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Funds

Football Operating Endowment

This endowment helps ensure the Football program has long-term financial support to meet specific needs not covered in the regular operating budget.

FORevHER Tar Heels Women’s Excellence Fund

Provides support for interpersonal, professional, and leadership programming and development opportunities. This fund enriches a student-athlete’s experience by building on the valuable life skills developed through team sports, such as time management, decision-making, leadership, and teamwork.

Friends of the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship

Provides support for high-impact courses and experiential learning opportunities in the Shuford Program.

Graduate Professional Development Fund

The Graduate School’s CareerWell Professional Development program equips graduate students with the skills to thrive beyond academia. Through workshops, coaching and targeted resources, we prepare students to lead and excel in diverse career paths.

Innovate Carolina General Fund

Support Innovation for all Carolina faculty and students. Provides funding for priority entrepreneurial and early-stage initiatives at the discretion of UNC’s Chief Innovation Officer.

Innovate Carolina Social Innovation Collaborative

Supports students and faculty pursuing ventures to benefit the public good and address social issues.

Innovate Carolina Student Engagement

Supports students pursuing entrepreneurial endeavors including internships at startups, the 1789 club, micro-grants, pitch competitions and more.

Institute for Innovation

Provides support for experiential legal education through UNC School of Law’s Institute for Innovation, where students work alongside faculty to serve startups, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs and strengthen North Carolina’s innovation economy.

John and Sharie Montgomery Excellence Fund

This endowment will provide a long-term funding solution with critical, built-in flexibility to address future needs. The annual yield from this endowment will provide a flexible resource to address the challenges and opportunities presented to Carolina Athletics in the years ahead.

Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund

Provide support for the Morehead-Cain Program at Carolina, the first program of its kind in the United States. Morehead-Cain identifies the most promising young leaders across our state, nation and world, and invests in a transformational college experience at Carolina that prepares them for a lifetime of impact.