Hogwarts Upkeep

[zoehooch]

No: HPFGUIDX 36478

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Felicia Rickmann" <felicia.rickmann at d...> 
wrote:
> In that case the mystery is, who funds it?  The wizarding community 
cannot be huge and the financial implications in feeding and housing 
several hundred students, teaching staff of various levels and the 
upkeep of Hogwarts etc. must be considerable.  

I have always assumed that Hogwarts has a very considerable endowment 
contribued by its graduates. And, with the British wizarding 
community being as small and well-known to each other as it is, I'm 
sure that most graduates do contribute to its upkeep as a social 
obligation. We see that Lucius Malfoy made a "generous contribution" 
to St. Mungos. I would suspect that most British wizarding families 
have made some kind of contribution to Hogwarts.  And, I suspect that 
the goblins who run Gringott's have discovered ways for their 
customers (I am assuming that Hogwarts has its gold there) to make an 
excellent return on thier wizarding investments.

Zoe Hooch