MAX529 Features
MAX529’s robust features and unique offering is a WIN for parents & students, sponsors, and friends & family.
MAX529 Features for Parents
Parental Controls
Manage your younger students MAX529 experience with MAX529 parental controls
Joint Ownership and Responsibility!
Engage your children to take some ownership and share in the reponsibility to fund their own education
Cherish their Story
The Student Journey is a digital scrapbook with everlasting memories of your student’s school memories through the years. Upload pictures, videos, report cards, artwork, school papers, etc., each school year and privately share these with your friends & family.
Fundraising Tools
Help your Sponsor organization with their fundraising efforts
MAX529 Key Features for Students
Profile Page
Your MAX529 profile page offers a way to fundraise, share details about yourself and invite friends and family to visit.Â
529 Plan Contributions
Connect your account to your 529 savings plan and send friends and family to your profile page to request donations.
Bio and Photos
Introduce yourself with a brief statement or description of your goals and why it would be a great idea for visitors to help you reach them by contributing.
Connections and Groups
Friends and family can network with your connections, visit their profile pages or gift a contribution to their 529 plan or favorite fundraiser.
Share Fundraisers
Summarize and promote any active findraisers you create or participate in.
Student Journey
The Student Journey is a great way to document your educational path, year by year. This includes photos, videos, documents and more.Â
Fundraising Tools
MAX529 is the student commend center to maximize savings for your education.Â
529 Plans
Connect MAX529 with your 529 Plan and add the “Gift Link” to begin collecting donations from family and friends.
Contribution Requests
Configure and schedule reccurring contribution request emails to friends and extended family for special dates, such as birthdays, holidays and more.
Create Fundraisers
Connect MAX529 with your favorite fundraiser application such as “GoFundMe”, add the “Gift Link” and start requesting donations from family and friends.
MAX529 Ways to Earn
As a MAX529 Student Subscriber, you have constant opportunities to add money to your 529 savings account, while you fundraise and network.
Student Rewards
MAX529 deposits funds into your 529 plan for inviting new student subscribers. This allows our members to start earning money right away.
When you send an invitation, and that person signs up for a student subscription, you start acccumulating earnings, every month. It’s that simple!
MAX529 Bonus Bucks
MAX529 distributes multiple $100 bonuses, every quarter. This opportunity is offered to all Student Subscribers, every quarter or every year!
The Bonus Bucks are awarded to the subscribers with the most student referrals for the previous 90 days.
Bonus Bucks funds are deposited directly into your 529 savings plan.
College Dashboard
MAX529’s provides each student with a fully customizable College Dashboard to summarize all the important information that colleges want to know!
Showcase Yourself
Showcase your academic & athletic achievements, create a personal video message for potential colleges, share a photo slideshow, include details about your goals, grades and SAT scores.
College Intro Video
Create a video that will speak to colleges of interest and let them know why you are a perfit fit.
Connect with College Admissions
MAX529 provides this one-of-a-kind tool that sends your dashboard directly to the colleges of interest and starts a dialog early, giving the student an advantageous head start!
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are MAX529 Student Rewards?
Student Rewards are funds that MAX529 deposits into a student's 529 plan for inviting new student subscribers. This allows our members to start earning money right away.
Invite students to join MAX529, and start earning!
Student Subscribers invite other students to subscribe to MAX529 because of all the great tools for saving, but there's more! When you send an invitation, and that person signs up for a student subscription, you start receiving earnings.
Student Rewards are equal to 10% of that new subscriber's monthly membership fee, and this multiplies by every student you refer.
Earnings accumulate month after month and are deposited directly into the student's 529 plan, for the life of the subscription.
There are no limits, the more students you invite, the more MAX529 Reward Dollars you earn each month!
What are MAX529 Bonus Bucks?
MAX529 distributes multiple $100 bonuses, every quarter. This opportunity is offered to all Student Subscribers, every quarter of every year!
The Bonus Bucks are awarded to the subscribers with the most student referrals for the previous 90 days. The number of bonuses available each quarter is determined by the volume of current Student Subscribers, up to 10% of the student members will receive one at each distribution.
Bonus Bucks funds are deposited directly into your 529 savings plan.
What is a 529 Plan?
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged savings plan designed to encourage saving for future education expenses. These plans, legally known as "qualified tuition plans," allow for a tax free withdrawal when used for qualified education expenses, which can save thousands when paying for private school, college, or trade school!
Why should I choose MAX529?
MAX529 provides multiple ways to save money for school, fundraise and earn actual money every month.
MAX529 allows you to easily grow your 529 plan to its fullest potential. Through gifts links, you can enable friends and family to contribute to your plan whenever they please.
Students who keep their dashboard updated will be eligible for bonus funds from MAX529 up to 4 times every year.
MAX529 has a money back guarantee; if your total paid in subscriptions does not exceed the amount of money saved in your 529 plan, MAX529 will contribute the difference directly to your plan!
Are there contribution limits?
There are no yearly contribution limits to a 529 plan like certain retirement accounts. However, each state has a different aggregate contribution limit for each 529 account, typically between $235,000 and $550,000.
How do I get started?
Its easy! Those who subscribe to MAX529 will register, create a profile, and link their existing 529 plan to their account; from there, gift links can be sent out to recipients at the click of a button!
What does it cost?
A Student Subscriber account is just $5.29/month and a one time registration fee of $10. You can begin maximizing your savings, earning rewards, and connecting with colleges as soon as you sign up!
Does MAX529 Administer 529 Plans?
No, MAX529 is meant to be used to enhance an exisitng or new 529. MAX529 makes use of "Gift Links" to allow friends and family members to contribute directly and securely to a plan.
I have student loans, will this help?
Yes, up to $10,000 from your 529 savings plan can be applied to your student loans.
What if my child doesn't go to college?
Not to worry, your savings will not go to waste! Per the Internal Revenue Code, funds in a 529 plan can be transferred to another beneficiary with no penalty, or they can be rolled into a Roth IRA!