Ways to Give
However Woodstock has touched your life, whether you are an alumnus, parent or friend, we offer a range of ways to give back to suit everyone.
Our website provides a simple and secure way to make a donation to Woodstock School. Visit our donation portal, enter your details, select the amount you want to give and select the area you’d like to support. You can choose to pay by card or bank transfer.
Our online donation portal is a safe and secure way of donating by bank transfer. You can visit our donation portal here. If you need assistance in making a bank transfer, please contact our office at development@woodstock.ac.in.
By phone: Donors can call the Development office on +91 (0135) 661-5163 or 661-5161 during business hours (8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday India time) to make a credit card gift over the phone.
By mail: Please call the Development office on +91 (0135) 661-5163 or 661-5161 or email development@woodstock.ac.in if you want to pay by cheque.
You can designate Woodstock as a recipient of a grant from a family foundation, charitable gift, or donor-advised gift fund.
Your employer could increase the impact of your generosity. Many companies worldwide offer matching gift programmes that allow employees to double or triple their contributions to non-profit or charitable organisations. Please check with your employer’s human resources department to see if they support employee matching funds. If so complete and sign any matching gift forms, and send along with your annual fund gift made payable to ‘Woodstock School’, Development Office, Woodstock School, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand 248179.
Planned gifts, of any size, can have a significant impact on Woodstock School. These gifts allow you to support our students, programmes, and campus far into the future while potentially also providing tax and other benefits to you and your family. If you wish to support Woodstock this way, we invite you to contact us to discuss a planned gift or to make a bequest to Woodstock School. Alumni wishing to consider Woodstock School in their estate plans and require US tax credit, can contact the Friends of Woodstock School Foundation directly to explore planned giving options. Ways of benefiting Woodstock School through a planned gift to the FWS Foundation are detailed on the Friends of Woodstock School website.
The Lyre Tree Society recognises anyone who has pledged to support Woodstock in their estate planning. See the separate box for more details, or email development@woodstock.ac.in if you’ve made a bequest and would like to join the society.
Woodstock offers many ways to get involved, including speaking and working with students and faculty through the Centre for Imagination, and volunteering on the school board. Contact the alumni & development office is you are interested in pursuing any volunteer opportunities.
For more information about ways to give and how you can support Woodstock School, please check out our FAQs or contact the Alumni and Development Office at development@woodstock.ac.in.
Tax-relief on your donation
Depending upon your personal circumstances, you may be able to maximise your donation by claiming tax-relief.
Donations can be made to Friends of Woodstock School Foundation (FWS), an independent 501(c) (3) Non-Profit Organization. FWS supports the educational mission and purposes of Woodstock School and welcomes your donations. Your donations to FWS are tax exempt in accordance with US law.
Donations can be made directly to Woodstock School by residents of India and are eligible for tax benefit under section 80G of the Income Tax Act.
Donors who are not eligible for tax relief in the US or India should check the regulations in the country in which they are resident to establish whether tax-relief is available on their donation.
Lyre Tree Society
Make Woodstock School's future part of your legacy
The Lyre Tree Society honours those who have made bequests to benefit Woodstock School.
The Lyre Tree Society is named after the beloved tree, now gone, that overlooked the Doon Valley on the Woodstock School Campus. Membership is open to anyone who simply notifies Woodstock or FWS that he or she had taken formal steps to support Woodstock directly or FWS through their estate or gift planning. Your membership in the Lyre Tree Society will inspire your fellow alumni and friends to take steps to ensure the stability benefit to Woodstock School for now and in the future.
To find out more or notify us of your bequest, please email development@woodstock.ac.in.