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When you invest in CU, your impact is mighty

In fiscal year 2021, 29,793 donors made 54,543 gifts to support CU.

You invested:

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$53Min scholarships
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$127Min research and discovery
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$28Mto attract talented faculty
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$201Mto transform health care

There are stories of true impact behind those numbers—stories of how giving pays dividends in joy.

To understand how giving can bring joy to the lives of others around us, we asked our CU community: What brings you joy?

CU Anschutz
What Are We Fighting For? Cancer Patients Take Back Their JoyDr. Carolyn Lefkowits supports gynecological oncology patients through their cancer journeys—from diagnosis to cure and beyond.
UCCS
Joy Is Helping the People Who Come Up After MeFirst-generation college senior Johnathan Gachuzo Gonzalez is lifting up his community as he prepares for a career in health care.
CU Boulder
Reframing the Bully Through Joyful, Transformative Theater Stephanie Saltis, survivor of bullying, uses Shakespeare to help break the cycle of violence in Colorado schools.
CU Denver
When Joy Is the Ability to Say "No, Thank You"Speech pathologist Aleaza Goldberg helps patients like Graham Saiz communicate and live more independent lives.
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$371.2 million given last fiscal year

Every dollar you give creates a positive impact. Giving helps students achieve their dreams, enables deep satisfaction in one’s calling, sparks the giddy joy of discovery and magnifies the impact of innovative minds.

92% of gifts were less than $2,500

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The average size of a gift was $6,806

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Despite a challenging year, donors like you advanced CU’s mission with support from all corners of the CU community.

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CU Foundation

We receive, manage and prudently invest private support for the benefit of the University of Colorado and support the university’s philanthropic endeavors through donor stewardship.

CU Advancement

We aspire to unite donors with their passions, elevate grand ideas and prudently manage philanthropy—all to spark enduring support of a university that creates transformative impact in our communities and around the world.