Xi Wang Gala 2024
We are excited to announce the annual Xi Wang Gala will be held Saturday, March 9th, 2024. This year we’re returning to the Oregon Zoo for an in-person dinner and Live Auction! Our Silent Auction portion will remain fully online and accessible to all our friends and family members.
To celebrate our return to an in-person gala, we have planned some special surprises for you! So mark the date on your calendar and plan to invite a family member, friend or colleague to join you!
Participating businesses and sponsors will be prominently featured in all our marketing and communication materials both leading up to the event as well as post-event.
Click here for the Xi Wang 2024 website.
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Chinese New Year Red Envelope 🧧 红包
Chinese Red Envelope 🧧 红包
Each Chinese New Year is a time for giving. Generally, Chinese families traditionally give out 红包 🧧 hóngbāo to each other at this time – small red envelopes filled with money. To coincide with this gift giving tradition, we are asking you to help us with our annual grandparent fundraising appeal! This is a great opportunity for grandparents (or extended family) to support your child in their education.
In honor of this holiday we hope you will support our school with a gift of $100, $500, or even $1000 to help us continue to provide a high-quality education to our students, especially during this time of COVID.
If you have family or friends who would prefer an online link, you can click here for an electronic version of the letter to send. Grandparents and others can give securely online through our Kindful link or donate via credit card on our website at https://hopeccs.kindful.com/. You can donate with a check sent to HCCS at the address below (please note the child you are giving the gift in honor of).
Hope Chinese Charter School
3500 SW 104th Avenue
Beaverton, OR 97005
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our Development Office at [email protected].
Matching Gifts
Matched Giving
Matched Giving is when an organisation (normally a company) matches the amount of fundraising an employee does for another organisation (normally a charity). When an employee makes a donation, they’ll request the matching gift from their employer, who then makes their own donation. Companies usually match donations at a 1:1 ratio, but some will match at a 2:1, 3:1, or even a 4:1 ratio.
Why do companies match donations?
Companies of all sizes match donations their employees make to nonprofits because it’s an easy, structured way for them to support good work in their communities. CSR, or corporate social responsibility, is an important factor in how the public perceives brands and companies these days.
Corporate matching gifts are an efficient and straightforward way for companies to build relationships with charities.
Intel, Nike and others will match donations and donate to match volunteer hours. This is a great way to double your efforts and bring more money into the school for all our kids.
If you work for Intel or Nike, you have the option to donate through their donation website (ie. Benevity, YourCause). This is the easiest way to ensure the company matching donation gets made as you can pay with a credit or debit card and the company will send both the donation and matching to the HOPE.
If you need to pay with check, cash or ACH through the school you will need a Donation Receipt (automatically sent by email from the development office after the donation has been recorded). After you receive your donation receipt, submit that to the Intel/Nike website to get the company to send a matching donation to the HOPE.
Intel Donation Matching – Instructions
- Make sure you are logged in to the Intel Intranet
- Browse to http://communitygiving.intel.com/ or https://intel.benevity.org/
Nike Donation Matching – Instructions
We don’t have detailed instructions for how the Nike matching system works; however, contact your company representative for assistance https://nike.benevity.org/user/login.
Stock Donations
An investment account is maintained by the school with a minimum balance of cash as required to facilitate the donation of stock to HCCS and liquidation of the stock. The maintenance of this account to accommodate these transactions is the responsibility of the Treasurer and finance committee of the school board.
Fundraisers
Fall Fundraisers
- Yearbook Sales
- Annual Family Giving Campaign
- Giving Tuesday
Winter Fundraisers
- End of Year Appeal
- CNY Grandparent Appeal
- HCCS Xi Wang 希望 Gala
Spring Fundraiser
- Jog-a-thon
Open & Ongoing Initiatives
- Corporate Matching
- Business Sales Percentages: Merchandise and Restaurant Nights
- Birthday Gifts
- Volunteer Hours
Legacy Gifting
“Many donors don’t have the capacity to give major gifts on an annual basis but they can make a major gift by using other types of assets, like art and life insurance policies, and more thoughtful planning through estate gifts and endowments.” Legally sometimes referred to the act of giving something through a will or larger estate plan, deferred giving, estate giving, etc.
Ilona Bray, J.D. noted that “the vast majority of legacy gifts to nonprofits are made not through fancy annuities and other financial arrangements requiring the nonprofit’s management, but the old-fashioned way, through wills and simple probate-avoidance devices (such as living trusts and beneficiary designations on IRAs, 401(k)s, and other financial and investment instruments).
If you or you know someone who is interested in providing a legacy gift to Hope Chinese Charter School, please contact the development office at [email protected] and we will coordinate the process for such giving.