₹ 3.1 crore ≈$435K | Fully Funded
Land – 6 acres
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith
in their mission can alter the course of history”
— Mahatma Gandhi
Executive Summary
Mission
Hope Academy is dedicated to empowering many of southeast India’s most disadvantaged children to achieve lives of purpose, service, accomplishment and leadership. A core means is via delivering world-class, innovative and self-sustaining, STEM-rich educations to children from amongst the lowest socioeconomic classes and castes.
History of Hope Academy
Founded in 2012, Hope Academy was born out of the recognition of critical unmet educational needs amongst populations of southeast India’s most disadvantaged children, specifically orphaned children from tribal (Adivasi) areas and slums. (We’ve been operating a registered children’s home for this demographic since 2004.) After first securing critical educational guidance and financial support from both India and the US, the school has grown to serve 120 children. Verified results consistently demonstrate student-body success far surpassing Indian national averages. Subsequently a new commitment was made to expand Hope Academy to serve up to 800 children, including those with limited financial resources but still living with their families. As of 2019, Hope Academy has raised 8.4 crore rupees (≈ $1,213K) of the total of 18.8 crore rupees (≈ $2,659K) required to design the larger stand-alone school (accomplished), purchase land (accomplished), and commence construction (targeted to begin late 2019). This includes a 0.65 (≈ $100K) crore grant awarded by the Tata Trusts in 2018 and a 1.25 crore (≈ $180K) CSR grant from KCP Limited awarded in 2019. Fundraising initiatives continue.
Hope Academy Growth Timeline
Since its inception Hope Academy has moved forward buoyed by the combined vision, commitment, and concerted efforts of its leadership, its supporters and collaborators, and its students. Each year we have strengthened our educational programs and assets, our fiscal resources and effectiveness, and our dedication to the mission of improving lives and futures for some of India’s neediest children. Our ongoing work and accomplishments continue and we build from strength to strength. Below is just a sampling of annual highlights.
Timeline
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Hope Academy’s Strategic Priorities 2019-2023
Build new, modern facilities
to expand the number of youth we serve
Build capacity of organization to still better
serve children and communities
When proven effective, sustainable and scalable, develop strategies for replicating HA model in select added communities across India
Hope Academy Funding
Financial viability, stability and strong stewardship have been among the hallmarks of Hope Academy’s seven years of growth to date and its promise for the future. Hope Academy leadership has developed and continues to expand a diversified base of financial support which combines caring individuals and organizations in both India and the US. Through 2019, Hope Academy has raised 8.4 crore rupees (≈ $1,213K) (of the total of 18.8 crore rupees (≈ $2,659K) required to build its enlarged 800-student school. Fundraising initiatives continue. Hope Academy has also aligned itself with seasoned professional financial services organizations in both countries so as to best assure the wisdom and accuracy of its planning, its operations, and its record keeping and reporting.
Masterplan – 3 Phases
₹ 0.3 crore ≈$42K | Fully Funded
Phase I Construction Primary School 500 Students
Approximately ₹ 7.5 Crore ≈$1,070K
Fundraising Began: June 2017
Construction Ends: April 2021 Target
Phase II Construction Secondary School + Admin/Lib/Computer Lab
Approximately ₹ 5.6 Crore ≈$790K
Fundraising Begins: June 2020 Target
Construction Ends: August 2022 Target
Phase III Construction Gymnasium + Sports Field + Student Garden
Approximately ₹ 2.3 Crore ≈$320K
Fundraising Begins: June 2022 Target
Construction Ends: August 2023 Target
Completed School: Land, Construction, Furnishings, Supplies
Approximate Total ₹ 18.8 Crore ≈$2,700K
Fundraising Ends: January 2023 Target
Construction Ends: August 2023 Target
Funding Alliances Overview
We’ve raised ₹8.4 crore (≈ $1,213K) of our ₹18.8 crore (≈ $2,659K) goal thanks to the help of 200 donors, including a significant 2018 grant awarded by the Tata Trusts and a significant 2019 CSR grant awarded by KCP Limited.
Listed below are examples of the leading such alliances which HES has successfully established to date. In fulfilling its mission to serve underprivileged children in India, Hope Academy continues ongoing to seek and forge alliances with additional sources organisations and individuals.
Select Leading India Funding Providers To Date
Select Leading US Funding Providers To Date
Select India Funding Service Organisations
Hope Academy Leaders
Leadership is a critical cornerstone of Hope Academy. The combined vision, skillsets and commitments of Hope Academy’s founders, leaders, and educators are most responsible for its exceptional success to date. It is the wisdom, the compassion, and the love which they share with the children of Hope Academy that are most responsible for creating exemplary new citizens, role models, and leaders for the future of India. Individual profiles of Hope Academy’s extended leadership team are linked herein. Helping to guide Hope Academy’s practices and programs is a uniquely accomplished Educational Board of Advisors who bring decades of directly applicable expertise and experience. Their individual profiles are also linked.
Board
Officers
Educational
Advisory Board
Administrative
Staff
Hope Academy Students
To date, one hundred percent of Hope Academy’s incoming students have come from either tribal or slum areas within a radius of 300 km of the City of Visakhapatnam. Common background themes include very low socioeconomic class, low caste and desperately weak—or non-existent—family support systems.
As you will see in the subsequent Accomplishments section of this website—based on six years of data for a population of 120 Hope Academy students:
80% of HA students reach grade-specific competency
in literacy and math, >2X India national average.
100% STD 10 & 100% STD 12 graduation rates—sustained for
6 consecutive years, ≈2X India national average.
90% of graduates enter bachelors program—sustained for 6
consecutive years, >3.5X India national average.
Hope Academy’s “Theory of Change:”
Young citizens who are confident, flourishing, empowered, industrious, entrepreneurial, influential, creative and grateful will know how to spark sustainable development within their own tribal and slum communities of origin—and beyond.
Thus, Hope Academy promotes and enables strong relationships among its students and their respective communities and villages of origin.
Hope Academy Certifications And Registrations Summary
Hope Educational Society, and its operating project Hope Academy, have been granted all of the registrations, certifications and approvals needed to be in full compliance with local, state and Indian national requirements as a non-profit, tax exempt school. HES has received: (1) Certificate or Registration, (2) Permanent Account Number (PAN), (3) Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN), (4) Indian Income Tax Verification Forms, (5) Grant of Approval u/s 80G, (6) Grant of Registration u/s 12AA and (7) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. In the USA, the New Horizons Foundation (NHF) is a 501(C)(3) public charity. “Hope Academy Vizag” is a certified operating project of NHF.