2012 onward
The Chahal Foundation’s Beginning
Learn how a response to hate became a broader commitment to dignity, education, safety, protection, food access, and humanitarian support.
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Creating opportunity since 2012
The Chahal Foundation
Education, dignity, safety, and support when communities need it most.
Learn about the programs and campaigns that shaped the Foundation, meet scholarship alumni, use our advocacy tools, and choose how you want to help.
Founded in 2012
Born from a commitment to stand against hate
Named Programs
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Our work
Programs and campaigns built around dignity and opportunity.
Explore the Foundation's origin, the Pace scholarship and its alumni, education and child-protection initiatives, anti-discrimination advocacy, gun-violence prevention, and humanitarian response.
Alumni and 2026 application cycle
Chahal Foundation Pace Scholarship
Meet five named alumni, review eligibility information, and follow the 2026 application timeline for the Foundation scholarship.
Current program
Launched November 11, 2012
#BeProud
The Foundation’s founding anti-discrimination campaign grew from the Oak Creek tragedy and called on people to reject hate, stand with targeted communities, and build belonging.
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Education initiatives in the 2010s
#LetsMakeOurKidsSmile
This education campaign addressed barriers to learning in India, including school conditions, nutrition, sanitation, menstrual health, supplies, and technology access.
Program milestone
2016 onward
Be a Super Hero
The anti-trafficking campaign focuses on prevention, responsible partnerships, survivor-centered support, public awareness, and accountability.
Program milestone
2020 and later pandemic waves
COVID-19 Response
The Foundation responded to the pandemic through medical-supply, hospital-support, and humanitarian initiatives in India and beyond.
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AI education and mentorship
Help make practical AI skills more accessible.
The Foundation is collecting learner, mentor, and partner interest for practical AI education, responsible technology use, coding support, and career readiness.
- Learners can register interest in future AI literacy, coding, and career-readiness opportunities.
- Mentors can offer technical, recruiting, portfolio, interview, or career-navigation experience.
- Companies and education partners can propose tools, curriculum, volunteer time, or cohort support.
What we believe
Dignity, opportunity, and action guide our work.
The Foundation began in response to hate after the 2012 Oak Creek tragedy. That commitment grew into work across education, scholarships, child protection, advocacy, pandemic support, and humanitarian response.
- Expand access to education, mentorship, and entrepreneurial opportunity.
- Stand for safety, dignity, belonging, and protection from violence and exploitation.
- Mobilize people, partners, and resources when communities face urgent needs.
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Foundation work in the news.
Read reporting, interviews, and features about the people, campaigns, and community efforts connected to The Chahal Foundation.
CSR Mandate · May 2021
Standing in Solidarity and United in Determination to Fight the Pandemic
The Chahal Foundation stepped up to provide oxygen concentrators to hospitals, NGOs, and COVID treatment centres in Delhi-NCR, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Bathinda and other regions during India's critical oxygen shortage crisis.
Open original coverageTribune India · April 19, 2020
Giving Back to Society
Chahal Foundation's COVID-19 relief efforts including delivery of FFP2/FFP3 masks, N95 respirators, rapid test kits, protective equipment, and ventilators globally. The foundation's matching donation program raised $10,000 in two days towards their $100,000 goal for Punjab testing kits.
Open original coverageViral Indian Diary · May 12, 2016
The Chahal Foundation: Making a Global Impact
Comprehensive overview of the foundation's initiatives including education support in India, scholarship programs, disaster relief efforts, and the #LetsMakeOurKidsSmile campaign. Details the foundation's work with multiple schools across Delhi, Amritsar, and Mumbai.
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