Get involved
Fix a road. Save a life.
Pick how you want to help. Indian donors get an 80G tax receipt.
Donate
Choose an amount
Transfer ₹2,500 by NEFT, IMPS or RTGS to:
- Account name
- GroundReality Trust
- Account no.
- 092494600000126
- IFSC
- YESB0000924
- Bank
- YES Bank, Gandhi Bazaar branch, Bengaluru
- Type
- Savings account
Then send us your details for the 80G receipt.
Prefer UPI? Ask us and we will send you a UPI payment request, or our UPI ID, for ₹2,500.
Payments go only to GroundReality Trust. We never ask for your UPI PIN. Keep the UPI reference for your 80G receipt.
Indian law allows foreign contributions only into an FCRA-registered account. Write to csr@groundreality.org or WhatsApp +91 814 POTHOLE, and we will share the current details for international donors.
Indian donors to GroundReality Trust can claim a deduction under Section 80G (old tax regime, within legal limits). Cash above ₹2,000 and gifts in kind do not qualify.
- GiveBy bank transfer, or UPI on request.
- Tell usPAN, address and payment reference.
- Get your receiptBy email; Form 10BE follows by 31 May.
Your gift pays for repairs, safety gear and signs, school sessions, and the photos and reports that prove the work.
Already donated? Request your 80G receipt
Group drives
Bring your group to fix a road
We run pothole-fixing drives for groups: companies, apartment and resident welfare associations, schools, colleges and clubs. Tell us about your group and we will plan a drive with you.
On your own? Please donate or report a pothole on WhatsApp. We don’t take individual volunteers for road work.
Partner · for CSR teams, foundations and NGOs
Four ways to work with us
Most partners start with advice or an impact study, then run a programme.
- About 1 week
Choose
A programme, a brief or a study
- About 2 weeks
Ground truth
Baseline and site visits
- 3–4 weeks
Co-design
Workshop with your teams
- 4–6 weeks
Launch
Pilot live, first report
Weeks start once the site’s permissions are in place. We don’t do government liaison: you secure the permissions, and we work alongside you with designs, data and documents. See the six programmes.
Prefer to write or chat?
CSR partnerships: csr@groundreality.org
Founder: prathaap@groundreality.org
Funded by Toyota Kirloskar, Bosch, IBM, Wipro GE Healthcare, Laurus Bio, Mercedes-Benz R&D India, Mallya Aditi International School and many more, with 300+ individual donors and sponsors.
Questions
Quick answers
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes, for Indian donors. Donations to GroundReality Trust are eligible under Section 80G of the Income Tax Act, under the old tax regime and within the limits the law sets. Cash gifts above ₹2,000 and gifts in kind do not qualify. The Trust holds 12AA and 80G registrations; your receipt carries the numbers. Check with your tax adviser for your own case.
How do I get my 80G receipt?
Use the receipt form, or email or WhatsApp us your name, PAN, address, amount, date and payment reference. We email the receipt after matching your payment. Your Form 10BE certificate follows by 31 May after the financial year, once we file Form 10BD.
Can I donate from outside India?
Foreign contributions can only go to an FCRA-registered account. Write to csr@groundreality.org and we will share the current details.
Can I get a refund?
Donations are voluntary. If you paid twice or the wrong amount, tell us within 7 days and we will refund it after checking. See the donation and refund policy.
Can I volunteer on my own?
Our road drives are for groups: companies, apartment and resident welfare associations, schools, colleges and clubs. Bring your group. On your own, you can donate or report potholes on WhatsApp.
Who gets the government permissions?
You do. We don’t do government liaison. The client secures government and municipal permissions; we work alongside them with designs, data and documents.
Is there a minimum for companies?
Yes: ₹25 lakh per programme, and ₹5 lakh for advice or an impact study. Each programme also has a minimum scale:
- Road restoration (potholes, signs, lights): one 2 km stretch or 1,000 m² of repairs
- AI Safe Corridors: 10 km of roads, ₹50 L–2 Cr
- Zero-Harm School Zones: 5 schools in one cluster, ₹25 L–1 Cr each
- Plastic to Pavement: 1,000 m² of GridMats, from ₹25 L
- Cool Streets: 10 sites (bus stops or schoolyards), from ₹25 L
- Farm-to-Market Roads: 1 village cluster, about ₹5 Cr
- Road Safety Fellowship: 1 cohort of 20 students, from ₹25 L
- Adopt a hot spot (road data): at least 10 hot spots or 1 ward
No single potholes or stand-alone signboards. Individual donations of any size are welcome.
Will the results stand up to an audit?
Every fix is logged with photos, measurements and sign-off, and impact studies come with a baseline, an endline and BRSR-ready reporting. CSR teams get project reports, and utilisation certificates on request.