GSP Funding Sources: How you can help GSP Grow and Thrive

Standard Tuition: approximately 80% of basic operation needs (salaries and benefits, rent, financial obligations, routine maintenance and supplies (including special expenses related to being a language immersion school-foreign language books, faculty visas, work permits etc.) are covered by Standard Tuition. Standard Tuition is not tax deductible.

Development Fee: this one-time fee per family helps cover the costs of registration, administration, and physical growth of the school facility. The Development Fee is not tax deductible.

Actual/Corporate Tuition: this tuition rate primarily applies to international transfer families and covers the actual cost for a year of school at GSP. The difference between the Standard Tuition and the Actual/Corporate Tuition is tax deductible. Everyone is welcome to choose this payment option.

German Government, Zentralstelle für Auslandsschulwesen (ZfA): GSP is one of five schools in the United States accredited by the ZfA and receives financial support based on enrollment, income, expenses and growth. This funding fluctuates annually and is used primarily to supplement salaries and rent.

Annual Giving: donations to the Annual Giving campaign are 100% tax deductible. They are used to fill the gap between the Standard Tuition expense categories and the actual cost to educate your student at GSP. These funds go to the General Operating Budget, unless otherwise specified by the donor or the school.

Corporate Matches: Many employers will match cash donations and/or will match volunteer hours with a financial contribution. Please contact your employer’s human resources department or see the school’s Business Manager for further details.

Annual Fundraising Party and Special Appeal: each year, the school’s volunteers organize and host an event for the entire GSP community, including teachers, families and friends. The goals of this event are to raise General Operating funds as well as a Special Appeal for a program that is otherwise not funded in the budget. Purchases made are partially tax deductible. In-Kind donations are 100% tax deductible. Special Appeal donations are 100% tax deductible. In recent years, Special Appeal funds have helped build our soccer field, build and furnish our library and science rooms, purchase musical instruments, technology and more.

Donor Dinner: this event is open to anyone willing to make a specified minimum donation to the school. Donations are typically for General Operating funds and are 100% tax deductible beyond the value of the meal.

Lunch Programs: our delivered lunch programs (pizza and Edelweiss lunches) provide a small portion of revenue to support the General Operating Budget.

$crip/E$crip: these programs are volunteer managed and are the easiest way for you to financially support GSP without making any extra out of pocket costs. For more information on these successful programs, please contact the front desk or sign up at www.escrip.com and/or www.gspdx.com/cgi-bin/scrip/order.cgi

Goodsearch: set your web browser to www.goodsearch.com and every search you make results in a one cent donation to GSP.

General Facts about GSP and how Independent Schools are funded

• GSP is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization registered with the State of Oregon and accredited by the Zentralstelle für Auslandsschulwesen.
• It receives no significant financial support from either the Oregon or U.S. governments.
• Basic tuition revenues must be supplemented by 20% (as in all independent schools) by a number of fundraising programs.
  
• GSP has 20-55% lower tuition than other private schools in the area, and a Financial Assistance Program for qualified families for students in Kindergarten and Grade School.
  
• The American independent school system of supplemental funding, through fundraising, permits lower basic tuition, and the opportunity for parents and friends to make tax-deductible donations to bridge the gap.