Mercy Vihar raises funds to support individual disabled/handicapped child as well as existing non profit organizations that have been adopting and supporting disabled/handicapped children in good standing.
Initially our current project is to raise funds for "Shilpa Society" Located in Kerala, India. Shilpa society supports the "Mentally handicapped Kids". In the future we plan to support/raise funds for organizations/individuals disabled/handicapped sector for their better life.
Applying For Funds:
You can apply for a grant if the following is true for you:
You live in India
Your organization has a certificate of registration. (If your group is not registered please contact our office as sometimes we are able to make exceptions to this rule.)
Document pertaining to existing projects or new projects
Funding decisions:
The applications are first analyzed by the Board of directors of our organization who may ask the applicant to provide more information if necessary. The board may require the following documents for approval:
Application for with signatures
Current work plan
Budget
Two reference forms
A copy of registration (or an explanation why one is not available)
Based on the above documents the board may accept or reject a project for funding or possibly request for more information. In any case the applicant is informed of the decision.
Fund granting procedure:
When a project has been accepted for funding, our organization enters a formal agreement with the applicant. The applicant organization commits in writing to spend the grant for the specific purpose stated in the application. Mercy Vihar transfers funds to the organization only after the contractual agreement, with all the necessary signatures and attachments have been received by our office in USA. The currency used to calculate and approve budgets is the US dollars (the currency of United States).
The grants are paid to the bank account that belongs to the applicant organization. If your organization does not yet have a bank account, then you must first open a bank account in the name of your organization before Mercy Vihar can transfer the funding.
When the project is over, the applicant organization drafts a final report which consists of a narrative report and a financial report.
Because Mercy Vihar receives far more applications than we can fund at any given time, it is highly unlikely that an organization will be funded more than once, unless we have invited the application. Each year Mercy Vihar selects a few outstanding organizations, which have fulfilled all aspects of their agreement with Mercy Vihar including fulfilling work plans etc.
