Swarna Rajagopalan Profile picture
Political scientist by training, highly educated factotum, building @prajnya, teaching @kreauniversity, founding member @WRNnews, chairing @ipsarc07.
Mar 1, 2018 12 tweets 3 min read
It's #March and one of the earliest pieces of advice I got after founding Prajnya was to a #fundraising drive in this month. Like most advice, it was well-meant but incorrect. NGOs in India, especially those that have 80G exemption, are supposed to spend 85% of what they receive in a year, within the year. Failing that, we could lose non-profit status. So the Board has to resolve to spend the money within the year.