endowment

(noun)

The invested funds of a not-for-profit institution.

Examples of endowment in the following topics:

  • Symmetry and Centricity

    • Tonality is highly charged system where scale degrees are endowed with a magnetic or gravitational pull towards other tones.
  • Reasons for Trade

    • Differences in factor endowments: Countries have different amounts of land, labor, and capital.
  • Unique Issues in Nonprofit Marketing Strategies

    • In the United States, two of the wealthiest nonprofit organizations are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of $38 billion, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), which has an endowment of approximately $14.8 billion.
  • Higher Education

    • The 1862 Morrill Act allocated 17.4 million acres (70,000 km2) of land, which, when sold, yielded a collective endowment of $7.55 million.
    • Philanthropists endowed many of these institutions.
  • The Public-Education Function of Congress

    • In 1965, Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board to accept donations and endowments, giving the Library a role as a patron of the arts.
    • The Library received the donations and endowments of prominent individuals such as John D.
  • Early Farm Policy

    • The endowment of public colleges and universities through the Morrill Act led to new opportunities for education and training in the so-called practical arts, including farming.
  • Agents

    • Both the ends and means may be influenced or constrained by resource endowment, technology, or social institutions (such as customs, traditions, markets and law).
  • Objectives

    • Geographic differences and resource endowment may alter what people choose to eat.
  • Pitch (Class)

    • Tonality is highly charged system where scale degrees are endowed with a magnetic or gravitational pull towards other tones.
  • Working Capital Management Analysis

    • A company can be endowed with assets and profitability but short on liquidity if its assets cannot be converted into cash .
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