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Middlesex College Foundation Receives Historic $2M Gift From the Dalal Family Foundation To Transform Performing Arts Center

The Dalal Family Foundation, founded by Nayan Dalal, has committed to a historic $2 million gift to significantly renovate the current Middlesex College Performing Arts Center (PAC), while also providing ongoing support to the College’s arts program.
The Dalal Family Foundation’s generous donation will provide funding to build a new exterior façade, relocated lobby, updated theater, and maintain a facilities and programs sustainability plan.

Dalal Entrepreneurship and Technology Program Provides New Opportunities

The purposes of The Dalal Entrepreneurship and Technology Program Endowment are many, including Upper School courses and related curricular enhancements in Lower and Middle School that will expand students’ creative problem solving, critical thinking, logical reasoning, business acumen and technological skill sets which can be used to solve real-world challenges. This endowment also will support the Dalal Speaker Series, which will feature business professionals and scientists from around the country coming to meet W+H students annually on campus.

As an entrepreneur who runs a successful home décor and textile company, Mr. Dalal is proud to support future entrepreneurs.

Dalal Family Foundation Provides Generous Grant to Imagine’s Nights of Support

Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss, is proud to announce a generous grant from The Dalal Family Foundation to support its Nights of Support programming. This vital funding will help Imagine continue providing free, trauma-informed, peer grief support for children, young adults, and families coping with the death of a parent, sibling, or other close loved one.

A Legacy of Giving: Impact that Lasts at Sankara Eye Foundation

Nayan Dalal, businessman, philanthropist and esteemed head of the Dalal Family Foundation, exemplifies the true spirit of giving and community service. Under his leadership, the foundation champions impactful, compassionate and sustainable initiatives that create lasting change. As a key donor to Sankara Eye Foundation USA’s new eye hospital and Ophthalmology institution in Mathura, Mr. Dalal plays a pivotal role in bringing the Gift of Vision to thousands of underserved individuals in the region.

Nayan Dalal Honored with 2023 Good Scouts Award

The Good Scouts award was presented to Nayan Dalal at the 5th annual Fanwood Scotch Plains Good Scouts Awards Dinner hosted by the Patriots Path Council BSA in June 2023. The award recognizes citizens for their positive contributions and service to their community. It honors leaders in the Scotch Plains and Fanwood communities for embodying the core values of Scouting in their professional and personal lives.

TLI Home Company Donates $5,000 and Provides a Day of Service to the City of Plainfield

On the volunteer clean-up day, Mayor Adrian O. Mapp and Plainfield Chief of Staff Jazz Clayton-Hunt welcomed TLI Homes Founder & CEO Mr. Nayan Dalal and his wife, Mrs. Bindu Dalal, to express their gratitude on behalf of the City of Plainfield for their generosity.

The Dalal Family Foundation, founded by a family of entrepreneurs and philanthropists, establishes an endowed scholarship at Middlesex College

That interpersonal approach to giving is what also characterizes the Dalal Family Foundation’s philanthropic relationship with Middlesex College, which began in 2017 when it established an endowed scholarship for students seeking business degrees. The Dalal Family Foundation has given generously over the past 5 years, providing both immediate scholarship awards and long-term investment to preserve an endowment for future students.

Scotch Plains Thanks Dalal Family Foundation for Support of Shady Rest Clubhouse

Nayan and Bindu Dalal, both Scotch Plains residents, contacted the Township to see how their family foundation could best benefit residents. After meeting with Mayor Smith and Township Manager Mirabella, they determined that donating furniture for use by senior citizens at the Shady Rest Clubhouse would be an appropriate way to give back.