Kolkata Gives is a platform comprising 20 members that aims to connect NGOs with donors. It has selected 56 NGOs using strict criteria to ensure credibility, covering sectors like mental health, child trafficking, education, and HIV/AIDS. Kolkata Gives highlights the work of these NGOs through a tabloid and networking events. It also organizes an annual exhibition for NGOs to showcase their work, as well as workshops and visits for donors to learn about issues and organizations. The group's goal is to better inform donors and facilitate resources for NGOs working to address social challenges in Kolkata.

1. KOLKATA GIVES – BRINGING DONORS AND NGOS TOGETHER
Kolkata Gives, comprising of 20 members (individuals and corporate), is a platform which looks to
bridge the gap between the NGOs and people willing to donate. It has a strict criterion through which
56 NGOs till date have been selected. In order to ensure credibility and transparency, the set of criteria
includes balance sheet, hunger to grow, sectoral potential and professionalism. The selected NGOs are
well disbursed into different field of special requirements such as mental disorder, child trafficking,
education, HIV AIDS, gender equality among others.
To highlight the work being done by the NGOs, the Kolkata Gives team started a tabloid dedicated to
the one aspect of philanthropy that is perhaps the most effective and ironically the most overlooked -
networking.
The team at Kolkata Gives is positioned as aggressive networkers. It is engaged in the ‘business’ of
creating appetites; markets and mapping areas that people never knew existed.
Kolkata Gives aspires to highlight some of the NGOs that are being driven by remarkable individuals
and teams with an established track record in countering challenges and growing the size of their
‘book’. Sadly, few people know about them.
Our operating philosophy: information is really the driver of philanthropy (after intent, of course) –
not only from a donor- recipient perspective but also from a recipient-recipient perspective when
some NGOs selectively equip or fund peer NGOs.
The current activities of Kolkata Gives include:
Exhibition: A 10 hrs annual exhibition where our associated NGOs showcase their work to different
corporate, sponsors.
Workshops: Realising gaps and knowing social sector issues from the professionals
Philanthro-tourism: donors’ one-to-one interaction with the organization and its work for a day
Tabloid: Covering the stories of fierce social change makers
Others: Generating 16 lacs worth relief material for Nepal Earthquake
Jointly funding the treatment of underprivileged cancer patient
The activities of Kolkata Gives were acknowledged at the ET Bengal Corporate Awards 2015 in the
category of Social Impact Excellence Award.
At Kolkata Gives, this is what we want to do: create an informed Kolkata touchpoint for philanthropy,
widen our circle of coverage, engage with willing donors, facilitate resource transfers and accelerate
the growth of our great city from the ground level upwards.
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