General FAQs
General
What is 'Beyond Intent'?
'Beyond Intent' is a non profit organization that seeks to undertake charity based educational and education related infrastructural projects in developing countries
How do I learn more about 'Beyond Intent'?
Our website http://www.beyondintent.org has a lot of information about our work.. Also, for further queries please send an email to contact@beyondintent.org .
How many people are working with 'Beyond Intent'?
Currently we have a team of eight people working for 'Beyond Intent'.
Do the members and officers work for free?
Currently all members and officers of 'Beyond Intent' work for free on voluntary basis.
How can I help 'Beyond Intent'?
Please check our 'How can I help?' page.
Is 'Beyond Intent' recognized as 501(C)(3) organization on IRS website?
Yes, please click here.
Do you work on projects only from India?
'Beyond Intent' has no restrictions on the physical location. We are open to discuss projects irrespective of the physical location.
Do you help with child adoptions?
We don't help with child adoptions.
Do you have a corporate sponsor who is funding all your activities?
No. 'Beyond Intent' does not depend on any corporate sponsor for funds. It however may tie up a corporation for a specific project.
How do you generate funds to keep running the organization?
'Beyond Intent' prepares an annual budget for running the organization. The budget expenses are inclusive of the expenses of projects that 'Beyond Intent' undertakes during the year as well as operating and administrative costs.
What are your administrative costs like?
Our administrative costs are less than $500 annually.
I have some suggestions to improve the website, where do I send those suggestions?
Your feedback is very important to us. Please send your suggestions to contact@beyondintent.org.
I have some complaints, whom do I talk to? Where do I send my complaints?
Your feedback is very important to us. Please send your suggestions to contact@beyondintent.org. We will get back to you within 24 hours.
Is 'Beyond Intent' affiliated with any political party in USA or India?
No. 'Beyond Intent' has no political affiliation with any political party in USA or abroad.
Donations
How can I donate?
Please use our donate page or check out the donation options here.
What is the minimum donation?
It can be as little as $1.
Are goods acceptable as donation?
No.
Do I get a receipt for donations? How ?
Yes. Beyond Intent will issue “receipts” in form of paper or e-receipt.
Do I get tax exemption for my donations? How ?
Yes, US residents can get tax exemption on the donations they make to 'Beyond Intent' since we are a 501(c)3 IRS approved organization. You have to use the receipts provided by 'Beyond Intent' along with tax id number for tax deduction. Please note that amounts deducted for tax should be in accordance with the receipts issued by 'Beyond Intent'. 'Beyond Intent' is not responsible for any lost receipts or mistakes in reporting donation amounts to the IRS. It is the donor’s responsibility to maintain the receipts.
How do I know where my money is going? Do I get to choose the project?
Your donations to projects supported by 'Beyond Intent' will be completely transparent. You will be able to give us proper instructions as to how your donation should be used. You can also choose to donate money to any ongoing or future projects. In fact you can select a particular section/part of the project and choose to fund that small portion. 'Beyond Intent' will provide the project evaluation report which includes third party evaluations, photos, videos (based on project) as well the regular project progress to all the donors.
For more information about donations, please check out our donation FAQ
Project Related
What sort of projects does 'Beyond Intent' support?
'Beyond Intent' focuses on charity based educational and education related infrastructural projects in developing countries.
Does 'Beyond Intent' fund only educational projects?
No. In the past, 'Beyond Intent' has worked on a project to provide basic infrastructure as well.
Does 'Beyond Intent' provide scholarships to deserving Individuals?
Not at this moment. 'Beyond Intent' plans to start supporting individuals through scholarships in future.
Can anyone bring in a project?
Yes. Anyone can bring in a project. You don’t have to be a member to propose a project. 'Beyond Intent' committee will review the project proposal.
How does 'Beyond Intent' select projects ? What happens once I propose a project?
Please refer to Project Life Cycle for more information.
What happens if I can’t work on a project that I proposed?
'Beyond Intent' will review the project details provided by you. You can propose the project and leave it to 'Beyond Intent' for fund gathering, execution, evaluation. You can chip in anyway you can. Once committed, 'Beyond Intent' will work for the project till its completion.
Is it necessary that the person who suggests a project should drive it?
'Beyond Intent' does not expect the person who suggests the project to execute it. In case the person who actually proposed a project is not able to drive/execute it, 'Beyond Intent' will nominate one of its members to lead the project.
Where can I look for current project to match my interest?
All in progress projects are listed under Projects.
You have only one project listed on your website and yet you say I can choose a project from a list. How is it possible?
'Beyond Intent' currently has only one project going on since we are relatively a new organization. Please check back with us for future projects or send us an email contact@beyondintent.org.
How do you make sure that a beneficiary from a project of 'Beyond Intent' is giving back to society?
This will be ensured at the time of project proposal and related discussions. Not necessarily every project can be classified as something that has 'giving back' element but we will definitely be interested in finding out how the project helps the beneficiaries and the possibility of how beneficiaries can in turn help someone else once the project completes.
Is there an upper financial limit for any project that a person may propose?
No.
After a project is complete, what happens next? Does 'Beyond Intent' review the project and the results or the goals met after some time?
Yes. There will be a review in 3 to 6 months depending upon the project and the results expected.
When one project receives only partial funding, what will happen?
'Beyond Intent' will discuss the progress of the project, the funding needed, available funding and the impact of lack of funds on the project. Depending upon the situation and the availability of funds, a decision will be made whether to continue with the project or delay it till the funds are available.
How does 'Beyond Intent' arrive at a final figure to fund a project?
This will be totally dependent on availability of resources and funds. Also the most important aspect to consider would be the (budget) cost analysis of the project.
What will happen if a project fails its deadline?
'Beyond Intent'’s goal is to finish the project. So the deadline may be extended based on its feasibility. At the same time 'Beyond Intent' will determine the root cause of such delay and take appropriate action to prevent its occurrence.
What is FCRA? Why do you need an NGO to have that?
FCRA clearance (Government of India Foreign Contribution Regulations Act of 1976) is an act to regulate the acceptance and utilization of foreign contribution by certain academic and voluntary organizations working in the important areas of national (Indian) life in a manner consistent with the values of the sovereign democratic republic of India, and for matters connected there with.
We are working on projects in India and to send funds to support those projects, Government of India needs to know why the organization is receiving foreign funds, is it a legitimate organization and has it been registered with Indian government as NGO, and has provided supporting documents to establish documentary evidence that they will receive foreign funds? So, though 'Beyond Intent' does not need FCRA, it is a good idea for the beneficiary NGO to have it so that it can avoid future problems.
