UAM Foundation Fund

The University of Arkansas at Monticello Foundation Fund, a subsidiary of The University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc., is committed to providing educational opportunities for students in the state and region.  Its purpose is to advance and support educational and other activities of UAM by soliciting donations and acting as coordinator of gifts for the use and benefit of the University.  During the 05/06 school year, the UAM Foundation Fund awarded 438 scholarships in Fall totaling $212,843 and 372 scholarships in Spring totaling $181,343 . 

“The ability to augment state funding with private scholarships and to raise revenue from private sources is essential to fulfilling our mission and to the future of the institution.  An investment in higher education is always money well spent.”

                                                               – Chancellor Jack Lassiter

Chairman Bill Wisener Monticello	Vice-Chair Gerald Majors White Hall	Director Ed Bacon Monticello	Director Lesa Cathey Handly Little Rock	Director Ken Mann Jersey

Director India Holt Crossett	Director Flossie Holley Forrest City	Director Jeff Weaver Hot Springs	Director Clarence Holley Fordyce	Director Scott Saffold Monticello

Ex-Officio Secretary - Treasurer Linda Yeiser Monticello	Ex-Officio Jack Lassiter Monticello

The UAM Foundation Fund

The University of Arkansas at Monticello Foundation Fund was created in 1980 to provide a margin of excellence for the University's academic programs and insure educational opportunity for future generations of students.

Contributions to the UAM Foundation Fund may come in the form of cash gifts, appreciated property, tangible personal property, stock, charitable remainder trusts, charitable remainder unitrusts, annuities, wills, and life insurance. Check here for additional information about planned giving.

While the Foundation welcomes donations of any amount, the University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc., has established minimum levels of funding for certain endowment accounts as follows:
 

Membership levels in the UAM Foundation Fund are divided into the following
categories:

Any gift to the UAM Foundation Fund may be directed to a specific area or may be designated as "unrestricted".

To learn more about giving to the UAM Foundation Fund contact: Office of Advancement by phone at
(870) 460-1028 or toll free at 1-800-467-8148.