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2022 Fiscal Year Financials

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Here’s how your gifts make an impact.

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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

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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

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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
Total transferred to CU from the CU Foundation

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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