2024-08-16T11:02:28Z 2023-12-31 990EZ 2023-01-01 364222960 THE SWARAJ FOUNDATION SWAR 6303257571 143 Chaucer Court willowbrook IL 60527 Manish Jain President 6303257571 2024-08-16 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X www.swaraj.org X X 170277 170253 24 170277 108763 7000 2107 117870 52407 200865 253272 200865 202272 51000 200865 253272 200865 253272 To Promote education and development in India and other Developing countries by organizing meetings, preparing and sharing reports and other publications, and online and offline sharing of the ideas. Ecoversities Alliance- To support community education startup projects for learners in various countries. 2200 people benefitted. 115000 X 106178 Education Flow Fund: To support the development of innovative education materials. 53037 X 2100 Shikshantar Sansthan -Udaiur as a learning city project for school dropout learners. 1000 benefitted 2216 X 485 108763 Manish Bapna Director 2.00 0 0 0 Manish Jain Director, president and Treasurer 10.00 0 0 0 Michael C Holy Secretary 2.00 0 0 0 Ghulam A Hajat Director 2.00 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false false false IL Varsha Jain 17061 algonquin dr Northville MI 48168 2488707790 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 171150 78750 203642 432218 170253 1056013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171150 78750 203642 432218 170253 1056013 1056013 33 48 16 42 24 163 1056176 0.99980 0.62010 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990EZ, PART I, QUESTION 10 - GRANTS AND SIMILAR AMOUNTS PAID A. Supported Ecoversities Alliance - $106,178 -The Ecoversities Alliance is a network of alternative holistic universities and learning spaces around the world for youth and adult learners (many of who have left formal education). The Ecoversities are committed to reimagining education higher education and developing innovative models, pedagogies and tools which explore the expanded self, community living, ecological sustainability, social justice, the arts and creativity, reconnection to nature, alternative approaches to healing, social entrepreneurship. There are currently 500+ members across 50 countries. We supported a global gathering in the Capetown, South Africa, which was attended by over 100 ecoversities members from around the world. This was followed by a learning journey to visit inspiring ecoversities projects around South Africa We supported an Indian regional gathering in Hyderabad, India, a Latin America regional gathering in Mexico, a European regional gathering in Italy, a Brazil regional gathering in Brazil, and an Asia regional gathering in Vietnam. There were also a microgathering in South Africa. We supported an online international Conference on Reimagining Education with over 900 registered educators from around the world and 80 learning sessions. We were able to develop many partnerships with formal academic institutions, foundations and social agencies. We supported 15 educational leaders to go for residencies between different Ecoversities members and conferences. The residencies were designed to encourage knowledge sharing and deepening of collaborations and new innovations. We supported the production of 18 new essays, podcast programs, zine and short films on important innovations in education. These were shared through the Ecoversities Online Magazine, Ecoversities Newsletters and Fireflies Frequency Online Radio Channel. We piloted a writing fellowship program with 7 fellows. We supported website update and regular social media communications. B. Supported the Shikshantar Sansthan in Udaipur -"Udaipur as a Learning City Project" - $485 -The ULC incubates and nurtures several diverse learning spaces and sustainable living projects around the city as it creates opportunities for people of all ages to identify, deepen and share their passions, dreams and skills. It also highlights and regenerates local language, traditional knowledge systems, local media and learning resources and a feeling of community. It wishes to explore the deeper questions of happiness, progress, urban development, education and a good life with local citizens of the city. - We launched the www.UdaipurLearningCity.org website. - As part of the Shikshantar Learning Resource Center for Self-Designed Learners, Homeschoolers and Walkouts, we hosted and mentored over 1500 visitors from around the country who were interested in how they could pursue a path of self-designed learning and access community learning resources in Udaipur. - As part of the Udaipur Slow Food Alliance, we hosted Hulchul Saturday Cafe on 40 Saturdays in 2023 to introduce the idea of millets, urban farming, gift culture and unlearning while creating a community learning and incubation space for local change-makers. We also hosted the Millet Food Festival and Halo Desi Mela Upcycled Craft Festival with over 800 participants. - We continued to provide social entrepreneurship mentoring support to several local change-making projects in Udaipur including: Unschoolers Ecovillage, Eklavya Media Productions, Amrit Anna Organic Food Movement, Mulchwale, EcoHut, Jhadol Farmversity, Zariya Women's Collective, Super Ecobricks, Bindaas Cycle Adventures, Udaipur Artists Collective. C. Supported Education Flow Fund - $2,100 - To support the development of innovative education learning materials. FORM 990EZ, PART I, QUESTION 16 - OTHER EXPENSES 2,107 - ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FORM 990EZ, PART II, QUESTION 24 - OTHER ASSETS 51,000 (ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE) President was traveling overseas to supervise projects. Filed on Paper on July 1. It was returned back on August 13 asking for online filing.