1 How to donate? Who can I contact?
You are welcome to use our online donation platform; or fill in the donation form and mail to ‘United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.’ with the cheque or credit card information. If you donate to us by cheque, it should be payable to ‘The Chinese University of Hong Kong’. If you donate to us by direct deposit into the bank account of the United College, please provide the bank-in slip. For more details, please refer to the donation form.
If you have any enquiries, please e-mail uc-donation@cuhk.edu.hk or contact us at 3943 7584.
2 How do I make a donation from overseas?
Friends from the U.S. may make their gifts through The Chinese University of Hong Kong Foundation, Inc.
Friends from Canada may make their gifts through The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
3 Can I designate my donation for a specific purpose?
Yes, you can consider the major fundraising items on the donation form first, or you can contact us directly for enquiries. If you do not specify the donation purpose, the donation will go to ‘United College Development Fund’.
4 How to make regular donations?
You can choose ‘Recurrent gift’ on our online donation platform and choose ‘Monthly’, ‘Semi-annual’ or ‘Annual’ according to your liking. Regular donations can only be made using credit card.
You may also fill in the donation form and check the box of ‘Monthly’, ‘Semi-annual’ or ‘Annual’ and mail to us together with credit card details.
We will process the donations monthly after your form is handled (usually on the 10th of each month). We will also contact you when your credit card is about to expire.
5 When will I receive the donation receipt?
Donors who give HK$100 or above will receive an official receipt. The College would mail the receipt to the address quoted on the donation form. If the donor does not receive the receipt within 60 days after the donation, please contact us at uc-donation@cuhk.edu.hk or 3943 7598.
Receipts for ‘Recurrent gift’ will be sent to donors during April to May annually.
6 Is there a minimum donation amount?
The College welcomes any amount of donations. A donor who donates HK$100 or above will receive a receipt which can be used for tax exemption in the HKSAR.
In addition, if you would like to support students of the College by establishing a new scholarship, it requires a one-off donation of HK$30,000 or above. If you would like to establish a newly endowed scholarship, it requires a donation of HK$300,000 or above. Please contact our staff for more details.
7 Is my donation tax-deductible in Hong Kong?
Yes. As a constituent College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the United College is legitimately recognised for its charitable status, and therefore can issue tax exemption receipts to donors who donate HK$100 or above to the College.
8 Is my donation tax-deductible overseas?
Donations to the College are tax deductible in both the U.S. and Canada. Please refer to below:
For friends from the U.S.
Friends from the U.S. may make their gifts through The Chinese University of Hong Kong Foundation, Inc.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Foundation, Inc. is established and qualified under IRC Section 501 (c)(3) of Internal Revenue Service as a tax exempt organisation in the U.S. (Federal Tax I.D. Number: 98-0477422). All donations from the U.S. can be made to the Foundation and are tax deductible in the U.S. with official donation receipts issued by the Foundation. At present, the Foundation has also successfully registered in Massachusetts, New Jersey and California to solicit donations from citizens of these states to support CUHK.
For friends from Canada
Friends from Canada may make their gifts through The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
CUHK has been recognised as a prescribed foreign university in Canada under Section 3503 of the Canadian Income Tax Regulations and was added according to Schedule VIII of the Regulations by Order-in-Council P.C. 2010-551. With an official receipt issued by CUHK, Canadian donations can be claimed against the taxable income according to subparagraph 110.1(1)(a)(vi) and paragraph 118.1(1)(f) of the Canadian Income Tax Act.
For other countries, whether a donation made by an overseas donor will be tax deductible will require checking of the laws and regulations of the country to which that donor is located. Donors are encouraged to seek their own legal/tax advice.
9 How does the College acknowledge the donors / donating organisations?
As a token of our gratitude to the donors, the College publishes the names of donors from time to time on various publications of the College, including their names, majors, and years of graduation (applicable to United College alumni), or names of the organisations, preferably in Chinese.
In addition, the College has established the “Patron Membership” to thank donors for their support. Please see here for details.
10 Can I donate anonymously?
Yes. If you wish to donate anonymously, please indicate it on the donation form.