12TH MAN FOUNDATION

PRIORITY POINTS

The Aggie Access Priority Point Program provides a fair and transparent method for determining donor priority and guiding the distribution of benefits. It recognizes our donors’ commitment by honoring and rewarding their generous financial support and passion for Texas A&M Athletics. Donors receive points for charitable giving, season ticket purchases, service and loyalty.

Benefits of Priority Points

Assignment of Away and Post Season Tickets

The 12th Man Foundation uses priority ranking in the assignment of away and postseason game tickets. Donors and season ticket holders who are active members of the 12th Man Foundation have the opportunity to purchase tickets for these events based on availability and their priority ranking.

Seating Requests

The 12th Man Foundation uses priority ranking when considering requests for new or additional or upgraded season tickets for all sports, including requests for premium seating areas and suites.

Invitations to Special Events and other Benefits

The 12th Man Foundation uses priority ranking when extending invitations to special events or offering any other benefits, as deemed appropriate by the 12th Man Foundation Board of Trustees.

Requests for Parking at Football, Basketball and Baseball

The 12th Man Foundation uses priority ranking when considering requests for parking for home football, basketball and baseball games.

Requests for Single Home Game Tickets

The 12th Man Foundation uses priority ranking when considering requests for new, additional or upgraded season tickets for all sports, including requests for premium seating areas and suites. Donors will have first right to purchase single home game tickets prior to the general public. From time to time, the first right to purchase may be offered to donors based on their priority ranking.

Allocation of Priority Points

Total Charitable Giving

4 Points for every $100 contributed

Includes Annual Fund contributions, annual seat contributions, endowments, major gifts and other charitable gifts to the 12th Man Foundation

Years of Consecutive Giving

25 Points per year

Points are awarded for each year of consecutive giving. Points are forfeited in the year consecutive giving ceases.

Non-priority Season Ticket Holders

5 Points per season ticket

The season ticket holder, if an active donor, will be awarded 5 points per season ticket. Points began accumulating with the 2015-2016 season.

Priority Season Ticket Holder

10 Points per priority season ticket

Priority season tickets includes seats with an annual contribution and faculty, staff and Lettermen season ticket purchases.

Champions Council

15 Points awarded annually to members of Champions Council

Points are awarded for commitments made after January 15, 2015.

MVP and MVP Gold levels

10 Points awarded annually to MVP & MVP Gold donors

Points are awarded for each year a contribution is made at the MVP or MVP Gold level.

Lettermen Letter Bonus

200 Points one-time award

Awarded to any active Lettermen's Association member who lettered while at Texas A&M.

Planned Giving

4 Points for every $100 contributed

Priority points may be awarded at the time of gifting under the following guidelines:

  • The gift must be irrevocable; the terms of the gift may not be amended without consent of the beneficiary (TMF).
  • Priority points will be awarded based on the net present value of the portion of the corpus of the gift held in cash or cash equivalents, using the IRS calculation of NPV.
  • From time to time as additional portions of the corpus are liquidated, additional points may be awarded, again using the IRS calculation of NPV.

E-Check (ACH) Bonus

3% bonus of donation amount

Lettermen's Association Lifetime Members

100 Points one-time award

Includes Annual Fund contributions, annual seat contributions, endowments, major gifts and other charitable gifts to the 12th Man Foundation

Athletic Ambassadors

10 Points per year of service

Points accumulated from 1999 - 2018.

Awarded to current members who make a successful membership referral

10 Points
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Eligibility

To earn and retain your priority points, your account must be active by maintaining your membership. If you have not renewed your membership, please click here to donate now.

Expiration

For individual donors, points expire upon death of the member and spouse. For corporate (business) memberships, points expire 10 years after the date earned.

Ranking

Seating for all ticketed sports is based on your ranking.

Ranking determines future ticket allocation and seating priority for all ticketed sports as well as parking assignments when applicable.

All account holders shall have access to their account online in their Account Manager area located after logging in on www.12thmanfoundation.com. Each member’s online account shows their total priority points and ranking.

Each account holder’s priority points are calculated at the end of each day. This aids in determining your rank. Throughout the year, the Foundation will also post point snapshots.

Transfers

The 12th Man Foundation Priority Points are not property. Subject to the following exceptions, priority points may not be sold, transferred, or reassigned under any circumstances.

  • If two individuals (while legally married) have accounts in their individual capacities under different names, priority points accumulated by either spouse may be combined in one single joint account. The new joint account shall be re-calculated to reflect the overall point total of the previously held individual accounts. This rule shall only apply to married spouses and shall not include couples who are engaged or couples who live at the same residence.
  • In the event of a divorce, the 12th Man Foundation shall adhere to the specific order or instructions set forth in the marital settlement agreement or divorce decree and shall allocate priority points accordingly. If the allocation of priority points is not specifically addressed in a divorce decree, all priority points amassed during marriage shall be divided equally between the two spouses upon the written agreement between both parties.
  • Prior to or at the time an eligible gift is made, a donor may request that the priority points earned from said gift be credited to another individual or business entity. Once credited to another individual or entity, these points cannot be transferred further to any other individual or entity except under the other express provisions of this points system.
  • Contributions made on a seat-related gift must remain associated with the primary ticket holder.
  • If a business entity dissolves or ceases to do business, the entity shall direct the 12th Man Foundation in writing, after the entity has compiled with the appropriate statutory requirements for winding up its affairs, how the priority points shall be allocated.
  • If the entity does not direct the 12th Man Foundation with respect to how the priority points shall be allocated within thirty (30) days of winding up its affairs, the priority points shall lapse and become non-transferable.
  • In the event an entity dissolves or ceases to do business and the entity has failed to direct how to re-allocate its priority points, the 12th Man Foundation may, on its own initiative determine whether individuals have been instrumental in the entity’s support of Texas A&M Athletics and allow a re-allocation of some or all the entity’s priority points.

An individual account that meets or exceeds $35M in lifetime philanthropic giving to the 12th Man Foundation will be permitted to make a one-time* addition of associated parties to the individual account. Such additional associated parties may only be first generation, lineal descendants of the donor and their spouse. The associated parties have full benefit of the individual account’s priority points and are subject to the Priority Point Program’s individual account expiration policy. Administrative details for this benefit will be provided by the 12th Man Foundation to a qualifying individual account.

*Subsequent requests to add additional first generation, lineal descendants must be approved by the Foundation at its sole discretion.

Disclaimer

Decisions of the 12th Man Foundation are final

  • All decisions with the respect to formally submitted reviews are final.

Errors/Miscalculations

  • Errors in calculation of priority points will be promptly reviewed and corrected when brought to the attention of the 12th Man Foundation.

Not Liable for Losses or Damage

  • Under no circumstances shall the University, the Texas A&M Athletics Department, the 12th Man Foundation, the Texas A&M Lettermen’s Association, any of their affiliated organizations, or any of their officers, directors, agents, employees, or consultants be held liable for any loss or damage resulting from errors, whether intentional or negligent, including miscalculation or omissions, failure to correct errors, or the award or failure to award priority points or benefits in accordance with the Priority Points System.

Subject to Change without Notice

  • Priority points and procedures are subject to change without notice to account holders. Regardless of actual or constructive notice to account holders, all changes shall have immediate effect.

Loss of Account/NCAA Violations

  • Any donor, account holder, and/or 12th Man Foundation member who is found to be in violation of NCAA, affiliated conference or Texas A&M University rules or regulations is potentially subject to loss, suspension, denial or non-renewal of priority points. Donors disassociated from Texas A&M University because of action taken and upheld by the NCAA or the affiliated conference are not eligible to receive priority points during the period of their disassociation.