endowment
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SpaceX shares represent roughly 10% of the University of North Carolina system endowment, for example, and it gained 37.8% for the fiscal year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The group’s nonprofit wing also reported a 30 percent spike in revenue, bringing in $115 million in 2025 on top of its $81 million endowment.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
But when just one stock accounts for so much of their endowment gains, it’s more likely that luck played the dominant role.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
“This was an exceptional year, at an important moment,” Harvard endowment chief N.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
No matter what his or her genetic endowment, no one person’s immune system has enough different HLAs to identify every strain of every virus.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
As uplifting as one-year moonshots are, big college endowments offer tuition-free lessons these days about how not to invest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, infrequent fund value updates give endowments a false appearance of stability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The stock has already declined nearly 15% since the beginning of the current fiscal year, which means that endowments with outsized positions are now suffering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
University endowments are notching their strongest returns in five years thanks in part to gains from SpaceX and other AI bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The colleges are heavy with gifts and endowments.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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