FOCUSED.
With growth in mind.
The Foundation’s goal is to grow its endowment by maximizing investment returns while safeguarding principal.
Your endowment is flourishing.
Total Endowment Value
Invested Asset Growth
The Foundation’s investment strategy adapts to changes in the economy, market trends, and other influencing factors. Endowment portfolio growth reflects the contributions of generous donors and disciplined investment performance.
Endowment Investment Performance
Maximizing return on philanthropy.
Not just for now, but forever.®
When choosing an investment strategy, the Colorado State University Foundation is dedicated to its core objectives of quality, performance, liquidity and diversification.
Since its inception in 1991, the Foundation’s investment portfolio has realized an 8.76% annualized return.
You make a lasting difference.
Thanks to the generosity of donors and careful management by the Foundation, endowment distributions to CSU continue to increase. To help smooth the effects of market volatility, the Foundation’s Board proactively introduced a three-year rolling average calculation in 2021 to promote stability in funding to the University.
Endowment Distribution Growth
A $100K endowed scholarship established in 1991 would have provided 192 scholarships of $1,500 each by 2026, while maintaining an endowment value of approximately $260K.
