What is the Universitys relationship to Israel?
( top ) The University of Maryland has an endowment (mostly funds collected from alumni and businesses) that it invests and then uses the interest to fund certain university-related activities. Currently, the endowment is about 169 million dollars. Preliminary research into UMDs finances shows that at least 40 million (roughly 24%) of the endowment goes to companies that have subsidiaries, branches, partners, or sizeable operations in Israel.