The Charter Fund
The Charter Fund
Learn more about your impact
Your gift to the Charter Fund fuels Changing Futures, empowering ASU to take bold action where it’s needed most. As a university committed to innovation, inclusion and impact, ASU goes beyond traditional higher education models to solve complex challenges and serve communities at scale.
The Charter Fund provides the agility to rapidly advance transformative initiatives, groundbreaking research and strategic partnerships — ensuring ASU remains a leader in driving change. Your support enables us to expand access to education, accelerate scientific breakthroughs and develop real-world solutions that shape a better future.
When you invest in the Charter Fund, you’re not just supporting ASU — you’re helping to change the future for students, communities and the world.
All of my experiences at ASU have cemented for me that I want to go to medical school to become a physician. Sun Devil Giving Day gave me the opportunity to demonstrate that I am developing my footprint as a scientist."
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
Our family believes in giving back and sharing the blessings we have received financially and through our time."