Gifting Platform: Backer’s app and website | Gifting Platform: Online Gifting Platform, E-Gift Cards, Gift Cards at Retail |
Backer is a venture-backed fintech company modernizing 529 plans. Since its debut in 2017, Backer’s consumer savings app has helped more than 250,000 parents and children save a projected $500 million for education, with 40% of the savings coming from family and friends. | A Gift of College® gift card is the perfect gift for all occasions including: newborn baby gifts, birthday gifts, graduation gifts, Hanukkah gifts, and Christmas gifts. Gift of College® gift cards can be found at retailers across the country and can be used to save for college or pay off existing student loans. |
Plan Name | Gifting Platform | URL | Program Mngr/Admin. | State |
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Alaska 529 Plan | Ugift® | alaska529plan.com/giveagift | T. Rowe Price | Alaska |
AZ529 Arizona’s Education Savings Plan | Online Gifting Platform | fidelity.com/529-plans/college-gifting | Fidelity Investments | Arizona |
Bright Start 529 Plan | Ugift® | brightstart.com/resources/gifting | TIAA | Illinois |
CollegeBound 529 | Ugift® | invesco.com/education-savings/en/collegebound-529-investor/gift-of-education.html | Invesco | Rhode Island |
CollegeChoice CD 529 Savings Plan | Accepting electronic gifting to existing accounts | collegesavings.com/onlinebanking/documents/deposits.aspx | Indiana Education Savings Authority | Indiana |
CollegeInvest® | Ugift® | collegeinvest.org/friends-family-gifting | CollegeInvest | Colorado |
Connecticut Higher Education Trust 529 College Savings Plan | Online Gifting Platform | fidelity.com/529-plans/college-gifting | Fidelity Investments | Connecticut |
DE529 Education Savings Plan | Online Gifting Platform | fidelity.com/529-plans/college-gifting | Fidelity Investments | Delaware |
Direct Portfolio College Savings Plan | Ugift® | collegeinvest.org/friends-family-gifting | Ascensus/Vanguard | Colorado |
DreamAhead College Investment Plan | Gifting Platform, Online Gifting, Gift Certificates | Wastate529.wa.gov/give-a-gift | WA529 | Washington |
Education Plan® | Ugift® | TheEducationPlan.com/gifting | Education Trust Board of New Mexico | New Mexico |
Edvest 529 | Ugift® | Edvest.com/gift | Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions/TIAA-CREF, Tuition Financing Inc. | Wisconsin |
Guaranteed Education Tuition Program (GET) | Gifting Platform, Online Gifting, Gift Certificates | Wastate529.wa.gov/give-a-gift | WA529 | Washington |
IAdvisor 529 Plan | Online Gifting Platform and E-Gift Cards | 529ia.voya.com | Voya Investment Management | Iowa |
Indiana529 Savings Plans | Ugift® | Indiana529Direct.com Indiana529Advisor.com | Indiana Education Savings Authority | Indiana |
Invest529 | Online Platform, Gift Certificates, GiftofCollege Gift Cards | Virginia529.com/gifting | Virginia 529 | Virginia |
Learning Quest® 529 Education Savings Program | Ugift® | Learningquest.com/gift | American Century Investments | Kansas |
Learning Quest® Advisor 529 Education Savings Program | Ugift® | Ugift529.com | American Century Investments | Kansas |
Lonestar529 Plan | Online Platform & Gift Coupon | lonestar529.com/lonestar-529-plan-as-a-gift | Orion | Texas |
Maryland College Investment Plan | Ugift® | Maryland529.com/gifting | T. Rowe Price | Maryland |
MEFA U.Fund® College Investing Plan | U.Fund Gift of College Card, Fidelity Gifting Page | mefa.org/collegegift fidelity.com/529-plans/massachusetts | MEFA, managed by Fidelity Investments | Massachusetts |
MI 529 Advisor Plan | Ugift® | nuveen.com/en-us/investments/529-plan/map-ao/gifting | TIAA/Nuveen | Michigan |
Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP) | Ugift® | Misaves.com/resources/gifting | TIAA | Michigan |
Minnesota 529 College Savings Plan | Ugift® | Mnsaves.org/gift | TIAA | Minnesota |
my529 | Online Gifting Platform | Gift.my529.org | Utah Education Savings Board of Trustees | Utah |
NC 529 Plan | Backer | cfnc.org/save-for-college/nc-529-gifting | College Foundation, Inc. | North Carolina |
NEST 529 Advisor Plan | GiftED, Gift Cards | nest529advisor.com/friends-family-gifting | Union Bank & Trust (Program Manager) | Nebraska |
NEST Direct 529 Plan | GiftED, Gift Cards | nest529.com/friends-family-gifting | Nebraska State Treasurer (Trustee) | Nebraska |
New Jersey 529 College Savings Plan (NJBEST) | Ugift® | Ugift529.com Njbest.com Education Savings | Franklin Templeton | Franklin Templeton | New Jersey |
New York’s 529 Advisor-Guided College Savings Program | Ugift® | https://www.ny529advisor.com | New York State Higher Education Services Corporation | New York |
New York’s 529 College Savings ProgramDirect Plan | Ugift® | https://www.nysaves.org | Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, LLC/New York State Comptroller | New York |
Ohio 529 CollegeAdvantage | Ugift® 529 Gift Central | CollegeAdvantage.com/ 529-gift-central | Ohio Tuition Trust Authority | Ohio |
Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan | Ugift® | Oklahoma529.com/gift | TIAA | Oklahoma |
Oregon College Savings Plan | Online Gifting Platform, Gift Cards | oregoncollegesavings.com/community-gifting | Vestwell | Oregon |
PA 529 College and Career Savings Program | Ugift® | pa529.com/gift | Pennsylvania Treasury Department (Ascensus) | Pennsylvania |
Path2College 529 College Savings Plan | Ugift® | path2college529.com/resources/gifting | TIAA | Georgia |
Private College 529 | eGifting Portal *can only be used for the Private College 529 Plan | Pc529.in/gifting | Private College 529 | —– |
Scholars Choice Education Savings Plan® | Ugift® | nuveen.com/en-us/investments/529-plan/scholars-choice-ao/gifting | TIAA/Nuveen | Colorado |
Scholar’s Edge® | Ugift® | ScholarsEdge529.com/resources/contributions | Education Trust Board of New Mexico | New Mexico |
ScholarShare 529 | Ugift® | ScholarShare529.com/offer24 scholarshare529.com/resources/gifting | TIAA | California |
Schwab 529 Education Savings Plan | Ugift® | schwab.com/529-plan | American Century Investments and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. | Kansas |
Smart Choice College Savings Plan | FirstBank | efirstbank.com/products/checking-savings/smart-choice-college-savings.htm | FirstBank | Colorado |
T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan | Ugift® | troweprice529.com/gifting | T. Rowe Price | Alaska |
Texas College Savings Plan | Online Platform & Gift Coupon | texascollegesavings.com/gifting | Orion | Texas |
Texas Tuition Promise Fund | Online Platform & Gift Coupon | texastuitionpromisefund.com/gifting/ready-to-give-form | Orion | Texas |
TIAA | Ugift® | brightstart.com/resources/gifting | Bright Start 529 Plan | Illinois |
Tomorrow’s Scholar | Online Gifting Platform & E-Gift Cards | 529wi.voya.com | Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions/Voya Investment Management | Wisconsin |
UNIQUE College Investing Plan | Online Gifting Platform | fidelity.com/529-plans/college-gifting | Fidelity Investments | New Hampshire |