Welcome to the MinuteFund, UMass Amherst's crowdfunding platform, facilitated by the UMass Amherst Foundation (UMAF). The MinuteFund is our place to help students, faculty, and staff raise money for their RSO, student group, department, or center on campus. New projects are coming online every week, and you can see all the live projects below. If you would like to support an area that you don't see listed below, you can use this form to make a gift to any area of campus that you are passionate about.
If you are interested in learning more about Accelerate: The Campaign for UMass Amherst you can view the website at: https://accelerateumass.org/
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Projects
14 Projects
UMass Equestrian Team 2026
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Keep equestrian opportunities accessible to UMass students!
Keep equestrian opportunities accessible to UMass students! UMass Equestrian is a team with a historic connection to UMass that is dedicated to fostering a community where students can learn, grow, and strengthen their skills in horseback riding. Our mission is to build teamwork and a sense of community, as we strive to create a safe space for students to develop both as riders and as individuals. With over 30 members on our team, we have consistently placed within the top 2 teams of our region in IHSA (Intercollegiate Horse Show Association), with riders receiving high point rider of the day multiple times at different competitions. We are extremely excited to announce that we will be moving back to The Hadley Farm this year and we could not be more ready to start working with the amazing people and horses at the farm. However, with the need for new tack, equipment, and horses becoming increasingly more costly with this move, donations matter now more than ever. A donation of any size will be incredibly helpful as we continue to make this transition. Outside of the move to Hadley Farm, horseback riding is an expensive sport, and for many of our riders, showing outside of college is not financially feasible. Your support will also allow us to provide life-changing opportunities for our athletes by covering the costs associated with competition, equipment for both riders and horses, and other expenses that arise throughout the season. Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a difference. Your generosity directly impacts our ability to keep these opportunities accessible to our team members and helps us continue to build a community centered on horsemanship and personal growth, all while representing our pride and commitment to UMass.
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UMass Club Swimming
By Ally Sykes
Please help UMCS raise money for our various travel meets this semester!
Please help UMCS raise money for our various travel meets this semester! Who is UMCS? We are a swimming club of around 100 members, with the main goal of giving all of our swimmers opportunities to compete in the sport they love. We partake in numerous travel meets around the country, with locations varying from New England to even Arizona! It is our responsibility to ensure that anyone who wants to compete at meets and large competitions has the ability to. We have swimmers from many backgrounds, some swam for high school and others swam since they were 8 years old. Why Donate? We want our swimmers to experience high energy meets and travel to further states. With this campaign, we aim to raise money to take roughly 24 swimmers to compete at CCS Eastern Regionals this semester! Last year was our first time attending Regionals, and we want to make this a tradition for our team. How Can You Support? With the money raised from this campaign, our swimmers will partake in a Swimathon during one of our practices! Essentially, for every donation we receive, we will swim a set distance because of your contribution. However many donations we collect will determine how many cumulative yards we swim as a team at a practice. The details will be explained under “Levels”, with each donation going directly towards our Regionals funding. For example, $1,000 raised = 10,000 yards for the team to complete at a practice!
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Club Management Association
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Help our students attend the 2026 National Student Education Conference (NSEC) in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 6–9!
Help our students attend the 2026 National Student Education Conference (NSEC) in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 6–9! Our UMass Amherst CMAA Student Chapter is raising funds to help our students attend the 2026 National Student Education Conference (NSEC) in Atlanta, Georgia, from November 6–9. This conference is an incredible opportunity for students pursuing careers in club management and the hospitality industry to take what we learn in the classroom and experience the industry firsthand. By attending, our students will have the opportunity to connect with club management professionals, network with students from universities across the region, participate in educational sessions, gain hands-on experience, and tour a variety of clubs and facilities. For many of our students, this conference is much more than a trip; it is an important step toward building a career in the club management industry. Students will be able to meet potential mentors, learn directly from industry leaders, explore different career paths, and build relationships with fellow students who share their passion for the industry. Attendance is also particularly valuable for students pursuing scholarships through NECMA, as participation in student chapter activities and conferences is mandatory for scholarship candidates. We are asking for your support to help make this experience accessible to as many of our students as possible. Travel expenses such as airfare, transportation, lodging, meals, and conference-related costs can add up quickly, and fundraising helps reduce the financial burden on students who want to participate. Every contribution, regardless of size, directly helps our chapter get students to Atlanta and gives them the opportunity to learn, connect, and grow as future leaders in the club management industry. Thank you for supporting the next generation of club management professionals!
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UMass Club Gymnastics Road to Nationals 2027
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Help us make it Nationals in 2027!
Help us make it Nationals in 2027! In 2023 UMass Club Gymnastics competed at its first United Club Gymnastics (previously known as the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs) nationals in Memphis, TN, and has competed in nationals every year since. At the most recent UGC nationals in Birmingham, AL our team had one of its best nationals yet. Composed of gymnasts of all skill levels, our team had gymnasts competing in almost every level (Xcel Silver, Xcel Platinum, Xcel Diamond, Level 9, Men's Beginner and Men's Intermediate). We even had some athletes compete in the trampoline and tumbling events. Our Diamond team placed 12th out of 40 teams, and we had three gymnasts individually place amongst the top 20 and compete in finals. Building off the momentum from last year, we hope to keep traveling to many more destinations as a team in the future, including UGC nationals in Portland, OR in 2027. However, we can't do it without your help! The cost of hotels, flights and meet fees add up fast and we want to be able to take as many team members as possible. Help support our team and our trip to UGC Nationals 2027 by donating. All donations, no matter the size, help fund our flips! To learn more about our club press on the UMass Club Gymnastics logo (under project owners) and read our bio.
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Support Women's Club Soccer for Regionals and Nationals!
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Help us as we continue our push toward Regionals and Nationals!
Soccer
Help us as we continue our push toward Regionals and Nationals! It's been an exciting season so far for UMass Women's Club Soccer, and we're looking forward to what's ahead. Our team has worked hard to put ourselves in a strong position as we continue working toward our goal of earning a spot at Regionals and, ultimately, Nationals! Competing at these tournaments is an incredible opportunity, but it also comes with significant travel, lodging, and tournament expenses. Through MinuteFund, we're raising money to help make these experiences possible and ensure our team can take advantage of every opportunity this season has to offer. We're proud of everything we've accomplished so far and are excited for the challenges ahead. The commitment, teamwork, and passion of our players have made this a special season, and we're eager to see how far we can go. We're incredibly excited to participate in MinuteFund and are very grateful for the support of our family, friends, alumni, and community. Every donation, no matter the size, directly supports our team and helps us continue representing UMass at a high level. Thank you for supporting UMass Women's Club Soccer. We're excited for the rest of the season and can't wait to see where this journey takes us! ⚽
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Support Running Club's Trip to Nationals!
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Help cover the costs of flights, rental cars, lodging, race registration, and other expenses associated with competing at the regional and national levels.
Help cover the costs of flights, rental cars, lodging, race registration, and other expenses associated with competing at the regional and national levels. The UMass Running Club has qualified for NIRCA Cross Country National Championships in Shelbyville, IN! Over the past five years, our teams have competed at the national level seven times, and this year both our men’s and women’s teams are the reigning Northeast Regional Champions. Our goal this season is to build on that success and continue competing at the highest level of collegiate club running. Throughout the season, our athletes compete at regional meets and work toward qualifying for Nationals, where we have had the opportunity to represent UMass Amherst year after year. We are fundraising to help cover the costs of flights, rental cars, lodging, race registration, and other expenses associated with competing at the regional and national levels. Every contribution helps make these opportunities possible for our athletes. Any funds raised beyond the costs of Nationals will go directly toward supporting the club as a whole, helping us provide more opportunities for all of our members through future competitions, travel, equipment, and club events. Whether you donate or simply share our fundraiser, your support helps us continue to compete, grow our team, and represent UMass on the national stage.
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International Society of Equitation Science Conference
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Help the Equitation Science Club attend a conference!
Help the Equitation Science Club attend a conference! The Equitation Science Club was founded three years ago to promote positive equine welfare, teach students about handling and health of horses, and provide many opportunities for students to network in the equine industry as well as shadow professionals. This year we are hoping to take the next step in our club's goal of traveling to the 2027 International Society of Equitation Science Conference. Every year the conference is located in a different location, this year being Portugal. With that being said, we can't go without your help! Any contribution, big or small, makes a difference. All of your generous donations will be used towards travel fees, hotels, and conference fees. We have recently been presented with a very exciting opportunity to present our club at the conference! Attending this conference would be an amazing opportunity for students to learn about advancements in the equine industry. The conference presents new findings and research on equine behavior and how it affects the way humans handle and interact with horses. Even if you're not an equestrian rider, the fundamental experience gained from this conference would be invaluable. The knowledge we would gain at this conference can be applied in a multitude of ways, such as making medical procedures safer and less stressful for the horse, improving horse and rider connection, increasing students' ability to notice and assess a horse's affective state, and improving equine welfare in everyday handling skills. We would really appreciate your consideration in helping us further our club's goals and making a difference in the equine industry!
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FlowMLLab: Open AI for Aerospace Education and Research
By Ehsan Roohi & FlowMLLab
Help UMass students learn and advance AI-powered aerospace engineering through open, reproducible CFD and machine-learning tools.
Help UMass students learn and advance AI-powered aerospace engineering through open, reproducible CFD and machine-learning tools. Ehsan Roohi & FlowMLLab Artificial intelligence is changing aerospace engineering, but access to the computing resources, validated data, and hands-on experience needed to use it remains unequal. FlowMLLab (https://github.com/Ehsan-Roohi/FlowMLLab) is an open-source education and research platform at UMass Amherst that helps students connect fluid mechanics, aerospace engineering, and modern machine learning. Students do more than run ready-made AI models. They generate and analyze computational fluid dynamics (CFD) data, train and test machine-learning models, examine where predictions succeed or fail, and learn how physical laws can make AI more reliable. Current and planned projects span aerodynamics, propulsion, high-speed and rarefied flows, digital twins, scientific machine learning, and aerospace machine vision. MinuteFund support will directly help students turn these ideas into working projects. Contributions will provide GPU and cloud-computing access; support student-led independent studies, validation studies, and research demonstrations; and help purchase shared equipment such as NVIDIA Jetson computers, cameras, sensors, data-storage devices, and related experimental hardware. These resources will allow students to move from simulation to physical demonstrations by deploying trained models on compact computers and testing machine-vision methods for flow visualization, feature detection, and experimental measurement. Support will also help students present their work at technical conferences, workshops, and university research events. These experiences give students an opportunity to communicate their results, receive feedback from the scientific community, and build the professional skills needed for careers in aerospace engineering, computational science, and artificial intelligence. FlowMLLab already includes tested notebooks that combine Python, CFD, neural networks, reduced-order modeling, and operator learning. New funding will allow us to expand these materials into validated datasets, reproducible notebooks, tutorials, videos, and a free community package that educators, students, and researchers can reuse and extend. Because FlowMLLab is open source, each contribution can benefit more than one student, course, or semester. A project developed today can become a classroom module, a research tool, or a publicly available resource for learners who do not have access to costly commercial software. Your gift will help transform student ideas into validated simulations, working AI demonstrations, conference presentations, and lasting open-source resources. It will give UMass students the physical insight, computational skills, and responsible AI experience needed to design better aerospace systems while sharing the results with the broader community. Meet the Team!Dominque HabchiNaoya Miyamoto Aryan Mohta Francis Padilla
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Support Survivors & Violence Free Community 2026
By UMass Amherst Foundation
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UMass Dance Team 2026-2027
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Support the UMass Dance Team!
Support the UMass Dance Team! The UMass Dance Team is made up of dedicated, hardworking student-athletes who are proud to represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst both on and off the field. We perform at all home football and basketball games, UMass community events, and at Collegiate Nationals! Our mission is to create a positive, safe, and hardworking environment where our dancers can share their passion and commitment to dance with one another and with the UMass community. Being a member of the UMass Dance Team goes far beyond what you see on game day. In addition to being full-time students, our dancers dedicate countless hours behind the scenes to training, rehearsing, conditioning, and preparing professional, polished performances. Throughout the year, we have the opportunity to represent UMass at special events and travel alongside the Minuteman Marching Band, including appearances at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 250th Concord Parade, and numerous collegiate competitions. We have also supported UMass Athletics at events such as the MAC Tournament and UMass Football’s away games at UConn, Army, and Penn State. During the fall semester, our team trains intensively in preparation for our biggest opportunity of the year: traveling to Florida in January to compete at UDA College Nationals. Each year, the UMass Dance Team competes at UDA Nationals in the highly competitive Division IA category. Nationals is an incredible opportunity for our dancers to represent UMass Amherst on a national stage and showcase the dedication, passion, and countless hours of work that go into our program. Your donation directly helps make this experience possible. Contributions support the cost of uniforms, costumes, travel, registration, competition gear, and other essential expenses that allow our dancers to look and feel their best while representing UMass. Every donation, no matter the amount, makes a difference and helps our team continue to grow, compete, and proudly represent the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Thank you for supporting the UMass Dance Team and helping us put our best foot forward at UDA Nationals!
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Mass Mileage Club
By UMass Amherst Foundation
Help us go to the Shell Eco-Marathon, where we can compete against other collegiate teams to achieve the highest fuel economy.
Help us go to the Shell Eco-Marathon, where we can compete against other collegiate teams to achieve the highest fuel economy. Welcome to UMass’ Legacy Design Team. We are excited to have the chance to share our journey with you and welcome you to support us for the 2026-2027 year. Your contribution to the team allows us to carry on tradition and innovation in the field of engineering. Established as a class in 1995, UMass Supermileage has had a long history of competing in the SAE Supermileage Competition, a tradition that unfortunately came to a close in 2022, along with the class that started it all. The following fall, our founder, Julius Rosenthal, rallied a dedicated group of freshmen to reestablish the team. Since then, we have grown into a strong team of 40 experienced members, known as Mass Mileage. Currently, we compete in the Shell Eco-Marathon, hosted at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where we have the chance to compete against other collegiate teams to achieve the highest fuel economy. In 2025, thanks to hard work and your support, we accomplished a run of 414 Miles Per Gallon! It has been a long road to get there and we have even more ambitious goals ahead of us. This year we are aiming to top 1000 Miles Per Gallon, as well as beginning work on a new Battery Electric Vehicle. Both of these missions require your help. Your donations allow us to begin fabricating the new monocoque for the BE vehicle, develop the subsystems in our Internal Combustion Engine vehicle and build the Battery Electric systems up from zero. By sponsoring Mass Mileage, you will be supporting a team that has overcome adversity and embodies resilience and passion. You will have the opportunity to provide young engineers with a hands-on learning experience and build connections with our members as we progress in our careers. Please feel free to reach out with any questions Thank you for considering supporting Mass Mileage.
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