Endowments

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College isn’t just expensive for students, it’s also expensive for colleges—and the squeeze is worsening for private schools

July 7, 2024

Florida A&M President Larry Robinson stands at a podium on the schools football field

A Florida HBCU was promised an extraordinary $237 million contribution from a hemp producer—but nobody can find the hemp, and the money might never come

By The Associated Press and James Pollard

June 14, 2024

A Columbia University student walks through a nearly empty campus after police cleared out a Gaza protest encampment on May 06, 2024.

Civil disobedience and calls for financial divestments ‘have an important place in democracy’—but many schools also have donors to worry about

By Sunny Nagpaul

June 1, 2024

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

Exclusive: Sam Altman quietly got $75M from the University of Michigan for a new venture capital fund earlier this year

By Jessica Mathews

December 19, 2023

The University of Michigan’s $17.9B endowment has trimmed down its private fund investments

The University of Michigan’s $17.9B endowment has trimmed down its private fund investments

By Jessica Mathews

December 18, 2023

Harvard’s massive endowment fund will no longer invest in fossil fuels

Harvard’s massive endowment fund will no longer invest in fossil fuels

By Kevin Crowley, Stephen Stapczynski and Bloomberg

September 10, 2021

Craigslist Founder Donates $20 Million To Endow Journalism Program

Craigslist Founder Donates $20 Million To Endow Journalism Program

By Glenn Fleishman

June 11, 2018

Harvard’s Cash Cow Investment Fund Is Laying Off Half Its Staff

Harvard’s Cash Cow Investment Fund Is Laying Off Half Its Staff

By Roger Lowenstein

January 25, 2017

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Trump’s Team Said to Be Planning to Privatize Public Broadcasting

By Mathew Ingram

January 19, 2017

LOWELL HOUSE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

Harvard’s Endowment Just Took Its Biggest Hit Since the Financial Crisis

September 23, 2016

Harvard Is Making Big Changes to How It Manages Its $37.6 Billion Endowment

Harvard Is Making Big Changes to How It Manages Its $37.6 Billion Endowment

By Reuters and Audrey Shi

June 21, 2016

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What Yale Invested in to Almost Double Its VC Dollars Every Year

By Aaron Pressman

April 8, 2016

Views Of Yale University As Ivy League Pay Soars

Connecticut Legislators Size Up Yale Endowment As Shortfall Looms

By Claire Groden

March 24, 2016

Should Wealthy Colleges Be Forced to Spend More of Their Money on Financial Aid?

Should Wealthy Colleges Be Forced to Spend More of Their Money on Financial Aid?

By Kaitlin Mulhere and Money

January 27, 2016

Pepsi CEO Is Now Yale Management School’s ‘Most Generous’ Alumni Donor

By Robert Hackett

January 12, 2016

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