Every research and educational institution needs a robust permanent corpus to help it run smoothly and take care of its long-term needs. Shibli Academy has a small corpus, invested in a fund permitted by the Government of India but it hardly meets the Academy’s needs. In order to be self-dependent, the Academy needs to build up a permanent corpus of around Rs. 25 crore (US$ 3 million) whose annual yield will be enough to meet the Academy’s routine expenses on research, publications and upkeep of its massive infrastructure and campus.