Sentences with phrase «endowment fund from»

A full - throated campaign has taken root at the University at Buffalo, calling on officials to divest endowment funds from fossil fuel companies, as several universities around the country already have done.

The answer, its leaders decided, was to use endowment funds from the 2014 sale of its primary Lincoln Road space «to provide our artists with the resources they need to advance their work and elevate their artistic practice.»

Not exact matches

She is hoping, though, the fund will be able to attract interest from foundations and endowments that are looking for new ways to make social impacts.

Big pension and endowment funds regularly hold private equity stakes, but it's a crucial component of investing withheld from retail investors, Lee - Chin says.

Nevertheless, the bank received enough interest from hedge funds, endowments, and other institutional investors that its board of directors voted to approve the move that will see it become the first major US bank to use its own funds to trade cryptocurrencies or cryptocurrency derivatives.

Those resources may derive from a family fortune, a foundation endowment, or from many smaller funders working together through a donor network or a community of funders.

Investors include leading university endowments, financial institutions, funds of funds and family offices, as well as a substantial capital investment from Shore's partners.

InvestCloud's clients include wealth advisors, large family offices, pension funds and endowments, and hedge fund administrators and independent wealth platforms, and range in size from small startup companies to a manager with $ 47 billion in assets under management.

About 60 % of all US stock market investment isn't even taxed at all, because it comes from pension funds, or endowment funds, or mutual funds, which are either tax exempt or passing on taxes to customers after taking their profits.

According to Flint, the $ 150 million in capital commitments that NFX has locked down come from major foundations, endowments, funds of funds, as well as 50 founders and investors who work at venture firms.

But the 47 - year - old mutual fund known as much for its ties to billionaire Warren Buffett as for its uncanny stock picks that created massive wealth for clients — retirement funds, pension funds, university endowments and regular - Joe investors — has had to descend from its lofty perch in the past two years and rescue its good name.

Of course, this argument also has broader implications for projected returns from pension plans, endowment funds, retirement savings, etc..

When we examine the investment time horizon of clients — ranging from high - net worth private clients to pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and sovereign wealth funds — we find that the clients typically have time horizons of a decade or more, and, in many instances, have an explicit multigenerational objective (see Exhibit 5, which highlights typical clients» time horizons).

The summit will bring together exclusively senior - level representatives from: independent sponsors, private equity firms, family offices, hedge funds, BDCs, SBICs, mezzanine lenders, senior lenders, pension funds, endowments, M&A Intermediaries, accounting firms, law firms, and brokers.

Respondents to our RiskMonitor 2017 survey were drawn from a variety of «asset owning» institutions: pension funds, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, banks and insurance companies.

The generation enjoying the benefits of producing chemical and radioactive waste should consider investing a portion of today's profits in an endowment fund, gathered perhaps from a pollution tax.

When that failed, the department was both an academic liability (as the least scholarly unit in the university) and a financial one (as unlikely to attract endowment from any other source, and a possible obstacle to the university's ability to receive funds from the state and certain foundations).

• The necessary funds must come from fines and private mawqufat (endowments) taken into public ownership, as when the owners of land or goods die without heirs.

To prove that they're not just out for fire - eating thrills, the folks at Renfro Foods have committed a portion of the sales from each jar of Ghost Pepper Salsa toward funding a permanent endowment for chile pepper research at New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute.

Seek significant support from corporations, foundations, and individuals through donations and sponsorships, and manage and grow new and continuing campaigns and an active endowment fund in support of our operating and capital improvement needs.

Another $ 8 million would come from an endowment fund that Kate Buckingham founded in 1927 when she dedicated the fountain to her late brother, Clarence.

What Parents Need to Know: We may expect to hear more from colleges about exactly how they use endowment funds to specifically help students.

A $ 15 million gift from the Batten Foundation unlocked a matching gift from UVA's Bicentennial Scholars Fund, and the resulting $ 30 million endowment will ultimately provide every student in Darden's full - time MBA program a scholarship to attend a Darden Worldwide Course at no incremental cost.

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Through a $ 20 million grant from the state, an endowment will forever fund college tuition for Syracuse students.

The family of slain military officer, Captain Maxwell Mahama, has said it has accepted a proposal from some organizations to create an endowment fund to receive generous contributions from Ghanaians.

Ogah noted that no fewer than 2,000 widows would benefit from the endowment fund for the less privileged set up by COF to assist poor widows.

Tim further noted that pension funds and endowments are aware of these trends, but they will need reminders from activists and activist shareholders alike.

He also disclosed that less than 100 million naira has so far been generated from the N50bn state heath endowment fund launched in August 2017.

Financial support for SciLine is provided by the Quadrivium Foundation, with additional funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Heinz Endowments, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Rita Allen Foundation.

Briefly, the endowment, from which we receive roughly one third of our operational funding, lost around 15 % of its value between July 1 and October 30.

► «At the annual March Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) here this week,» Robert Service wrote from San Antonio Wednesday, «a pair of physicists floated one new idea: Congress should create a $ 100 billion national endowment to help fund basic research.

Generous founding support has been provided by the Quadrivium Foundation, with additional funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Rita Allen Foundation and the Heinz Endowments.

The cancer center's endowment also fell with the stock market plunge, although according to a statement from Sloan - Kettering, Varmus oversaw a fund - raising effort that recently topped $ 2 billion.

Indeed, before World War II, the field of astronomy in the United States was largely privately funded, with major optical instruments constructed and operated by universities or a consortium of universities, using endowments from private foundations.

The study was funded with support from the Heinz Endowments, the R.K. Mellon Foundation, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), R01 ES016896, P30 ES000210, P42 ES016465, and F31 ES019445 (based at Oregon State University).

Funding for the work came from the National Science Foundation (awards IOS - 1052238 and IOS - 1456973) and NC State's Blanton J. Whitmire endowment.

Funding for the chair comes from a generous endowment gift from Monsanto.

Funding for research derives from the annual interest on an endowment contributed in equal parts by the two countries.

Funds from this type of endowment are typically used to help further research and teaching in areas of critical importance in the school.

Funds from this type of endowment also may be used to finance travel expenses to bring such noted speakers to campus.

The full evolution of the Inner Fire model, however, aims to fund all operations from a robust endowment, allowing program participation based solely on need, with donations by participants encouraged to advance and spread the development of this treatment option to other locations in the United States and beyond.

Public schools depend mainly on local, state, and federal funds, and private schools usually gain support mainly from tuition, with some funds coming from other nonpublic sources such as religious organizations, endowments, grants, and charitable donations.

At the same time, the amount in the trust's endowment fund has fallen from # 2 million to # 161,000 over the same period.

The organization was started by an endowment, and though they get additional funding from other sources, the endowment allows them to do their core work of advocating on behalf of students.

The Republican governor proposed setting aside $ 300 million from the Tennessee Education Lottery to fund an endowment that would cover all tuition and fees to two - year institutions for all graduating high school seniors.

Other donors matched it, and the UT System Board of Regents allocated $ 16 million from the Permanent University Fund, a higher education endowment seeded with proceeds from university - owned oil lands in West Texas.

The program will continue in December and throughout 2013 with Tim's Auto Group contributing $ 100 from the sale of new or used Toyotas, Buicks, GMCs, Hyundais, Scions or Subarus to the fund when customers mention the endowment program, Hussain said, adding that individuals and businesses are also encouraged to make a tax - deductible donation to the endowment fund.

About one - third of Cambridge's income comes from UK government funding for teaching and research, another third from research grants; endowment income contributes about 6 %.

Funding for fellowships comes from grant money provided by national or university endowments and is managed by the professors within a given academic department.