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Financial Resources Management
Since Janaagraha was launched in 2001, Ramanathan Foundation has been the sole
funding source for Janaagraha’s activities. The financial outlay to date is as follows:
Year 1 outlay: 104 lakh
Year 2 outlay: 55 lakh
Year 3 outlay: 51 lakh
Year 4 outlay: 66 lakh
Proposed budget for 2006-2007: 65 lac
JCCD has set up a state-of-the-art accounting system that ensures complete financial
transparency and accountability. Annual budgets are now prepared by individual
programme coordinators, vetted by the working council and approved by the Founders.
Janaagraha Foundation was established in 2005 to enable JCCD to accept funding
support from additional sources. The decision on seeking external funding is now
necessary because with the increasing success of Janaagraha’s work, the scale and scope
of its activities has also increased. It is now unrealistic for Ramanathan Foundation to
continue as the only financial resource for JCCD.
A fund-raising initiative has been put into place that will raise funds in four
categories:
1. Endowment towards building a corpus for long term financial sustainability
2. Funding support for Janaagraha’s annual budget requirements
3. Funding support for a specific program or set of programs
4. Funding a specific activity or event
The fund-raising initiative will identify organisations and individuals with values
and interests that are in alignment with those of JCCD. Janaagraha’s working council
will clear prospective donors before entering into any relationship. The funding
programme aims to support the vision and goals of JCCD. While raising funds, we are
also committed to building relationships and enhancing the reputation of Janaagraha,
by being accountable to our stakeholders, and being professional and ethical in our
practices.
The Janaagraha Coordinators' Team:
(left to right) Dr Meenakshi Bharath,
Sapna Karim, Cheryl Rebello, Indira Viswanathan,
Swati Ramanathan, Preetha Radhakrishnan.
(row behind—right to left) Rama Errabelli,
Col. Rudra, Ramesh Ramanathan, K.K. Nayar
and Pramod Goni.
Members of the Community Leaders' Network:
(left to right) Mr Y. Damodar, Mr N.S. Mukund,
Mr T. Vidyadhar, and Mr R.C. Dutt