A big increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for the wealthiest colleges in the U.S., leading several already to lay off staff or implement hiring freezes.

Greater Washington's wealthiest university sits atop a $3.95 billion endowment. This is the full List of schools ranked by ...

The University of Pennsylvania’s endowment jumped 27.4% or $6.3 billion in the year ending June 30, 2026, university ...

Preview this article 1 min Endowment for local colleges and universities combined for $374.35M. Ranked by Most recent ...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has proposed a smaller increase to the endowment tax on private universities and colleges than the reconciliation tax and spending bill previously passed by the ...

Colleges and universities in the Charlotte region had endowments in 2025 that totaled almost $3 billion.

Bloomberg Higher Education Finance Reporter Janet Lorin joins Market Catalyst host Julie Hyman to talk about which college endowments are seeing 30% returns this year after early investment in stocks ...

A college endowment is supposed to last forever, supporting students, professors and research in perpetuity. Instead, many cash-strapped schools are draining their nest eggs just to stay alive. Faced ...

Lilly Endowment Inc. is launching a new initiative to help Indiana colleges and universities address artificial intelligence. The endowment is allocating up to $500 million in funding for the ...

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A big increase in the tax on university endowments is adding to financial uncertainty for the wealthiest colleges in the U.S., leading several already to lay off staff or implement hiring freezes.