2024-2025 how much are you giving to Annual Fund?

[Anonymous]

It’s our first year at a large school, expats, and I’ve no idea how much to donate to this. The card clicks to a suggested $350 but then you can click to type in another amount. What to do!

How much are you giving this year?

[Anonymous]

Give what they suggest - it's lower than the per student gap between tuition and cost

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give what they suggest - it's lower than the per student gap between tuition and cost

Just leave the amount that comes up at the link click, and pay that? Just the $350?

[Anonymous]

$25

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give what they suggest - it's lower than the per student gap between tuition and cost

Just leave the amount that comes up at the link click, and pay that? Just the $350?

If you want to give more, then give more (we do) . Maybe I misunderstood, I thought they were asking you (with a personalized ask) to give $350....and that seems nice and low! That's why I said jump on it. But if it's just some default in their computer system - that's not what I was thinking. Either way - give what you want to give.

[Anonymous]

$150

[Anonymous]

$100 is fine unless you feel compelled to give more.

[Anonymous]

I set up a recurring donation of $75 monthly. DC is at a Catholic school and received some merit aid so we are fortunate to be able to pay some of that forward via Annual Fund contributions.

[Anonymous]

It's our first year and we are a FA family. I think we're going to give $100. This time of year is tight for us, so that's likely the max we can give.

[Anonymous]

$5000. DD is being bullied, and DH thinks giving more might help stop it.

[Anonymous]

$5

[Anonymous]

It's no so much the amount you give that matters; rather, it's that you contributed at all that does. Schools like to herald that a certain percentage of the school parents have donated to the annual fund. This percentage of participation, or so the schools suggest, reflects the parents' investment in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$5000. DD is being bullied, and DH thinks giving more might help stop it.

Um, no. Do not reward the school for not dealing with bullying. Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I set up a recurring donation of $75 monthly. DC is at a Catholic school and received some merit aid so we are fortunate to be able to pay some of that forward via Annual Fund contributions.

+1 We donated $1K last year, but might try to up it a little this year. Kid has received a $2K merit and I think she is getting a wonderful education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$5000. DD is being bullied, and DH thinks giving more might help stop it.

I'd look at switching schools stat!