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Philanthropy[edit]

Jain currently has a philanthropic relationship with the Boys and girls club of Bellevue, Washington as well as with the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Other philanthropic activities include those with Hopelink, Kindering Care, TreeHouse, PEPS, and Cry-Child Relief. He supports organizations which benefit the Indian and South Asian community through education, research, spreading cultural awareness, and other social needs in honor of his Indian heritage. His contributions include donations to the Indian American Education Foundation, Chaya, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Vedic Cultural Center, Asha for Education, as well as SMVA Trust. Other donations have gone to the United Way, Children's Hospital, Overlake Service League, IAFF Firefighters, University Prep, University of Washington, and the Seattle Art Museum.[1]Recently in 2010, Jain has donated towards relief efforts in Haiti, which experienced catastrophe after a devastating January earthquake.[2]


Jain is the Co-Chairman of Education and Global Development at the X Prize Foundation, where he focuses on finding entrepreneurial solutions concerned with global challenges in education, poverty, agriculture, health and clean water. Additionally he is a trustee of the board of Singularity University which makes it their mission to educate and inspire leaders to address humanity's grand challenges through innovative technologies.[3] Jain told the Seattle PI in their 2007 article surrounding Indian Institutes of Technology that "Whether you are an IIT grad or from any school, I believe it is your duty to give back to the people who made you successful, which really is the community you live in," said Jain, 47, who lives in Medina. "You can never ever help the same person who helped you. You always have to help someone else."[4]

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  1. ^ Naveen Jain Philanthropy. Faces of Philanthropy, accessed December 21st, 2010.
  2. ^ Bill White (January 28th, 2010).Helping Out in Haiti. New York Post, accessed December 21st, 2010.
  3. ^ TSN:Naveen Jain. The Science Network, accessed December 21st, 2010.
  4. ^ Andrea James (March 2nd, 2007).Indian Institutes of Technology alumni are at home in Seattle. Seattle PI, accessed December 21st, 2010.