Annual Fund

What is it about WIS that makes it such a special place? One major element is our commitment to international, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity. In order to preserve the latter, the school has increased the amount of financial aid from its operating budget to 9% of tuition revenue. Since the school’s endowment is too small to generate sufficient annual returns to cover the total financial aid budget, the bulk of the 2007-2008 Annual Fund goal, $530,000, has been designated to cover one third of the financial aid budget. Donors can also opt to designate their Annual Fund gifts to support annual costs other than financial aid, i.e. teacher compensation, instructional resources, and additional international experience opportunities for WIS students.

Please click here to make your gift online. Your gift will help to create an environment that truly reflects the world we live in!

The Annual Fund Giving Clubs are Mount Everest $10,000; Mount McKinley $5,000; Mount Kilimanjaro $2,500; Mont Blanc $1,000; Mount Fuji Other

This year, WIS will offer financial aid and support to more than 100 children whose families could not otherwise afford to have them attend the school. In addition to tuition, aid is also provided to assist students with fees for activities that are an integral part of the WIS educational experience. These include costs associated with special opportunities and co-curricular activities like the Grade 8 language trips, the 10th grade retreat, and local field trips.

The Annual Fund is a means to strengthen the WIS family by building new relationships within our community of parents, alumni, parents of alumni, grandparents and friends of the school. This year’s Annual Fund Leadership Team consists of Chair and Trustee Shilpa Patel (Divya 12); PS Coordinator Sonia Ruseler-Smith (Nelson 2, Alegria 4); MS Coordinator Sheri Gilman (Ted 8, Dara 12); and US Coordinator Hope Burness Gleicher (Molly 9, Alexander 11). If you’d like to join this team and their network of volunteers, please click here.

Thank you for helping WIS retain its essential character!

Annual Fund News

  • From the Annual Fund Team

    Posted:

    May 11th is Mother's Day! For Mom, Grandma, or another special person in your child's life, please consider a gift to the Annual Fund in her name to help support financial aid or another area at WIS. Both donor and honoree will be listed in the Advancement Report. For the 2007-2008 school year, we're aiming for a 75% participation rate (we're currently at 51%) and we need your help to get there. Any gift -- large or small -- will get WIS closer to that goal. Thank you! Read More

  • Why Financial Aid is Important

    By Marie Breslin (Nicholas, Grade 9)
    Posted: 1/7/08

    Immediate past WISPA president Read More

  • Father Daughter Dance

    Posted: 12/5/07

    WIS senior holds event to give back to WIS and collect books for African children. Read More

  • GATEWAY II FAQ's

    Posted: 11/13/07
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  • Matching Grants can multiply your donation to WIS

    Pawel Stefanski -- Chair, Corporate & Foundation Relations Committee
    Posted: 1/4/08
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  • What's your WIStory?

    Posted: 10/26/07
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  • Want To Be a Great Matchmaker?

    Posted: 10/26/07

    Coming Soon! An easier way to increase your annual fund gift with a company match! Read More

  • Corporate and Foundation Relations Committee Forges Ahead

    Posted: 9/26/07
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