Sanghamitra does not take money. Here is how to give anyway.
Sanghamitra has never accepted a donation. When an audience presses money on a Harikatha or Burrakatha performer, the old Telugu storytelling forms, after a session, every dollar goes to the artist. When a child in India needs school fees, the fee is paid to the school, never handed to a family. What Sreenivasa asks of people is older than any of this: give a tenth of what you earn back to society, and give it somewhere you are sure of.
Receiving an award for community service from the North America Telugu Society, 27 January 2013.The India Post report on the summer program — the piece that thanks the volunteers who held it up.
Give where you can be sure
If you want to give and do not know whom to trust, write to Sreenivasa. He points people only to organizations he has personally checked, in the United States and in India, where the money reaches the person it is meant for. Nothing passes through Sanghamitra.
Sponsor a child's school fees
Sanghamitra pays fees for children in India who cannot pay them. The money goes to the school, after he has spoken to the school, and people he trusts there check each case. If you want to carry one child's year, say so below.
Volunteer
The India Post piece thanks the volunteers who held the summer program and the Medhavadhanam. Hall setup, Zoom, Telugu class help, books for a library in India, hosting a talk in your city. Say what you can do.
What the work actually covers
Food and clothing drives. School fees and books, paid direct. Support for elders. Telugu classes. Books for libraries in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam that people he knows keep running.
This is Sreenivasa's own position, in his own words, and this page says nothing more than it: he has never taken a donation, gifts to performers go to the performers, and school fees are paid to the school.