India Development and Relief Fund - CAMPAIGN APPEAL 2006-07

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Let the IDRF motto, Service to Society is Service to God, be embraced by each one of us, pledging to serve the needy and the downtrodden to the best of our ability. IDRF strives to help the people realize their full potential and lead a life with dignity and self-esteem. IDRF remains committed to remit 100% of your contributions to the grassroots, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India. IDRF has submitted all its annual tax returns (Form 990) since its inception in 1988 to IRS. We have also submitted to the State of Maryland and other official agencies, IDRF’s audited financial statements beginning with 2002. We are providing below a summary of IDRF’s finances (in thousand dollars) for five most recent years.

Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Total Contributions	3820	722	820	1451	2140
(including major disasters)	2843	-	-	-	1180
Other Income	386	309	235	374	320
Total Revenue	4206	1030	1055	1825	2460
Total Grants	2048	1269	1268	1326	2484
Administrative Expenses	15	33	71	57	58
Total Expenses	2063	1302	1339	1383	2542

The common features of our partner, grassroots NGOs are:

Creation of self-empowerment and responsible citizenry
Operation under a shoestring budget
Bringing impoverished, neglected people into the mainstream
Management by selfless, dedicated volunteers
Humanitarian service without consideration of sect, caste, creed, religion and region

IDRF offers a wide range of choices for your contributions:


* Mobile medical clinics	* Saving children from blindness
* Tribal girls dorms/Schools	* Women’s self-empowerment
* Children at residential schools	* Orphans and children with challenges/disabilities
* Vocational training	* Rehabilitating victims of terrorism/insurgency
* Rural development	* One-teacher schools/Ekal Vidyalayas
* Economic self-reliance	* Corpus fund for paying social workers

You may support IDRF in several ways:

Mail donation check(s) at your convenience
Donate your old car through IDRF’s car donation program
Avail yourself of your employer’s matching gift program
Designate your gifts to IDRF on celebrations with your family and friends
Designate your donation to IDRF under the UNITED WAY’s “donor-choice program”
Transfer stocks to IDRF, thus avoid capital gain tax and also avail tax-exemption on your donation
Donate on-line through your VISA/MasterCard or Direct Debit from checking account through PayPal

Kindly mail your *tax-deductible* donation check, payable to “IDRF” to: 5821 Mossrock Drive,North Bethesda, MD 20852-3238 Note: Please put postage on the included self-addressed envelope for your generous contribution
website: www.idrf.org	phone no. 301-704-0032	email: idrfhq@gmail.com

Published on: 2006-12-21 (1799 reads)

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