endowment
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Harvard University’s endowment just disclosed a $2.2 billion stake in SpaceX.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Syracuse University has a $2.5 billion endowment, a storied 150-year tradition and a name recognized across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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
The risk was exacerbated because the school has a relatively small endowment for a university of its size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Even though I had been at Hampden only a few days, I was already accustomed to the official accounts of financial hardship, of limited endowment, of corners cut.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The funding, deployed by venture-capital firms on behalf of investors including pension funds, university endowments and wealthy individuals, is funneled into young companies and startups that show potential for robust growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Nearly 200 private colleges borrowed from restricted endowments in 2025, up from 131 in 2021, according to estimates from Perspective Data Science, a higher-education financial consultant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Florino, of the Philanthropy Roundtable, said when schools spend money from restricted endowments they’re often playing a losing hand and can’t stop themselves from gambling their last few dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“What happened during that period was that a consensus emerged,” Eustis said, noting that it was expressed in the form of national endowments, state arts agencies, public policy institutes and corporate philanthropic departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Even more than of these good and lovely endowments, he is the God of Light, in whom is no darkness at all, and so he is the God of Truth.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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