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Tulane University endowment exceeds $1.1B: Tulane University has surpassed a lofty fundraising goal more than three years in the making to boost the school's endowment to more than $1 billion. Promise and Distinction: The Campaign for Tulane University, began its public phase just months before Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans. The three-year effort...; Tags: endowment, Tulane University; Research articles 2008-09-29
STANFORD NEWS: Stanford Management Company Report Issued: STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford University Merged Pool MP generated a 6.2 percent investment return for the 12 months ended June 30, 2008, according to the Stanford Management Company SMC. The MP is Stanford's primary investment pool and includes most of the university's endowment and expendable funds, as well as...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, Investment, Stanford, Stanford University; Research articles 2008-09-23
California State University Channel Islands' Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has received a $1 million endowment: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS' OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE has received a $1 MILLION endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation.; Tags: California State University, endowment; Research articles 2008-07-10
$50M Gift to Christ Church, Oxford: Landmark donation will bring major benefits to Christ Church and a PS100m endorsement of Oxford University's long-term investment strategy OXFORD, England -- Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman have donated $50m (over PS25m) to Christ Church, Oxford. Under the terms of the gift, Christ Church will transfer an additional PS75m...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, Investment, University of Oxford; Research articles 2008-06-18
Bay Area Sheet Metal & HVAC Contractor Association (SMACNA) Funds $350,000 Challenge Grant at Cal Poly: The Bay Area Chapter of the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association SMACNA Board of Directors voted unanimously to fund a challenge grant worth $350,000 for the Cal Poly Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) program. Through the end of next year (December 2009), Bay Area...; Tags: endowment, HVAC, Leadership, Strategy; Research articles 2008-05-21

New nonprofit standards favor disclosure: The Financial Accounting Standards Board is asking its staff to take a position on the management of endowments for not-for-profits. The data would gauge responses on proposals intended to improve the quality of financial reporting of nonprofit-held endowments under the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, and Enhanced Disclosure....; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, Financial Accounting Standards Board, standards; Research articles 2008-03-10
Congress to give more, demand more: a Pell Grant increase is in the HEA bill, but so are provisions for colleges to explain large endowments and tuition increases: The long-delayed renewal of the Higher Education Act is back on the fast track thanks to recent action in the House of Representatives. But now a team of House and Senate negotiators must reach a final agreement on dozens of key provisions with potential gains for low-income students and minority-serving...; Tags: endowment, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-03-06
Duke University has received $20 million in endowment funds from trustee Bruce Karsh and his wife, Martha, to support international undergraduate students: DUKE UNIVERSITY (N.C.) has received $20 MILLION in endowment funds from trustee Bruce Karsh and his wife, Martha, to support international undergraduate students. It is the largest gift received specifically for the needs of international undergraduate students at Duke.; Tags: Duke University, endowment; Research articles 2008-03-06
Descendant of University of Missouri founder creates slavery atonement fund: endowment will help support research into the impact, effects of slavery in the United States: Growing up, it was no secret in Clay Westfall Mering's house that his great-great grandfather had been a wealthy slave owner. In fact, James S. Rollins, who is known today as the "founding father" of the University of Missouri, had as many as 36 slaves on his sprawling plantation....; Tags: endowment, University of Missouri; Research articles 2008-02-21
College giving up in 07; Stanford University receives most: Donations to colleges and universities rose solidly last year, to a record of nearly $30 billion, with the wealthiest universities again attracting a hugely disproportionate share, a new survey shows. But the economic downturn means the fundraising pace for 2008 could slow. Private donations to higher education...; Tags: endowment, MARKETING, Stanford University, survey; Research articles 2008-02-20
Leveling the playing field on endowments: elite institutions are under pressure to spend more of their endowments to help low-income students: To improve college affordability for low-income students, some lawmakers and education researchers are beginning to ask the question: Why don't elite colleges spend more of their endowments on need-based financial aid? From the halls of Congress to Ivy League institutions, the size and practices of college endowments are generating...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, Taxes, Yale University; Research articles 2008-02-07
Sound bite: 'The folks in Washington are saying you're hoarding money. And we felt uneasy about it ourselves.' --Yale President Richard Levin on the decision to spend more of its endowment.; Tags: endowment, Washington, Yale University; Research articles 2008-02-01
Bravo for Yale and Harvard, but what about the rest?: How much should a family pay for a college education? Harvard University focused the discussion on college costs with its bold announcement that it is extending financial aid to families earning from $120,000 to $180,000 a year. Costs for tuition, fees and room and board will...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, financial, Harvard University, Yale University; Research articles 2008-01-23
Elite schools drive costs: Harvard and Yale recently have made pronouncements regarding increased middle-class affordability and access. It is well within their rights to do as they wish, but their decisions could increase costs for the thousands of universities without huge endowments, drive up the tuition price, and reduce access for low- and middle-income...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, Yale University; Research articles 2008-01-18
Yale To Increase Endowment Payout to Expand Access and Advance Science.: M2 PRESSWIRE-8 January 2008-Yale University: Yale To Increase Endowment Payout to Expand Access and Advance ScienceC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08012008 New Haven, Conn. -- Yale will increase its endowment payout by more than one-third in the upcoming fiscal year,...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, payout, Yale University; Research articles 2008-01-08
Norfolk State University has received a $100,000 endowment from NSU Board of Visitors member Gary T. McCollum and his wife Fredericka A. McCollum: NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY has received a $100,000 endowment from NSU Board of Visitors member Gary T. McCollum and his wife Fredericka A. McCollum. The funds will be used to create the Gary T. McCollum Endowment Fund to support the Achievers Inspired to Move High MM High Scholarship Program at the...; Tags: endowment, Gary, Norfolk State University; Research articles 2007-12-27
The University of California, Los Angeles has been given a $30 million endowment gift from the Herb Alpert Foundation to support its school of music: The UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES has been given a $30 MILLION endowment gift from the Herb Alpert Foundation to support its school of music. In honor of the donor, UCLA renamed the school The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. The endowment is the largest ever made to the...; Tags: endowment, music, University of California, University of California at Los Angeles; Research articles 2007-12-13
Syria's Assad reshuffles his cabinet: report: DAMASCUS AFP — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday and replaced two government ministers, the official news agency SANA reported. "President Assad issued a decree and appointed Imad Abdel Ghani Sabuni as communications and technology minister and Mohammed Abdel-Sattar Sayyed as minister for Waqf" or religious...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, cabinet, endowment, Government, MARKETING, president; Research articles 2007-12-08
Election year looms: HEA and endowment payments are among the key issues awaiting action: WITHAN ELECTION YEAR about to begin, all bets are off on what Congress is likely to do on postsecondary education matters and just about everything else when it reconvenes in January. Whatever the issue, political considerations are likely to color its outcome in the year ahead. Even reauthorization of...; Tags: endowment, FINANCE, payment, president, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-12-01
Norfolk State University has been awarded a $50,000 endowment from the Beazley Foundation Inc. to establish the Beazley Foundation Scholarship Fund: NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (Va.) has been awarded a $50,000 endowment from the Beazley Foundation Inc. to establish the Beazley Foundation Scholarship Fund. The scholarships will be awarded to students in the NSU Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Science program.; Tags: endowment, Norfolk State University, scholarship; Research articles 2007-10-18