Hindu American Seva Charities operates independently and without direct funding from government agencies. We are a volunteer run organization and our "staff" for the past 2 years was AmeriCorps VISTAs. The total donations we have received in the past 3 years, went towards hosting the White House conferences, printing our reports, our newsletters and paying our cost share for the VISTAs. (The VISTA program is operated by Corporation for National and Community Service). These donations came from our board members, individuals and supporters such as the following who contributed over $1,000: Annonymous BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha Dr. Deepak Chopra Mr. Aju Daswani Dr. Rajinder Gandhi Vikas Khanna Dr. Atul Prakash Mr. Vijay Pallode Mr. Devendra Mahajan Dr. Uma Mysorekar Hindu Collective Initiative Soka Gakkai International We are grateful for what we have received. We are in dire need for funds to implement the programs we have initiated. We need financial and human capital resources. We need support to organize the next White House conference as well as support attendance by the Bhutanese refugee youths. The budget of comparable organizations such as We Repair (Jewish) and Catholic Charities is in millions of dollars. |