endowment
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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
Institutions with billions in endowment don’t sign baseless settlements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
Even though I had been at Hampden only a few days, I was already accustomed to the official accounts of financial hardship, of limited endowment, of corners cut.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The first institutions to feel these headwinds have been lesser-known colleges with nominal endowments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The funding, deployed by venture-capital firms on behalf of investors including pension funds, university endowments and wealthy individuals, is funneled into young companies and startups that show potential for robust growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The tax on endowments maxes out at 8%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Even more than of these good and lovely endowments, he is the God of Light, in whom is no darkness at all, and so he is the God of Truth.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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The Glass Menagerie
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