Encourage, facilitate and channel the contributions—financial or otherwise—towards building an egalitarian and prosperous India.

The recipients of IFA aid will be individuals, groups, or grassroots organizations that are engaged in the process of improving the lives of the poor through collective actions, using peaceful and democratic means.

The ultimate beneficiaries of all such IFA supported activities must be the underprivileged and marginalized communities of India.

Activities chosen for IFA support will be those that:

• Are directed towards communities rather than individuals

• Aim to understand and attack the root causes of poverty (i.e. support systemic change, rather than charity)

• Have the most lasting and widespread impact

• Have a conscious strategy or approach towards self-sufficiency

During times of major calamities—in India, the United States, or elsewhere—IFA may choose to help the victims by functioning as a conduit for aid collected by specific, separate fundraising activities.

All the functions of IFA will be conducted in accordance with its bylaws that are designed to be open, inclusive, nonpartisan, and fully democratic.