Describes how, by sponsoring donor-advised funds, colleges are allowing contributors to enjoy tax breaks and philanthropic experience normally reserved for billionaires with their own foundations. (EV)

Describes how, when the Enron Corporation collapsed, Harvard made money while the University of California lost $145 million. (EV)

Describes how many college money managers are entrusting billions of dollars in endowment wealth to hedge funds, which have a reputation for winning big, and sometimes losing big, too. (EV)

Describes how, after years of mega-gifts and raised expectations, college fund raisers are struggling to keep campaigns going in a time of economic uncertainty and global tension. (EV)

Provides data from a new report on college fund raising, which shows that colleges received a record $23.2 billion in gifts in the 1999-2000 academic year, an increase of 13.7 percent over the previous year. Includes tables on gifts by type of institution, and top 20s in total giving, alumni giving, corporate giving, and community college giving.…

Describes how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally conservative in its investments, is taking a riskier approach in the hope of increasing returns; moves include consideration of a private financial services spinoff. (EV)

Describes how, even with a $600 million endowment, a small, rich college like Oberlin is feeling the economic pinch. (EV)

Describes how, for the first time since 1984, the value of college endowments dropped last year. Includes data charts and a listing of endowment fund amounts and the annual change for over 600 universities. (EV)