endowment
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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 University of North Carolina system invested early in Peter Thiel’s venture firm, Founders Fund, and has about 10% of its endowment in the company, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
In his annual External link state of the university letter in February, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber noted that the endowment has adjusted its long-term return assumptions from 10.2% three years ago to 8% today.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 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
Baker & Inglis, with an impressive physical plant but a small endowment, wasn’t averse to increasing enrollment.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
“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
Limited partner investors in the pool include pension funds, endowments, insurers and other institutions, Arctos said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Darsana’s clients have included the endowments of Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, according to regulatory filings reviewed by fund-data tracker Old Well Labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Banks are selling programs that systematically execute trades based on preset rules to pension funds, endowments, family offices and others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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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