Answered By: Lippincott Library
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2021     Views: 1338

Use Bloomberg (see access details).

  • Type PELP and hit the green <GO> key to run a Limited Partners Browse.
  • From the Entity Type drop-down menu, select University/Endowment.
    • You'll get a list of more than 600 universities and their endowments. Click on any university name in the list to get additional data, including 10 years of financial statements and Form-990 reports.
    • Other Entity Type options include: Public Company Pension, Hospital, Government Pension, Fund of Funds, and Foundation.

See the National Association of College and University Business Officers: Historic Endowment Study Data and 2019 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments.

Use the Almanac of Higher Education from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

  • Search for almanac on the Chronicle's site.
  • Select the Tag Data to show entries with tables.
  • Explore entries for tables containing endowment statistics.

Use the Digest of Education Statistics to access the relevant table in Chapter 3: Postsecondary Education. Table title varies by edition by is often titled "Endowment funds of the 120 degree-granting postsecondary institutions with the largest endowments, by rank order."