Welcome to UTM’s official crowdfunding platform!
Through HAWKstarter, students, faculty, and staff can raise money to rise into change. HAWKstarter helps fund scholarships, competition and conference expenses, equipment costs, intern stipends, and more through direct network support.
Find a Project
How It Works
Project Requirements
- Affiliated with UT Martin and nonprofit in nature.
- Sponsored by a UTM department, program, center, or official student organization to which donations are deposited.
- Managed and promoted by project leaders themselves.
Submission Steps
Step 1: UT Martin students, faculty and/or staff apply to fund a project on HAWKstarter.
Step 2: Our HAWKstarter team reviews each application.
Step 3: Approved projects will be featured on the HAWKstarter website for a minimum of 30 days to accept gifts. Project leaders can reference this toolkit to help get their project fully funded.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your donation will be deposited with the University of Tennessee Foundation and distributed to the department, program, center, or official student organization that is leading the gifted project.
- Go to the project page you wish to support.
- Click the “Give Now!” button.
- Complete the giving form with your gift amount and information.
Yes, contributions through HAWKstarter support specific areas of the university and are therefore eligible for income tax deductions, as allowed by law.
Yes, the UT Foundation will send you a gift receipt via email for tax purposes.
Your credit card will be charged immediately upon finalizing your gift on the website.
Please call (731) 771-7610 or email hawkstarter@utm.edu with any questions.
Yes, all HAWKstarter gifts made within the current fiscal year (July 1–June 30) count toward your senior impact gift.
Yes. However, it can take several months for employers’ matching funds to reach the UT Foundation. In the event the match does not arrive before the project deadline, it will be applied to the respective club or organization’s account for future projects.
No, 100 percent of each donation goes directly toward the project’s monetary goal.
The Tax ID for the UT Foundation is 62-1844686.
By making a charitable gift to the UT Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, the donor understands that charitable donations are not refundable.
All donations given to a project will be distributed to the project leaders, regardless of whether the set goal is reached.
Questions? Contact us at hawkstarter@utm.edu.