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endowment

[en-dau-muhnt] / ɛnˈdaʊ mənt /




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Overseeing an endowment of about $150.3 million, Ryan is prioritizing annual support for free admission and programming while raising endowment funds for staff positions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

CMU may not have the headline-grabbing power of say, Harvard University, Griffin’s alma mater, but it’s still a top-ranked school with resources, including a $3.5 billion endowment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 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

Harvard University’s endowment fund separately disclosed a $2.2 billion SpaceX stake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Typically, a hedge fund of Situational’s size has an investor base dominated by institutions, from pension plans and university endowments to sovereign-wealth funds and private banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The percentage of schools drawing down endowments at 15% tripled to 5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

His endowments were of a purely physical order—a 4.4 speed in the forty, a skillful ability to play both defensive back and running back, a reputation for hard, tireless work on the held.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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