Sikhi Alpha Foundation

Our mission: To end injustice by providing financial literacy and health services to empower families in need.

Sikhi Alpha believes that everyone has a right to have their basic needs met and have adequate resources to thrive and reach their highest potential. We will continue our work until we celebrate the day where any injustice can be addressed quickly and comprehensively.

We aim to correct social and economic disparities within local communities first to compound success as we build our model to scale. We begin by sharing wealth, time, and knowledge more effectively. The Sikhi Alpha family fights against any oppression, especially of one’s freedom of conscience and expression.

Many factors contribute to inequality and inequity. Studies show that income disparity worldwide is a key impediment to economic growth, impairs attempts to reduce poverty, distorts political development, and weakens social cohesion.

We have identified four underlying causes that drive inequality and inequity.
1. PERPETUAL AND PERVASIVE DISCRIMINATION particularly against women and minorities.
2. FAILURE TO INVEST AND PROTECT EDUCATION including essential public goods.
3. FAILURE OF ECONOMIC FAIRNESS AND EQUAL POLITICAL ACCESS that intensify differences in living standards among nations.
4. FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY TACKLE DISASTERS poorly handled natural and man-made – disasters prolongs suffering and weaken efforts to save lives.

To defeat these causes, and reduce inequality and inequity, we work and make grants with these themes in mind.
- Inclusivity - impact investing, social justice, youth development and leadership.
- Equitable Development - equitable resources, create vibrant communities, access to financial and health services.
- Impartiality - unbiased rights of all, increase participation, fair resource sharing.
- Creativity and Engagement - enhance knowledge, skills building, engage political systems.
- Justice - freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, alleviate oppression and suffering.

Progress in reducing inequality and inequity relies on combining the right system with the right solution; uniting innovative solutions with outstanding individuals and organizations who can implement them.

Solutions can be wide ranging but at their hearts must invigorate structural changes that can either prevail indefinitely, or with continual focus can grow each day. That is why, with each grant, we look towards making our partners more successful so that our work continues after the project.

We expect the highest standards of transparency and accountability within our foundation and all our external contacts. Similarly, we expect the same of our partners, but without distracting them from their work. We support our partners because we believe they are extraordinary in what they do and so we aim to invest to further their success. We may provide additional multi-year or multi-generational support and even provide additional overhead funding for scalable or expanding projects.

Our focus is to provide both specific project support and strong core infrastructures, including project management. Support must be sustainable for indefinite reduction of inequality and inequity, so that when opportunities for change arise, our partner organizations can move quickly to activate change. With the right infrastructures and support, individual initiatives have greater impact, and deliver continual progress.

We connect with others around the world, driving the expertise and energy of businesses and non-governmental organizations to help address social problems – among them global poverty, discrimination, oppression, and exclusion.

Worldwide, we support exceptional leaders and organizations, on the cutting edge of social and structural change. Inclusivity is a fundamental human right, and we are determined to give unbiased access to social, economic, and political institutions.

We invest in people by supplying a platform that provides health, education and protection. By providing the right catalysts, we can influence positive change and recognize that all have the right to exist, improve and compound for the betterment of us all.

In order to continually improve our thinking, we look to deepen our learning and knowledge to better understand how and which type of support will make the most difference. Every day we look to learn how non-profit organizations can become healthier and more resilient, both in the United States and around the world. This is part of our overall strategy to reduce inequality and inequity.

We work closely with a diverse mix of partners and continually research core capabilities. We often ask questions like: Which operational areas have been under-emphasized due to insufficient resources? Which fundraising areas have gone unaddressed? Which innovative ideas and programs have been pushed back in favor of more urgent needs and priorities?

At Sikhi Alpha, we ask our partners to lead in deciding how to improve core capabilities, whether adding more staff, improving IT systems, strengthening management teams and boards, or fundraising. Mutual learning benefits our organization and all of our partners.

In 2017, we launched our focus Education campaign called 'Equity in Education' which supports children from families with low income by providing financial literacy and health education. We want to inspire a life-long passion for learning and ensure life-changing education for thousands.

In 2018, we began focusing on our other campaigns such as 'There With You' where we provide financial literacy and health solutions to victims of domestic violence. In 2020, we launched our 'SMILE for domestic violence' project to raise awareness for domestic violence.