[HPforGrownups] Re: Names, that mirror, snape and teaching(OT)

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 1286



Steve Bates wrote:

> 2) where exactly does Hogwarts get its money?  I don't recall Harry
> having to get money for tuition from his Gringott's vault when he
> went there with Hagrid in Book 1.  So is it the wizard form of a
> public school (which would mean that wizards would have to be taxed
> somehow too), or do they raise money through other funds, such as
> alumni contributions? Or perhaps Harry got some sort of scholarship,
> or perhaps Dumbly paid the money out of his own pocket?  I guess any
> of those are possible.

Don't worry.  As soon as Harry, Ron and Hermione graduate, they'll get put
on the mailing list, and they'll be hit up by an owl from the alumni
committee every quarter, begging for money for the endowment fund.

Peg