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Download full textCommonfund Institute, 2024
The NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) for fiscal year 2023 marks the 50th consecutive year that NACUBO has published a Study of the endowments of institutions of higher learning. It would not be an overstatement to say that the Study chronicled five decades of unparalleled change. The investment industry and endowment management have…
Descriptors: Endowment Funds, Money Management, Educational Finance, Fund Raising
Jarvis, William F. – Commonfund Institute, 2015
A phenomenon with far-reaching effects on nonprofit investment management and governance has become a little-noticed yet powerful force in boardrooms over the past decade. Despite its wide-ranging implications, this development has largely gone undocumented. This paper seeks to draw attention to this change and its implications, and to trace a…
Descriptors: Governance, Nonprofit Organizations, Investment, Federal Legislation
Griswold, John S.; Jarvis, William F. – Commonfund Institute, 2013
Outsourcing of investment management is a growing trend among institutional investors. With a broad range of institutions using or exploring the outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) model, portfolio size is no longer the determining factor driving the outsourcing decision. For all but the largest institutional investors--those with deep…
Descriptors: Outsourcing, Investment, Institutional Characteristics, Decision Making
Belmont, David; Odisharia, Irakli – Commonfund Institute, 2014
We conduct a longitudinal analysis of the NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) results from 2006-2013 to evaluate if active management is related to higher endowment returns in U.S. equities over time. We also analyze the data to evaluate the endowment characteristics that are related to higher levels of performance over time. We find that…
Descriptors: Endowment Funds, Money Management, Longitudinal Studies, Investment
Griswold, John S.; Jarvis, William F. – Commonfund Institute, 2011
Successful investing for long-term funds requires a strategic plan. This is true despite--indeed, because of--the fact that the future is unknowable. The plan must be specific, embodying in concrete terms the best thinking of the board of trustees about the investment pool, its goals and purposes; but it also needs to be sufficiently flexible to…
Descriptors: Investment, Financial Policy, Position Papers, Strategic Planning
Commonfund Institute, 2009
This white paper presents a case history of the Spelman College endowment and how good financial management and alternative strategies for the growth of the endowment has made Spelman's one of the largest among U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). How has Spelman College been able to grow its endowment funds to this level? A…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Endowment Funds, Case Studies, Money Management
