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Gifts to CU Boulder empower students and researchers in addressing the humanitarian, social and technological challenges of the 21st century.
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As a UCCS donor, you make the impossible possible. You energize the future, empower students, fuel success and make a lasting impact on our community and beyond.
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Your support of CU Denver clears paths to graduation and funds research that betters communities. Help us accelerate the benefits that higher education provides.
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Support our faculty, researchers, clinicians and students at the forefront of medicine. Your gift drives revolutionary solutions in health care, research and education.
Thanks to you, the Essential CU campaign has reached its goal of
$4 billion in gifts.
Your support helps create a Colorado that is economically powerful, physically healthy, culturally rich and socially cohesive.These are essential outcomes, achieved by an essential institution.
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You help us tell an important story — one that guarantees that without leaving the state, Coloradans will have access to academic programs of the highest quality, educated future leaders of the workforce, medical care second to none and research that uncovers new knowledge for a brilliant tomorrow.
Your Giving Changes Lives
Our partnerships with you power our mission to meet the world’s most profound needs. Here are just a few ways in which generosity has fueled meaningful change at CU:
Gifts in Action
A philanthropy-funded program at CU Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism allows two Colorado photojournalists to capture pivotal scenes illustrating water decline in the West.
One donor’s remarkable journey with CU leads to two endowments that create an enduring connection with CU Denver’s Health Administration Program and the students it serves.
Philanthropy and community partnerships provide a cutting-edge health care training facility for students participating in the CU Nursing Fort Lewis College Collaborative.
An impressive collection of stone artifacts from the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras allows the Department of Anthropology to explore exciting new avenues of teaching and research.
Ways to Give
No matter the size, every gift helps. Your generosity empowers CU students, faculty, researchers and health care professionals to make the most of their potential and a real difference in our world.
Plan your approach and shape the future of CU.
When you invest in the education of tomorrow’s leaders by including CU in your estate plan, you unlock opportunities to achieve your philanthropic and financial goals.
A planned gift can provide for you or your loved ones and entitle you to charitable income and/or gift or estate tax deductions, all while making a transformative impact on CU.
Our Office of Gift Planning is happy to help you learn more.
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The University of Colorado serves the state, nation and world by providing high-quality education, professional training, public service, research and health care. CU Advancement — a team working at all four CU campuses, a central university office and at the CU Foundation — supports this endeavor by inspiring philanthropy, uniting donors with their passions and prudently investing their gifts in the university.
Founded in 1967, the University of Colorado Foundation is the portal for philanthropic giving to the University of Colorado. In addition to receiving, managing and investing the endowments and other gift funds held for the benefit of CU, the Foundation advances the university’s mission by safeguarding donor intent, delivering exceptional donor experiences and ensuring adequate funding of advancement operations.