The University of Mississippi’s alumni and friends contributed approximately $103 million in private support during FY19, a year that saw the university’s endowment grow to $736 million – the largest in the state at a public university.
A Midwestern university disclosed commitments to real estate, venture capital, absolute return and direct private equity investments made earlier this year.
A university based in the Northeast will look to reinvest the proceeds of its investments with a fund-of-funds manager at its investment committee meeting next month.
Outperformance from larger foundations does not in itself make them better or even much different investors than their smaller peers, according to a recent study.