A key priority for leaders is to build assets and increase their organization’s impact. The TIAA Institute supports the sector’s efforts through our focus on foundation and endowment performance and impact.
The TIAA Institute held its second Women’s Leadership Forum, an event designed for leaders in the higher education and charitable sectors.
Also produced by the TIAA Institute, Insights features reports addressing prominent issues in financial security, higher education, and philanthropy. While typically written for a primarily non-technical audience, Insights are prepared using the same level of academic rigor found in our other research publications, and can serve as valuable sources of information for a diverse group of readers.
As a growing number of private foundations adopt a social justice agenda, their higher education grants reflect broad societal concerns.
U.S. colleges and universities hold more than $500 billion in endowment assets, but many people have a poor grasp of these assets’ purpose and value.
In an era of declining public funding, private philanthropy has played an increasingly vital role for both public and private institutions.
Original research produced by the TIAA Institute—both independently and in collaboration with noted scholars—examines topics of interest to the academic, nonprofit and public sectors. The reports combine statistical findings with thoughtful, data-driven observations and conclusions to provide in-depth analyses that are informative and appropriate for both technical and more academic audiences.
Can a university’s characteristics be a better indicator of an endowment’s effectiveness than endowment size?
In the aftermath of the 2008-09 recession, many individuals are worried about their short-term and long-run financial security.
This paper summarizes a survey of university endowment funds, with a particular focus on the composition of endowment investment committees and how this composition is associated with a number of key activities.