Maverick Match
Double your investment and accelerate your impact through this innovative matching program designed to bolster the University’s endowment. The Maverick Match leverages UT Arlington’s natural gas royalty funds to support outstanding students who will become tomorrow’s leaders and faculty research that explores solutions to today’s most urgent problems.
Award-winning filmmaker Ya’Ke Smith, above, is the Morgan Woodward Distinguished Professor in the College of Liberal Arts. Woodward, a longtime Hollywood actor, established the scholarship with a $250,000 gift that doubled in value through the Maverick Match program, which uses natural gas royalties to leverage new commitments.
We match, dollar for dollar, donations of $25,000 or more to create or add to endowments. Funds are placed in the endowment at the end of each fiscal year, matching your annual contributions to that fund. Pledges must be paid within five years. Corporate matching funds are eligible for the Maverick Match. For example, if you contribute $2,500 a year for five years and your employer matches that gift for five years, $25,000 will be generated for the endowment. This gift qualifies for $25,000 from the Maverick Match, bringing the fund total to $50,000.
Endowments are an investment in UT Arlington’s future and provide ongoing funding for critical initiatives while growing to keep pace with inflation. The principal of the endowment fund—the corpus—is never spent. By establishing an endowment that qualifies for the Maverick Match, you invest in the legacy of UT Arlington while ensuring that your gift maximizes its impact and advances the University’s goal of becoming a major national research institution.
To take advantage of this special Maverick Match philanthropic opportunity, contact Jerri Schooley, Associate Vice President for Development, at schooley@uta.edu or 817-272-2158.