endowment

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

Soon afterward, Kenneth M. Olsen and Barbara A. Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis demonstrated that domesticated manioc’s genetic endowment was derived from flabelli-folia, suggesting the latter was ancestral to it.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The first institutions to feel these headwinds have been lesser-known colleges with nominal endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 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

The wealthiest universities can offset tuition costs with large endowments, making many of them more affordable than smaller, lesser-known colleges with fewer resources.

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

The colleges are heavy with gifts and endowments.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck