Profile: ASU Foundation

ASU Foundation
The legacy begins with you.

A new spirit has been created at Arizona State University—one that measures academic quality by the education that its graduates receive; one where researchers consider the public good; and one that takes on major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural health of our community. As one of the state’s oldest 501(c)(3) organizations, the Foundation was incorporated in 1955 by a group of Valley farmers, bankers, business owners and ranchers who understood that you cannot build a great city without building a great university to sustain and support it.

The role of the ASU Foundation is dynamic — it changes with the needs of the University, the greater Phoenix community and the larger society. Today the Foundation’s mission is to raise, invest and manage private gifts to benefit ASU on all campuses.