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The Foundation’s mission is limited to supporting the University of Colorado. Therefore, the Foundation does not make grants to external organizations or individuals.
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Complete our intake form for new stock, securities or cash gifts. Further details and instructions will be sent to you upon submitting the form.
Contact CU Foundation Gift Management at gifts@cufund.org or 303-541-1290 with questions. Please consult your advisors for tax and legal advice.
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A volunteer Board of Directors has fiduciary oversight, elects the officers of the Foundation and appoints the chief executive officer. The CU president, a representative of the university’s Board of Regents, and another university designee serve as non-voting members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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The CU Foundation manages thousands of individual endowments that generate an ongoing source of support for various university priorities — such as scholarships, research or faculty support — specified by endowment donors. Endowments are invested collectively in the Long Term Investment Pool, or LTIP.
An endowment typically needs to be funded at a minimum level of $25,000 (though minimums may vary by campus or programmatic category) in order to actively support the specified CU program. Once that occurs, the endowment distributes 4% of its average fair market value each year to the specified CU program.
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The CU Foundation’s volunteer Investment Policy Committee provides fiduciary oversight and determines investment policy. Currently, the Foundation relies on Agility, the Foundation’s outsourced CIO, and its highly qualified and experienced team, to manage the portfolio on a day-to-day basis, according to the policies and asset-allocation guidelines set by the Investment Policy Committee.
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