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Donation Policy

How we handle your contributions.

Ananda Living Foundation's policies governing donations, acknowledgement, stewardship of funds, and institutional transparency.

Donor information handling

We collect donor details needed to process support, acknowledge gifts, and meet compliance obligations. Information is handled according to our Privacy Policy and accessed only by authorised personnel and processors.

  • Name and mobile for individual support interest

  • Email, donor address, and PAN only where legally or operationally required for contribution records

  • No sale of donor data

Transparency commitment

Ananda Living Foundation is a registered Section 8 Company. Contributions support mission activities such as campus planning readiness, community development, institutional capacity, and outreach — directed under organisational governance.

  • Section 8 nonprofit structure

  • Mission-aligned use of funds

  • Governance published via Trust Centre

Acknowledgement process

After a donation is verified as successfully received through an enabled payment pathway, Ananda Living Foundation will acknowledge the gift. Receipt will be issued according to applicable compliance requirements.

  • No receipt for initiated, failed, cancelled, expired, or unverified payments

  • Duplicate payment events cannot create duplicate receipts

  • Support interest registration is acknowledged separately when payment is not live

Donation-deduction approval

Ananda Living Foundation has provisional registration under Section 332(8) and provisional approval under Section 354(4), valid from Tax Year 2026-27 through Tax Year 2028-29. Eligible INR contributions from Indian citizens may qualify for deduction under applicable law, subject to the donor's eligibility and the conditions governing the contribution. The approval is provisional and valid for the period stated above.

  • Provisional donation-deduction approval under Section 354(4)

  • Eligibility depends on applicable law, donor circumstances, and contribution conditions

  • No guaranteed, automatic, permanent, or lifetime deduction claim

Indian-source eligibility

Ananda Living currently accepts INR donations from Indian citizens, including Indian citizens residing outside India who donate from their own funds through permitted banking channels. Contributions from foreign citizens, OCI cardholders, foreign companies, foreign foundations, and other foreign sources cannot currently be accepted because Ananda Living does not hold FCRA registration.

  • INR contribution pathways only at this stage

  • Indian citizenship, own-funds, and non-foreign-source declarations are required

  • Donor country is collected as contact information only

  • No FCRA registration or prior permission is claimed

Payment status

Online payment processing is not yet enabled. This form records your support interest and does not charge you.

  • Razorpay Test Mode readiness may be tested internally

  • Live payment processing remains disabled until bank, KYC, key, settlement, and controlled live-test gates are complete

  • Support-interest fallback remains available