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70%
70% -- share of institutions with endowment for higher education institutions (2025)
Over 70% of higher education institutions report having an endowment.
- over 70%
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70%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
NBER (Lo, Matveyev, Zeume)
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Tier B
https://www.ccsfundraising.com/insights/all-endowment-fundraising-campaign/ ↗
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How to Know If an All-Endowment Fundraising Campaign Is Right for Your Organization - CCS Fundraising
Committing to an all-endowment campaign can be one of the most consequential fundraising decisions an organization makes. Endowments promise long-term stability and can act as a financial anchor through economic shifts, funding uncertainties, and changing public support patterns. Research shows that…
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NBER (Lo, Matveyev, Zeume)
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Sector-level endowment prevalence cited from NBER nonprofit endowment research
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higher education institutions: 70% share of institutions with endowment. Source: NBER (Lo, Matveyev, Zeume) (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/higher-education-endowment-prevalence-2025
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