First Time Line
2003
The Fortune Fund was founded
2004
Began sponsoring Viveka Vardhini School and Zilla Parishad High School
2013
Began sponsoring Zilla Parishad Secondary and Patancheru Secondary School
2015
Introduced the 1st annual Walk for Wisdom
2017
Introduced a new program, Sponsor-A-Student
2021
Created the US Based College Scholarship Program
Second Timeline
Third Timeline
Fortune Fund History
The Fortune Fund was founded
Day Veerlapati initially had the idea to found the Fortune Fund in 2001 and set about starting the foundation. He applied for 501(c)3 charitable status in 2003.
Began sponsoring Viveka Vardhini School and Zilla Parishad High School
In 2004, the Fortune Fund began sponsoring Viveka Vardhini School and Zilla Parishad High School. Zilla Parishad High School had limited access to clean drinking water. The Fortune Fund was able to drill a well that could provide clean drinking water for the school as well as the community of Gudur.
Began sponsoring Kavitha Junior College
The Fortune Fund began sponsoring Kavitha Junior College, which consists of 11th and 12th grade students (based on US grade levels)
Began sponsoring Zilla Parishad Secondary and Patancheru Secondary School
The Fortune Fund began sponsoring Zilla Parishad Secondary and Patancheru Secondary School. The Fortune Fund approached these schools with the goal of expanding the program to additional needy students/schools
Introduced the 1st annual Walk for Wisdom
The Walk for Wisdom was held for the first time and has been held annually ever since. This event is a “virtual” 1 mile walk held by participants around the globe
Introduced a new program, Sponsor-A-Student
The Sponsor-A-Student program was introduced as a way to build more in-depth relationships between sponsors and students, though the program has been suspended due to COVID Regulations (return date indeterminate).
Created the US Based College Scholarship Program
As donations increased, Day now had the funding necessary to create the US Based College Scholarship Program for academically gifted students in a rural Missouri community that didn’t have many students matriculate to college.