The Tiny Seed is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the lives of children by making their schools better places of learning. We aim to build up the standard of facilities and tools available in schools for quality learning and the holistic development of children. Our support to projects across Infrastructure, Health & Nutrition, and Student & Teacher Training and Development seeks to foster an environment that creates a new generation of empowered and socially responsible citizens. Our Mission is -

• To build capacity, knowledge and expertise as an organization, with specific reference to bringing about systemic educational change in the Kerala context.
• To support disadvantaged schools, students and communities by way of building enhanced learning platforms, and better student-teacher engagement and training.
• To provide our schools with a competing platform, by assisting, equipping and empowering teachers, and local educational and school authorities to find novel and innovative ways to meet their needs.
• To transform schools in a sustainable manner, with an output of measurable differences such as increased student attendance and enrolment, reduced drop out rates, higher achievement scores, more balanced pass-fail rates, and an improved image of the school in society
• We work directly with schools and educational administrative authorities to understand their individual and collective requirements. We ensure that our efforts neither overlap with, nor duplicate those of the Govt. and its various school related schemes and programmes. By listing these details on our website, we help bridge the gap between the needs of a school as well as that of an interested donor.

We welcome your contribution by way of donations to individual projects, or to our general fund.

We support schools that cater to children who do not have the opportunities to, nor can afford to attend good private schools in the state of Kerala, India. These include Government Schools primarily as well as Aided and low-cost Private schools.

These schools get minimal or insufficient funding from the government, and yet can take nil or minimal fees from students. There is a chronic shortage of funds, low student and staff engagement, a lack of parental support structure, and often a lack of vision or direction among school heads and administrators. This curtails them from being able to provide a quality educational environment and learning experience for students.

The schools we support are carefully selected, with the top criteria being that the school must be run by a team of dedicated and qualified teachers. In many of these schools, the teachers contribute money from their own pockets & limited resources to meet the school’s needs.

View the list of schools we support

We vet all project requests and costs before putting them up on the website. While donations are routed through us, the responsibility of implementation rests with the individual school; we thereafter ensure checks and visits to schools for follow up, on a periodic basis. We provide 80G receipts on donations we receive, and maintain transparent accounts, and all necessary legal filings and records.

Yes, Rs. 100 is the minimum amount set for online giving.

Donations made to The Tiny Seed will be eligible to the benefit of deduction under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. You can view a copy of our Govt. Order here.

The Tiny Seed also falls under the eligible category of donation under the government's corporate giving (CSR) rules.

The Tiny Seed allows partial funding of projects to ensure that everyone can contribute the tiniest amount to a good cause. However, on occasion, a project may not reach full funding. In this case, the donations already made will be rerouted to the Big Bag of Seeds (the General Fund). Donations from this will be allocated to other projects based on urgency of need, at the discretion of The Tiny Seed.

This differs from project to project, based on the size and cost. An outer limit of 4-6 months is currently the norm.

We encourage online donations primarily, but you could write to us at info@thetinyseed.org, and we could discuss what you have in mind.

The Tiny Seed is registered under the Kerala Trust Act, reg. no. 350/IV/2013, on 10 Dec 2013. We are a non-profit organisation, which accepts and routes charitable donations to meet the specific needs of schools in Kerala. Donations made to us are non-refundable. View our Terms & Conditions, 12A Registration, Trust Deed, 80G Order and  PAN card.

For any complaints or queries, our support team can be reached at : info@thetinyseed .org

T&C page : The Tiny Seed : Terms and conditions