Undergraduate spring application deadline is December 1 for spring term.
In June 2024, the Metro State University Foundation Board of Trustees adopted a policy to assess 10% on all restricted gifts from individuals to support administrative costs of the Foundation.
Find a complete list of funds on our online giving page, or learn more about the areas of greatest need below.
When you give to the Metro Fund, you strengthen all the things you love about Metro State. The Metro Fund is the university’s most flexible resource and may support scholarships, help pilot new programs, and support core university services. In the 2019-2020 school year, the Metro Fund helped establish the George Floyd Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Racial and Social Justice and COVID emergency assistance for students, among other programs.
Are you a student who wants to apply for a scholarship? See Financial Aid-Scholarships for more information.
Your gift to scholarships can support all students, or students in a particular major, from a certain community, or who have particular career goals. You can also choose whether your gift goes toward an endowed scholarship. In endowed scholarships, donors’ contributions are invested and the income funds the scholarship. All endowed scholarships note this designation in the name. Your gift to an endowed scholarship will have impact for generations
The Foundation uses five cents of every dollar given to endowed scholarships and ten cents of every dollar given to pass-through scholarships to run the scholarship award process and provide an excellent experience for our students.
Give to the college you graduated from or to the college training students who will work in your field. You can give to support the programs at the:
The Foundation uses ten cents of every dollar given to colleges and schools to provide high-quality support to faculty, staff, and students.
You can help students meet their essential needs that are not covered by scholarships, loans, or grants.
Every penny of your contribution to the SAFE Fund will go directly to student support. The Foundation uses ten cents of every dollar given to other student support programs to support program operations.
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