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College Endowments Boomed in Fiscal 2021
The average endowment’s size increased by 35 percent, leaving 19 percent of institutions with endowments worth more than $1 billion. But experts say few students benefited from that growth.
Charitable Gifts to Colleges Top $52 Billion
Alumni giving is on the rise. So is the share of charitable gifts with no strings attached, thanks largely to the billions MacKenzie Scott donated to HBCUs, tribal colleges and community colleges.
A ‘Trojan Horse’ or a Do-Over?
Brown professors are divided over a proposed interdisciplinary research center. Some doubt it would really represent a wide range of perspectives.
Capital Campaign Watch: Baylor, Campbell, Eastern Kentucky, North Carolina State, U of the Pacific
Baylor University has reached the $1.1 billion goal of the campaign it started in 2018. Campbell University raised $105 million...
‘Use These Dollars to Change Lives’
Community colleges, tribal colleges and minority-serving institutions that benefited from multimillion-dollar gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott share how they plan to put the money to use.
Berkeley and Miami Auctioned NFTs. Who’s Next?
NFT philanthropy is on the rise. Even if a college or university doesn’t want to auction its own NFTs, they should be ready to receive the cryptocurrency donations that result from the sales.
Capital Campaign Watch: Bluefield, UNC Chapel Hill
Bluefield University, in Virginia, has raised more than $18 million in a campaign that started in 2017. The goal was...
Capital Campaign Watch: Bowie State, Franciscan U of Steubenville, Freed-Hardeman, U of Cincinnati, U of Toronto
Bowie State University has announced a campaign to raise $50 million by 2025. The university has already raised $40 million...