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Supporting the HKIS mission starts with daily effort.
Annual Giving, which you can support any time of the year as often as you wish, makes sure that teachers have what they need every day so that students learn every day.
Grow every day.
Explore every day.
Supporting the Mission
Students learn every day because teachers teach every day. Teachers teach every day because they have the things they need in the classroom.
Teachers need supplies and materials—everything from extra crayons for those times when they just didn’t make it to school, to white boards and projectors and lab supplies.
Students in the choir need sturdy, safe risers to see the director. Safety equipment makes rugby, soccer and swimming safe and fun.
Annual Giving makes it all possible.
Support the daily mission of HKIS through Annual Giving today.
Leadership Giving
Annual Fund donations made at a Leadership level provide significant resources that enable the school to move forward with ambitious new programs, program improvements, and projects in the current school year. A Leadership Annual Fund donation enables the school’s leaders to take bold moves that make it possible to implement new innovations, technologies, equipment and programs that benefit students and teachers right now. We believe that your children and their teachers should experience the best education available, and Leadership donations to the Annual Fund make it possible.
In addition to the impact Leadership donations have, the school recognizes and celebrates those who make Leadership donations at all levels in our 1966 Annual Giving Society
1966 Giving Society
Founders Circle: HK$250,000+
Head of School Circle: HK$100,000+
Chung Hom Kok Circle: HK$50,000+
HKIS Circle: HK$25,000+
Repulse Bay Circle: HK$10,000+
Questions? Contact Heath K. Hignight, Chief Advancement Officer
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FAQs
Like all non-profit schools and organizations around the world, HKIS generates the funds needed to operate the school through limited revenue sources. Tuition and fees, on average, cover only 90% of the cost of providing an HKIS education. The HKIS Annual Fund helps meet the full revenue needed to operate the school. It supports the Mission and Student Learning Results by providing the means to attract and retain the finest teachers, develop and expand academic and co-curricular programs, and maintain and enhance the school infrastructure.
Everyone in the HKIS community – parents, alumni, faculty and staff – is encouraged to contribute to the Annual Fund each year. Further support is provided by corporations, members of the Board of Managers, and friends.
Yes! You can choose to direct your Annual Fund gifts to the program you and your family want to support. You can choose from these core school-wide needs:
- Area of Greatest Need
- Academic Programs
- Arts and Design/Drama and Theatre
- Athletics and After-school Programs
- Music
- Religion and Spirituality Program
- Service & Experiential Learning Programs
Tuition increases are necessary to offset the impact of inflation as well as school initiatives including improvements to or additional programs. The Annual Fund ensures that tuition increases, when necessary, are as reasonable as possible. Past increases have also been reflective of fluctuations in the Hong Kong economy and have been lower than those announced by peer schools.
Everyone is encouraged to contribute, no matter the size of the gift. What is important is participation in the Annual Fund, which demonstrates commitment and support of the school’s Mission and Student Learning Results. Further, broad participation is a key factor when securing grants from corporations and foundations.
HKIS gratefully welcomes your gift any time during the school year. Donations can be made by check or wire transfer, but the most common way parents and alumni make their Annual Fund donations is online with a credit card with our secure online donation form. This secure online donation form accepts gifts in HK dollars. Donations made using our secure online form will receive a gift receipt for your Hong Kong tax records. Your donation will come directly to the school and put to work right away!
If you are based in the US:
You may now securely make a donation in US dollars to the Friends of HKIS. To make a gift using your US credit or debit card, please visit the Giving In The US page.
*Note: all donations made through Friends of HKIS are in US dollar denominations, and will also receive a tax receipt for your US tax filing purposes. Friends of HKIS is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the US.
If you are based in Hong Kong and would like to make a donation in US dollars:
Some parents and alumni of HKIS have tax obligations in both Hong Kong and the US. And, some also like to make a gift in US dollars. Friends of Hong Kong Charities, which is authorized to accept gifts for HKIS in either US or Hong Kong dollars, and which can also provide gift receipts for both Hong Kong and US tax records, may be an option for you. Visit Friends of Hong Kong Charities and select the giving option that's right for you.
If you make a donation in HK Dollars through Friends of Hong Kong Charities, select the charity "Hong Kong Int'l School Association Ltd."
If you make a donation in US dollars through Friends of Hong Kong Charities, select the charity "HK International School."
Gifts of any amount are gratefully accepted and recognized annually in the Impact Report. You’re encouraged to consider what a meaningful gift amount for their family might be. The HKIS community celebrates parents, alumni and donors who choose to make a gift at a leadership level in the school’s Impact Report.
