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Stewardship

Students working in groups at the Lockwood Cybrary in Feburary 2020.

At the UB Foundation, we are proud to be long-standing, trusted stewards for the university and donors. By managing donor gifts, as well as a sizable endowment, we support UB as they lead the way — changing lives around the world as one of the nation’s premier public universities.

Gift Stewardship

See how the UB Foundation manages gifts made for the betterment of UB, including investing funds to earn strong returns, and making the funds available to UB based on donor intentions.

 

Endowment Stewardship

Learn more about the sizable endowment we manage on behalf of the university, including how the endowment supports specific donor-designated programs and initiatives throughout UB.

 

Foundation Message

Read a message from the UB Foundation, Inc. Executive Director and UBF Board Chair, and learn more about the positive impact that the UB Foundation has throughout the university community.

Impact Stories

  • Fueling the Freshman Experience

    The UB Foundation manages scholarship funds for the betterment of UB, enabling students to take advantage of unique opportunities and experiences.

  • Sparking Innovation

    The UB Foundation manages the endowment that funded the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition.

  • Promoting Global Conversations

    The Distinguished Speakers Series, supported by an endowment that we manage, brings speakers of national and international renown to campus several times a year.

  • The GRoW home being placed on North Campus
    Supporting a New Home for Learning

    The UB Foundation played a vital role in administering gifts that support the GRoW home, and assisting with other important services necessary to help with the success UB’s School of Architecture and Planning had with this home. (Photo credit: Mark Adams)

  • Leading International Research

    Gil Wolfe is an internationally known expert in myasthenia gravis (MG), the most common disease of neuromuscular transmission.

  • Attracting the Best

    Endowed chairs bring some of the world's leading scholars to UB, and are made possible in large part by the gift stewardship services that we provide.

  • Helping Develop A Home and Vibrant Residential Community for Students

    Greiner Hall, home to nearly 600 undergraduates on UB's North Campus, is owned and managed by the UB Foundation.

  • Supporting UB's Historic Move Downtown

    Relocating UB's new Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, which will help attract leading physicians, researchers and medical students, would not have been possible without our help.

  • Strengthening UB's Ability to Share World-Class Collections

    A home for UB's permanent art collections and the lead facility for UB's museum studies program–the Anderson Gallery is owned by the UB Foundation.

  • Creating New Compositions

    An internationally recognized composer thrives at UB, thanks in part to our key role in supporting an endowed chair.

  • Enhancing Education, Research and Clinical Care

    By helping to support endowed chairs, we play a role in attracting some of the world's top researchers and leaders to UB—including Anne B. Curtis, MD.

  • The football team practices in the Murchie Family Fieldhouse
    Building the Murchie Family Fieldhouse

    The UB Foundation played a pivotal role in the creation of the Murchie Family Fieldhouse, including advancing funds that allowed construction to proceed earlier than anticipated, and administering donor gifts for the facility.

  • Charice Thompson, winner of the Drs. Henry J. and Bonita R. Durand Scholarship, with her husband, Jermaine Thompson; son, Baron; and daughter, Emerald.
    Encouraging Nontraditional Student Entrepreneurs

    The UB Foundation administers endowments that support numerous scholarships, including the Durand Scholarship, which encourages and supports graduates of programs housed within UB’s Cora P. Maloney Center (CPMC).

  • Marian Thompson
    Caring For Her So She Can Care For Others

    Many students have been able to continue their education in part due to Student Emergency Funds. The UB Foundation is proud to manage gifts that support these critical funds.

  • Trumpet players in the marching band
    So the Music Never Stops

    The UB Foundation administers the Marching Band Endowment Fund, which supports student musicians and their invaluable contributions to student life at UB.

  • Providing the ‘Gold Standard’ Nationwide

    An affiliate of the UB Foundation has continued to support UDSMR by providing the corporate structure through which the intellectual property is controlled.