Educational Foundation - our purpose, our goals

The CNU Educational Foundation is a nonprofit corporation which functions as a charitable foundation to assist, support and foster the mission of Christopher Newport University. 

We accomplish this purpose through:

• participating in the formulation of strategies to obtain charitable contributions and promoting and monitoring those strategies throughout University Advancement and in consultation with the President and other leadership of CNU;
• creating the investment policy of the Foundation, selecting the fund manager and monitoring the performance of the investments;
• serving as an advocate for Christopher Newport University;
• informing and educating potential donors and supporters as to the mission and needs of CNU;
• promoting planned charitable gifts to CNU;
• promoting proper donor stewardship;