Financial endowment

A financial endowment is money given to something to be saved in an investment. This is done so that the money will make a bigger difference when it is saved up over time.

Financial Endowment Media

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters complex in Seattle as seen from the Space Needle
Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic Roman emperor who created the first endowed chair professorships
Ford Foundation Building in New York. In 2014, The Ford Foundation reported assets of US$12.4 billion and approved US$507.9 million in grants.
Students at Tufts University in 2013 "marched forth on 4 March". The march was a divestment campaign with the goal of pressuring universities to eliminate investments in fossil-fuel related ventures.

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