01What a CSR partnership funds
IPEC partnerships fund institutional capability — frameworks, training, measurement systems and Excellence Cells — rather than inputs alone.
This is a deliberate choice. Capability continues to produce benefit after the funded period ends; inputs generally do not.
02Measurement before implementation
Every partnership defines what success would look like before work begins, and how it will be measured.
The impact report at the end of a programme reports against that definition. It does not substitute activity counts for outcomes, and it does not omit results that were disappointing.
03Independence of findings
A funding relationship does not give a partner the right to influence, approve or suppress a research finding, an assessment result or a published conclusion.
Partners see reports before publication and may correct factual errors. They may not change conclusions.
04The institutions come first
Participating schools, colleges and communities are partners in the work, not beneficiaries of it.
Their consent is required before their name, data or photographs are used. They receive the findings that concern them.
Programmes are designed around what the institution needs, not around what photographs well.
05Partnerships the Council will not enter
The Council will decline a partnership where accepting it would be unlawful, compromise its independence, create an unmanageable conflict of interest, or be inconsistent with its purposes and values.
ReviewThe Board should decide whether to publish specific exclusions — for example sectors the Council will not accept funding from — and record that decision here.
06Acknowledgement
Partners are acknowledged in materials relating to the programme they fund. Acknowledgement does not imply the Council's endorsement of the partner's products, services or wider conduct.
The Council's name and logo may be used by a partner only in relation to the funded programme and only with written permission.
07Compliance
IPEC holds registration under Sections 12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act.
Whether a specific contribution meets a company's obligations under the Companies Act is a matter for the company and its advisors. IPEC provides the documentation required and does not advise on CSR eligibility.
ReviewConfirm the Council's FCRA position before accepting any funding from a foreign source, including the Indian subsidiary of a foreign company where the contribution originates abroad.