Giving to the University

As the Commonwealth’s premier public university, the University of Massachusetts Amherst constantly expands the ways in which it serves the citizens of the state while striving to maintain and renew its tradition and mission as a land-grant institution. Private support is essential to supplement limited tax allocations in maintaining and building excellence and ensuring that the University remains accessible to all qualified students. In 2001-02, alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, and corporations and foundations provided more than $30 million in private support. Also, the University recently completed Campaign UMass, its first major capital campaign, which surpassed the $125 million goal by successfully raising $130.7 million a full year ahead of schedule. These monies will be used to attract the very brightest students, recruit faculty of the highest caliber, build new buildings and renovate aging facilities, create new research projects, enlarge library collections, and implement new programs. For further information on annual giving, gift and estate planning, corporate and foundation giving, and giving to schools, colleges, and programs, please visit the Office of Development website: www.umass.edu/development/ or call (413) 545-2741.

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