KIT - How It Works

The Trust structure:

Kerala Iyers Trust is registered as a Charitable Trust in Mumbai, India, under the Charitable Trust Act, 1950.

The registered office of Kerala Iyers Trust is
Kerala Iyers Trust
2204 Glen Classic, Cliff Avenue
Hiranandani Gardens, Powai
Mumbai 400 076
Tel # 022 66 96 57 46

The current Chairman (Settler) of KIT is Dr. P R Kasi Viswanathan, Exe Vice President, Godrej Sara Lee

KIT operates with inputs from the Local Ambassadors / Volunteers spread across the Country and abroad. These ambassadors of the KIT would co-ordinate the identification/validation of the beneficiaries/claims and more importantly, the progress of the projects undertaken by the Trust.

In addition from time to time KIT also seeks the advice/opinion of local Samoohams / Brahmana Sabha units in the identification/validation processes.

Funds Management:

Kerala Iyers Trust (KIT) has ZERO Organizational Cost. The dedicated set of volunteers bear the cost of all administrative expenses from their own pockets. So, 100% of the Contributions go toward funding the various projects.

KIT has the following Bank Account
Account Name Kerala Iyers Trust
Account No 24140100004015
Bank Name BANK OF BARODA
Branch POWAI, MUMBAI
MICR Code 400012091
Account Type SAVINGS ACCOUNT

KIT has a transparent & simple accounting system.

All the income and outflow statements of money are available on the KeralaIyers.com website.

KIT raises funds for its projects in a number of ways:

Individual Donations - from willing members of Pattars Net Samooham and Public

Corporate Donations

Sale of Merchandise produced by from the Projects / Beneficiaries

Advertisement Revenues from Keralaiyers.com website

By conducting Cultural programs, concerts

Bank interest earned on the amounts awaiting
dispersal among the Projects

Outflow of funds from KIT

Funds duly approved to the Projects

Funds duly approved to the beneficiaries

DD/MO Charges for sending the approved amounts

No other cash outflow are there from the Trust funds

There are NO other Expenses vide salary / administrative from the KIT funds.

The allotted funds are disbursed to the respective authority. Eg: hospitals for the medical expense, schools/colleges for educational purpose, etc.

Appropriate receipts are maintained for all transactions

The funds will not be used for any expenses of KeralaIyers.com website or Pattars Net Samooham

Identification & Support of Projects / Beneficiaries:

KeralaIyers.com and Net Samooham are forums to focus on the human aspects of Kerala Iyers. Clearly, identifying, researching, owning, funding, and sustaining projects are ways of attaining the objectives of the Trust.

Project thrust areas :

a.Education of needy students
b.Medical care/emergency needs
c.Help for visually / hearing / mentally challenged
d.Help for needy aged people
e.Marriage of economically weak girls / boys

Project Identification and Support Process :

KIT works with the Volunteer support of people

The beneficiaries may be proposed by the Trust donors / Pattars Net Samooham Group members / Organizations, with sufficient background information to support the case.

The project proposal must describe the project in detail, its objectives, plan of action, number of beneficiaries covered, number of people involved in the implementation of project, an itemized budget and any other relevant information.

The KIT members go through the proposals carefully, correspond with the members, intended beneficiaries, Brahmana Sabha and local Samoohams, soliciting more information where required.

The KIT members / donors makes a decision on the Projects based on broad discussions.

KIT treats each case as a project and needs the support of volunteers to work as Project Coordinator to ensure success to the project. The new selected projects are assigned a coordinator and he is responsible for monitoring progress and also make sure regular funding payment is sent. We work with other members, to share Project funding effort.

KIT aims to ensure that the Projects funded are fairly distributed - as wide as possible - and no concentration is permitted

The financial aid being provided may not be the entire amount required by the Project / beneficiary. It would be guided by pre-fixed limits for each category and the feedback KIT receives from its sources.

The Project managers / Local KIT Ambassadors will be required to provide complete financial and narrative reports (and photographs, if possible) on the progress of Project when desired by KIT (not more than 4 times during a year).