Colloquy Live: Join a live, online discussion with John S. Griswold Jr., a top official at Commonfund, which manages endowments for hundreds of colleges, about how to start or run an endowment in an ...

U.S. colleges and universities have begun to report their endowment returns for the last fiscal year, and the picture isn't pretty. The average return of those that have reported so far, according to ...

Brown’s $7 billion endowment is composed of nearly 4,000 individual funds. Many of these funds were donated for designated purposes — including supporting the work of departments across campus.

Legislation establishing a tax on certain university endowments moved out of an Iowa House subcommittee Thursday with ...

An anonymous couple is offering a $1-million matching challenge to permanently fund CivicLex's youth education programs.

Endowments have been around for a long time. Many universities have had them for decades, and they’re major revenue generators. Have you ever heard of someone overdrawing an endowment fund? Probably ...

The endowment will allow CivicLex to expand into more schools over the years. Brandon Anderson, a CivicLex student, said the ...

The University of Connecticut’s endowment is turning away from hedge funds and embracing a cheaper way to mitigate risk in its $634 million investment portfolio. The UConn Foundation sold almost all ...