Study: Educational Endowments' Investment Returns Averaged 15.5 Percent in FY2014

Forty-five percent of participating institutions reported an increase in gifts in FY2014, down from last year’s 51 percent. Thirty-eight percent reported a decrease in gifts, up from last year’s 30 percent. Among institutions reporting an increase, the median increase was 61.6 percent; for those reporting a decrease, the median decrease was 36.1 percent. The median total of new gifts to endowment was $2.5 million, up from $2.3 million last year, while the average gift was $10.1 million, an increase compared with last year’s $9.4 million.