What your donation does. To the rupee.

Last updated: 18 May 2026

Suggested donation amounts

₹1,500 — Two months of a child's programme

Covers a child's share of learning materials, snacks and one-on-one teaching support for two months. A good entry point.

₹6,000 — One child, one year

The full annual cost of putting one child through our programme. This is the amount we anchor against, because it represents a complete unit of work — a child taken from where they are today to where they should be a year from now.

₹30,000 — Five children, one year

Sponsors a cohort of five children for a year. We send you a half-yearly progress update on the cohort, with anonymised assessment data.

Any other amount

Whatever you can give is genuinely welcome. We treat a ₹100 donation with the same diligence as a ₹1,00,000 donation.

How ₹6,000 is allocated

The annual per-child cost of ₹6,000 is allocated as follows:

• Teaching & salary share — ₹3,300 (55%) toward our community educators' compensation.
• Materials — ₹900 (15%) for books, workbooks, stationery and supplementary learning aids.
• Assessment & measurement — ₹600 (10%) for independent assessment and outcome tracking.
• Household engagement — ₹600 (10%) for home visits, parent meetings and family support.
• Programme operations — ₹600 (10%) toward space, utilities and direct programme overhead.

Foundation-level governance and administration costs are covered separately, by the founders and a small set of governance donors. Your donation goes entirely to the field.

Tax benefits (India)

• Cognitud Foundation is a registered Section 8 Company.
• 80G certification is in process. Once granted, eligible donations made by Indian taxpayers will qualify for a tax deduction.
• An 80G receipt will be emailed to you within 7 working days of the donation, once certification is in place.
• You will need to provide your PAN at the time of donation to be eligible for the 80G receipt.

Payment methods

Donations can be made through:

• Credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Rupay, Amex)
• UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm and other UPI apps)
• Net banking
• NEFT / IMPS bank transfers (account details on request)

All online donations are processed by Razorpay, a PCI-DSS compliant payment partner. Cognitud never sees or stores your card or banking details.

Other ways to give

Recurring monthly giving

Coming soon. If you would like to commit to a monthly donation today, please write to donations@cognitud.org and we will set it up manually for you.

Corporate & CSR partnerships

Cognitud welcomes CSR partnerships from Indian companies. We can provide a CSR-compliant utilisation report, an MoU, and a quarterly briefing on your supported cohort. Contact partnerships@cognitud.org.

In-kind & legacy giving

Books, equipment, professional services (legal, accounting, design), legacy bequests — please write to founders@cognitud.org and we will work out the best way to receive your contribution.

Currency & international donors

All donations are processed in Indian Rupees (INR). International donors making payment through Indian-issued cards or UPI can donate directly. Foreign-currency donations and FCRA-compliant international giving will be available once our FCRA registration is approved — please write to us in the interim.

Refunds & cancellations

Donations are generally non-refundable. For our full refund policy, please see the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

Questions

donations@cognitud.org
We respond within two working days.