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2025 Impact Report

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From across the state and around the world, CU donors help bring what you love about Colorado to life.

Donors gave $522.4 million across CU’s four campuses in fiscal year 2025—their second-highest giving total ever. More than 46,000 donors made nearly 79,000 gifts, averaging $1.4 million per day.

Discover the generosity powering what you love.

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Every gift, of any size, makes a difference.

When more than 46,000 people give with purpose, the collective impact can move mountains.
 
Last year, 93% of gifts were less than $2,500 each, showing a broad base of support for CU. Donors also made transformational investments across all campuses, including two gifts of more than $15 million each and 104 gifts of at least $1 million each.
 
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Who gave to CU last year?

Counter: 18211

Alumni

Counter: 2536

Parents

Counter: 816

Faculty & Staff

Counter: 11048

Friends

Counter: 2039

Corporations & Foundations

Counter: 11840

Other

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The Power of Giving Through Wills & Bequests
 

Last year, generous individuals chose to support CU’s future by including the university in their wills or estate plans, resulting in more than $128 million in planned gifts.

These contributions will create scholarships, advance research, support programs and establish new endowed chairs and professorships across all four CU campuses.

Learn more about planned giving opportunities at CU

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Endowment Update

Strong, steady investment growth helps CU’s endowment provide dependable funding—supporting the university’s long-term mission and the people who carry it forward.
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How the endowment is invested

The endowment is invested in the Long Term Investment Pool, or LTIP, which is broadly diversified across asset classes with a long-term, strategic investment horizon in mind. Here’s how the LTIP was invested in fiscal year 2025

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CU investments vs. policy benchmark

As of June 30, 2025, the LTIP’s 3-year annualized investment performance was +8.95%, its 7-year performance was +9.10%, its 10-year performance was +8.63%, and its 15-year performance was +9.16%. The 10- and 15-year returns were achieved with over 32% less risk than the policy benchmark.

*The Policy Benchmark, effective FY 2018, is a blend of 80% MSCI ACWI (equities) and 20% Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index (fixed income). Depending on the return period presented, historical benchmarks of 40% Russell 3000, 40% MSCI EAFE and 20% Barclays US Agg (FY 2009 – 2017) and 50% Russell 3000, 30% Barclays US Agg and 20% MSCI EAFE (fund inception – FY 2008) are components of the policy benchmark as applicable.

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$2.5 billion endowment value

CU’s endowment was valued at $2.5 billion to end fiscal year 2025. Here are the endowment’s values in recent years.
(Values are in billions as of June 30 each year.)

• 3,693 total active endowments benefit CU. 
• 133 new endowments were created by donors last year. 
• $103,786,559 was given to endowments last year.

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Transfers from the CU Foundation to the university

The CU endowment is invested in the Long Term Investment Pool, or LTIP, which is broadly diversified across asset classes with a long-term, strategic investment horizon in mind. Here’s how the LTIP was invested in fiscal year 2025.

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Download our audited financials

Find out more about philanthropic investments in CU by downloading our audited financials for fiscal year 2025.

Download audited financials