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Club/Affiliate Office of Financial Aid (OFA)

Scholarship Funds

When soliciting gifts for your club/affiliate scholarship funds, one of the best resources is to direct donors to the Leaders & Best website where they can process their gift online.

If a donor prefers to give via check, they should make their checks payable to The University of Michigan and designate the club/affiliate scholarship name and account number on the memo line of the check. If you receive one or more checks donating money to your scholarship fund, forward all donations to U-M’s Gifts & Records Administration to expedite the recording, deposit, receipt, and acknowledgment of these funds:

University of Michigan, Gift and Records Office
3003 S. State Street, Suite 8000
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1288

If your club/affiliate receives one or more cash donations to its scholarship fund, do not send the cash to U-M or the Association, as it is not safe or secure. Rather, deposit the cash locally and send to U-M’s Gifts & Records Administration (at the address above) a check in the amount of all cash received along with a cover letter providing the following information for each cash donation:

  • donor name;
  • donor address;
  • amount of cash donation; and
  • a statement that the cash donation is for deposit with the University of Michigan for your club/affiliate scholarship, including the particular scholarship name and account number.


 Club LEAD Scholars Funds

When soliciting gifts to your club/affiliate LEAD fund, one of the best resources is to direct donors here, so that they can process their gift online.

If a donor does prefer to give via check, they should make their checks payable to the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan and designate the club/affiliate LEAD fund name and account number on the memo line of the check. If your club receives one or more checks donating money to your scholarship fund, forward all donations to U-M’s Gifts & Records Administration to expedite the recording, deposit, receipt, and acknowledgment of these funds:

University of Michigan, Gift and Records Office
3003 S. State Street, Suite 8000
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1288

Alumni Association Tax ID: 23-7206591

If your club/affiliate receives one or more cash donations to its LEAD fund, do not send the cash to U-M or the Association, as it is not safe or secure. Rather, deposit the cash locally and send to U-M’s Gifts & Records Administration (at the address above) a check in the amount of all cash received along with a cover letter providing the following information for each cash donation:

• donor name;

• donor address;

• amount of cash donation; and

• a statement that the cash donation is for deposit with the University of Michigan for your club’s scholarship, including the particular scholarship name and account number.