Published on: April 3, 2025

India Giving Day is a unified movement bringing together Indian Americans to support and uplift communities across India. By contributing to critical causes spanning education, healthcare, livelihoods, and environmental conservation, India Giving Day empowers trusted organizations to create lasting solutions for vulnerable populations. Together, to honor our shared heritage by making a meaningful impact that bridges continents and transforms lives. Website: India Giving Day

Into it’s third year, an Initiative of India Philanthropy Alliance, this year India Giving Day was held on March 14th, 2025, with early giving from March 1st and onwards. This year the lead sponsor was Rural India Support Trust (RIST) and MacArthur Foundation being the Major Sponsor.

The Pallium board in the USA showed interest in participating in this event in collaboration with Pallium India, in Trivandrum, Kerala. We got ourselves registered and submitted our application under the ‘Healthcare’ category. This was a major opportunity for Pallium India to raise funds and generate awareness about palliative care in the Indian Diaspora in the US.

As a first time participant, we are glad to announce, out of 37 participating Non-Profits, Pallium India finished at No.4 as per India Giving Day Leaderboard. Our Fundraising Goal: $50,000,we achieved: 79% In Total, we ended up raising ($39, 382). With a Donor Count of 213.

Visit our Fundraiser Page on: Pallium India India Giving Day Page & the Leaderboard:

We thank our Fundraisers (Peer to Peer) who happened to be the board members, volunteers of the Pallium India Inc. (Kiruba Vembu, Rajesh Nanoo, Dr. Ann Broderick, Dr. Aju Mathew, Dr. Rajagopal, Prakash Menon and Cyrus) and the entire Pallium India Inc. Board, our volunteers in the USA for pulling up this event so successfully. At the same time we would like to ‘Thank’ all the donors who supported us in this initiative, and trusting us in our journey of compassion and care. Some donors with delight have shown interest over and beyond their donations to volunteer for Pallium India.

Dr. Ann Broderick (Right) at her event at IOWA City on March 8th

We were benefitted by “matching donations”, “lucky draws” and “event grants” by the RIST during the India Giving Day week. We submitted proposals for three events for awareness building on India Giving Day and glad that all three were approved for grants by the India Giving Day Team.

Grants received in the following categories online/offline events:
1. An International Webinar on ‘Caregiving’: March 22nd
2. An event at IOWA City on Women’s Day: March 8th
3. Comedy for Compassion on March 14th: A Stand up Comedy & Charity night held at Bay Area

The preparation for India Giving Day had began since January, 2025 followed by consistent efforts, involvement, weekly meetings, till March 14th by the Pallium India Inc. Team, volunteer and staff from the Pallium team in India. India Giving Day was a successful fundraising event and it showed us the truest potential in fundraising which we can unleash. This was indeed a team effort! We look forward with excitement to the next season of India Giving Day in 2026!