public charity in the U.S. It is registered in India under the Indian Trust Act, and has 80-G tax exemption status. Your contribution is exempt from income tax as per the respective tax laws. Click here to access the 501(c) (3) approval document.
 
Your gift/donation will make significant positive impact to the lives of our children.  We welcome all levels of donations – one-time, monthly/periodic, child sponsorship and material assistance.   You may donate online, or you may send a check via mail to the address given in the section below on Payment Methods.

Thank you for your support.

Individual Donation in Support of Shanti Bhavan

You can contribute any amount, no matter how small. As Shanti Bhavan is both a home and a school for children from families that cannot afford to pay any sum, we meet all their needs. Just like any home, we provide residential care, food, clothing, medical attention and recreational supplies. In addition, we offer an excellent education for the children.

Your contribution, regardless of the size, will make a difference.  The breakdown of operating expenses related to each child is provided here.

Payment Methods

• Online Donations

You may pay on-line using a U.S. dollar credit card or through Pay Pal option
(for non-U.S. donors) by clicking the "Donate Now" button:

• Check Donations

• Wire Transfer

We have separate bank accounts both in India and the U.S. that receive donations made to Shanti Bhavan.  In India, this account is maintained with ICICI Bank in Bangalore. In the U.S., the account is maintained with J.P. Morgan Chase.  If you wish to make a donation by wire transfer, please contact us at shantibhavanchildren@gmail.com.

Sponsor an Individual Child

Your sponsorship of one or more children will help us meet all of their expenses including housing, meals, medical, recreation and schooling.  We will provide you with periodic updates from the child, including a photo and letter.  You may also choose to correspond with your child to share your support and love.

The cost of supporting a child's residential and academic needs is $1,550 (Rs. 70,000) a year.  This comes to $4 (Rs. 160) per day, just twice the World Bank’s broader definition for poverty level.  You may continue this support every year for one or more children until they graduate from Grade Twelve.  Help us bring a world-class opportunity to the most vulnerable by opening your heart to a child!

Dollars For Scholars Drive 

Sponsoring a child for a year is one of the greatest gifts you can give the children of Shanti Bhavan, but it isn’t the only way you can help out. Just a dollar a day will go a long way.

For most of us, a dollar is nothing extraordinary. It might get you half your morning coffee or half your morning subway ride. But at Shanti Bhavan a Dollar a Day gets you much more than half of something ordinary. A dollar educates, feeds, houses, clothes and provides medical care for our Shanti Bhavan Scholars, and we think that’s pretty extraordinary!

Our Dollars for Scholars drive is recruiting a 1000 supporters to donate a Dollar a Day for a year. If we can meet this goal, it will be possible for us to enroll a brand new class of bright-eyed, vivacious pre-schoolers. We commit to educating, housing and caring for these little Scholars for 13 years, all the way through graduation.

Signing up is easy. Simply visit our online donation page, select a recurring monthly donation and set it for $31.00. You’ll be automatically debited each month. It’s as simple as that! You might not notice that dollar each day, but the kids at Shanti Bhavan certainly will.

Scholarships For College

It is an exciting time for Shanti Bhavan. Our 12th grade children are going off to colleges in their chosen fields including engineering, business, environmental studies, law, hotel management and liberal arts.

Rarely do students from these backgrounds graduate from high school, let alone attend college. By doing so they are making history and are able to one day change the world in their own way.

The parents of our children are poor and mostly illiterate. They are not in a position to financially support college tuition and expenses nor do they have the background to advise and help their own children. It is up to us to take on that responsibility and we cannot stop until the job is done. That is why we are working to identify good colleges in India which they can attend.

All of this is only possible with your financial support.  The cost of supporting each graduate for the first year of college is $3,300 (Rs. 150,000). We need your contribution to make the college education of all 14 graduates this year possible. 

You may choose to offer a scholarship to one child or donate smaller amounts for specific items. This is a major financial commitment and an opportunity to change the lives of 14 bright students. Help us make their dreams come true by contributing whatever you can. 

Meet the students of our graduating class!

To donate online to a scholarship, please designate “college fund" when you donate.

Material Donations for the School

As a residential school that houses children, teachers and support staff, Shanti Bhavan has many needs similar to those of any home.  Your material donations would greatly reduce our financial burden in obtaining these necessary items. We request those with corporate contacts to please look into the possibility of donating items produced by those companies.

We welcome donations in kind such as computers, books, footwear, clothing, sports equipment, medicines, stationery, audio-visual equipment, toiletries, and bath and bed linen. Please click here for our "Wish List" of material needs of Shanti Bhavan.

To organize a material donation, please contact us at shantibhavanchildren@gmail.com.

 

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