Calcutta Tiljallah Relief (CTR) is a US based charity, approved and registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(3) "Not For Profit" organization in 1998. The registered EIN # is 22-3589193.

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Codes stipulates the rules and regulations under which the organization must function, including the record keeping and filing requirements. A formal tax return is submitted annually.

Further, the State of New Jersey, from which CTR operates, has also registered CTR under the Charitable Registration and Investigation Act and stipulated the conditions under which CTR must operate, including record keeping and filing requirements.

All solicitation materials are required to have the following appended:

"Information filed with the Attorney General concerning this Charity solicitation may be obtained from the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey by calling 973-504-6215."

The organization has complied with all the Federal and State requirements in the years of its operation, maintaining stringent records of monies received and disbursed.

CTR has a Board of four Directors that determine strategic and policy initiatives:

President	Mr Blair Williams, 3B James Buchanan Dr, Monroe Twp, NJ 08831, USA.
Member	Rev Reggie Shires, 13035 Ingleside Dr, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
Member	Mr Chris Francis, 6223 Ravens Crest Dr, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA.
Member	Mr Geoffery D'Netto, 6 Gullick Ct, Hillsborough, NJ 08844, USA.
Secretary	Mrs Ellen Williams, 3B James Buchanan Dr, Monroe Twp, NJ 08831, USA.

Day to day functions are handled by the contacts below:

USA	Blair R Williams, PO Box 6345, Monroe Twp., NJ 08831, USA.
Canada	Ms Yvonne Peters, 51 Brock Av., Toronto, ON M6K 2L3, Canada.
UK	Ms Jean Chambers, Solent Breezes Holiday Park, Hook Lane, Warsash, Southhampton, S031 9HG, UK.
Australia	Ms Marilyn Goss, 26 Kyarra Rd., Glen Iris, Melbourne, Vic 3146. Ms Cheryl Chater, 19 Parkland Avenue, Punchbowl, NSW 2196. Ms Jenny Busby, 9 Frew Court, Bayswater, Perth, WA 6053

Mission: As stated in the registration filing, the mission of CTR is "To help indigent Anglo-Indians in India".

Objectives: Currently CTR has the following objectives:

To provide a monthly pension to impoverished, senior citizens.
To sponsor the education of needy, young Anglo-Indian children.

 

CTR currently supports the following projects:

Payment of monthly pensions to senior citizens in Kolkata through CAISS - Calcutta Anglo-Indian Service Society, c/o Lawrence DeSouza Homes, 138 Lenin Sarini, Kolkata 700013, India.

Payment of monthly pensions to senior citizens in Chennai through Anglo-Indian Concern, 36/102 Tana St., Purasawalkam, Chennai 600 007, India.

Payment of monthly pensions to senior citizens in Bangalore and Kolar Gold Fields through Ms Sylvia Bosen, R-512, Purva park, Jeevanhalli Main Road, Cox Town, Bangalore 560005, India.

Payment of monthly pensions to senior citizens in Chennai through Smile Cares, 20/2 14th Street, Anjugam Nagar, Kolathur, Chennai 600099, India.

Sponsorship of girls as boarders at Loreto Convent, PO Tangra, Entally, Calcutta 700015, India.

Sponsorship of the education of children through CAISS, Calcutta Anglo-Indian Service Society, c/o Lawrence DeSouza Homes, 138 Lenin Sarini, Calcutta 700013, India.

Sponsorship of the education of children at Chennai through Ms Clarice Eling, 64 Ground Floor, 3rd Varadammal Gardens, Kilpauk, Chennai 600010, India.

Sponsorship of children through Ms Margaret Studden, I-125, Vaishali Garden Apts, Tarnaka, Secunderabad 500017, India.

Donations & Fund Raising Events:

CTR relies on donations from friends and well wishers to fund its projects. In addition, fund raising events are also organized.

Publishing:

CTR also publishes books which are privately funded and whose sales proceeds go to the charity. At present the following books have been printed:

Voices on the Verandah - An Anthology of Anglo-Indian Prose and Poetry - ISBN 0-9754639-0-X

Anglo-Indians Vanishing Remnants of a Bygone Era - Blair Williams - ISBN 0-9754639-1-8

Haunting India - Margaret Deefholts - ISBN 0-9754639-2-6

 

Visit our "Buy A Book" page for more information.

Blair Williams, a Chartered Engineer from London, has been in the US since 1976, working as a manufacturing executive in various International companies. In India he was a Gazetted Officer (Mechanical Engineer) on the Indian Railways and was appointed to the Railway Board in Delhi. Blair is currently an Industry Professor of Manufacturing Engineering in New York.

He is the author of Manufacturing for Survival (Pearson 1997) and Anglo-Indians – Vanishing Remnants of a Bygone Era (CTR 2002).

His hobbies and interests include: Life, Golf, Zen Buddhism, Anglo-Indian ethnicity and running Calcutta Tiljallah Relief (CTR) Inc, an organization dedicated to helping indigent Anglo-Indians in India.

You can email Blair directly from here.