Your gift helps UMD students access essential resources, remain focused on their education, and build a foundation for success at Maryland and beyond. Our priority is the Terp Essential Needs Fund, which provides flexible support for the Thrive Center and allows us to direct resources where they are needed most. You may also choose to make a one-time or recurring gift to a specific program or area of need.
Our Priority: Terp Essential Needs Fund
Support the Thrive Center’s work to help students meet essential needs and navigate barriers to their success. Gifts to the Terp Essential Needs Fund provide flexible resources that can be directed where the need is greatest and where they can have the greatest impact.
Support a specific program or need:
Fostering Terp Success Program Fund
Provide housing, individualized support, and other critical resources for students experiencing homelessness or with a history of foster care involvement.
Campus Food Pantry Fund
Help ensure UMD students have reliable access to nutritious food and other essential items.
UMD Student Crisis Fund
Provide timely financial assistance to students facing unexpected emergencies that threaten their well-being or ability to continue their education.
First-Gen Terps Programming Fund
Build community, connections, and opportunities for students who are the first in their families to pursue a four-year degree.
Terp Dream Crisis Fund
Provide emergency support for first-generation students in crisis and students participating in programs and initiatives that support the immigrant community.