endowment
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The civil grand jury recommendation comes as the city remains in a legal dispute over a $50-million endowment with the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn., a longtime fundraising partner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Washington University in St. Louis put money into SpaceX in 2018 and, incuding other exposure, it now makes up more than 10% of the endowment, the Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Declining endowment returns, in addition to financial pressures caused by higher endowment taxes and cuts in federal funding, may have contributed to this decision.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Princeton University was among the last of the Ivy League schools to divest from publicly traded fossil fuel companies in its endowment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Baker & Inglis, with an impressive physical plant but a small endowment, wasn’t averse to increasing enrollment.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Darsana’s clients have included the endowments of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, according to regulatory filings reviewed by fund-data tracker Old Well Labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Typical endowments for museums the size of the Neue Galerie tend to hover around $200 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Banks are selling programs that systematically execute trades based on preset rules to pension funds, endowments, family offices and others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
You could sell these products to institutions, sovereign-wealth funds, and even family offices and endowments, and they understand these are long-term investments with risks.
From Barron's ● Apr. 18, 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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The Glass Menagerie
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