The investment portfolio of Stanford University increased by 8.4%last year, making the total amount of donation funds reached 37.6 billion US dollars, ranking third among private universities in the United States.
According to the "San Jose Embassy" report, the total amount of the fund twenty years ago was $ 9.9 billion, andIt is now close to four times.This year, the fund provided support for the daily operations of Stanford University through $ 1.8 billion.
The overall investment of the school is called the "Merge Pool". It is the main investment tool for the donation fund and reserves more than 42.8 billion US dollars for future hospital projects.The donation fund only accounts for part of the total investment portfolio of the "merger pool".As of the last fiscal year of June 30, the investment portfolio of Stanford University increased by 8.4%.
According to the preliminary report of Cambridge Associates, this performance is lower than the 10.1% return rate of the median donation fund of the American college and university in the same period.However, the five -year and ten -year annualized investment performance of Stanford University was 9.9% and 8.6%, respectively, exceeding 9.0% and 7.0% of the median donation funds in the same period of the same period.
In recent years, Stanford University has faced the pressure of protesters, demanding that it withdrawn from Israel and oil companies.Because the detailed information of the donation fund investment portfolio is confidential, Stanfords investment scale in these fields is not clear.
So far, Stanford University has rejected students suggestions for selling these assets.This summer, Stanford announced that it will continue to connect with the controversial fossil fuel industry because of academic freedom and practical knowledge when dealing with climate crisis.
However, compared with the donation of Stanford University and Harvard University, it still seems dwarfed. Harvard University has raised funds since more than 350 years ago.In the last fiscal year, Harvards donations soared to 50.7 billion US dollars, exceeding the total economic volume of more than 120 countries.
The donation fund of Yale University is worth $ 40.7 billion, ranking second.At present, most universities have not announced the latest donation data.It is expected that next year, the donation fund at Stanford University will spend $ 1.9 billion to support the financial assistance of academic projects and low -income students.
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