RESOURCES

Endowments

Endowment

Private institutions

Rockefeller University

Princeton University

Yale University

Harvard University

Princeton Theological Seminary

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Pomona College

Stanford University

Curtis Institute of Music

Amherst College

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Swarthmore College

Rice University

Grinnell College

Williams College

California Institute of Technology

Marine Biological Laboratory

Academy of the New Church

Baylor College of Medicine

Wellesley College

Principia Corporation

Christian Theological Seminary

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Berea College

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Columbia Theological Seminary (Ga.)

Webb Institute

McCormick Theological Seminary

Dartmouth College

University of Notre Dame

$2,020,647,000

$16,349,329,000

$22,869,700,000

$36,556,284,000

$1,017,643,000

$469,570,000

$1,794,453,000

$17,200,000,000

$176,431,000

$1,705,917,000

$10,068,800,000

$1,412,609,000

$4,610,164,000

$1,472,448,000

$1,808,280,000

$1,891,523,000

$53,273,000

$302,815,000

$1,091,814,000

$1,611,319,000

$735,016,000

$115,325,000

$120,823,000

$1,023,255,000

$600,092,000

$170,071,000

$57,034,000

$102,921,000

$3,660,159,000

$6,225,688,000

Largest Endowments per Student, 2008

Enrollment

Endowment

per student

Endowment

Enrollment

Endowment

per student

207

7,249

11,317

19,436

585

299

1,522

14,890

167

1,678

10,220

1,487

5,064

1,635

2,024

2,133

63

368

1,384

2,275

1,040

173

182

1,553

917

273

92

176

6,316

11,657

$9,761,580

$2,255,391

$2,020,827

$1,880,854

$1,739,561

$1,570,468

$1,179,010

$1,155,138

$1,056,473

$1,016,637

$985,205

$949,972

$910,380

$900,580

$893,419

$886,790

$845,603

$822,867

$788,883

$708,272

$706,746

$666,618

$663,863

$658,889

$654,408

$622,971

$619,935

$584,778

$579,506

$534,073

Public institutions

VMI Foundation

Oregon Health Sciences Foundation

University of Virginia

University of Michigan

University of Texas

University of California San Francisco Foundation

University of Delaware

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

College of William and Mary and Foundations

Texas A&M University System and Foundations

University of Pittsburgh

Georgia Tech Foundation

Citadel

Medical University of South Carolina Foundation

University of Arkansas and Foundation

Medical College of Georgia

Virginia Institute of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary

University of Washington

Kansas University Endowment Association

University of Oklahoma

University of Louisville Foundation

University of Minnesota

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

New College Foundation (Fla.)

Colorado School of Mines Foundation

University of Wisconsin Foundation

University of Kentucky

State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn College of Medicine

University of Cincinnati

Ohio State University and Foundation

$343,516,000 1,270

$453,541,000 2,116

$4,572,613,000 22,160

$7,571,904,000 49,943

$16,111,184,000 141,592

$468,463,000 4,393

$1,340,145,000 15,429

$2,358,676,000 28,200

$580,037,000 7,428

$6,659,352,000 85,947

$2,333,602,000 30,787

$1,343,503,000 17,832

$205,829,000 3,046

$160,917,000 2,798

$856,049,000 15,693

$128,396,000 2,392

$270,485

$214,339

$206,345

$151,611

$113,786

$106,639

$86,859

$83,641

$78,088

$77,482

$75,798

$75,342

$67,574

$57,511

$54,550

$53,677

$6,386,000

$2,262,149,000

$1,217,919,000

$1,154,794,000

$793,930,000

$2,750,770,000

$52,439,000

$33,314,000

$164,999,000

$1,735,456,000

$908,654,000

120

43,920

23,831

23,591

16,502

57,277

1,173

767

3,940

41,563

23,410

$53,217

$51,506

$51,106

$48,951

$48,111

$48,026

$44,705

$43,434

$41,878

$41,755

$38,815

$51,520,000

$1,099,127,000

$2,075,853,000

1,374

29,499

60,347

$37,496

$37,260

$34,399

Note: Figures cover only U.S. colleges and universities, and are based on endowments as of June 30, 2008, and full-time equivalent

enrollment for fall 2007. Source: National Association of College and University Business Officers

THE NATION

RESOURCES
Donations and Revenues

Donations and state appropriations to colleges are down. The recession has led to reductions in the number and size of private gifts to colleges and universities, after private donations hit a record $31.6-billion
in the 2008 fiscal year. The downward trend is expected to last into 2010. Meanwhile, many states cut
appropriations to public institutions during the 2009 fiscal year.

Percentage Change in State Appropriations
for Higher Education, 2007-8 to 2008-9

+ 6.2%

+ 7.7%

0.0%

+ 8.8%

+0.1%

+ 6.3%

+ 4.5%

+ 4.0%

+ 3.3%

+ 10.9%

+ 1.3%

+ 7.0%

+ 2.2%

+ 1.0%

+ 4.1%

+ 3.4%

+0.1%

– 7.2%

–0.1% + 4.1%

– 3.2%

– 2.9%

+ 6.4% – 1.2%

+ 1.8%

+ 8.8%

+ 1.7%

+ 9.3%

+ 5.1% + 4.3%

+0.7%

+ 2.6%

+ 3.1%

+ 9.8%

+0.0%

+ 1.0%

+ 7.3%

+ 6.2%

+0.8%

+ 2.7%

0.0% to + 7.9% + 8.0% and above

Decreases

+ 10.6%

source: center for the study of education policy, illinois state university

Estimated Voluntary Support of Higher Education
by Source, 2008

Alumni

Other individuals

Corporations

Foundations

Religious organizations

Other organizations

Total

Estimated U.S. total

$8,700,000,000

$6,120,000,000

$4,900,000,000

$9,100,000,000

$380,000,000

$2,400,000,000

$31,600,000,000

Percentage

distribution

1-year change

in amount

28% 5%

19% 8%

16% 2%

29% 7%

1% 0%

8% 12%

100% 6%

Source: Council for Aid to Education