The University of Georgia Foundation accepts and manages donor funds on behalf of the University of Georgia to enhance academic programs and opportunities at the university. The foundation continues to be one of the most effective ways for individuals to support the University of Georgia.

• The foundation is overseen by a 74-member Board of Trustees that includes individuals of diverse backgrounds and experience, and includes leaders in business, community service and philanthropy.
• As a steward of donor funds, the UGA Foundation has an outstanding record of fiscal and financial management, with an investment portfolio that has outperformed key market indexes for more than 10 years.
• From its beginnings over 70 years ago, the foundation today has amassed approximately $700 million in assets, and provides more than $36 million to the university each year to support student scholarships, chairs and professorships, academic research and other programs.