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Apr 19 2017April 7, 2017

Why CSR and other grant-makers need to provide more ‘good’ overheads to NGOs

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, Information, NGO, Social Enterprise / By SLSV / April 19, 2017 April 7, 2017

Funders typically support programmes, but they scrimp on ‘overhead’. This practice gives rise to a vexing ‘starvation cycle’ that constrains nonprofits’ ability to invest in essential organisational infrastructure. To solve society’s most pressing problems, we need strong, mission-driven organisations that can deliver results that matter. Unfortunately, funding practices widely used by governments, foundations, and corporations, …

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Apr 14 2017April 7, 2017

SBI’s 2.12-crore CSR initiative in Palakkad

Leave a Comment / Brand, Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, India CSR Law, Information, NGO, sustainability / By SLSV / April 14, 2017 April 7, 2017

The State Bank of India will formally commission a ₹2.12-crore project under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for providing toilets with water connections in 50 government schools in Palakkad. Another CSR initiative that would go on stream is the SBI’s digital village initiative spread over six villages in Kerala.

Apr 6 2017April 3, 2017

India’s business houses increasingly rely on NGOs for spending corporate social responsibility funds: Crisil

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, CSR Reporting, Information, NGO, Social Enterprise / By SLSV / April 6, 2017 April 3, 2017

India’s top consultants, Crisil, in its latest “CSR Yearbook”, have said that Indian companies’ attitude towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) “seems to be changing ever so slowly” even though they are “realising that businesses can sustain and thrive only if the communities they serve also endure and flourish.” Noting that in fiscal 2016, India Inc …

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Aug 10 2015August 10, 2015

Do corporates need NGOs?

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, India CSR Law, Information, NGO / By SLSV / August 10, 2015 August 10, 2015

Civil society—the NGO sector—bridges the gulf between citizens and government. When governments treat this bridge with hostility, it is the citizen who is distanced and whose interests have no interlocutor. July 2015 brought civil society funding into the limelight. Azim Premji gave away almost half his stake in Wipro to his charitable foundation, which supports …

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Jul 31 2015July 26, 2015

Karnataka tourism department seeks a slice of CSR pie

Leave a Comment / Brand CSR, CSR, India CSR Law, Information, NGO / By SLSV / July 31, 2015 July 26, 2015

The Karnataka tourism department is staking a claim to CSR funds, making a pitch recently for companies to adopt tourist destinations. If you thought the non profits were the only ones looking at corporate entities to part with their corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, think again.After the Maharashtra government asked companies to adopt villages …

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