Endowments are permanent funds from charitable gifts that offer colleges and universities the enduring stability to empower generations of students and shape our world's future. 

The CASE Library maintains this online sample collection of endowment reports for all CASE members.

The CASE Library has developed this resource collection in response to questions on aspects of endowment management. It features articles and other resources on managing and communicating about endowments, as well as reports and white papers on endowments trends and data.

After a few volatile years following the financial crisis that ended in 2009, economic experts say the state of the U.S. economy is looking up. Financial markets have again reached record highs, and economic indicators are trending positive, but the average American family is less optimistic about its financial future amid concerns over college affordability. In a combustible election year full of populist rhetoric, candidates for both federal and state offices are decrying higher education's price tag and mounting student loan debt.

The CASE Library maintains this online collection of endowment policies and communications samples.

As we seek to debunk the many myths about endowments, advancement professionals can leverage data and storytelling to connect the dots between gifts and beneficiaries.

Endowments are permanent funds from charitable gifts that offer colleges and universities the enduring stability to empower generations of students and shape our world's future. 

This 24-page report shares the findings of a study of funding sources at 47 institutionally related foundations.

Republicans and Democrats at both the federal and state levels have proposed taxing endowments or mandating how endowed funds are spent. One such proposal has actually become law.

Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) introduced the REDUCE Act, a bill would create a mandatory spending requirement for certain private college and university endowments.