Donation FAQs

Yes. When you donate online, you help us twice over, as it is the most cost-efficient channel of collecting funds for Dignity.

Not at all. It's simple and safe method. Here's what you have to do to make a donation online the Dignity site:

• Decide the amount that you wish to donate towards any one of the causes or towards Dignity's work in general
• Confirm the amount and whether you would like to donate once to start with or make it a recurring donation
• Enter your name, contact and other details. Please double check before proceeding for payment
• Specify your mode of payment
• Fill in your credit/debit card details. You will get an immediate confirmation of your donation through an email with a donation number and instant receipt for your donation.

You can contribute by using your credit/ debit card online. Both Mastercard and Visa are accepted. However, we do not accept American Express credit cards on the Dignity site.

Absolutely. We adopt stringent security measures to ensure that critically sensitive information, such as your personal information and your credit/debit card details, are protected. These measures include the following :

• All your personal information is encrypted before it is transmitted over the Internet. This guarantees that your information is inaccessible to any third party.
• We use industry-standard SSL (Standard Sockets Layer) Encryption Technology for data encryption.
• We have been certified as a VeriSign Secure site. Verisign is a leading US-based Net Authentication Agency which certifies that a site's transactions are secured by SSL encryption.

We are committed to protecting your personal information with us. For more details, please do read our Privacy Policy.

You have complete control over your personal information on the Dignity site. You can change all your personal data - name, address, phone numbers, email id by simply calling or writing to us

We accept donations only in Indian Rupees on the Dignity site in India. However, you can send us Cheques/ Demand Drafts in any currency.

Please note that Dignity does not accept donations in cash.

All donations to Dignity are 50% exempt from tax under section 80G. We also offer 100% tax exemption under section 35AC and 80GGA. You can select your preference in the donation details form.

Certainly. While specifying the details of your donation, just mention that you wish to claim tax benefits. The tax exemption certificate will reach you within 45 working days.

For more assistance or information on donating to Dignity please do write to the Dignity office nearest to you or email us at responsedignity@dignityfoundation.com.

Dignity will not be liable to pay any taxes on your request.

Unfortunately, that is a request we cannot honour since it is difficult to determine the length and duration of specific programmes. Due to this uncertainty, we cannot guarantee that the programme you wish to select, will continue to remain operational at the time of the will's realization. For this reason, we humbly request that for gifts of any kind are made to the common pool of Dignity's resources, without an ask for specific programmes.

We assure you that your gift will be put to its best use, depending on the need of programmes at that point of time.

Yes, you can donate to Dignity even if you are living outside of India. Please click here to donate online.

You can either drop us an email at responsedignity@dignityfoundation.com. with the new details or call us on 6138 1100 to 6138 1198. We'll update our systems as soon as we can.

We require this information for NRI (Non-Resident Indians) donors who are Indian citizens having an Indian passport. This is because their contribution goes into a separate account as per the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, (FCRA), 1976

Offline, we accept donations in all currencies. However, while donating online we accept donations only in Indian rupees.

Dignity offers 100% tax exemption under section 35 AC or 80GGA for Indian citizens or with an Indian passport. Please select the same during your online donation process.

Yes, certainly. While specifying the details of your donation, just mention that you wish to claim tax benefits. The tax exemption certificate will reach you within 45 working days.

For more assistance or information on donating to Dignity please do write to us at responsedignity@dignityfoundation.com