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First Time Line

2003

The Fortune Fund was founded

2004

Began sponsoring Viveka Vardhini School and Zilla Parishad High School

2011

Began sponsoring Kavitha Junior College

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

2003
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.

2004
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…Read More

2011
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)

2013
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

2015
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

2017
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).

2021
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.

2023
Began sponsoring Sri Saraswathi Shishu Mandir School

In 2023, the Fortune Fund began sponsoring Sri Saraswathi Shishu Mandir Bhadrachalam School with the goal of turning this boarding school into a self-sustaining community and one of the top schools for children in tribal communities.