How can I donate through my company?
Go to the charitable contribution site in your company. Your company may match through organizations like Benevity or Network for good. The site will show the list of organizations supported. Choose CEGAANA Scholarship Fund or the appropriate batch fund and submit the donation.
Is my entire donation used to fund the students?
All donations contributed to the CEGAANA Scholarship fund go directly to the students. The only costs are paypal, benevity transactions fees and wire fees.
Batch based funds have an additional transactional cost of 5% for tax processing, operational costs and separate wire fees.
Which companies match with Benevity? What is the process to donate through Benevity?
Please use this page to learn if your company supports CEGAANA and next steps.
What if my company matches independently but not through Benevity or Network for good?
Some companies offer to match donations such as Qualcomm, Bank of America etc independently and do not use organizations like Benevity or Network for good to manage the matches. In this case, please reach out to your company for the matching process and share with CEGAANA. We will provide the appropriate paperwork and verification required for the match. List of companies that match independently:
Qualcomm
Bank of America
Dell
My company uses Benevity but CEGAANA does not show up as one of the organizations.
Please reach out to us and we can help register CEGAANA with your company. This will help us with future donations from others as well. Thank you for your support.
Will my donation be tax deductible?
CEGAANA will issue a tax receipt in the name of the donor.
Can I donate from India?
At this point, CEGAANA does not collect funds in India. We can put you in touch with organizations based in India.
How are the students chosen for the scholarship?
We work with the Knowledge fund setup by the 1990 batch who help identify potential students and also vet them for the financial need. We then have a council review the student list to identify the best match. You can help volunteer on the council.
Can I sponsor a student by contributing money each year?
CEGAANA can take the donations each year however we will sponsor a student only when the money has been collected for all four years. It is our policy to not start supporting a student unless the money for all the four years has been collected.
What if we are not collecting any funds as a batch?
Please contribute to the CEGAANA Scholarship fund and we will pool the money to support a student.
I would like to sponsor one student for all four years, can I choose the student?
Yes, you can sponsor a student on your own. You can specify if you want to sponsor a student from a specific branch and if they are a day scholar or a hostel student. But you will not be able to select the student on your own. We will select a student meeting your request from the prescreened pool of students.
I have donated already but have not received my tax receipt
We usually try to send out the receipts in batches. However, if you did not receive a receipt, please send an email to finance@cegaana.org with your details of the contribution and we will reach out to you.
Please email your questions if not answered by this FAQ and we will reach out to you.