UAFAA Benefactor Fund

The UAF Alumni Association Benefactor Fund brings alumni together in a shared commitment to support the university through collective giving. Each year, the UAF Alumni Association (UAFAA) Board selects recipients of Benefactor Fund awards that enhance programs, projects, and initiatives across the Troth Yeddha’ campus.

The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Alumni Association is pleased to recognize the following alumni benefactors for their generous contributions to the association. The contributions pay for projects that enhance student life at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

  • The UAFAA Benefactor Fund application period for the 2025–2026 academic year is now closed.
    Looking ahead, you can of up to $1,000 to support your department or club during the 2026–2027 academic year.

    Application deadline: Monday, October 26, 2026

Benefactor Awards at Work

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Photo by Theresa Bakker.
UAF Alumni Association board members visit with Brooke Fisher '23 (center), then-president of the UAF Anthropological Society. The organization received a UAFAA Benefactor Fund grant for the Bunnell Building mural project.

Benefactor Award Recipients

2026

  • UAF ACS Chemistry Club
  • Aeronautics Club
  • Alaska Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society
  • Biology Graduate Student Association
  • English Graduate Organization
  • Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Student Association
  • Honors Student Advisory Council
  • Mosaic
  • Natural Resources & Environment Graduate Student Association
  • Physics Graduate Student Association
  • Pi Sigma Alpha
  • Rasmuson Library
  • Sigma Tau Delta: The International English Honors Society
  • Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
  • Student Veterans of America
  • UAF Tennis Club
  • Volleyball Club

2025

  • Alaska Alpine Club
  • Alaska Baptist Student Koinonia
  • Aurora Aerial Arts
  • UAF Chill Games Club
  • UAF Community Yoga Club
  • UAF English Department
  • Geo Learning Community
  • German Club
  • Japan Alaska Club
  • Natural Resources and Environment Graduate Student Association
  • Sculpture Club
  • Society of Advocacy for Gender Equality
  • Society of Women Engineers UAF Chapter
  • UAF Student Success Center
  • Women *and marginalized genders in Science and Engineering

2024

  • Festival of Native Arts
  • UAF Cadet Club
  • UAF Film Club
  • UAF French Club
  • Pre-Veterinary Association
  • Rural Student Services Sports Club
  • Rural Student Services Study Hall

2023

  • UAF Beading Club
  • Student Ceramics Arts Guild
  • Rural Student Services
  • The Wildlife Society UA Student Chapter
  • Yugtun Egmilta
  • UAF Native Games Club
  • Pre Veterinary Club
  • Troth Yeddha Dance Group
  • UAF Anthropological Society
  • Inu-Yupiaq Dance Group