endowment
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I recently noted that a couple of his Cabot cousins ran the Harvard endowment not that many decades ago, and a family member founded a money management firm as well.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
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
The statement claimed that taking into account the company’s endowment, an external accounting firm calculated that the opera company had “accumulated a $72 million deficit to the center” between 2011 and 2026.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 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
He was our leader and our magic, who kept the endowment high, the funds for scholarships plentiful and publicity moving through the channels of the press.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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The Glass Menagerie
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