We are confident of securing this goal through prudent financial oversight, financing, and philanthropy. We hope 10-20% of the cost will be supported through the generosity of parents, alumni, and friends of the school.

Capital developments and major initiatives must be funded. The school can borrow from banks to help with this project. However, fundraising will allow us to accelerate our plans so that the students here can enjoy an enhanced campus.

No, it will not support a private capital expenditure project.

We want to make this as personal as possible. Ideally, we would like to meet with all parents individually, but that would not be practical. So, we are meeting with some parents that we hope will respond positively and generously to ensure early success. Of course, we don’t know anyone’s financial circumstances, but we do know that we initially need 8-10 families to set the pace for the entire fundraising. In the coming weeks, I will invite all parents to hear more about our ambitious plans and how they can support them.

The school hopes that the entire AISV community — parents, alumni, alumni parents, grandparents, and friends of the school — will consider their involvement, making this a broad and inclusive effort.

I will ask every parent to consider their support in the coming months.  Before presenting to a larger group, I hoped to establish early success and momentum. Your circumstances permitting, it would be great if you could help me to achieve that.

There are a few certainties about fundraising. We know our overall goal is €35m, that achieving it will require a wide range of gifts, with some high-level ones, and that not everyone will give or respond at the level we are asking them to consider. What we don’t know are anyone’s financial obligations or what they can think about. We need, however, a starting point.

Philanthropic fundraising provides a greater impact. Galas and events require significant time and investment, which could be better focused in other areas of the school.

To ensure the most effective strategy, we retained CCS, a professional fundraising consultancy firm, to conduct a feasibility study in 2023. During this process, we engaged with a broad audience through interviews and surveys, gathering insight from parents, alumni, and school and staff leadership. The outcome of this research has helped to influence our strategy and plan.

We understand these are ambitious plans, thus the phasing and multi-year approach. We may have to extend the project timeline depending on the pace of fundraising progress.

This will depend on AISV charitable status in Austria at the time of asking

You can deduct donations up to 10% of the previous year's taxable income. Charities must legally identify private donors by name and date of birth and report their donation to the tax authority for deduction. Companies also benefit from a tax deduction of up to 10% of last year's taxable income on gifts to eligible charities and/or foundations.

Charitable contributions must be claimed as itemized deductions on Schedule A of IRS Form 1040. The limit on charitable cash contributions is 60% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for tax years 2023 and 2024. A corporation may deduct qualified contributions of up to 25% of its taxable income. This would go through the American International School of Vienna Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

Please submit these to the Director’s Office, and we will endeavor to answer all queries.