The cast iron sewage stack at 1527 Walnut Street in Anderson, Indiana cracked through last month. It is the original 1955 plumbing — the vertical pipe that carries waste from every bathroom in the building down to the city main. Three working-class families live in this three-unit brick building, and they need it fixed.

A flip investor — and there are plenty of them combing Anderson and Muncie right now — would patch the crack with a sleeve and a clamp for fifteen hundred dollars, then list every unit at "renovated" rates the moment a lease ended. In this market, that means a sixty-percent rent increase. The three families currently in this building cannot absorb that. They would leave. We don't do that. We do the full PEX-compatible stack replacement, the bath wall restoration the plumbers have to open, the city permit, and a small reserve for hotel lodging if water is shut off overnight. Total: $15,000. Rents do not move. The families stay.

The founder, Bharath, has personally committed $5,500 of his own funds to launch this campaign. Your gift unlocks the remaining $9,500. We are asking for one hundred and fifty donors at $108 each — or any combination that gets us across the line by June 9, 2026.

Amarnath Foundation is a Delaware nonprofit incorporated in June 2024, EIN 99-3628811, recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) Private Operating Foundation under §4942(j)(3). Our mission is the preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing — NOAH — in central Indiana. We currently hold seven doors across Anderson and Muncie. There is no salaried staff. The founder works unpaid. Every dollar goes directly to acquiring, repairing, and holding affordable buildings.

If you give once, the families at 1527 Walnut stay housed. If you give monthly, the next building's roof gets handled the week the next failure happens — not the month we can fundraise for it. Either way, you are doing what flippers will not. Thank you.

Amarnath Foundation 1527 Walnut Sewage Campaign

Keep three families housed at 1527 Walnut Street, Anderson, Indiana