Impact Report 2022

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When you invest in CU, you unlock the creativity and unbridled curiosity of our students, faculty, health care providers and researchers. Through numbers and stories, this report illustrates the impact of people who ask, “Why not?”

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Our Mission

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.

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.