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2022 Fiscal Year Financials

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Here’s how your gifts make an impact.

69,042 gifts

Every gift is a choice that shows you believe you can make the world a better place. In 2022, donors like you gave 69,042 gifts. That translates to better outcomes for students, more discoveries and more lifesaving health care.
Last year, you gave:

$65 million
$ Total count: $65Million Million

Scholarships and fellowships

$137 million
$ Total count: $137Million Million

Research and discovery

$43 million
$ Total count: $43Million Million

Faculty recruitment and retention

$180 million
$ Total count: $180Million Million

Health care and lifesaving treatment

When the CU community invests, the possibilities are limitless.

44,489 donors like you

93% of gifts were less than $2,500

The average size of a gift was $5,463

Compared with 2021, nearly 15,000 more donors gave to CU in 2022.

Last year we received gifts from:

Investing in tomorrow 

An endowment is a gift that creates returns for tomorrow and provides a rich legacy for future generations. When donors invest in endowments, they help the university build programs, create scholarships and retain faculty. 

As an important part of the university’s long-term strategy, CU’s collective endowment is made up of more than 3,000 individual endowments. Here’s a look at the endowment’s value at the end of each fiscal year.

CU Endowment over time
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Investment return vs. policy benchmark
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Total transferred to CU from the CU Foundation
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Find out more about your investments in CU.

Donors like you advanced CU’s mission with support from all corners of the CU community. Learn more by taking a deep dive into the 2022 financials.

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