The IIT Jammu Foundation, a nonprofit organization registered in 2023 in the USA, is dedicated to charitable and educational purposes. The foundation was established by three US-based friends and the well-wishers of IIT Jammu, Ruyintan (Ron) E. Mehta, Rajat K. Gupta, and Rakesh K. Kaul. They established the foundation with the sole aim of supporting IIT Jammu and the region of Jammu and Kashmir through their philanthropic contributions from US-based friends.