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USMA Life Membership Program
The USMA Life Membership Credit
System.
Members receive credit for their
cash gifts to the Association as follows:
(1) Initial fee for Life
Membership (LM) is $50. Credit of $350 is then given to bring the
member’s LM total up to $400. After that, credit is given on a three
for one basis. That is, a give of $100 receives $300 credit, for a
total of $400 added to the LM.
In addition, the Life Membership
total of each club coach’s students is credited also to the LM of the
coach. For example, if three students become $400 USMA Life Members,
the club coach receives three times $400 or $1,200 credit on his or
her Life Membership. In fact, registering just himself and 12
students will raise the instructor to $5,200 and Trustee Life Member!
Through the credit system, USMA
leaders find it easy to reach higher Life Membership levels and
thereby be honored with the higher categories.
All Life Membership gifts made
after the original $50 are tax deductible donations, because the USMA
is an IRS 501 C (3) tax exempt organization.
All Black Belts in any Martial Art
are expected to be Patron Life Members, although this is completely
optional. Fifth Degree Black Belts and higher are expected to be
Trustee Life Members.
Here are the 25 USMA Life
Membership levels. Remember, you get a beautiful new USMA Life
Membership certificate honoring our name for each higher Life
Membership level you achieve!
Level |
Credit |
Regular Life Member |
$400 to $499 |
Bronze Life Member |
$500 to $749 |
Silver Life Member |
$750 to $999 |
Gold Life Member |
$999 to $1,499 |
Patron Life Member |
$1,500 to $1,999 |
Bronze Patron Life Member |
$2,000 to $2,999 |
Silver Patron Life Member |
$3,000 to $3,999 |
Gold Patron Life Member |
$4,000 to $4,999 |
Trustee Life Member |
$5,000 to $9,999 |
Bronze Trustee Life Member |
$10,000 to $14,999 |
Silver Trustee Life Member |
$15,000 to $19,999 |
Gold Trustee Life Member |
$20,000 to $24,999 |
Benefactor Life Member |
$25,000 to $49,999 |
Bronze Benefactor Life Member |
$50,000 to $74,999 |
Silver Benefactor Life Member |
$75,000 to $99,999 |
Gold Benefactor Life Member |
$100,000 to $124,999 |
Royal Life Member |
$125,000 to $174,999 |
Bronze Royal Life Member |
$175,000 to $224,999 |
Silver Royal Life Member |
$225,000 to $274,999 |
Gold Royal Life Member |
$275,000 to $324,999 |
Royal Diamond Life Member |
$325,000 to $399,999 |
Bronze Royal Diamond Life Member |
$400,000 to $499,999 |
Silver Royal Diamond Life Member |
$500,000 to $749,999 |
Gold Royal Diamond Life Member |
$750,000 to $999,999 |
Ultimate Life Member |
$1,000,000 or more |
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