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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Rebecca Crown Center. A volatile market and deficit spending left the University’s endowment with less money than last year.

Endowment decreases after underperformance, deficit spending

January 9, 2020

Northwestern’s endowment decreased from $11.08 billion to $10.8 billion in the 2019 fiscal year,after its long-term balance pool underperformed relative to expectations and a withdrawal to offset the...

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The Northwestern Investment Office published numbers that the University's endowment grew to about $10.5 billion at the end of August.

Endowment grows 6.7 percent, likely placing NU within new endowment tax threshold

December 31, 2017

Newly-published figures by the Northwestern Investment Office indicate the University’s endowment has reached the threshold for a new endowment tax enacted Dec. 22 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act....

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