The University of Minnesota Foundation Founded in 1851, the University of Minnesota is a prestigious public land-grant research university, offering extensive academic programs across a wide variety of colleges and five (5) distinct campuses (Twin Cities, Rochester, Duluth, Morris and Crookston). Key aspects include its status as a major research institution ($1B+ in annual spending), 150+ majors, 50K+ students, 25K+ faculty and staff, 600K alumni and one of only five universities in the nation with an engineering school, medical school, law school, veterinary medicine school and agricultural school all on one campus. The University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF) is an independent nonprofit organization with the sole mission of advancing the mission and priorities