Campus partners who receive donations in person should forward the donation to the Office of Advancement within 48 hours so that the CU Foundation can process and record the gift and issue an official tax receipt and so that the university can thank the donor in a timely manner. When forwarding cash donations, please provide as much contact information for the donors as possible, and at the very least their names and email addresses.
giving.ucdenver.edu
Special Gift Handling with Hybrid Work
Please ask donors to send gifts directly to the CU Foundation in order to be processed in a timely fashion.
1. Online giving at
giving.ucdenver.edu
All CU Denver funds are listed and gifts can be made to any fund using the “write-in option”
2. Wire transfer to CU Foundation
giving.cu.edu/guide-giving
This may be the best option
for corporate or foundation donors. They can also call CU Foundation Gifts directly to make gifts over the phone (303-541-1290).
3. Send checks directly to CU Foundation by mail:
University of Colorado Foundation
P.O. Box 17126
Denver, CO 80217-9155
Accepting Donations at Events
If you've accepted donations at a university event, please bring the donations to the Advancement Office (12th floor of the Lawrence Street Center) no later than 48 hours after your event in order for the CU Foundation compliance department to record
and process the gifts and so we can thank the donors in a timely manner.
If you received cash donations please provide as much donor information as possible. Even a name and email address will help us keep track of donations and thank donors appropriately on your behalf.
Currently, the Advancement Office/CU Foundation is unable to accept credit card donations in person at events through apps like Square or Venmo. You do have a few options, though, for accepting donations in person at events:
giving.ucdenver.edu is a mobile friendly website, so donors can give using their phones at your event. We suggest putting your giving link on all of your event materials to help encourage
gifts.
Bring remit envelopes or giving postcards, which the Advancement Office can work with you to produce, to the event. (See the Gift Envelopes section below.)
Donations Through Facebook
The University of Colorado is not able to accept gifts made through Facebook. This is because all gifts to any CU entity are accepted through the CU Foundation, which has just one tax ID. Facebook will
only let one organization per tax ID register, therefore we cannot register individual program funds in Facebook and would not be able to determine which program the funds are intended to support if they are directed simply to the CU Foundation
on Facebook.
If you would like to conduct a fundraising campaign online, please consider using Milo’s Crowd instead. Information about this platform is available in the Crowdfunding section below.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please email the Office of Advancement.
