Endowments Poised to Build on Recovery, Chronicle Study Finds

Endowments Poised to Build on Recovery 1

Photograph of dancers Liao Xiang and Michael McGonegal by Jim Caldwell

The Houston Ballet considered dipping into its endowment to pay off debt incurred in finishing its $46-million Center for Dance, but the charity’s leaders decided to raise the money instead.

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The nation’s charity and foundation endowments appear to be on the path toward a prosperous 2011, after earning strong returns in 2010, according to a new Chronicle survey.

The survey of

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