Before you give

80G tax benefit on donations, and how to claim it

Alorah Foundation is approved under Section 80G of the Income-tax Act, 1961, so a donation to the trust is eligible for deduction when you file your return. This page explains what that means in practice, what you have to give us, and what you get back.

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Alorah Foundation’s registration numbers

These are the numbers your accountant or your tax software will ask for. They are printed on every receipt the trust issues and they appear in the footer of every page on this site.

80G approval: AAMTA4503GF20261
12AB registration: AAMTA4503GE20261
PAN of the trust: AAMTA4503G
Trust registration: Reg No. 4/82/2026, Tamil Nadu
NGO Darpan: TN/2026/0442383

What Section 80G actually gives you

Section 80G lets a taxpayer deduct part of what they donated from the income they are taxed on. It is a deduction from income, not a refund of the donation, so the money you get back is the tax you would have paid on the deducted amount, not the amount itself.

For a public charitable trust approved under Section 80G(5), which is the category Alorah Foundation falls in, the usual position is that fifty per cent of the donation is deductible, and that deduction is itself subject to a qualifying limit of ten per cent of your adjusted gross total income. A small number of government funds carry a hundred per cent deduction instead. Your own figure depends on your income and your other deductions, so treat this page as an explanation and your tax advisor as the authority.

The tax regime you file under decides whether you can claim this at all. Deductions under Chapter VI-A, which is where Section 80G sits, are generally not available to a taxpayer filing under the new regime of Section 115BAC. If you file under the new regime, give because you want the work done, and check the position with your tax advisor before counting on a deduction.

The rules that catch people out

Cash above two thousand rupees is not eligible. Donate by UPI, bank transfer, card or net banking and the whole amount counts. This is a rule of the Act, not a preference of ours.
Your PAN is required. The trust reports every donation to the Income Tax Department against the donor’s PAN. A receipt without one cannot be matched to your return.
The name and PAN must match your return. Receipts are issued from the details you type, so a typo in a PAN is a deduction you will have to chase.
The claim is for the year the money moved, not the year the receipt was downloaded.

Form 10BD and Form 10BE, in plain words

Two forms sit between your donation and your deduction, and the trust handles both.

Form 10BD is the statement of donations the trust files with the Income Tax Department after the financial year ends. It lists every donor, their PAN and what they gave. Form 10BE is the certificate the Department then issues back, which the trust passes to you. Because the donation has been reported against your PAN, it appears in your own tax records, and the deduction you claim is one the Department can already see.

The receipt you get immediately after donating is your acknowledgement and carries a unique donation number. Form 10BE follows after the year end filing. Keep both.

What you have to give us, and why

To issue an 80G receipt the trust needs your full name, your PAN, and your address. That is not a marketing list, it is exactly what Form 10BD requires, and we ask for nothing beyond it. Your name is published on this site only in masked form, for example R****h K., and only if you allow it. Full records stay internal and are shared with the authorities where the law requires it, and nowhere else.

You do not need to create an account to donate or to get a receipt. Signing in only ever adds something, such as seeing your past donations or downloading a receipt again later.

Donating from outside India

Alorah Foundation accepts donations from Indian citizens and Indian entities only. Contributions from foreign sources, including accounts held abroad by non resident Indians, can be accepted only after FCRA registration, which the trust does not currently hold. A donation from an Indian bank account or an Indian UPI application is fine wherever you happen to be sitting.

Getting your receipt back

If you have lost a receipt, you can sign in with the email or mobile on your donation and download it again. If the details on a receipt are wrong, message the trust on WhatsApp and a trustee will reissue it.