
As a non-government organization(NGO), we do not receive any direct government funding. We work independently, making unbiased evaluations of government policies and programmers. Career Companion is completely dependent on the individual’s donation.
Career Companion is completely dependent on the individual’s donation across a country.
Career Companion is an Indian trust and almost all Career Companion supporters are Indian. Career Companion are deployed in India to benefit underprivileged Indian children and a small proportion is also invested in other causes
Career Companion raises valuable resources through:
- Individuals’ Efforts.
- Corporate and institutional donations.
Yes, Career Companion does provide the name of beneficiary to the donors, and also, we pool the resources we raise and disburse them to the programmers we support—every step is taken to ensure that there should be no differentiation between beneficiary and while the names of beneficiary are also mentioned to make things clear, we encourage you to visit the projects we partner to experience the various ways to which your resources are utilized.
We have learned that effecting long-term, sustainable change requires a holistic approach. Accomplish these kinds of change important works are:
- Direct action with children in the form of education and health care.
- Community mobilization towards the success of their rights.
- Advocacy with government bodies to influence policy framing and implementation.
Financial support and non-financial inputs in the form of organization development, capacity building, and training are extended to:
- Individuals and projects working with underprivileged children and their parents, with local communities and government bodies.
- Resource organizations provide training, education material, etc. to the smaller, younger initiative in particular
- Agencies that function as small Saviour foundation, permitting us to increase our reach
Full-time employees are given regular salaries. We believe that motivation is very important to attract the professional who manages our activities, resources effectively. It is important to note, however, that salaries are reserved in comparison with commercial organizations.
Career Companion’s organizational costs comprise:
- Raising Funds.
- Selecting, monitoring, evaluating, and providing capacity building inputs to projects.
- Creating awareness of our children and their rights.
- Support activities like Computer Literacy, paperwork, human resources, e-mail, information expertise, and financial management.
- Designing paper products such as greeting cards, stationery, etc.
Office equipment, furniture, travel, courier services, information technology support, media, and advertising are some of the areas in which we receive free or discounted services from corporate partners as well as donations in cash. Exemptions from duties also help reduce our costs. Our revenue from corporate investments and other funds take care of our expense
It supports enables us to focus on our activities in the field rather than on our capability. Each rupee saved is deploying to benefit children. Every contribution in these areas free resources and enhance our capacity.
Yes, when someone donates online, it helps us, as it is the most cost-efficient of collecting funds for the Career Companion.
No, It’s a very simple and safe method. What you have to do to donate online on the Career Companion site:
- Decide the amount that you wish to donate for Career Companion’s work in general
- Fix the amount that you would like to donate once or if you want you can make it a recurring donation
- Enter your name, contact, and other details. Please be careful while entering all this information.
- Select your mode of payment between the Payment Gateway and other options and proceed.
- Fill in your credit/debit card/Bank account details. You will get an immediate confirmation of your donation through an email with a donation number and an instant receipt for your donation.
You can donate by using your credit/ debit card online. Any card is acceptable.
Yes, it is very safe. We adopt stringent security measures to ensure the safety of your important information, such as your personal information and your credit/debit card details, which are protected. These measures include the following:
- All your personal information on the Career Companion is transmitted over the Internet. We ensure that your information is inaccessible to any third party.
- We use industry-standard SSL (Standard Sockets Layer) Career Companion Encryption Technology for data Safety.
- We have been certified as a VeriSign Secure Site. Verisign is a leading US-based Net Authentication Agency that certifies that a site’s transactions are secured by SSL encryption.
We are committed to keeping your personal information safe with us. For more details, please do read our Privacy Policy.
We have all your personal data safe with the Career Companion’s site. You can change all your personal data – name, address, phone numbers, email id by simply calling or writing to us.
Donations to Career Companion are exempt from 50% under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. Tax exemption is valid only in India.
Yes of course. While donating, just mention that you wish to claim tax benefits. After this, the tax exemption certificate will reach you within 45 working days.
For more information on donating to the Career Companion in India, please do write to us at info@careercompanion.org.in
Career Companion takes absolute care to process donations as per the instructions given by our donors, online and offline. However, in case of an unlikely event of an unfortunate situation or, if the donor would like to cancel his donation, Career Companion will respond to the donor within 7 working days of receiving a valid request for a refund from the donor. The timely refund of the donation will depend upon the mode of payment like credit card /banking instrument used during the transaction. The donor will have to send CAREER COMPANION a written request for a refund within 2 days of donating to Career Companion’s official address or email info@careercompanion.org.in along with-
- Proof of the deduction of the donated amount, any screenshot of the receipt.
- In cases the donation receipt has already been issued to the donor, the donor will have to return the original receipt to us.
- If the tax exemption certificate is already issued, then we are sorry but we will not be able to refund the donation. However, in case of a valid refund request due to an error on Career Companion’s part, CAREER COMPANION will refund the donation and bear the costs of the same.
Join us in our mission to provide essential food and education to children in need. Together, we can give them the chance for a brighter future. Every contribution counts—let’s make a difference, one child at a time.