An endowment is an accumulation of assets given to HKIS to support its Mission and Student Learning Results.  A sufficient endowment serves as an “insurance policy” of sorts, ensuring resources apart from tuition and annual gifts. 

Since its inception, the Endowment has grown and brought increasing financial stability to HKIS.  Endowment monies are held in principal and invested by the school.  The Investment Committee of the Board of Managers in conjunction with investment management firms decide how the endowment monies are invested. 

The endowment is an important source of funds to support the school’s academic and co-curricular programs, attract and retain the best teachers, and minimize tuition increases.  The interest on the invested monies is used each year in conjunction with unrestricted Annual Fund donations to supplement the operating budgets across the four divisions at HKIS

Periodically, HKIS conducts capital fundraising campaigns to raise support above and beyond the Annual Fund.