Economy hurting university endowments

University Wire;  January 23, 2003 ;   Heidi Toth;   655 words ......LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech University' s endowments are decreasing along with other universities...results showed a 6 percent decline in endowments for universities whose fiscal years...survey showed a 3.6 percent decrease in endowments. Our endowments have not suffered to...

Endowments for UA on rise

University Wire;  March 24, 2008 ;   Kim Hill;   787 words ......wealthiest universities -- in terms of endowments, at least. The university received $532 million in endowments -- financial gifts from private donors...2006, the UA received $466 million in endowments and was ranked 133 out of 765, according...

Endowments surge with healthy economy

Academe;  July 1, 1998 ;   Long, Cynthia D;   414 words ......University Business Officers showed that the endowments of the association's 640 participating...calling the 1990s a "golden era" for endowments, which have enjoyed double-digit return...stock market will most definitely affect endowments with large allocations in equities...

UC system sees unusual decrease in endowments

University Wire;  February 7, 2002 ;   Helen Hwang;   694 words ......U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- College endowments nationwide dropped for the first time...to recent reports. The university's endowments dropped 5.5 percent, despite drawing...second consecutive year. The shrinking endowments, combined with the state's $12.8 billion...

Are you a winner or a loser in the Great Endowment Lottery? Up and down:...

The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  July 1, 2007 ;     787 words ......to improve thechances of millions of endowments paying out enough to clear the mortgages...majority of Britain's six million mortgage endowments are stillprojected to fall short of...the end of lastyear, 67 per cent of endowments in force were still classed as 'red...

New Forum to Educate Foundations and Endowments

Daily News;  October 30, 2006 ;   Emma Trincal, Senior Financial Correspondent;   787 words ......created to educate small foundations and endowments about hedge funds. The need for such...fiscal year. But not all foundations and endowments are made equal. While the superstar...assets under management. EdgeForum for Endowments and Foundations seeks to address this...

ENDOWMENTS: The Crimson lead the pack; Harvard University is head and...

Pensions & Investments;  February 21, 2005 ;   Williamson, Christine;   787 words ......Harvard led the 33rd annual survey of U.S. endowments by the National Association of College...TIAA-CREF Institute, New York, surveyed 747 endowments with assets totaling $267 billion on...found the assets of nearly all of the endowments surveyed were up in 2004. In fact, U...

Should huge college endowments pay tax?(USA)

The Christian Science Monitor;  May 19, 2008 ;   Khadaroo, Stacy Teicher;   787 words ......its colleges and universities boasting endowments above $1 billion, Massachusetts is now...first-of-its-kind proposal to tax those large endowments in the Bay State. It has caught the...a 2.5 percent tax on the portion of endowments above $1 billion. There is an exorbitant...

Congregations See Future in Endowments

The Washington Post;  November 11, 2006 ;   Michael Tomberlin;   202 words ...Endowments have long been a source of income for colleges and charities...than $200 million from about 2,000 church gifts and endowments. Although most church members still view tithing in...Ring, head of PhilanthroCorp in Colorado Springs, said endowments will become a major part of church finance. Ring ...

Legislature debates endowments in U. Minnesota academic center funding

University Wire;  May 11, 1999 ;   Erin Ghere & Amy Olson;   550 words ......disagreements down party lines over how much endowments should receive has added a new uncertainty...chairs do not include funding for endowments, Sviggum said. Gov. Jesse Ventura recommended creating endowments out of the state's tobacco settlement...

BIGGER DID BETTER: University endowments report drop in assets for second...

Pensions & Investments;  February 3, 2003 ;     645 words ......compared with losses of 6.1% for endowments with $101 million to $500 million...difference between large and small endowments shows up more dramatically in...three-year performance tables. Endowments with more than $1 billion in assets...

Poor economy puts endowments at risk

University Wire;  October 31, 2001 ;   Michelle Blackley;   684 words ......result of losing billions of dollars in endowments in market value last fiscal year and...The decline in college and university endowments was the result of the sector's worst...responsible for much of the damage to endowments last year, a sharp contrast to their...

Lawmakers target $1b endowments ; Exempt status of schools debated

The Boston Globe;  May 8, 2008 ;   Peter Schworm; Matt Viser;   787 words ......for additional revenue are eyeing the endowments of deep-pocketed private colleges to...percent annual assessment on colleges with endowments over $1 billion, an amount now exceeded...whether elite colleges are hoarding their endowments. Members of Congress, including Senator...

COMMONFUND LOOK: Big endowments put 29% into alternatives; Domestic equity...

Pensions & Investments;  March 19, 2001 ;   Kennedy, Mike;   725 words ...WILTON, Conn. - The nation's largest endowments have close to one-third of their assets...fixed income combined. And among all endowments, the average allocation to alternative...first study of its kind. In total, 563 endowments representing $190 billion in assets...

Is education a key to the future, or are futures key to education?...

Insight on the News;  March 3, 1997 ;   Koprowski, Gene;   716 words ...Colleges are investing portions of their endowments in commodities and other risky markets...markets to increase returns on their endowments. Old-fashioned bonds, yielding less...multibillion-dollar portfolios. Smaller schools with endowments under $100 million remain leery, however...