Donate to Support Student Life at DCI!
At DCI, learning goes far beyond the classroom. Students consistently report that their most meaningful DCI experiences and friendships come from their clubs, sports teams, and trips. Research also shows that student life offerings help drive attendance.
Through vibrant student life experiences, students actively engage the school’s key pillar of Student Agency and goal of promoting student belonging.
Your donations to DCI further the school’s commitment to keeping student life opportunities available and accessible to all students.
Your support helps us:
- Reduce participation fees for families in need for field trips, Voyager trips, athletics, and more
- Keep signature community events like La Gran Fiesta, Lunar New Year, and Francophone completely free
- Provide stipends to teachers and coaches who make our programming and trips possible
- Secure off-campus practice and tournament facilities, along with transportation, due to limited space on campus
- Create more developmental programming like sports and robotics academies for younger and less experienced students to pave the way for long-term engagement and excellence
- Put on community building events like dances, spirit weeks, family cookout, and Dragon Cup
Why Now? Building a Sustainable Future
While DCI’s public funding remains stable for now, we continue to operate in an unpredictable fiscal environment in public education. We know that sustaining high-quality, inclusive student life programming will require long-term planning and a broader base of support. Our goal this year is to raise $150,000 toward student life programming, making fundraising a sustainable and reliable part of DCI’s future. While DCI’s public funding remains stable in the immediate future—we know that sustaining high-quality, inclusive student life programming will require long-term planning and a broader base of support.
Giving Circles
Thunder of the Dragon
- Monthly Giving Circle – Recurring gifts of any size
Monthly donors provide reliable, year-round support that sustains clubs, teams, and community programming.
Fire of the Dragon
- Leadership Giving Circle – Annual gifts of $1,000 or more. Fire of the Dragon donors provide critical leadership support that anchors our fundraising efforts and fuels long-term impact. In order to reach our ambitious annual fundraising goal, we need more leadership donors to build the foundation of a sustainable fundraising program.
Ready to donate now? Please use this link to support our Annual Fund or direct your gift to one of the funds below. We are grateful for your support of DC International School!
Here are some more easy ways to support DCI:
Combined Federal Campaign
If you are a government employee, you can give to DCI through the Combined Federal Campaign using number 95863.
For general donations, please send checks to:
District of Columbia International School
Attn: Giving
1400 Main Drive NW
Washington, DC 20012
Parent-led Fundraising Events
In SY2025-2026, we are launching a parent-led initiative where parents help organize fundraising events on behalf of DCI. To learn more about being a host, please review this overview document and reach out to Grace Benson at [email protected].
Student-led Fundraising
Please support our various student clubs who are doing their own fundraisers!
The Alumni Fund
Despite tens of millions of dollars in scholarships, post-secondary education is still inaccessible to many students. The Alumni Fund seeks to close the financial gap for DCI alumni pursuing higher education through need-based and emergency scholarships.