The Nido Fund
What is the Nido Fund?
The Nido Fund is an annual giving program providing the greater Nido community with the opportunity to make contributions to the school in support of priority projects that enrich the student experience.
Founded as a non-profit educational foundation, since 1934, Nido has relied on the generosity of its community — founders, teachers, staff, parents, alumni, and friends — to create the dynamic and innovative school that it is today. Nido’s core values — engagement, ingenuity, adaptability, generosity, and happiness — reflect our history and our future as we educate students to be compassionate contributors to their communities and the world.
The Nido Fund gives parents, alumni, friends, and companies the opportunity to support Nido with charitable contributions that are tax-deductible and to make a real difference for current Nido students. Donations of all sizes support Nido’s growth, and donors will receive an official donation certificate (“certificado de donacion”), in in accordance with Chilean law.
Featured here are the projects that this year’s Nido Fund will support. Annual giving touches every student, in every grade, every year. We hope that you will consider investing in Nido students today and help us grow together for the future.
2020—2021 Projects
- Nido Fund 2020-2021 (without restrictions)
- Nido Family First Fund
- Financial Aid
- Nido Arts Program
- Nido Athletics Program
- Community Engagement
- Curriculum Enhancements
Nido Fund 2020-2021 (without restrictions)
Nido Family First Fund
- What is the Nido Family First Fund?
- 2019-2020 Funds
- How many families are in need of emergency financial aid because of financial shocks from COVID-19?
- What are the requirements for receiving emergency COVID-19 financial aid?
- What is the difference between emergency COVID-19 financial aid and normal financial aid? Is there also a regular financial aid program at the moment?
- I’ve already donated to the Nido Fund this year. What is the difference and where should I donate?
- Can I specify what part of the Nido Family Fund my donation supports?
- How can I make a donation?
- Can’t faculty and staff salaries be reduced to cover the families in need?
- Why is the school not willing to go 5 or 10% in a deficit right now to support these families?
- Why does the school not reduce the cost of tuition for everyone (and not just those applying for aid) as the product that is being delivered in distance learning lacks the facilities of Nido and other benefits of on-campus classes?
What is the Nido Family First Fund?
2019-2020 Funds
Family First Fund Inflows |
CLP |
UF* |
Campus Operation Savings |
$42,991,500 |
1,500 |
Donations (Staff, Faculty, Nido Families) |
$57,064,051 |
1,991 |
Total Inflows |
$100,055,551 |
3,491 |
Family First Fund Outflows |
CLP |
UF* |
Aid to Families |
$17,225,261 |
601 |
Assistance to Transportation Companies |
$39,208,248 |
1,368 |
Assistance to Nido Coaches |
$25,995,527 |
907 |
Assistance to After-School Providers |
$17,626,515 |
615 |
Total Outflows |
$100,055,551 |
3,491 |
*1UF=CHP $28.661 |
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Percentage of Funds Used |
100% |
How many families are in need of emergency financial aid because of financial shocks from COVID-19?
What are the requirements for receiving emergency COVID-19 financial aid?
COVID-19 Emergency Financial Aid is funded by the Nido Family First Fund. It supports current Nido families that are experiencing an immediate financial need arising from the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
The Program was available for families for the last three months of the 2019-2020 school year (April - June 2020) and the 2020-2021 school year and can cover up to a maximum of 30% of the monthly tuition.
To apply to COVID-19 Emergency Financial Aid, families must complete the application form, submit required documents and must have their student accounts up-to-date. Email financialaid@nido.cl to request an application form.
Applications will be evaluated on an individual basis and the amount of assistance granted shall be dependent upon need, the number of qualifying applicants and availability of funds.
What is the difference between emergency COVID-19 financial aid and normal financial aid? Is there also a regular financial aid program at the moment?
I’ve already donated to the Nido Fund this year. What is the difference and where should I donate?
Can I specify what part of the Nido Family Fund my donation supports?
How can I make a donation?
There are many ways to make a donation.
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On the campaign page with an international credit card by clicking the Donate button in this link.
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With a Chilean credit or debit card by selecting “Nido Family First Fund” in this link.
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Local Bank Transfer:
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NAME: FUNDACION EDUCACIONAL NIDO DE AGUILAS
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RUT: 81.623.500-6
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BANCO DE CHILE
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E-MAIL: giving@nido.cl
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Add the amount to your tuition bill by emailing eshires@nido.cl
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Donate to our US account and receive the corresponding tax benefits.
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Click here and then select the first option, “Nido Family First.”
Can’t faculty and staff salaries be reduced to cover the families in need?
Why is the school not willing to go 5 or 10% in a deficit right now to support these families?
It has taken Nido several years of great effort to have a balanced budget and the School considered it fiscally prudent to finish the 2019-2020 school year with a break-even budget because they foresee great challenges ahead driven by likely enrollment and exchange rate volatility.
Nido has made a decision to consolidate all savings that could be obtained and significantly expand financial aid to support our families most in need at this time. For the 2020-2021 school year, Nido has taken considerable steps to reduce its cost structure without jeopardizing its signature academic program and through the budgeting process has considered any and all actions necessary to sustain the school through next year’s cycle.
Notwithstanding, this crisis will create an operational deficit and the School will make prudent use of its reserves to support the operation and do all that we can to minimize such deficit. An across-the-board tuition cut as proposed by some parents would create long-term financial problems for the School, and upon our return to campus and in the following years, the quality of the education would not be the same.
Why does the school not reduce the cost of tuition for everyone (and not just those applying for aid) as the product that is being delivered in distance learning lacks the facilities of Nido and other benefits of on-campus classes?
Financial Aid
Our financial aid program is used to support exceptional students whose parents need some assistance paying their tuition fees. Nido offers financial aid packages covering up to a maximum of 50% of the annual tuition on a means-tested basis. This year, we are supporting 60 students on financial aid. This is more than ever before, thanks to generous donations to this fund.
Covid-19 Financial Aid
Due to the situation we are currently facing as a result of Covid-19, Nido de Aguilas has created the Covid-19 Fund for families temporarily affected. The Covid-19 Fund will be available for the last three months of the 2019-2020 school year and the 2020-2021 school year. Covid-19 Aid can cover up to a maximum of 30% of the monthly tuition. In order to apply, families must complete the application form, submit required documents and must be current with their student accounts. Applications are evaluated on an individual basis and the amount of assistance granted is dependent upon need, eligibility and availability of funds. To apply, email financialaid@nido.cl
Nido Scholars
The objective of "Nido Scholars" is to provide extraordinary students from Chile attending public school with a Nido education by offering full scholarships to students. In its first year (2019), Nido offered full scholarships to three students in High School. Space is capped to the extent of the school's development efforts aimed at supporting the program.
This year donations to the Nido Scholars Program will be in loving memory and honor of Mr. Samy Atala, former teacher and Head of the Science Department at Nido, President of the PTA, and father to three Nido alumnae, Samira, Sofía, and Mary Carmen.
Prospective Nido Scholars must complete the regular Nido application process and are evaluated in their English-language skills, math concepts and application, social-emotional development, organizational and study skills, and overall fit for the Nido program. Students most likely to succeed in the program will have a record of proven academic ability, independence, maturity, open-mindedness, resilience, and drive. A strong family support structure will also be important. Preference will be given to students in 9th and 10th grade who have an intermediate to advanced level of English. For more information please email nidoscholars@nido.cl.
Nido Neighbors Endowment Fund
The Neighbors of Nido Endowment Fund will provide full scholarships for students who would not otherwise have been able to attend Nido. Preference will be given to children of the Nido support staff who live in close proximity to the school. Lo Barnechea, once a rural village, now home to Nido, is shared between residents from extremely diverse social and economic backgrounds. The scholarship's purpose is to bridge these gaps and facilitate the sharing of one of Lo Barnechea's biggest resources––the International School Nido de Aguilas. The endowment will grow until the cost of one student's tuition can be covered, at which time, the School will define in details the application and award process.
You can find more information here
Alumni Scholarship Fund
Founded by the Class of 1992 to honor the memory of their classmate Julian Carcamo, this fund supports children of alumni in financial need. Contributions to this fund will ensure that alumni can send their own children to Nido, regardless of the financial situation. Thanks to this fund, this year seven alumni children are receiving financial aid.
Nido Arts Program
Here at Nido our students have access to a fantastic range of creative activities including art, music, drama, and dance. Each year, Nido puts on a range of musicals, plays, concerts and much more, all in our state-of-the-art theater. In order to ensure that students continue to enjoy the Nido arts program, we need your support to fund these productions and to invest in new musical instruments and art supplies.
Nido Athletics Program
Sports have always been an integral part of a Nido education; in fact Waldo Stevenson chose the school’s location because it would allow students’ education to take place both in the classroom and in the green hills surrounding us. At Nido, sports covers so much more than just PE class. Donations to our athletics program will enable us to invest in improvements to our facilities.
Community Engagement
Nido has a long history of community engagement, ever since our very early days in Peñalolén. Nido students “learn by doing” and regular interaction with their immediate environment, neighbors and relevant stakeholders is a practice that has been ingrained in the school for 85 plus years.
Two years ago Nido implemented a training program, hosting public school teachers from underperforming schools to come to campus over the summer break and be trained (free of charge) by Nido teachers. The program is called “Summer Town” and is aimed at equipping public school English teachers with project based learning tools to in turn implement in their own classrooms upon their return. The program is a massive hit, so much so that the demand exceeds the supply and resources of the School. It has also spawned similar community engagement ideas and proposals that hold tremendous potential, but of course require investments that the school does not always count on.
Curriculum Enhancements
Nido is unwavering in its stance to provide the best liberal arts education possible, and community support for cutting-edge curriculum and innovative classroom practices that show promise are indispensable. While the school spends considerable resources in this area, more are needed.
Over the past decade technology has made rapid inroads into the tools portion of teaching. Technology not only introduces students to new ways of absorbing and processing information, but also how to in turn use said technology (a vital component prior to entering into the working world) and communicate the same information to others.
Technological tools such as 3D printers or interactive Smart Boards are fundamental in today’s learning context. Items like these are sometimes tricky to forecast and budget three or two years prior due to how rapidly the technology evolves. Community support for technological curriculum enhancements equips the best teachers in the world with the best tools in the world.