Become a Founding Patron
of Your District.
Make your one-time founding gift
Inspire students, fund fellows, and kickstart entrepreneurship in your district.
Secure payment via Razorpay
You know what it means to come from a place where startups felt impossible. Your support changes that — for the next young founder who needs one person to believe in them.
The Vision
Where your donation goes.
Every contribution flows into one of two streams.
Educate
100K
Young Indians
100
Shifu Fellows
Empower
100
Shifu Fellows
10
Revenue Founders
Educate
100K
Young Indians
100
Shifu Fellows
Empower
100
Shifu Fellows
10
Revenue Founders
What Patronage Means
Your presence. In your district.
You won't just fund it. You'll be part of it. Every time Shifu shows up in your district, so do you.
Lead the change. In your District.
- Founders from your district, building from your district
- A startup ecosystem where there isn’t one yet
- The next decade of district entrepreneurship
Your name on the work.
- Listed as a founding patron for your district on our ecosystem map
- Appear in documentary screening credits in your district
- All events for your district carry the patron list
In their district. On the ground.
- Meet with Shifu Fellows when you visit your hometown
- Connect and guide or choose to mentor founders
- All the above are optional for patrons who want them
A Room of Friends
- Be a part of an online community of like minded Indians
- Warm introductions across the patron network
- Get the first access to early stage founders from your district
From Bharat
Founders from places like yours.
Real builders from districts across India who started exactly where you are.
Delhi
Amit Koshal· Photon Legal
Lost his father at 5. Now runs India's top patent firm.
The Ecosystem
Find your district on the map.
Documentary Screenings, meetups, founder visits, seminars — district by district. Find your district. See what's already happening near you.
If nothing's happening in your district yet — that's a sign. Join our network and we'll bring it to you.
Founders
From non-metro districts
- BT
Bhanu Teja
Nellore
- VK
Vikas Kumar
Bokaro
- AL
Atoba Longkumer
Kohima
- NS
Neeraj Singhal
Jaipur
FAQ
Questions patrons ask.
Shifu Foundation is registered as a Section 8 nonprofit in India. The new tax regime in India does not have any tax-deductible benefit.
Yes - we'd love to have you. We currently have only Indian payments enabled on our checkout, so international contributions aren't going through it just yet. Drop us a note at contact@shifufoundation.org and we'll guide you through the easiest way to contribute from your country.
₹10,000 is what one patron contributes. It’s small enough to be accessible, large enough to matter. We organize giving district-by-district because the work is district-by-district — every district needs a small group of patrons for Shifu Foundation to begin on-ground activities. The unit is intentional: 100 patrons × ₹10,000 = enough to seed the work in one district for a year.
Your contribution funds the work directly: documentary screenings and free curriculum on the Educate side, and 1:1 mentorship plus up to ₹1 lakh in grants for Shifu Fellows on the Empower side. We publish a yearly impact report tied to specific districts.
Yes. The donation form lets you choose the district you want to back. If the district isn’t active yet, your contribution counts toward activating it — bringing screenings, founder meetups, and our first cohort there.
₹10,000 is our suggested entry contribution — it’s how we built the patron model. You can give more via the custom amount field. Recurring contributions aren’t available yet but are coming soon.
Patrons get invited to events with the founders they’re backing, can opt to mentor 1:1, and join the patron network — a quiet group of people who came home for their district. We’ll email you an onboarding note after your first contribution.
The Final Ask
Lead the change. In your District.
Join the patrons backing the next decade of district entrepreneurship.
Tech Founders from every district of India
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