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.
Foundation campaign
Our impact
Five mission pillars. One commitment to human dignity.
Explore the Foundation’s work across education, child protection, food security, safety and justice, and emergency response.
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Our philosophy
Impact is a discipline, not a headline.
The Foundation’s work spans public advocacy, scholarship support, education initiatives, child protection, food access, and emergency response. Each mission area connects its history with practical ways to participate today.
- Center the dignity and lived experience of the people closest to the issue.
- Build with qualified local, nonprofit, public-sector, and corporate partners.
- Create clear ways for people to learn, volunteer, advocate, fundraise, and give.
Five pillars that reinforce one another.
Each pillar connects to specific campaigns, people, media, and current participation paths.
Education · Child Protection · Food Security · Safety & Justice · Emergency Response
Where the work has reached
Local experiences connected to a global mission.
The Foundation’s history connects Oak Creek, Pace University in New York, education initiatives across India, COVID-19 response locations, and humanitarian efforts serving communities in crisis.
2010 onward and 2026 application cycle
Chahal Foundation Pace Scholarship
Review the scholarship history, selected alumni profiles, eligibility information, and the 2026 application timeline for the Foundation scholarship.
Current program
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
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.
Program milestone
Humanitarian response initiatives
Disaster Relief
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Program milestone
2022 advocacy campaign
#GunControlNow and H.R. 8
The 2022 campaign called for stronger background checks after Uvalde and Buffalo and connects visitors to the current senator-action toolkit.
Foundation campaign
Five pillars
Where history, programs, and participation come together.
Education
School initiatives, entrepreneurship, scholarships, and AI opportunity.
The Foundation’s education work includes school initiatives in India, #LetsMakeOurKidsSmile, Enactus Inaayat, the Pace University entrepreneurship scholarship, and practical AI education.
- Pace scholarship program history and 2026 cycle information
- Selected alumni profiles currently listed from the scholarship record
- Learner, mentor, and corporate-partner interest paths
Child protection
The Be a Super Hero campaign and a survivor-centered protection standard.
The campaign advances prevention, public awareness, responsible partnerships, survivor-centered support, and accountability.
- A campaign film and child-protection issue guide
- Ways for qualified volunteers and organizations to help
Food security
Dignity-centered food access for students, families, and communities.
Food and nutrition connect the Foundation’s education, community-support, pandemic-response, and humanitarian work.
- Nutrition as a foundation for learning and stability
- Volunteer, partnership, and designated-giving paths
Safety & justice
#BeProud, gun-violence prevention, remembrance, and direct civic action.
From gun violence prevention to anti-discrimination campaigns, we pair data with storytelling to change outcomes.
- Senator tracker, phone script, and gun-lobby spending context
- #BeProud, the Uvalde memorial, and #GunControlNow
Emergency response
COVID-19 support, humanitarian logistics, and disaster relief.
The Foundation has supported medical-supply, hospital, humanitarian-logistics, and disaster-relief efforts during periods of urgent need.
- Oxygen-concentrator and medical-supply support in India
- Humanitarian partnerships and emergency-response giving
How we work
Precision, pace, and partnership.
Human-first intelligence
Listen & diagnose
Local partners surface the need. We co-design interventions rooted in lived experience.
Precision execution
Build & deploy
We bring together people, partners, resources, technology, and logistics around a clear need.
Accountable growth
Measure & scale
We learn from results, communicate responsibly, and strengthen the approaches that can create lasting value.
Programs and campaigns
The substance behind the mission.
Explore the Foundation’s origin, scholarship history, education campaigns, child-protection work, advocacy tools, memorials, and emergency response.
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.
Foundation campaign
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.
Foundation campaign
2010 onward and 2026 application cycle
Chahal Foundation Pace Scholarship
Review the scholarship history, selected alumni profiles, eligibility information, and the 2026 application timeline for the Foundation scholarship.
Current program
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.
Program milestone
Transparency
Clear information helps supporters make informed decisions.
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Financial transparency
Find the information you need to give with confidence.
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Transparency resource 1
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Transparency resource 2
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Transparency resource 3
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Mission milestones
Moments that shaped the Foundation.
From #BeProud in 2012 to the current scholarship cycle, these dates connect the Foundation’s history with the work ahead.
2012
#BeProud launched
The Foundation’s origin campaign against hate and discrimination.
2010+
Pace scholarship program
The endowed scholarship has run since 2010, with selected public alumni profiles featured from the broader program history.
2016+
Child-protection campaign
Be a Super Hero brought public attention to prevention, protection, and survivor support.
2020
COVID-19 response
Medical-supply, hospital-support, and oxygen-concentrator initiatives.
2022
Gun-safety advocacy
The Uvalde memorial, #GunControlNow, and direct civic-action tools.
2026
Current Pace scholarship cycle
Eligibility, timeline, alumni, and Foundation coordination information.
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