Foundation to help Rurka Kalan football club 'grow'

Jalandhar, January 22

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, The GROW Fund will invest up to INR 100 crore in two years to build capacity and support future readiness of 100 NGOs across the country. The Youth Football Club (YFC) Rurka Kalan, an NGO, has been selected from Punjab for the purpose.

The YFC has been working in the areas of community development, art and culture and sports.

YFC has been working in the areas of community development, art and culture and sports. As per the project, in a first-of-its-kind opportunity, 100 NGOs doing critical and credible social impact work across the nation have been selected to receive grants from The GROW Fund, which is anchored by EdelGive Foundation, along with several reputed funding partners. Out of the selected 100 NGOs, one organisation from Punjab is part of the cohort. Every NGO chosen to be a part of the initiative’s first cohort of 100, will receive INR 80 lakhs over two years to direct resources to building its capabilities, resilience and future readiness. With registrations from over 2,300 organisations, the NGOs will be assisted with mentoring, networking and leadership building.

The GROW Fund is a unique financial initiative that aims to redefine philanthropy by committing to build a conducive ecosystem for organisations to grow resilient and future ready.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Manan Trust, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, MacArthur Foundation, ATE Chandra Foundation, Rainmatter Foundation, Dalyan Foundation, Oak Foundation, a private philanthropy partner, Indus Foundation of Utah, Omidyar Network India and Ashish Kacholia along with Edelweiss Group are part of this initiative as core funders. Additionally, eminent businesspersons and changemakers such as Sanjay Purohit, Rati Forbes, the Bikhchandani Family, Helenka and Sunil Anand, Onward Foundation and Govind Iyer have also lent their support to GROW Fund.

Commenting on the announcement of the cohort, VidyaShah, Executive Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation, said, “We are delighted to see YFC Rurka Kalan NGO from Punjab being included in the first cohort for GROW Fund grantees selected from 20 states of the country. This grassroots organisation has been working tirelessly with underserved communities across the state inareas like community development, art and culture and sports. Apart from the monetary support, the NGO from Punjab would benefit immensely from training and sessions on technology, finance, human resources, fundraising and communications among others. This will be coupled with an organisational development assessment tool, specialised 12-14 months programme and GROW hub knowledge dissemination platform.”