Endowment Managers Consider How to Handle Downturn

Some investment committees at charities and foundations plan to hold special meetings to assess their endowments' exposure to the most toxic stocks in the Wall Street crisis.

But so far, few nonprofit organiations and foundations are panicking and selling stocks to preserve capital.

"You have to have a decision framework before this stuff starts flying," says Jonathan Hirtle, chief executive of Hirtle Callaghan, which manages more than $12-billion for endowments, foundations,

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