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
You will notice that, even with beating the market in their latest fiscal year, the average college and university endowment is behind its benchmark for longer-term returns.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
The gain reported by Harvard’s endowment for the fiscal year ended June 30, swelling its coffers to almost $68 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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
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
These higher returns helped fuel an arms race among endowments to make college campuses look like large, pristine country clubs with lax dress codes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
In the north, in fact, the areas with the poorest natural endowments and the greatest susceptibility to drought were the most populous and successful.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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