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Donum Centre: 1,000 free computers near Makerere University

Donum Student Laptop Draw: a new laptop for a university student, every month

Laptop, $1,500 each

Donum Partner Platform: a free tool for refugee-led organisations

The Donum Nakivale campus: land, roads and security

Donum Nakivale Power and Water: solar power for the campus and the trading centre

Donum Nakivale Health Centre: births, newborns and oxygen

Donum Nakivale Training Farm and Workshops: 1,000 graduates a year

Donum Nakivale Technical Secondary School: 960 places

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The Donum Nakivale campus: land, roads and security USD 7,140,916 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
70 acres of land with a title, next to the settlement, on a public road	$345,205.00
Stamp duty on the land transfer (1.5%)	$5,178.00
Government search, valuation, transfer and registration fees	$822.00
Lawyer: checking the title and the transfer (2%)	$6,904.00
Surveyor: boundary opening and marker stones	$3,288.00
Land survey and soil tests (10 test pits and boreholes)	$12,329.00
Campus master plan by an architect and a physical planner	$16,438.00
Environmental and social impact assessment for the whole campus, and NEMA fees	$24,658.00
Six months of meetings with refugee welfare councils, host community leaders and the district, with interpreters	$8,219.00
Baseline survey of 1,500 refugee and host households, by an independent firm, so the change can be measured	$32,877.00
Building plan approval fees for every building	$6,849.00
Legal work: the company that holds earned income, and the agreements with the district and partners	$10,959.00
Upgrading 1 km of the access road to all-weather gravel, with culverts	$60,274.00
2.5 km of gravel roads inside the campus	$82,192.00
Paved footpaths between the buildings, 2 m wide	$41,096.00
Stormwater drains across the campus	$32,877.00
Fence around the whole campus, 2,400 m	$85,479.00
Main gate, gatehouse and a shelter for visitors	$23,288.00
3,000 trees for shade, windbreaks and fruit, and grass against erosion	$16,438.00
60 solar street lights	$49,320.00
Cameras at the gates and roads, and a monitoring room	$16,438.00
Waste sorting and compost station	$10,959.00
Campus office, maintenance workshop and stores	$89,041.00
Maintenance tools and equipment	$10,959.00
A four-wheel-drive pickup for the campus team	$63,014.00
4 motorcycles for the campus team	$13,152.00
Donum's own project manager and clerk of works for 30 months	$98,630.00
Independent audit of the building spending, once a year for 3 years	$24,657.00
Architect, engineers, quantity surveyor and site supervision (8% of the building work)	$35,342.00
Allowance for prices rising before building starts (6%)	$26,493.00
VAT on the builder's contract and fees (18%), unless Donum obtains an exemption	$90,630.00
Contingency for what nobody can see yet (10%)	$134,411.00
Staff pay, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$3,857,500.00
Fuel, supplies and services, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$477,500.00
Upkeep and servicing, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$127,500.00
Replacing equipment as it wears out, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$272,500.00
Insurance, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$147,500.00
Audits, licences and surveys, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$780,000.00
Total	$7,140,916.00

Donum Partner Platform: a free tool for refugee-led organisations USD 2,173,367 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
Design workshops in Nakivale with 10 refugee-led organisations, with interpreters and transport	$6,849.00
Two developers for 6 months: a shared version of Donum's own system for checking needs, delivery and follow-ups	$29,589.00
One developer for 6 months: an Android app that works without a connection	$14,795.00
Software tools and AI coding subscriptions for 6 months	$1,200.00
Text message and USSD follow-ups for people without smartphones: setup and code	$4,110.00
Translation into French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Somali, Arabic and Lingala	$7,672.00
Independent security test before launch	$12,000.00
Data protection impact assessment by a lawyer	$4,110.00
Data-sharing agreements for each partner organisation	$4,110.00
Registration with the Personal Data Protection Office	$27.00
60 rugged tablets, two for each of 30 organisations	$23,040.00
30 solar chargers	$4,920.00
Three days of training for 2 people from each of 30 organisations	$5,151.00
Independent evaluation of the pilot	$8,219.00
Contingency for what nobody can see yet (10%)	$12,575.00
Staff pay, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$945,000.00
Fuel, supplies and services, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$392,500.00
Audits, licences and surveys, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$465,000.00
Replacing equipment as it wears out, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$232,500.00
Total	$2,173,367.00

Donum Nakivale Power and Water: solar power for the campus and the trading centre USD 5,852,730 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
550 kW of solar panels (bifacial, 25 to 30 year warranty)	$121,000.00
Galvanised steel ground mounts on concrete footings	$66,000.00
Inverters and battery converters, 400 kW	$56,000.00
1,200 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery in containers, with fire suppression	$360,000.00
Installation, cabling, protection, earthing and lightning protection	$82,500.00
Remote monitoring of the plant	$25,000.00
200 kVA standby generator with a 5,000 litre fuel tank, for long cloudy spells	$52,055.00
Power house and control room	$42,740.00
Fence around the solar field, 620 m	$22,082.00
Lights and cameras for the solar field	$10,959.00
Underground cables to every building on the campus	$95,890.00
6 km of power lines into the nearby trading centre	$108,000.00
Connections and prepaid smart meters for the first 250 shops, mills, workshops and homes	$45,000.00
Groundwater survey and the drilling and water-use permits	$4,110.00
3 boreholes about 120 m deep, cased and test-pumped (one kept as a spare)	$45,204.00
3 solar borehole pumps with their own panels and controllers	$32,877.00
Water treatment: chlorine dosing, and ultraviolet for the health centre; a water testing kit	$12,329.00
100,000 litre steel tank on a 15 m tower	$49,315.00
300,000 litre concrete ground reservoir	$41,096.00
Water pipes, valves and a meter at every building	$32,877.00
Rain tanks at every building: 40 tanks of 10,000 litres with gutters	$43,840.00
Fire hydrants and hose reels	$13,699.00
Wastewater treatment for the whole campus: sewers and a planted treatment wetland	$68,493.00
2 biogas digesters of 100 m3 for the school kitchen, fed from the school's toilets	$38,356.00
A connection to the public water main as a backup, where it reaches the campus	$6,849.00
Engineering design and the electricity regulator's permit to sell power	$32,877.00
Regulator and utility application fees	$4,110.00
Training our own technicians, with the makers of the equipment	$10,959.00
Spare parts: panels, fuses, an inverter module	$25,918.00
Architect, engineers, quantity surveyor and site supervision (8% of the building work)	$35,973.00
Allowance for prices rising before building starts (6%)	$26,986.00
VAT on the builder's contract and fees (18%), unless Donum obtains an exemption	$92,301.00
Shipping, insurance and clearing of imported equipment (8%)	$69,068.00
Import declaration fee and infrastructure levy (2.5%)	$23,315.00
VAT on imported equipment (18%), unless it is exempt	$97,890.00
Contingency for what nobody can see yet (10%)	$189,562.00
Staff pay, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,370,000.00
Upkeep and servicing, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$505,000.00
Fuel, supplies and services, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$595,000.00
Replacing equipment as it wears out, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$970,000.00
Audits, licences and surveys, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$67,500.00
Insurance, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$260,000.00
Total	$5,852,730.00

Donum Nakivale Health Centre: births, newborns and oxygen USD 22,794,919 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
Outpatient block: 6 consultation rooms, triage, emergency room, immunisation, HIV and TB clinic, counselling	$197,260.00
Maternity block: antenatal clinic, 4 delivery beds, 24 postnatal beds, a newborn unit for 10 babies, a kangaroo care room	$284,932.00
Wards: 16 beds for women and children, 12 for men, 2 isolation rooms	$197,260.00
Laboratory, pharmacy and medical stores	$109,589.00
Nutrition clinic for malnourished children and mothers	$42,740.00
Administration, records and staff room	$53,425.00
Kitchen and laundry	$53,425.00
Shelter with a cooking area for families staying with patients	$45,205.00
Body holding room	$17,534.00
Toilets and showers for patients and visitors	$35,616.00
Covered walkways between the blocks	$36,986.00
16 two-bedroom homes for nurses, midwives and clinicians	$352,877.00
House for the health centre's in-charge	$31,507.00
Medical waste: a double-chamber incinerator, placenta pit, sharps pit and ash pit	$23,288.00
Fence and gate around the health centre, 600 m	$21,370.00
Ambulance bay and paved parking	$10,959.00
Medical equipment: delivery beds, newborn warmers and resuscitation, bubble CPAP, phototherapy, monitors, two ultrasound machines, suction, sterilisers	$220,000.00
Laboratory: blood count and chemistry analysers, 4 microscopes, centrifuges, fridges	$70,000.00
60 hospital beds with mattresses and lockers, and baby cots	$46,020.00
2 solar vaccine fridges (WHO approved)	$13,000.00
Furniture and shelving for every room	$41,096.00
Electronic patient records: 12 computers, a server and the network	$24,658.00
A battery that keeps maternity, the newborn unit and the oxygen controls running if the main power fails	$32,877.00
Cold chamber for the body holding room	$9,589.00
A four-wheel-drive ambulance, fully equipped	$109,589.00
2 motorcycles for outreach and immunisation visits	$6,576.00
An oxygen plant (about 15 cubic metres an hour) with cylinder filling	$220,000.00
250 oxygen cylinders, so clinics across the settlement can be supplied	$40,000.00
Oxygen pipes to the maternity block, the newborn unit and the wards	$16,438.00
A pickup that delivers full cylinders to other clinics and brings back the empty ones	$63,014.00
First 3 months of medicines and supplies	$49,315.00
Hiring the team and training it before opening: emergency births and newborn care	$16,438.00
Registration and licences: health ministry, drug authority, professional councils	$2,740.00
Architect, engineers, quantity surveyor and site supervision (10% of the building work)	$153,041.00
Allowance for prices rising before building starts (6%)	$91,836.00
VAT on the builder's contract and fees (18%), unless Donum obtains an exemption	$319,562.00
Shipping, insurance and clearing of imported equipment (8%)	$45,041.00
Import declaration fee and infrastructure levy (2.5%)	$15,205.00
VAT on imported equipment (18%), unless it is exempt	$109,452.00
Contingency for what nobody can see yet (10%)	$322,959.00
Staff pay, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$9,137,500.00
Medicines and supplies, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$5,900,000.00
Upkeep and servicing, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,245,000.00
Fuel, supplies and services, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$800,000.00
Audits, licences and surveys, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$102,500.00
Insurance, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$355,000.00
Replacing equipment as it wears out, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,702,500.00
Total	$22,794,919.00

Donum Nakivale Technical Secondary School: 960 places USD 29,990,333 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
16 classrooms for 60 learners each, in 4 blocks	$455,890.00
4 science laboratories (physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture) with preparation rooms	$263,014.00
Computer laboratory for 60, with a server room	$61,370.00
Library and reading room for 120	$106,849.00
3 technical workshops for learners: building and carpentry, electrical and solar, tailoring and design	$172,603.00
Art and design room	$35,616.00
Administration: offices, a staff room for 45, an exam store, a counselling room	$149,589.00
Hall and dining room for 700: assemblies, meals, exams and community events	$345,205.00
Kitchen and food stores, cooking with electricity and biogas instead of firewood	$84,384.00
Sick bay	$28,493.00
4 toilet blocks, with private rooms for girls' hygiene	$85,479.00
Covered walkways	$49,315.00
2 dormitories for 120 learners each, with washrooms and a warden's flat	$427,397.00
16 two-bedroom homes for teachers	$352,877.00
Head teacher's house	$37,808.00
2 houses for the deputy head teachers	$56,712.00
Football pitch, levelled, drained and grassed	$16,438.00
Netball and basketball courts	$19,178.00
Running track	$6,849.00
Fence and gate around the school, 1,000 m	$35,616.00
Demonstration farm with drip irrigation	$8,219.00
1,000 desks with chairs, steel and hardwood	$77,000.00
Teachers' tables and chairs, and 20 classroom boards	$8,767.00
120 double-deck beds, 240 mattresses, 240 lockers and mosquito nets	$44,055.00
Tables and benches for 700, and a sound system and projector for the hall	$47,945.00
Kitchen: 12 large electric pressure cookers, 6 electric boiling pans, biogas burners, a small cold room, utensils	$49,315.00
Basic furniture for 19 staff homes	$20,822.00
Office equipment, safe, computers and filing	$12,329.00
Sick bay equipment	$4,110.00
Sports equipment	$5,479.00
Equipment and first chemicals for 4 laboratories, with fume cupboards and gas	$120,548.00
60 new computers, a server, network, 2 projectors and printers	$67,671.00
8,000 library books	$96,000.00
Library shelving, tables for 120, and a catalogue	$21,918.00
6,000 textbooks for the new curriculum, one each in the core subjects	$66,000.00
A 30-seat school bus for trips, sports and emergencies	$123,288.00
Licence to open, registration, the board of governors, and the exam centre number	$4,110.00
Hiring and preparing the teachers before the first term	$10,959.00
Architect, engineers, quantity surveyor and site supervision (10% of the building work)	$279,890.00
Allowance for prices rising before building starts (6%)	$167,945.00
VAT on the builder's contract and fees (18%), unless Donum obtains an exemption	$584,411.00
Contingency for what nobody can see yet (10%)	$461,370.00
Staff pay, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$12,447,500.00
Learners' meals and materials, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$5,995,000.00
Teaching materials and internet, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$2,090,000.00
Fuel, supplies and services, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$515,000.00
Upkeep and servicing, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,050,000.00
Replacing equipment as it wears out, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$2,312,500.00
Insurance, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$507,500.00
Total	$29,990,333.00

Donum Nakivale Training Farm and Workshops: 1,000 graduates a year USD 20,800,319 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
Layer house for 1,000 hens	$20,548.00
Broiler house for 1,000 birds	$13,699.00
Hatchery and brooder room, so graduates can start with their own chicks	$21,370.00
20 small pens where trainees run their own flocks in month five	$41,096.00
1,000 laying hens to start	$7,000.00
3 egg incubators of 528 eggs, with backup power	$3,288.00
Feeders, drinkers, egg trays, brooders and scales	$4,110.00
Zero-grazing dairy unit for 10 cows: stalls, feeding troughs, milking area, calf pens	$47,945.00
Milk room with a cooler	$17,534.00
10 in-calf dairy heifers	$13,700.00
Milk cooler of 300 litres, cans, and a chaff cutter	$8,493.00
Raised goat house for 50 goats	$16,438.00
40 breeding does and 2 bucks of improved breeds	$7,397.00
15 acres of fodder (napier grass, lucerne and fodder trees), and 2 silage pits	$16,438.00
Feed store and feed-making room	$45,205.00
Feed mill: hammer mill and mixer, to teach making feed from local grain	$9,589.00
Animal health room for training community animal health workers	$35,068.00
Veterinary equipment and a vaccine fridge	$5,479.00
Manure and compost yard	$5,479.00
Tree, fruit and vegetable seedling nursery under shade nets, 2,000 m2	$32,877.00
Potting shed and nursery store	$30,137.00
Nursery trays, grafting tools, seed and a misting system	$12,329.00
2 greenhouses of 240 m2 with drip irrigation	$24,658.00
8 acres of model gardens and trainees' own plots, with drip irrigation: vegetables, beans, maize, bananas, cassava, sorghum, sunflower	$17,534.00
Demonstrations for small plots: keyhole gardens, sack gardens, terraces	$2,740.00
A 5-acre orchard: grafted mango, avocado, citrus and bananas	$8,219.00
Farm tools, a walk-behind tractor with implements, sprayers	$10,959.00
Produce store and sorting shed	$36,164.00
Small cold room for eggs, milk and vegetables	$12,329.00
Lined rainwater pond of 3,000 m3	$24,658.00
A farm borehole with a solar pump	$26,027.00
50,000 litre farm tank and irrigation mains	$38,356.00
Tailoring workshop	$69,041.00
Hairdressing and beauty room, with hot water	$46,027.00
Motorcycle repair workshop	$69,041.00
Small engines and farm machinery workshop: pumps, mills, generators, tillers	$69,041.00
Welding and fabrication workshop: poultry cages, feeders, gates, farm tools	$69,041.00
Solar pumps and solar systems workshop	$46,027.00
Tailoring: 30 industrial sewing machines, 6 overlockers, 2 embroidery machines, cutting tables	$27,945.00
Hairdressing and beauty: 12 stations with basins and dryers	$19,178.00
Motorcycle tools, lifts, a compressor and 6 motorcycles to take apart	$16,438.00
Engines, pumps, 2 tillers and a grain mill to learn on	$19,178.00
8 welding machines, a plasma cutter, drill press, booths with extraction	$27,397.00
Solar pump and solar system training boards, meters and tools	$16,438.00
3 training rooms for 35, taught with pictures and in people's own languages	$85,479.00
Computer room for 20, for the basic computer and phone course	$35,068.00
20 computers, a network and a projector	$20,274.00
6 rooms that partner organisations use, a help desk and 2 private rooms for confidential conversations	$89,041.00
Childcare room, so parents can train	$35,616.00
Canteen, cooking what the farm grows	$53,425.00
3 toilet blocks	$53,425.00
Covered walkways and paved yard	$32,877.00
Fence and gates around the farm and workshops, 1,500 m	$53,425.00
Furniture for the training and partner rooms, childcare and canteen equipment	$38,356.00
Motor tricycle for taking produce to market	$4,110.00
Registration as a training institution and as a national assessment centre, and instructor accreditation	$5,479.00
Picture-based course materials in Kiswahili, French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi and Runyankore	$10,959.00
Architect, engineers, quantity surveyor and site supervision (10% of the building work)	$132,055.00
Allowance for prices rising before building starts (6%)	$79,233.00
VAT on the builder's contract and fees (18%), unless Donum obtains an exemption	$275,726.00
Contingency for what nobody can see yet (10%)	$211,616.00
Staff pay, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$9,167,500.00
Fuel, supplies and services, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,722,500.00
Learners' meals and materials, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$5,275,000.00
Replacing equipment as it wears out, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,075,000.00
Upkeep and servicing, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$1,000,000.00
Insurance, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$232,500.00
Total	$20,800,319.00

Donum Centre: 1,000 free computers near Makerere University USD 180,035,500 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
One acre within walking distance of Makerere University, at UGX 40 million a decimal	$1,096,000.00
Stamp duty on the transfer, budgeted at 3%	$33,000.00
Lawyer, title search, survey, boundary opening, valuation	$22,000.00
Fence and guards for the empty site, 12 months	$45,000.00
Architect, quantity surveyor, structural and services engineers	$2,508,000.00
A project manager who works for Donum	$358,000.00
VAT on these fees (18%)	$516,000.00
Surveys and studies: land, soil, water, traffic, environment	$179,000.00
NEMA environmental review fee	$13,000.00
KCCA plan, structure and occupation fees	$2,000.00
An independent audit of cost and quality, for givers	$50,000.00
Ground floor (1,280 m2): entrance, help desk, 500 lockers, auditorium for 300, exam room, cafe, server room, prayer room, nursing room, first aid	$2,560,000.00
First floor (1,280 m2): makerspace, electronics lab, video and podcast studios, 12 founders' rooms, pitch room, 8 meeting rooms	$2,560,000.00
Second floor (1,280 m2): open floor for 360 computers	$2,560,000.00
Third floor (1,280 m2): open floor for 360 computers, 150 seats open all night	$2,560,000.00
Fourth floor and roof (1,280 m2): six teaching rooms, reading room, research room, roof plant	$2,560,000.00
Offices, ground floor (400 m2): reception, training room for partners, meeting rooms, a private room	$640,000.00
Offices, first floor (400 m2): Donum's team, the Executive director's office, finance, records room	$640,000.00
Offices, second floor (400 m2): the centre's managers and staff, board room, kitchen	$640,000.00
Wall and gates, gatehouse, paving and parking, drainage, rainwater tanks, planting, lighting	$750,000.00
Power connection and transformer	$120,000.00
Two 500 kVA standby generators, fuel tank and changeover	$190,000.00
Solar panels on the roofs, 200 kWp	$200,000.00
Solar roofs over the car park, 150 kWp	$240,000.00
Batteries, 600 kWh	$270,000.00
Backup power (UPS) for the computer floors and server room	$250,000.00
Data cabling: 1,500 points	$450,000.00
Server room: cooling, fire suppression, raised floor, racks	$180,000.00
Auditorium: 300 raked seats, acoustics, stage, lighting	$305,000.00
Sound-proofing for the video and podcast rooms	$60,000.00
Security: cameras, entry gates, member cards, alarms	$180,000.00
Contingency on the building, 15%	$2,687,000.00
VAT on the building contract (18%)	$3,708,000.00
300 iMacs (24-inch, 24 GB memory, 512 GB storage)	$840,000.00
660 Windows desktops (Core Ultra 7, 32 GB, 1 TB)	$1,584,000.00
40 graphics workstations (RTX PRO 4000) for engineering, 3D design and AI	$480,000.00
700 monitors, 27-inch	$315,000.00
1,000 headsets and 700 webcams	$145,000.00
Printers and scanning stations	$40,000.00
Network: 32 switches, 2 core switches, 100 Wi-Fi 7 points, 2 firewalls, racks	$276,000.00
Servers for the centre's own systems, 500 TB storage, backup	$250,000.00
Two research servers with 8 RTX PRO 6000 cards each	$500,000.00
Spare computers (3%)	$75,000.00
Booking, sign-in, library and device-management systems, set up	$60,000.00
Laptops for 55 staff	$100,000.00
1,000 desks and chairs for the computer seats	$550,000.00
Reading room: 100 seats, quiet booths, shelves	$90,000.00
4,000 textbooks and technical books	$240,000.00
Library gates and book labels	$30,000.00
Team, meeting and research rooms: tables, chairs, boards, screens	$125,000.00
Projectors and screens for six teaching rooms	$24,000.00
Auditorium sound, screen, cameras, recording, hearing loop	$250,000.00
Video and podcast studio equipment	$90,000.00
Makerspace and electronics lab	$190,000.00
Exam room: partitions, lockers, security kit	$25,000.00
500 lockers for members	$60,000.00
Cafe and break area: furniture and kitchen	$100,000.00
Office furniture: 80 desks, board room, meeting rooms, training room	$167,000.00
Signs, including tactile and Braille signs	$50,000.00
One van	$55,000.00
Contingency on furniture and equipment, 5%	$336,000.00
Building and fees: 5% a year, to the middle of construction	$4,365,000.00
Equipment: 3% a year, bought in year four	$884,000.00
Donum's lead for the project, for the four years	$160,000.00
Staff hired before opening, about four months of pay	$217,000.00
Fibre connection charges, two providers	$30,000.00
Three months of testing: power, internet, security, cleaning, insurance	$304,000.00
Lawyers and auditors during the four years	$80,000.00
Opening: visits to schools, colleges and neighbours, printed guides	$40,000.00
People, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$16,900,000.00
Security and cleaning, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$8,975,000.00
Power, water and internet, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$19,275,000.00
Software and courses, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$19,450,000.00
Building upkeep, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$13,050,000.00
Replacing equipment, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$34,450,000.00
Insurance, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$2,500,000.00
Programmes, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$5,250,000.00
Administration, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$2,950,000.00
Contingency, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$12,275,000.00
Six months of running costs, kept in cash and short-term government bonds	$2,701,500.00
Total	$180,035,500.00

Donum Student Laptop Draw: a new laptop for a university student, every month USD 468,000 still needed About this chance

The cost, item by item
One laptop for one student: the laptop and everything it costs to give, one more winner in the next draw	$18,000.00
The laptop and what goes with it, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$390,000.00
Checks with universities, and the live draw each month, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$15,000.00
The handover at the winner's university, for good: paid every year from the endowment's returns	$45,000.00
Total	$468,000.00

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