Endowments at Nonprofit Organizations: Charity's Declining Fortune

Endowments held by the 229 organizations in The Chronicle's annual survey lost a combined $29.1-billion in 2008, and alternative investments proved only a modest buffer against the decline.

• Table: Latest Market Values of Big Endowments at 112 Nonprofit Groups
• Table: Returns on Endowment Investments at a Sampling of Nonprofit Groups
• Table: Endowments at 61 Organizations That Support Charities
• Table: The Chronicle's Annual Endowment Survey: by the Numbers

Cash and bonds are suddenly looking good to endowment managers, many of whom disparaged the low-yielding investments before the recession hit and the stock market went into free fall.

How The Chronicle's survey of nonprofit endowments was conducted

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