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Endowments & Giving

While many colleges struggle, others have accumulated great wealth. See which ones have the largest endowments and take in the biggest gifts, and who those colleges’ most-generous benefactors are.


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Thirty-two private gifts valued at $50 million or more were announced by colleges in the United States and abroad from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
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Primarily because of one pledge, the media and entertainment industry led among the top sources of wealth for donors of large gifts last year.
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Thirteen institutions had endowments valued at $10 billion or more, compared with 10 the previous year.
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The average one-year return on college endowments in the 2018 fiscal year was 8.2 percent.
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More than 60 percent of the value of gifts made in the 2018 fiscal year went to colleges with endowments worth more than $5 billion.
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Of the $46.7 billion in voluntary support received by colleges in the 2018 fiscal year, the largest portion came from foundations.
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Four campuses of the University of California were among the top 20 public institutions for the amount raised.
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