MAX529 Features
MAX529’s robust features and unique offering is a WIN for parents & students, partners, and friends & family.
MAX529 Features for Parents
Parental Control
Manage an account for your younger students and build up their network and savings for years until they are old enough to take over.
Cherish their Story
The Student Journey is a digital scrapbook with everlasting memories of your student’s school memories through the years. Upload pictures from each school year that will be sharable with your friends & family.
Fundraising Tools
Build up the network for fundraising efforts by reaching out to extended family and friends with MAX529 fundraising tools.
MAX529 Key Features for Students
Landing Page
Your MAX529 student landing page is the page your donors will visit prior to making a contribution. This is where you can post images, a link to the Student Journey, and share details about yourself.
529 Plan Contributions
Connect your account to your 529 savings plan and send friends and family to your landing page to make 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 those goals by contributing.
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.
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 Funds
MAX529 distributes multiple $100 bonuses, every quarter. This opportunity is offered to all Student Subscribers, every quarter or every year!
Bonus Funds are awarded to the subscribers with the most student referrals for the previous 90 days.
Bonus Funds are deposited directly into your 529 savings plan.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a 529 Plan?
A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged savings plan designed to encourage saving for future educational 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!
If you do not already have a 529 Savings Plan, we do reccommend opening one and believe it to be the most advantageous way for students and future students to save. If preferred, other types of savings account can be connect to your MAX529 account instead.
Why should I choose MAX529?
MAX529 provides multiple ways to request contributions, save money for school and earn additional funds every month.
MAX529 allows you to maximize tax breaks and grow your 529 plan to its fullest potential. You can enable friends and family to contribute to your plan whenever they please.
Students members are eligible for bonus funds from MAX529 at the end of every quarter of every year.
MAX529 has a money back guarantee; if the total you paid in subscriptions does not exceed the amount of contributions received in your savings plan, MAX529 will contribute the difference directly to your plan!
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 Bonus Awards?
Multiple $100 bonuses are distributed to student members every quarter. This opportunity is offered to all Student Subscribers, every quarter of every year!
Bonuses 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 funds are deposited directly into your 529 savings 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 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!