An new study on Indian diaspora giving and its potential has been published by Indiaspora and Give. This article by Alex Counts reflects on how it compares to earlier studies and what impact it has on the future of philanthropy.

One of the purposes of the India Philanthropy Alliance is to share good practices and emerging innovations with the community of India-focused nonprofit organizations active in the United States. A prime example of this kind of open sharing of effective practices was when Sejal Desai, the Executive Director of the Akanksha Education Fund, shared her experience of having created an alternative to the traditional fundraising gala model by holding a “Voices on the Rise” event in New York City in October 2023.

Like any American born by the early 1990s, I can remember where I was on September 11, 2001. Among Baby Boomers and previous generations, no one can forget watching Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in July 1969. Each age has its iconic moments that herald a new era, new possibilities, and occasionally, new dangers.

People sometimes ask how the India Philanthropy Alliance evolved. There had been efforts in the past to catalyze some kind of consortium or network of India-focused nonprofits active in the United States to drive collaboration and reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts. But none had much staying power until Alex Counts and M.R. Rangaswami wrote this concept note and circulated it in advance of the Indiaspora Forum in Virginia in September 2017. At the time, Counts was the President/CEO of the American India Foundation and Rangaswami was (and remains) the founder and chairman of Indiaspora.