Endowment funding

An endowment is an essential pillar for the long-term financial stability of CU as a private and still young university.  Endowment allows CU to work on programs that go beyond the basic, propelling a university from good to great by supporting programs worthy of national and international attention.

An endowment allows CU to:

• Offer more scholarships for deserving students.
• Attract and retain distinguished faculty and researchers.
• Carry on research that advances learning, solves problems and improves our world.
   

You. As an endowment donor, you can designate a CU school, college, institute, scholarship or program to benefit from your generosity. That beneficiary will spend the annual payout in a manner consistent with your intent when you establish your gift.

You have flexibility in how you establish an endowment: with an outright gift, a pledge or an advised bequest. But depending on the purpose of the endowment, CU has established guidelines for minimum gift amounts that will ensure the annual investment payout is sufficient to support the intended programs. A general endowment can be established with a minimum gift of €50.000. Scholarships, fellowships, faculty professorships and chairs, and other program-specific endowments have higher minimum gift requirements.

Of course! You or others may continue to support the endowment through additional contributions.

An endowment is established through a formal gift agreement executed between the donor and the CU Foundation (CERG). This agreement documents the donor’s spirit and intent in establishing the fund, the purpose of the endowment, administrative instructions, and specific criteria or other instructions to the CU beneficiary. If the donor is funding the endowment with an estate gift, the donor may also sign a statement of testamentary provision.