Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights UMS grant from Alfond Foundation
The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlighted the Harold Alfond Foundation’s historic $500 million investment to Maine and its people, which includes a $240 million commitment to the University of Maine System to bring transformative change to the state’s largest educational, research, innovation and talent development asset. The Alfond investment in the University of Maine System is the largest ever to a public institution of higher education in New England and the 8th largest gift ever made to a U.S. institution of public higher education.