University of Montana Foundation

The strength of our giving community is built on collective vision, commitment and action making a ripple effect. Read how your giving serves the University and makes a transformational impact on the lives of students.

Learn how UM and its giving community are investing in opportunities for Montana’s Native American students and fostering inclusive prosperity for all.

UM recognized Emma Lommasson’s dedication and profound impact on students with a posthumous Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters during Fall Commencement 2022.

Last fall, the Montana Museum of Art and Culture curatorial team and volunteers began preparing more than 11,000 pieces of the museum's Permanent Collection for the move to its new home on the north end of campus.

In this Q&A, Professor Libby Metcalf shares how private support is helping grow the Wild Sustenance course and UM’s future expansion of experiential learning opportunities outside the classroom.

Thanks to our remarkable giving community, scholarship awards that are included in UM’s new Grizzly Promise initiative are making a college education more affordable for Montana students.

UM and the UM Foundation recently recognized Mark and Cheryl Burnham with the Order of the Grizzly Award and the McCammon family with the Neil S. Bucklew Presidential Service Award. Learn more about these families' incredible impact on the University.

Let's unite for One Day. One UM. Please find your passion and donate on March 8-9 as part of The Big Give, UM’s fourth annual day of giving. Early gifts and gifts of any amount make a difference.