You can inspire minds through an outstanding Student experience
Support UM students
TheUM Student Food Bank is experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand - assisting over 600 students each month. Your gift will have an immediate positive impact on students in need.
By supporting theUM Emergency Bursary Fund, you can help provide short-term assistance in the form of bursaries for students experiencing unexpected and immediate financial emergencies.
TheUM Work-Study Program offers part-time on-campus and off-campus employment for students. Your gift will enable us to expand the program and provide more work experience for students while they complete their university studies.
Establish a student award
Creating a bursary, fellowship, prize or scholarship is one of the most meaning ways to make a positive impact in students' lives.
By establishing an endowment or annually funded award, you can join thousands of donors in celebrating students' achievements and removing financial barriers to education.
Together, we can create pathways to Indigenous excellence
Our path to reconciliation and healing
The University of Manitoba, in partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and Indigenous partners, is committed to facing the painful truths of our history and present, and moving forward on the path to reconciliation.
We invite our community to support Survivors and honour the many children who never made it home to their families.
Indigenous Success Fund
The Indigenous Success Fund is a dedicated fund to provide scholarships and bursaries, establish earlier connections with Indigenous youth through mentorship and outreach programs, and facilitate the transition from early years through to post-secondary education.
Give to the Indigenous Success Fund online
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- Need assistance? If you're unsure of the fund name or would like to donate to more than one fund pleasecontact us
You can foster creativity and innovation through exceptional Places and spaces
Take your seat at the Desautels Concert Hall
The Desautels Concert Hall is an intimate venue, designed with acoustic perfection in mind and equipped with professional-grade sound recording equipment, an orchestra pit, staging areas for both orchestras and choirs, and ample facilities for performers of all kinds. We invite you to support this stunning new hall and the opportunities it creates for university performers and the Winnipeg artistic community.
Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick Centre
A transformational change to health education is underway at the University of Manitoba. As the university looks to the future, with a plan to train more highly skilled healthcare professionals, it has broken ground on the new state-of the-art Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick Centre in the heart of its Bannatyne campus. The Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry will occupy two floors of the new Centre with a 333,770-square-foot purpose-built space.
Learn more about supporting the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
You can drive discovery and insight through Research excellence
Research Excellence Fund
Fueled by curiosity, our researchers are deciphering the building blocks of life, creating profound expressions of culture and discovering innovations that will shape the world of tomorrow.
Gifts to the Research Excellence Fund support UM researchers as they chart new paths to cure or prevent disease, unearth solutions to combat climate change, deepen Manitoba’s connection with the world and transform entire industries with new ways of doing things.
Give to the Research Excellence Fund online
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- Need assistance? If you're unsure of the fund name or would like to donate to more than one fund pleasecontact us
Research chairs
Endowed and Sponsored Research Chairs are created through contributions from individuals, government agencies, foundations and/or corporations, which provide targeted support in defined research fields. By giving to research chair funds, you can help ensure UM attracts and supports the most innovative researchers in their fields.
Chair in Indigenous Law and Economic Reconciliation
The Chair in Indigenous Law and Economic Reconciliation would be the first of its kind in Canada. Housed in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law, and working collaboratively with the Asper School of Business, the Chair would generate innovative research and hands-on learning opportunities related to new and emerging legal and business issues impacting Indigenous rights. The Chair will be an Indigenous lawyer, recognized on the national stage, who will undertake research, teaching and create meaningful experiential learning opportunities both locally and across Canada.
Chair in Technology for Assisted Living
In partnership with the Health Sciences Centre and local industry, UM has committed $2.3 million to establish the Ambient Assisted Living Program, and we are raising an additional $3 million for an endowed Chair in Technology for Assisted Living. The endowed Chair will attract expert leadership to establish and sustain the Ambient Assisted Living Program, explore advances in leading edge technology, launch collaborative research projects and test and advance new technologies for assisting Manitobans in need.
Clinical Health Psychology Endowed Professorship
UM is seeking to establish the first Endowed Professorship in Clinical Health Psychology. Our goal is to raise $1.5 million, which is well on its way through seed funding already in place! The Department of Clinical Health Psychology, Max Rady College of Medicine is uniquely positioned, leading research in mental health and in chronic and acute medical disease. Clinical faculty are developing effective, evidence-based treatments which help patients heal, reduce symptoms, decrease the risk of death, and lead lives with value and meaning. Through this endowed Professorship, innovative psychological research can transform how we understand and treat mental health conditions, and advance medical care, to the benefit of Manitobans. With the province experiencing a shortage of Clinical Health Psychologists, the Endowed Professorship provides a recruitment edge to attract a top caliber clinician-scientist.
Having trouble finding a fund?
Donate to a specific fund: Visitgive.umanitoba.ca and choose the "Enter a fund name" option.
Need assistance? If you're unsure about a fund name or would like to donate to multiple funds pleasecontact us directly.
Give where it's needed most
Every gift you give to the University of Manitoba will assist our students. With an unrestricted gift to the University of Manitoba President's Fund, you allow the university to put your donation where it is needed most.
The President's Fund enables President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Michael Benarroch to allocate funding to areas essential to the university's success.
In the ever-changing environment of post-secondary education, the President's Fund provides critical resources to address the immediate priorities of today, while building a stable foundation for a bright future. This flexibility builds on existing efforts, creates new opportunities and opens doors.
Give to the University of Manitoba President's Fund online
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- Need assistance? If you're unsure of the fund name or would like to donate to more than one fund pleasecontact us
How to give
Choose the method of giving that works for you: Give online, set up a recurring donation, establish an endowment or plan a gift in your will. Whatever the method, you can be sure your gift will make an impact for UM students and researchers.
Give by phone
To give by phone, call us at204-474-9195 or toll-free at1-800-330-8066. If the office is closed, you may leave your credit card information on our voicemail or request a return call.
Give by mail
To donate by cheque or via credit card through the mail, please print and fill out adonation form (PDF). Please note that due to the current Canada Post strike, your gift will make it to us but it will be delayed.
Give by preauthorized debit
To set up recurring a preauthorized debit, please fill out apreauthorized debit form (PDF) and submit it with a void cheque.
Other ways to give
Class reunion campaigns
Your graduating class is united in your shared experiences and memories. Now that you’re coming back to celebrate and reconnect with friends and former classmates, this is a great time to make your reunion more meaningful by making a class gift.
Donate to a class campaign
If your class has already established a reunion campaign, you can contribute to it byselecting your fund and making a gift online.
Donor Relations tracks all gifts, but it is your choice if you want to let the committee know or keep it a private donation. The committee is not provided a list of donors however are made aware of overall participation rates
Participation rates and total funds for each class are calculated based on donations and pledges received between April 1 and March 31 of the year of the reunion.
Establish a reunion campaign
One way to give back is to volunteer to help coordinate your class reunion campaign. Some classes establish special scholarship funds at their reunions to support future generations of students. Other classes have named areas in buildings or have funded special projects. To find out how you can help establish a reunion campaign, please contact Donor Relations staff atlynn.ferguson@umanitoba.ca or204-474-7881.
Gifts-in-kind
Gifts-in-kind are gifts that are not cash (or near-cash), such as real estate, art work, collections and archives.
We are pleased to receive offers of such gifts, and we will work with you to determine whether your gift in meets the university's gift acceptance criteria. Receipts may be issued for gifts-in-kind, subject to criteria as described in theGift Acceptance Policy.
To make a gift in kind or learn more about the acceptance process, pleasecontact us.
Gifts of publicly traded securities
You can now donate listed securities to the University of Manitoba, obtain a tax-receipt for the market value of the gift and be completely exempt for any capital gains tax. This tax provision applies whether the securities are donated outright in a given year, or are donated through a bequest in your will.
Most gifts of securities are made through an electronic bank-to-bank transfer, and can be done in a very short timeframe. To make of gift of securities, please download and fill out theTransfer of stock form (PDF).
Once the form has been completed, please forward a copy to your brokerage firm as well as to the Donor Relations by fax at: 204-474-7635 or email atdonor.relations@umanitoba.ca.
If you have questions about a gift of securities, you may contact the University of Manitoba’s broker, BMO Nesbitt Burns at204-949-7890 ornicky.syganiec@nbpcd.com.
Giving from the United States
If you are a University of Manitoba alum, or a family member (defined as: spouses, children, grandchildren, parents and siblings) you may make donations directly to the University of Manitoba and use the charitable receipt for your U.S. income tax returns under the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention.
Other American citizens or residents who are neither alumni nor related to alumni of the University of Manitoba, as well as corporations, foundations, estates and trusts requiring a U.S. tax receipt, can contribute to the University of Manitoba Foundation USA.
The University of Manitoba Foundation USA is a not-for-profit organization recognized under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3) and its EIN is 36-3683991.
University of Manitoba Foundation USA Inc.
c/o Gregory M. Winters
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.
Suite 2100
330 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
USA 60611-3607
Phone:312-840-7059 (Direct), 312-840-7000 (Switchboard)
Fax: 312-840-7900
gwinters@burkelaw.com
Matching gifts
Many companies encourage employees to be philanthropic by matching their charitable gifts. Most of these companies match dollar for dollar, and some will even match two or three to one.
If your employer has a matching gift program, it just takes a few steps to double your impact: Once you have made a donation to the University of Manitoba, request a matching gift form from your human resources office. Fill out the donor portion and forward it to the University of Manitoba—we will do the rest. Remember that a separate matching gift form must be completed for each pledge payment.
Memorial and tribute gifts
You can remember a loved one or mark a special birthday, anniversary or other occasion by giving a gift in honour or memory of an important person in your life.
If you wish, an acknowledgement card can be sent to the honouree(s) or their family from the university to inform them of your generosity and thoughtfulness. Special holiday greeting cards are also available.
To honour or celebrate someone with your gift, simply fill out the "Tribute information" section while making anonline donation.
Acknowledgement cards will only be sent for gifts of $18 or greater.
Plan a gift
Leave your legacy at UM with a planned gift such as a bequest, gift of securities, gift-in-kind, annuities or insurance-related gifts.
Give via payroll deduction
Together, our faculty, staff and retirees can make a positive impact on the lives of UM students through the Faculty, Staff and Retirees Campaign.
Create an endowment
Your investment will transform the lives of UM students and faculty as well as millions of others who benefit from UM’s research, scholarship, and innovations.
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