OPEN: Organization to Provide EducatioN
We are a non-profit organization devoted to providing education for poor children in Tamil Nadu, India. We run a scholarship program that benefits 120 students annually for post-secondary Vocational 3 year diplomas, 3 year B.Com., B.Sc. and B.C.A degrees, and 4 year Engineering degrees. We fund supplemental English education programs, run by Vidyarambam Trust, in K-12 government schools in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. We provide breakfast, scholarships and uniforms at Ganapathy Iyer Girls’ High School in Chennai, and fund after-school classes run by Turning Point Trust for slum children at Kannagi Nagar, Chennai.
About Us
What we are now?
From 2003 to December 2024, we have supported over 42,000 underprivileged children through grants of over $1.3 million – grants towards scholarships, extra-curricular English classes, and infrastructure and operational expenses for schools catering to underprivileged children. Our overhead expenses have averaged about 2%, the main portion of which are payment processing charges for online contributions.
We have been recognized as a non-profit public foundation by the US Internal Revenue Service, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by the US IRS. Here is a copy of our 501(c)(3) recognition. We are also registered as a charitable foundation in India under section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act, and contributions in Indian Rupees are tax-deductible in India to the extent permitted by Indian tax laws. We are fully compliant with all tax filing requirements in the USA and in India.
