endowment
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Harvard University’s endowment just disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
He also introduced him to the chief of Princeton’s endowment, who invested $10 million in Thrive’s first institutional fund.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Even Harvard’s endowment was revealed to hold $2.2 billion in SpaceX shares as of the end of the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Many Church of England clergy independently owned slaves, and a recent report by the Church's endowment fund reported the institution made large investments in the slave trade from which it made huge sums of money.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The regents’ breath was taken away by Lawrence’s audacious request for funds at a time when the stock market crash still weighed on the university endowment.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Yet Michigan, which boasts one of the nation’s largest endowments at about $22 billion, would be the most prominent school to take such a step.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The new framework aims to resemble the menu of options offered to public-employee pension plans, university endowments and other deep-pocketed institutions that hire firms like BlackRock to manage their money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The tax on endowments maxes out at 8%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The moves signal a more aggressive effort by Gulf governments to generate returns from their natural-resource endowments, the ratings agency says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The colleges are heavy with gifts and endowments.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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