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Spending from the endowment also helps to stabilize the University\u2019s annual budget.","background_color":"#FFFFFF","width":"width-medium","columns":"1","cards":[{"card_title":"<p class=\"u-card-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The University distributes over $100 million each year from its endowment to facilitate its mission to\u00a0<em>Learn, Discover, Heal, Create \u2013 and make the world ever better.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","card_text":"","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"card_grid","anchor":"","css_class":"mt-0 pt-0","title":"","description":"<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\r\nEndowment spending is the primary source of scholarships awarded to undergraduates and allows many qualified students of widely diverse backgrounds to afford a University of Rochester education. Endowment spending also supports\u00a0 faculty, libraries, laboratories, clinical practices, medical research, new technologies, growth and vitality of the arts, and physical assets of the University. The approximately 2,850 individual funds that make up the endowment touch all parts of the University. Some funds, such as the 403 endowed funds that support the Eastman School of Music, provide support for a broad range of purposes. Others, such as the Social Science Fund for Rush Rhees Library, support very specific needs. Each provides vital support for the many endeavors of the University\u2019s faculty and students.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","background_color":"#FFFFFF","width":"width-medium","columns":"2","cards":[{"card_title":"<p class=\"u-card-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">$135,494,000<\/p>","card_text":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Endowment support for students, faculty, and programs as of June 30, 2025<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<p class=\"u-card-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">1,951<\/p>","card_text":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">donors made gifts to 592 different endowed funds during 2025<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<p class=\"u-card-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">651<\/p>","card_text":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">people were first-time donors to endowed funds during 2025<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""},{"card_title":"<p class=\"u-card-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3,080<\/p>","card_text":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">funds made up the University\u2019s endowment as of June 30, 2025<\/p>","card_background_color":"#f4f4f4","card_hover_color":"transparent","card_link":"","card_hover_arrow":"","card_image":"","card_image_size":"","card_image_placement":"","card_image_hover_state":"hover_fade","card_image_link":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","anchor":"","css_class":"","title":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Endowment background<\/h2>","content":"Since 1848, when founding Trustee John Wilder started a campaign to establish an endowment at the University of Rochester \u2013 leading the effort with a gift of $10,000 \u2013 continuous growth of the endowment has remained critical to Rochester\u2019s future. As of June 30, 2024, Rochester\u2019s Long Term Investment Pool (most of which is endowment) was valued at approximately $3.5 billion and is one of approximately 40 college and university endowments valued above $3 billion.\r\n\r\nRochester\u2019s endowment is allocated to both publicly traded investments (domestic and international stocks and bonds) as well as alternative investments, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets (real estate and natural resources) and other assets. It holds more than half of its investments in alternatives. The allocation between traditional and alternative investments helps assure growth in favorable economic conditions and offers a measure of protection against severe losses during economic downturns. 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