BELLARE GRANTS

BELLARE GRANTS is a microgrants of upto 1 lakh INR per year to aid and provide support for education and health expenses, also to support research and open source software and hardware projects.

About the grants

What are BELLARE GRANTS?

BELLARE GRANTS is a no-strings-attached microgrants program of upto 1 lakh INR to aid and provide support for education and health expenses, also to support research and open source software and hardware projects. Some of the eligible causes/initiatives/projects are listed below.

Initiatives / Projects / Causes contributed to in 2024

• Towards Arogya Dhama, multi-speciality hospital in Ayyanakatte for treatment of 20 needy patients - 10,000 INR
• Accident treatment for an auto driver - 1500 INR
• Education fees assistance for a B.Com student - 1000 INR per month - 12000 INR
• Hand and neck injury due to accident, hospital charges - 5000 INR
• Supporting family of a person recovering from injury due to accident - 3000 INR per month - 18000 INR
• Manipal Hemophilia Society - 500 INR
• Lung ailment and CT scanning - 10000 INR
• Perne Oushadhavana contributions - 10000 INR
• Accident recovery support - 2000 INR

Religious initiatives contributed to in 2024

• Perne kaliyata Annadhana - 100000 INR
• Perne kaliyata Horekanike - 10000 INR

Funds remaining to be granted in 2024

1000 INR

We are excited to announce our plan to donate a gently used laptop(see image for specification) to a deserving student who cannot afford one, as part of our microgrants initiative for 2024.

Laptop has been given to a deserving student

Previous years

2022
Grant: 1,02,000 INR
(click to know more) 2023
Grant: 1,16,500 INR
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2022

Total funds

1 Lakh INR + 75,000 INR(NUITEQ)

Total money granted

1,02,000 INR

Summary

• Helped 5 people with hospital expenses
• Aided 2 people with school/college fees
• Supported 7 families

Initiatives / Projects / Causes contributed to in 2022

• Brain Fever medical charges of a 35 year old - 10,000 INR
• Atrial Septal Defect Surgery medical charges of a baby - 25,000 INR
• Tuition fees, Diploma in Computer Science - 12,000 INR
• Tuition fees and expenses, Bachelor of Science for a girl - 25,000 INR
• Medical expenses(Spinal cord injury) of 40 year old - 5000 INR
• Medical expenses(Heart surgery) of 53 year old - 15000 INR
• Medical expenses(Arm surgery) of Accident victim - 10000 INR

Remaining funds were utilised in 2023

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2023

Total funds

1 Lakh INR

Total money granted

1,16,500 INR

Summary

• Helped 4 people with hospital expenses
• Aided 4 people with school/college fees
• Supported 10 families

Initiatives / Projects / Causes contributed to in 2023

• Spinal cord medical charges of a kid from Puttur - 5000 INR
• Cancer treatment of 25 year old girl from Mulleria- 2500 INR
• Education bills of a girl for Engineering - 15000 INR
• Education assistance for a BCom Student at 1000 per month from Peruvai- 10,000
• Wedding expenses of a girl from Puttur - 5000 INR
• A second hand Mac laptop For CS Diploma student
• Accessories + Charging accessories + Basic repair of Mac laptop (7000) + 3000 education assistance for CS diploma student
• Hospital expenses for a facility boy In Hyderabad - 3000 INR
• Angioplasty medical charges - 50000 INR
• Gangrene surgery medical charges - 25000 INR
• No interest loan of 60,000 for a boy for purchase of laptop to accelerate his career

Remaining funds from last year was used this year

What kinds of projects / initiatives / causes are eligible for the grant?

All grants are no-strings-attached, it can be anything

• Hospital charges for critical illness.
• Shortage of funds to pay school fees.
• No funds to buy laptop while at college.
• Run a book club.
• Business setting up funds
• New job, help with relocation funds.
• Maintenance charges for a library.
• Execute a side project(software or hardware).
• Unpaid intern at a company, but interesting work. Help towards relocation and livelihood funds.
• Something else...

How to apply?

Please fill the form

Where are the funds from?

Personal contribution by these people make BELLARE GRANTS posbbile

• Deekshith Bellare
• Rakshith Bellare
• Shreevidya Mahabaladka
• Akshith Bellare

Why are you doing this?

The grants have existed for around 8 years now, and we have made contributions and supported various causes and initiatives. The main purpose of setting up this website is to diversify the impact and reach. It also has a name now.

We strongly believe that you don't have to be rich or famous to provide patronage. We are just like all other common people who run microgrants.