What is DasvandhWeek?

DasvandhWeek is our opportunity as a community to continue supporting the work of Sikh activists. It is an annual giving challenge during which donations are matched, according to the matching policy, until the matching fund is exhausted. DasvandhWeek 2022 will run from November 11th to the 20th. The code will be live at 12PM EST on November 11th, 2022.

 

2022 Updates

Updates related to which organizations/projects have reached the $10K limit in matching funds will be posted here: 

• International Institute of Gurmat Studies
• The Seva Collective
• ICAAD
• Sikhville
• TV84
• Prabh Aasra
• Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations
• Educate Punjab Project
• United Sikhs

DasvandhWeek 2022 Bonus Announcement      

Codes

• We have announced a bonus code, DVBONUS22, to be added at checkout for all NEWLY STARTED MONTHLY recurring donations started during the time period of November 15th to Sunday, November 20th, 2022
• DVBONUS22 will automatically applied to checkout to receive this $150 one-time bonus
• Please review the summary on the right hand side of the checkout page to ensure that it was applied correctly. We will also have reminders on the website for donors

 

Prize

• $6,000 “prize” to the organization/project with the most new MONTHLY donations from the point of this announcement to end of DasvandhWeek Sunday, November 20th
• $4,000 “prize” to the org/project with the second most new monthly recurring donations 
• $2,000 “prize” to the org/project with the third most new monthly recurring donations 

Limits

• $150 one-time bonus will be added to your donation to any NEW monthly donations (e.g., $50 recurring donation will get a $100 one-time bonus added to your donation)
• These bonus amounts do not apply toward the $10,000 matching fund cap per organization.This prize is in addition to any prizes for bringing in new donors
• Recurring donations to private projects will not qualify to receive the bonus

Policies

• This bonus only applies to NEW monthly donations started November Xth to 20th, 2022
• Only a single matching code of each type will be honored from each donor per organization/project (a donor can make multiple matched donations using each code if made to distinct organizations/projects)
• If a donor cancels previously made recurring donations prior to DasvandhWeek and starts "new" recurring donations to the same organizations/projects, these "new" transactions are not considered new recurring donations. This will not be counted to receive the one-time bonus
• If our internal committee uncovers unusual activity, we reserve the right to withdraw these funds and limit access to DasvandhWeek moving forward

 

DasvandhWeek 2022 Matching Policy    

Codes

• We will be using a Matching Code, DVWEEK22, during the checkout process this year
• DVWEEK22 will be entered automatically at checkout
• Please review the summary on the right hand side of the checkout page to ensure that the match was applied correctly. We will also have reminders on the website for donors

 

Prize

• $10,000 “prize” to the organization that gets the most unique donors to give in 10 days
• $5,000 “prize” to the organization that gets the second most donors to give

 

Limits

• $400 single donation match limit (e.g., $1,000 donation will get a $400 match)
• Only a single $400 per donor per organization will be honored (donor can make multiple matched donations if made to unique organizations)
• Each independent organization (or independent project if not a listed organization) is capped at $10,000 in matching funds for DasvandhWeek (“prizes” don’t count towards the cap, so an organization can receive more than $10,000 if allotted a “prize”)

 

Policies

• The matching code will be active beginning at 12PM EST on November 11th, 2022
• Matches will be made as they happen using the matching code (except for “prizes” which will be made after DasvandhWeek)
• Donations to private projects will not be matched
• If there are multiple projects from the same organization in the cart, the match code will only apply to one of the projects
• We reserve the right to not honor a match if it doesn't comply with our policy or terms of service

 

Please email us at info@dvnetwork.org before donating if you have any questions.