Mission
IDRF’s mission is clear: to support volunteer-based, honest and highly experienced non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India in serving their populations’ critical needs around education, healthcare, and welfare, without regard to religion, caste or creed.
Philosophy
IDRF focuses on enabling the poor to overcome their deficiencies and empower them with necessary tools such as education to make them prosper as citizens of India. To ensure its philosophical roots, IDRF works with NGOs who share the same vision and prioritizes its distribution to the development projects. The NGOs supported by IDRF are committed to provide the tribal and urban poor with high-quality education, healthcare, and vocational training.
Accomplishments
The results speak for themselves. Since inception, IDRF's annual funds raised have grown from $15,000 to more than $500,000 annually. IDRF has raised more than $23 million since 1988, and sent grants over $22 million.
Volunteers, The IDRF Backbone
Volunteers contribute their time and talent towards IDRF operations as a part of their humble service to India, which in most cases is the land of their heritage. These volunteers are generally professionals in their fields and are inspired by an eagerness to make a difference in the lives of underprivileged and disadvantaged people in India. IDRF headquarters are at the residence of its Founder/President Dr. Vinod Prakash (a World Bank retiree), who oversees compliance and management of IDRF on a full-time volunteer basis, with some support from part-time paid staff. Thus, the overhead expense ranges from 2-4% annually.
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