Dear Art Lover,
The Kala Premi Foundation is a registered Charitable Trust devoted to the promotion of greater awareness and appreciation of art & culture. The Kala Premi Foundation realizes that awareness and appreciation of art grows with regular exposure to good & informative programmes on these subjects and therefore strives to bring to the art lovers concerts, performances, lecture-demonstrations, talks, etc, on various aspects of art & culture. These programmes not only entertain, but also give the art lovers information about the art form and helping them in understanding the finer nuances of the art.
The Kala Premi Foundation was inaugurated on 3rd August, 2008 and in this short span of less than 10 years has conducted over 70 programmes which have been acclaimed as unique by the artists, art lovers, critics and the media.
As an ardent lover of arts and culture, you would wish to support and encourage us in this endeavour of promoting greater awareness and appreciation of our art and culture. You could do so by any or all of the following:
- Enrolling yourself as a member of the Kala Premi Foundation
- Donating to the Kala Premi Foundation
- Sponsoring the programmes of the Kala Premi Foundation
All donations to the Kala Premi Foundation are exempted from Income Tax under section 80G (5)(vi) of Income Tax Act 1961 under approval number DIT (E) BLR/80G/K-18/AABTT4999/ITO(E)-2/Vol2014-2015 dated 11th August, 2014.
Details of the membership and other modes of helping The Kala Premi Foundation are given below.
Membership
Membership of the Kala Premi Foundation is essentially to register your support and participation in the cause of the Kala Premi Foundation - promoting greater awareness and appreciation of art & culture. Membership to the foundation is purely by invitation. The following 3 types of membership are open to you.
| Feature | General Membership | Donor Membership | Patron Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membership Donation | Rs.2000/- | Rs.5000/- | Rs.10,000/- |
| Validity | 5 Years | 15 Years | 15 Years |
| Complimentary | Select live audio CDs of our programmes | Select live audio & video CDs of our programmes | |
| Communication about Kala Premi's activities | Through invites, mailers, emails, announcements on website, Facebook page, media, etc | ||
| Seating at the Event | All events of Kala Premi are open to the public. Some seats are kept for members which will be available on a first-come-first-served basis | ||
| All members can access our archive of any live recordings available on Youtube / our website | |||
We take great pleasure in inviting you to join us as a member and actively associate yourself with our foundation. You can download the application form for membership below. Kindly fill it up and mail it to us along with your cheque drawn in favour of "The Kala Premi Foundation".
Donations
You may donate any amount you wish to the Kala Premi Foundation and help it in conducting its programmes. As the organization grows, there is a need to expand its activities to reach out to a larger number of art lovers and also increase the number of events it presents, so that it can cover a larger area of performing arts. Your donations help the Kala Premi Foundation in this regard and you will be able to avail the benefit of income tax exemption too. Please email us at kalapremi@thekalapremifoundation.org to get details about how you can donate to us.
Sponsorship
You could also sponsor a programme by donating Rs.30,000/- towards the cost of an event and event could be presented by the Kala Premi Foundation in the name of / in memory of someone near and dear to you. If you wish to sponsor such a programme once every year, you could also indicate the month or the quarter of the year in which you would like to sponsor such an event. The Kala Premi Foundation will interact with you and work out a mutually suitable time schedule for such events.
These are some ways in which you could join hands with us and support our activities. Together, let us reach out to a larger number of art lovers and promote greater awareness and appreciation of our art and culture.