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Ways to Use Your IRA for Good
Contribute Now – If you are 70 1/2 or older, you can make charitable gifts directly from your IRA and avoid paying taxes on these distributions. If you would like to support UMaine and save taxes on your RMDs, ask us or your IRA custodian about making qualified distributions from your IRA.
Give Later – Many UMaine supporters have named the University of Maine Foundation as a beneficiary of an IRA or other retirement plan. This is simple to do and can often be done online. It can also save significant taxes.
Annual Report 2024
Cultivating Opportunities, Inspiring Innovation and Upholding the Legacy
As we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the University of Maine Foundation, we reflect on a legacy built upon the pillars of tradition, innovation and scholarship. This year’s annual report is a testament to the unwavering commitment of our donors, academic partners and staff to fostering support for our beloved institution. Together, we continue to cultivate opportunities through scholarships, inspire innovation and uphold the legacy of excellence at the University of Maine.
$95m Record-breaking FY24 fundraising
Over 400% increase in annual fundraising since 2016
Endowment at a record- high half a billion dollars, $511,000,000
Completing our 90th year of service to UMaine donors
News
New scholarship will support those with the greatest financial need
ORONO, MAINE: Financial hardship remains a significant roadblock to higher education for many in the state of Maine. Philanthropic investment in future learners can make all the difference. Brent West and Kristina "Tina" Christensen West have sought to counter the...
UMaine Athletics Receives Record-Setting Estate Gift
From left to right: Foundation President Jeffery Mills, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Labat Estate Executrix Joanne Bruno, Esq., and UMaine Athletics Director Jude Killy, at the gift announcement held on October 18, 2024.ORONO, MAINE: The University of Maine...
Abby Cadorette
Abby Cadorette, a Senior Ecology and Environmental Science major at UMaine, is grateful for the scholarships that have helped her during her time at UMaine. She explained that “[My scholarships] alleviated the stress of covering college costs, and has allowed me to...
Ross Sousa
While working part-time on farms and in greenhouses, University of Maine senior Ross Sousa of Somerset, Massachusetts learned firsthand how disease can ruin crops. Memories of farmers’ plight, combined with a passion for plant pathology and finding more sustainable...
Crispin Kamundala
Our student gratitude story this week features Crispin Kamundala, a 4th-year political science student with a double minor in legal studies and foreign affairs. He received the John M. Nickerson scholarship. The John Mitchell Nickerson University of Maine Memorial...
Chanthu Millay
Chanthu Millay’s art is raw and intimate: a technicolor self-portrait in painstaking detail, a metal sculpture comprised of pieces of her old prosthetic leg, a ceramic sculpture depicting the emotions she experienced as her family’s lone survivor of the violent Khmer...
Gifts in Memory
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Black Bear License plate voucher
Find out how you can get your first year with your State of Maine Black Bear license plate for free!
