Sponsors & Donors

With hearts overflowing with gratitude, Ethan's family acknowledges the angels who have supported us along this tough but enriching journey, as Ethan strives to become one of the youngest Chess Grandmasters in the world.

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Sponsorship Package: Diamond
Sponsorship Amount: INR 2,50,000/-

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This page lists our Sponsors & Donors for Year 2023-24.
For the list of Sponsors & Donors of other years, please click the corresponding links below.

Year 2024-25

Year 2023-24 (This Page)

Year 2022-23

Sammit Kare & Family

Margao, Goa

₹5,001/-

Shyam Goswami

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

₹5,001/-

Maruti Naik

Mumbai / Shiroda, Goa

₹5,000/-

Village Panchayat of Raia

Raia, Goa

₹5,000/-

Year 2023-24

Fundraising Status

(FY 2023-24)

Fundraising Target: ₹25,00,000/- (Twenty Five Lakh Rupees)

₹25,00,000/-

Expenses Incurred

100%

Donations / Sponsorship Received

55%

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20%

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The King's School

Motto: Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it

Ethan has been schooling at The King’s School (TKS) since nursery days. To us, TKS is very much an integral part of Team #EthanVaz, without whose cooperation, encouragement, and financial support, we wouldn’t have been able to see the success that Ethan has achieved. As a family, we owe a lot to TKS!

Besides being a pillar of strength and moral support throughout Ethan’s chess journey, director Ligia Pereira and chairman Melvin Pereira have also provided financial support by not only waiving off Ethan’s school fees, but by going out of their way to fund Ethan through our crowdfunding campaign in a big way.

It’s actually not possible to put a number to the immense support provided by TKS, but the financial contribution easily runs to lakhs of rupees, year after year!

May Almighty God bless them abundantly always!

Geno Pharmaceuticals

Driven by a Passion of Innovation

Geno Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd. is one of the top 70 pharma companies of India.

Geno’s fitness initiative, Geno Sports Club provides Goan athletes a platform for their excellence in sports. Various athletes have emerged from diverse backgrounds to become part of their sports ecosystem. Geno has been supporting chess players for many years.

Ethan has been blessed with a scholarship from Geno since 2022-23, which has been extremely instrumental in his journey to accomplish the feat of becoming the world’s youngest International Master of chess in 2024.

As Ethan continues on his journey to become a chess grandmaster, Geno’s generous scholarship each year continues to provided us much needed support in taking Ethan forward.

We are extremely grateful to Dr. Sagar Salgaocar and his team for all the support!

Group e4

GM Viswanathan Anand & Team

Group e4 is an initiative by 5-time World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand and his wife Aruna Anand along with Satya Prabhakar (CEO of Sulekha) to help young and talented chess players make it big in the world of chess. They are also helped by Dronacharya awardee GM Ramesh RB and WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy.

Ethan was selected and felicitated with a trophy, a gift, and a cash award (scholarship) at the auspicious hands of Vishy sir, in Chennai, on Jan 7, 2024.

At the time of the event, as Ethan was still in Budapest (Hungary) after having become the world’s youngest International Master of chess, the award was gratefully accepted by Ethan’s mother.

May Almighty God bless Vishy sir and team, and especially the 200+ families who have contributed towards the Group e4 initiative to make it possible.

ChessBase India

Powering Chess in India

ChessBase was amongst the first to identify the talent in Ethan, as early as 2019, as can be seen in the first interview of Ethan, “Born in 2011, 7-year-old Ethan Vaz is a talent to watch out for!” by none other than ChessBase India CEO Sagar Shah himself. Since then, Ethan has had the privilege of being interviewed by ChessBase numerous times over the last 5 years, and, each time, we have derived immense motivation from IM Sagar Shah, Amruta Mokal, and team, to take Ethan forward on this journey.

Over the years, ChessBase India has been very instrumental in shaping the road ahead for Ethan. Last year, they awarded Ethan with the The FTX Pragg Scholarship. This year too, they have supported Ethan, and they continue to support Ethan through Help Chess Foundation.

More specifically, they have provided significant financial support towards GM Coaching for Ethan this year, and they have promised to continue supporting him.

Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco

Hon'ble MLA of Goa, Curtorim Constituency

Mr. Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, for the Curtorim constituency. He is also the Chairman of the Goa Industrial Development Corporation, since 2022.

While presiding as the Chief Guest at the finals of the 4th South-Goa Invitational Volleyball Tournament organised by Boys Of Colleandongor, where Ethan shared the dais as the Special Invitee, the Hon’ble MLA praised Ethan for his exceptional achievements and took the opportunity to announce a cash award for Ethan for his international accomplishments.

We are very grateful to Reginald-bab for proactively announcing the cash award for Ethan, and we wish him good health and happiness always! We are also grateful to Boys of Colleandongor for inviting Ethan as a Special Invitee and providing the platform facilitating this generous and memorable gesture.

The award shall be conferred at an event that will be held at a later date. More photos will be published after the event.

Scholarship Amount: ₹1,00,000/- (pledged)

Well-wisher

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In the second week of November 2023, a well-wisher transferred an amount of ₹30,000 into Ethan’s bank account via NEFT. We request the donor to please contact us so that we can acknowledge the generous contribution. Thank you so much!

Sponsored: ₹30,000/-