HCLTech 2024 Climate Action Grant Americas

We’re investing $5 million over 5 years on big ideas for climate action. Will yours be one of them?

Nearly a decade ago, HCLTech Grant was launched by the HCLFoundation to enable cross-sector collaboration and empower non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to play a decisive role in building a stronger, future-ready India. Today, HCLTech Grant has invested nearly $16 million in groundbreaking projects and is recognized as one of the largest grant programs in India—impacting over 27,000 villages across 22 states.  

HCLFoundation 

The future of cross-sector climate collaboration

We’re proud to bring our learnings and innovations from India to the Americas. As part of our global CSR strategy, we’ll start by investing $5 million over five years to impact-focused, Americas-based NGOs to supercharge their replicable, scalable and sustainable climate action projects. As a $12.8 billion technology company with over 223,000 people worldwide, our mission is to bring together the best of technology and people to supercharge progress for our clients, our people, our communities and our planet.

Global Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy 

• Table of Content
• About HCL Technologies Limited
• HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran
• Aim and Benefits of HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran
• Requirements for HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About HCL Technologies Limited

Nearly a decade ago, HCLTech Grant was launched by the HCLFoundation to enable cross-sector collaboration and empower non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to play a decisive role in building a stronger, future-ready India. Today, HCLTech Grant has invested nearly $16 million in groundbreaking projects and is recognized as one of the largest grant programs in India—impacting over 27,000 villages across 22 states.   HCLFoundation  The future of cross-sector climate collaboration We’re proud to bring our learnings and innovations from India to the Americas. As part... continue reading

HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran

Application Deadline	Not Specified
Country to study	Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States
Type	Contest
Sponsor	HCL Technologies Limited
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran

HCLTech is proud to host events across the Americas as a platform of empowerment. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in participating countries are invited to attend for the following opportunities:

• Learn more about the required materials and screening processes
• Access to resources and mentorship for strengthening application
• Network with peers and the HCLTech team

Requirements for HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran Qualification

Registration

We’re looking to supercharge innovative, replicable, scalable and sustainable climate solutions. If the work you do fits the following criteria, our mission is to amplify your impact. 

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Organizational qualification criteria

• The applicant organization should be a legally registered entity as a non-governmental organization (NGO), not-for-profit organization (NPO) or a charitable organization for a minimum of three years in the country, where the proposed project will be implemented.
• The applicant organization must showcase a track record of effectively managing grants of comparable nature, with an average value of $125,000 or higher, over the preceding three-year period.

2. Date of incorporation: The applicant organization must have completed a minimum period of three years from the date of incorporation as of September 2023.

3. Organization registered address and project geography: The applicant organization must be legally registered in the country where the proposed project will be implemented. These will include the following ten countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and United States of America. The proposed project needs to be tagged to a single one of the aforementioned countries, even if the applicant organization has registered offices in more than one country.

4. Ability to provide audited financial statements: The applicant organization must be able to provide documentation of audited financial statements for the last three financial years.

Prerequisites:

• The organization’s bylaws should expressly permit engagement in purpose-driven projects and, where relevant, climate action initiatives, in accordance with the legal regulations of the country of registration.

• The proposed project must be designed for direct implementation by the applicant organization. Sub-granting of HCLTech funds is not allowed.
• The grant amount must not be used solely for infrastructure development / purchase of fixed assets like land, buildings, and vehicles, among others. Further, proposed infrastructure development costs must be spent in line with project objectives and activities defined.

• The applicant organization, including its governing body members, must not have any pending litigations.
• The applicant organization must not be blacklisted by any government agency, department, ministry, donor or international agency.
• The organization must not have faced cancellation of its license, registration or membership from the country-specific regulatory or statutory body.
• The applicant organization or its board members or employees must not have any political or religious affiliations.

An inability to fulfill either of the abovementioned prerequisite eligibility guidelines or presentation of inaccurate and/or false information for the same will disqualify the applicant organization from the HCLTech Grant, rendering them ineligible to apply for further rounds. 

Interview date, Process and Venue for HCLTech Grants Climate Action Gran

Step 1 

Call for abstracts: Announcement of the HCLTech Grant – Climate Action (Americas) through online portal and outreach through virtual townhalls and symposiums.

Step 2

Abstracts screening and review: Abstracts will be screened based on predefined eligibility criteria and selection matrix, by the governance partner, internal domain experts and CSR council members. The review will include a mix of objective and subjective parameters such as governance, relevance of the problem and solution, potential impact and innovation, and others.

Step 3

Call for detailed proposals: Organizations selected in step 2, will be requested to submit a detailed organization profile and proposal. These applications will go through the next level review process with a few additional parameters such as capacity to deliver, financial modelling, sustainability, use of inclusive approach, potential for partnership and scalability, and others. Upon completion of this assessment, the top 10 NPOs will be selected to move to step 4. 

Step 4

Field level validation and detailed due diligence: The top 10 NPOs would undergo detailed due diligence including field visits by members of local CSR Councils. At this step, four NPOs will be recommended for employee voting and Selection Committee review. 

Step 5

Employee voting: HCLTech employees from the 10 countries will get an opportunity to cast their vote for the top four NPOs. The ‘employee voting’ scores will also be presented by governance partner to the Selection Committee as part of the case presentation. Weightage will be applied. 

Step 6

Selection Committee proceedings: It will comprise a high-level panel of five members from the HCLTech leadership, one client representative and one external domain expert, who will review shortlisted applications based on case presentations. The winner and two runners-up organizations will be selected.

All winners (first place and two runners-up) will be announced in March/April 2024. Official date coming soon.

 

 

 

Application Deadline

Not Specified

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to HCL Technologies Limited on americas-grant.hcltech.com to apply

Application is available to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who meet our prerequisite guidelines.

How to apply

Application process involves the following stages:

• 1

  Registration

• 2

  Abstract Submission

• 3

  Proposal Submission

Create a new account to register your organization. Application form will require: 

• Organization name (full legal name)
• Address (state, city)
• Email
• Phone number
• Point of contact (first name, last name)

Application portal is now LIVE!

Submission of Abstract and Organization details, including documents

• Fill out the project abstract, review, save and submit. Please refer to the instructions on the top of the project abstract form.
• Fill out the organization profile, review, save and submit.
• The organizational profile cannot be edited after submission.
• Please make sure to save your page every time before you leave the website.
• Mandatory documents to be uploaded to complete the application:
  • Registration certificate
  • Audited financials of the last financial year
  • Declaration form
• Review and submit the form.
• You will receive an email acknowledging the submission of your application on the registered email address.

Submission of detailed project proposal

If your abstract is selected, we will write back to your registered email with an application form, in which you will have an opportunity to explain your project/idea in detail.  

This will be your project proposal and completion of the application stage.