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Donate any amount & save 1000+ students from quitting education

 Give the Best New Year Gift to a Student

This New Year, 1000s of students will start with one painful question:

“Will I continue my education?”

You can be the answer they are waiting for.

Your donation will educate a parentless, single parented, or financially poor student.

Without this support, many students are forced to quit education, take up low-income jobs early, and watch their families continue to struggle in poverty.

It costs Rs 3,500 per month to help a student graduate.

Team Everest has sponsored 5300+ students to date because of support from individuals like you.

These students come from 5 cities - Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Bengaluru, and Delhi

Donate any amount of your choice and educate a student.

Beneficiaries

Parentless Children

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Rural Children

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Financially Poor

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Single Parented Children

In 2026 we aim to educate 1000+ students

Every amount you donate will help students go to college. 

1000+ students sponsored in 2025


Watch this video to experience the impact you can create with your donation.

Testimonials

Frequently Asked Questions


Donation

  • Are donations tax exempted?

    If you donate using the 'Donate in INR' button, your donations are tax exempted under 80G in India. You will get a 50% tax exemption in India. Sharing your PAN number and Address is mandatory to avail of that tax exemption. 

  • Do you send an e-receipt after the donation?

    Yes, we mail you the e-receipt after successful donation.

  • How much it costs to educate one student?

    It costs us Rs. 42,000 per student per year. We give up to Rs 30,000 to a student to cover the college fees, book fees, transportation fees, hostel fees, mess fees, exam fees, lab fees etc.

  • Is there any minimum donation amount?

    You can donate any amount of your choice. There is no minimum amount.

  • How to donate for this scholarship?

    You can make a donation here.

  • Can I be a monthly donor and donate monthly for this scholarship?

    Yes, you can. Please signup as a monthly donor here now.

  • Do these funds go to 1 student or goes to a shared pool?

    Every donation is tagged to a single student and we let you know who your student is by December every year.

Scholarship

  • What is 'I am the Change' scholarship?

    A scholarship program by Team Everest to sponsor the under graduation of students. 

  • How long this initiative has been happening?

    Yes, we mail you the e-receipt after successful donation.

  • What are the benefits of the scholarship?


    1.Financial support: 


    Up to 30,000 for each student every year for college fees till they finish college. 


    2. Skill development: 


    From Aptitude to Attitude, we will train students on every aspect to make them employable. There will be a minimum of 100 hours of training every year till they finish graduation.


    3. Internship Opportunities: 


    Internship opportunities with startups, corporates to help them get corporate exposure and develop new skills.


    4. Job Opportunities: 


    We guide students on various job opportunities during their final year thereby helping them to get a job easier.


  • Do you sponsor school students as part of this scholarship?

    You can donate any amount of your choice. There is no minimum amount.

  • How do you get application for this scholarship?


    We receive applications for this program in 3 ways:


    School Application Drive - Our team visit various schools in our scholarship cities and collect students application.

    Online Applications - Students apply for our scholarship via www.everestscholarship.com

    College Application Drive - Our team visit various colleges in our scholarship cities and collect students application.


  • How do you select students for this scholarship?

    Please scroll above and refer the 'Student Selection' process in this page. It is a 8 step selection process.


  • Can I refer a student for this scholarship?


    Yes, you can ask them to visit www.everestscholarship.com and ask them to apply if the application window period is open and they are eligible for our scholarship.


  • What are the eligibility criteria for the scholarship?


    Please check www.everestscholarship.com to know the details.

About Beneficiaries

  • Who are the beneficiaries of the scholarship?

    Parentless, single-parented, and economically weak college students are the beneficiaries of our scholarship.

  • How many students are part of this scholarship?

    Check the statistics on this page to know the current number of students being sponsored.

  • I need to understand the beneficiaries better. What can I do?

    Read our scholar stories in this page or watch their stories as 1 minute videos here.

  • What are the scholarship cities where the students are from?

    This scholarship is currently offered in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, and Bengaluru. Depending on the funds we raise, we will expand it to many more places in the future.


  • Can I meet my student?

    Yes. You'll be able to meet the student who you are sponsoring. You can meet the student along with a representative from Team Everest.

  • Why this scholarship is restricted to a few places and why not for students from other places?


    This scholarship is not just a financial assistance program. It includes training and internships also. Hence, we take clusters of students from one particular place instead of taking a few students from many places. This way we can offer more benefits to students rather than just giving financial assistance only. 


    Hence, we do this program in few selected places. When we get more sponsors, we will take this scholarship to more places.



Training

  • What training you provide to scholars?

    From Aptitude to Attitude, we will train students on every aspect to make them employable. There will be minimum of 100 hours of training - 60 hours of classroom training & 40 hours of phone training. Now, because of Covid, all the training happen via Phone until the situation becomes normal.

  • Can I volunteer to train students?

    Yes, you can. Keep an eye on our social media channels and our events page where we post such training volunteering opportunities.

Payment to Students

  • How do you make the fee payment for students?

    We collect necessary proof from students (Original Bills, Bonafide etc) and make the payment directly to the student's bank account. We do both advance payments and reimbursement to the student.


  • Why are you not paying the fees to the college directly?

    Our students study in 194 colleges and every college has their own payment structure, perm terms and payment modes (Cheque, Cash, Online transfer etc) which makes it logistically difficult to pay them directly. Hence, we pay to the student bank account directly after collecting all the necessary proofs.

  • Won't the student misuse the funds if we directly pay the scholarship to their bank account?

    We collect necessary proofs (Original Bills, College Bonafide etc) before making the payment. So, there is no chance of a student misusing the funds.

Transparency

  • Will I know the student's details to whom I donate?

    Yes. We let every donor know who their student is by December 31st every year.

  • Can I speak with my student?

    Yes. We share the student mobile number upon request once we tag the student to you in December


  • Can I meet my student?


    Yes. You can meet the student who you are sponsoring. Students will be from any of our Scholarship cities. You can meet the student along with a representative from Team Everest. 


    We can also set up a video call for you if you are from a different city.


  • Will Team Everest share periodic report about the student?

    Unfortunately NO. We do not have the required human resources to do this. We share you the student phone number upon request and you can do a periodic check with the student as per your convenience. This makes it more humane, transparent and flexible.


  • What is the admin cost for Team Everest?

    Our admin cost for this scholarship program is Rs 2000 per student which is 4.7% of the scholarship cost.

  • Is Team Everest a registered NGO?


    Yes, we are a registered non profit with Government of India. 


    We are also registered as a non profit under the name 'Team Everest USA' in United States of America.


  • Is Team Everest financial transactions audited?


    Yes, all our financial statements are audited by professional third-party auditors and reported to the government as per the law of the country. We have even won awards for our transparency. You can see more details about this on our transparency page.


  • Where can I see the trust documents for Team Everest?

    Please check out transparency page for more details.