Vermont Athletics Donation Request Policy
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The University of Vermont Department of Athletics will consider requests from not-for-profit organizations for donations of various department services. We will make our best efforts to fulfill charity requests within institutional and departmental policies, and NCAA, conference, and university rules and regulations.
Vermont Athletics CANNOT donate to the following organizations:
- High schools, preparatory schools or two-year college institutions
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, national origin
- Organizations or programs designed to influence legislation or elect candidates to public office
- Organizations that do not adhere to NCAA rules and regulations
- For-profit entities
Vermont Athletics Donation Guidelines:
All organizations receiving donations/autographs must be registered as a 501c (3) charity or "not-for-profit" entity. Items donated by the Department of Athletics shall not be loaned, donated, sold or otherwise transferred to a high school, prep school or junior college; including (1) any staff member of such an institution, (2) any booster organization of such an institution, or (3) any parent/guardian or sibling of a prospective student-athlete.
Donations and autographs from the Vermont Department of Athletics, or the proceeds generated from such donations, cannot be used to fundraise for high schools, high school organizations (e.g., student council, yearbook club, etc.), or if the high school is raising the funds for a charity or educational project. (Please note that a high school is defined as grades 9-12).
All money derived from the item/autograph must go directly to the organization submitting the request.
Items/autographs donated by the Vermont Department of Athletics shall not be sold, auctioned or traded without the expressed written consent of the Department of Athletics.
Vermont Athletics reserves the right to request the return of any item.
The Vermont Department of Athletics cannot provide balls, sticks, or jerseys to be autographed.
If a request for an autographed item is approved, the requesting organization must make arrangements with Vemront Department of Athletics staff to deliver the item to be autographed. The staff will coordinate autographing the item with specific student-athletes and/or coaches.
Due to limited inventory and the high number of requests, the Vermont Department of Athletics cannot donate tickets to men's hockey or men's basketball.
Due to the high demand for donations/autographs, organizations and charities are limited to one (1) donation/autograph per year (July 1- June 30).
Completion of the Donations Request Form above does not guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.
All requests will be fulfilled based on recommendations from Vermont Athletics, and availability.
Past donations made by the Vermont Department of Athletics do not guarantee subsequent donations.
Please allow 7-10 days for the request to be evaluated and approved.