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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I give $100.  We get significant financial aid.  That said, donations are listed by category in the annual report (unless you want to remain anonymous) and while there are a few big donors, 5 figure gifts are definitely NOT the norm at our school.  Most people give between $100-$1000.   This is at a small PK-8 independent.[/quote]

I am curious how and why you send in $100 to the school when you are receiving a significant amount of financial aid.  I happen to agree with you that it is the right thing to do, but others on this thread may disagree.  [/quote]

I'm not the person you're applying to, but I also am on significant FA and send $100.

The amount of tuition I pay allows me to live modestly but comfortably, with the occasional luxury -- and by luxury, I'm talking Six Flags, not the Caribbean.

Skipping the occasional luxury for a month or two allows me to contribute $100 to the Annual Fund.  I'm glad to do it because I can (there are some people for whom it would mean skipping rent/car payment) and because I'm grateful to the school and want them to know that, since I know that participation numbers are important.

Fwiw, I got a solicitation letter with $100 as the "ask". So they obviously thought it was the right amount too! Oh, and I sent it in immediately upon the first solicitation, to save them the money of followups. :)

tl;dr we all do what we can. 
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