The Goa School has received the support of several supporters through the years. We gratefully acknowledge their belief in us.
The Goa School is now a registered Trust, with an independent board of directors. We seek to raise a corpus of INR 1 Crore for our core operations in India.
A donation of INR 3,000 covers about a day’s lunch for all the Fellows at the immersion program, and INR 5,000 covers about a year’s internet charges for one staff member. INR 15,000 usually covers travel for one fellow from their hometown to Goa. The cost of boarding varies from INR 3,000-5,500 per day for a twin room on a sharing basis. You can sponsor all or some of these costs.
To give to The Goa School Trust, please write to madhuri@thegoaschool.org
Donors to the Trust so far include:
- Lolita Mukarji Dass with a starting donation of 10,000 INR, followed by 100,000 INR (untied funds).
- Malini Mukund Patel with a donation of 10,000 INR to support annual internet charges for two staff members.
- Madhuri Dass Woudenberg with a donation of 1,20,000 INR to support the immersion program, and tiny grants for social change.
See this page to learn more about joining our management team pro-bono. Contact theoffice@thegoaschool.org for details.
Our history as a social impact enterprise
The Goa School began as a social impact enterprise, making its activities and expenses transparent. Please view our Bank Statements, along with an explanation of the use of funds. Bank Statements showing data till December 2022 Pg1 | Pg2 | Pg 3 | Pg 4 | Pg 5 | Explanation of Use of Funds Ending Mar 22 | The Goa School Trust supersedes our earlier avatar as a social impact enterprise, and is now closed.
Below are the names of our early supporters.
- Lina Karam Mayadas supported The Goa School with funds of Rs 10,000, to be used for the first batch of Fellows in September 2021.
- Janit Naishad (Tenzing) Desai sponsored one of our inaugural fellows, Gauri Khamkar, to the September program. He has paid directly for her travel to and stay in Goa. He supported The Goa School with a further Rs 10,000 in March 2021 towards the flight ticket of one Fellow arriving from Lucknow.
- Lolita Mukarji Dass has sponsored Madhuri Dass/The Goa School with start up funds of INR 150,000 which is being used for a variety of purposes, including renting a meeting space, meals, flights and stay for the other non-local Fellows-in-waiting selected for the September program.
- Lolita Mukarji Dass gave Madhuri Dass/The Goa School Rs 50,000 in memory of her sister Kiron Mukarji who passed away in December 2021. This has paid for travel and food for the second batch of Fellows to attend the program in Goa, in March 2022.
- Sita Sondhi supported The Goa School with funds of Rs 15,000, to be used for the travel and stay of one Fellow for the batch in November 2022, at the off-site in Lucknow.