How Endowments Are Faring Now
May 29, 2011 | Read Time: 4 minutes
| Institution | Return on investment | Date of estimate |
| Fiscal year ending March 31 | ||
| United Negro College Fund (Fairfax, Va.) | 19.0% | 04/08/2011 |
| Rochester Area Community Foundation (N.Y.) | 18.5 | 02/28/2011 |
| United Way of Greater Rochester (N.Y.) | 15.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | 8.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| American Health Assistance Foundation (Clarksburg, Md.) | 7.3 | 03/31/2011 |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society (Chicago) | 0.3 | 12/31/2010 |
| Fiscal year ending June 30 | ||
| American Bible Society (New York) | 22.2% | 03/31/2011 |
| Houston Ballet | 21.7 | 03/31/2011 |
| Minnesota Medical Foundation (Minneapolis) | 20.8 | 03/31/2011 |
| Orange County Community Foundation (Irvine, Calif.) | 20.5 | 03/31/2011 |
| St. Mark’s School of Texas (Dallas) | 20.5 | 03/31/2011 |
| Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland | 20.3 | 12/31/2010 |
| Indiana University and Foundation (Bloomington) | 20.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| Ducks Unlimited (Memphis) | 20.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| New York Public Library | 20.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | 20.0 | 02/28/2011 |
| New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Newark) | 19.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) | 18.6 | 12/31/2010 |
| Oregon Health & Science University (Portland) | 18.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (White Plains, N.Y.) | 17.8 | 03/31/2011 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) | 17.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Moody Bible Institute (Chicago) | 17.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Greater Miami Jewish Federation | 17.5 | 03/31/2011 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York) | 17.4 | 12/31/2010 |
| Jewish Museum (New York) | 17.4 | 03/31/2011 |
| Dayton Foundation (Ohio) | 17.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| Children’s Hospital Foundation (Washington) | 16.8 | 03/31/2011 |
| Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) | 16.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle) | 16.6 | 12/31/2010 |
| Compassion International (Colorado Springs) | 16.4 | 03/31/2011 |
| East Bay Community Foundation (Oakland, Calif.) | 16.3 | 03/31/2011 |
| Crista Ministries (Seattle) | 16.1 | 02/28/2011 |
| World Wildlife Fund (Washington) | 15.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| Grinnell College (Iowa) | 15.6 | 12/31/2010 |
| University of Virginia (Charlottesville) | 15.1 | 02/28/2011 |
| Jewish Federation/Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | 15.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| United Jewish Communities of MetroWest (Whippany, N.J.) | 15.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| University of California System (Oakland) | 15.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| WNET.org (New York) | 14.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| San Diego Foundation | 14.8 | 12/31/2010 |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 14.5 | 12/31/2010 |
| Annenberg Foundation (Los Angeles) | 14.4 | 03/31/2011 |
| Feeding America (Chicago) | 13.9 | 03/31/2011 |
| Volunteers of America (Alexandria, Va.) | 13.6 | 12/31/2010 |
| United Way of Miami-Dade | 13.4 | 12/31/2010 |
| University of Illinois System (Urbana) | 13.4 | 03/31/2011 |
| Phillips Academy (Andover, Mass.) | 13.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County (West Palm Beach | 12.9 | 12/31/2010 |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies | 12.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Foundations | 12.4 | 02/28/2011 |
| Principia College (St. Louis) | 12.2 | 12/31/2010 |
| United Way of King County (Seattle) | 12.2 | 12/31/2010 |
| American Heart Association (Dallas) | 12.1 | 12/31/2010 |
| Covenant House (New York) | 12.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| National Audubon Society (New York) | 12.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Smith College (Northampton, Mass.) | 12.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| WTTW/Window to the World Communications (Chicago) | 12.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston | 11.6 | 02/28/2011 |
| University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) | 10.6 | 12/31/2010 |
| San Francisco Ballet | 10.3 | 12/31/2010 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | 9.7 | 12/31/2010 |
| Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.) | 9.7 | 02/28/2011 |
| World Monuments Fund (New York) | 9.5 | 11/30/2010 |
| Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego | 9.3 | 02/28/2011 |
| City Year (Boston) | 9.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, Calif.) | 6.7 | 12/31/2010 |
| St. Labre Indian School (Ashland, Mont.) | 4.8 | 12/31/2010 |
| Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) | 4.1 | 04/25/2011 |
| Catholic Healthcare West (San Francisco) | 3.8 | 02/28/2011 |
| Christian Relief Services Charities (Alexandria, Va.) | 3.7 | 04/07/2011 |
| United Way of Central Indiana (Indianapolis) | 3.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens | 3.5 | 03/31/2011 |
| United Way Central and Northeastern Connecticut (Hartford) | 3.4 | 03/31/2011 |
| Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas) | 3.3 | 02/28/2011 |
| San Francisco Foundation | 2.9 | 03/31/2011 |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, Mo.) | 2.1 | 02/28/2011 |
| Direct Relief International (Santa Barbara, Calif.) | 1.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| University of Southern California (Los Angeles) | 1.7 | 02/28/2011 |
| Fiscal year ending August 31 | ||
| University of Texas System (Austin) | 18.5% | 03/31/2011 |
| Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) | 15.7 | 03/31/2011 |
| National Wildlife Federation (Reston, Va.) | 14.7 | 02/28/2011 |
| Ashoka (Arlington, Va.) | 14.4 | 12/31/2010 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia | 6.5 | 12/31/2010 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra | 6.2 | 12/31/2010 |
| Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County (Boca Raton) | 5.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| Easter Seals (Chicago) | 4.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| Emory University (Atlanta) | 1.4 | 02/28/2011 |
| Fiscal year ending September 30 | ||
| Smithsonian Institution (Washington) | 11.9% | 04/30/2011 |
| California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) | 11.2 | 04/30/2011 |
| International Rescue Committee (New York) | 10.0 | 02/28/2011 |
| Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.) | 8.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| Young Life (Colorado Springs) | 8.9 | 03/31/2011 |
| Children International (Kansas City, Mo.) | 8.3 | 03/31/2011 |
| American Friends Service Committee (Philadelphia) | 7.2 | 12/31/2010 |
| Chicago Community Trust | 7.1 | 12/31/2010 |
| Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston) | 6.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston) | 5.4 | 12/31/2010 |
| Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation and Guild Association | 5.3 | 12/31/2010 |
| American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | 3.8 | 02/28/2011 |
| Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch (Amarillo, Tex.) | 3.6 | 02/28/2011 |
| Jewish Community Foundation (Cherry Hill, N.J.) | 3.4 | 02/28/2011 |
| Teach for America (New York) | 3.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| National Constitution Center (Philadelphia) | 2.8 | 03/31/2011 |
| International Fellowships Fund (New York) | 0.9 | 03/31/2011 |
| Fiscal year ending December 31 | ||
| Boy Scouts of America (Irving, Tex.) | 13.4% | 03/31/2011 |
| Greater Cincinnati Foundation | 13.1 | 12/31/2010 |
| Seattle Foundation | 13.0 | 12/31/2010 |
| Indianapolis Museum of Art | 12.0 | 02/28/2011 |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | 5.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| National Academy of Sciences (Washington) | 4.6 | 03/31/2011 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (Triangle, Va.) | 4.2 | 03/31/2011 |
| North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation | 4.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Erie Community Foundation (Pa.) | 3.9 | 03/31/2011 |
| Silicon Valley Community Foundation (Mountain View, Calif | 3.9 | 03/31/2011 |
| McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) | 3.7 | 03/31/2011 |
| American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York) | 3.5 | 03/31/2011 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation (Honolulu) | 3.4 | 02/28/2011 |
| Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Missoula, Mont.) | 3.4 | 03/31/2011 |
| Rhode Island Foundation (Providence) | 3.2 | 03/31/2011 |
| Sierra Club Foundation (San Francisco) | 3.2 | 03/31/2011 |
| Dallas Foundation | 3.1 | 02/28/2011 |
| Advocate Charitable Foundation (Park Ridge, Ill.) | 3.0 | 02/28/2011 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (N.Y.) | 3.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Horizons Foundation (San Francisco) | 3.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| McCormick Foundation (Chicago) | 3.0 | 03/31/2011 |
| Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky (Louisville) | 2.9 | 04/21/2011 |
| Greater Milwaukee Foundation | 2.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | 2.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United | 2.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (Conn.) | 2.7 | 02/28/2011 |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) | 2.7 | 02/28/2011 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation (Calif.) | 2.6 | 02/28/2011 |
| United Way of Central Alabama (Birmingham) | 2.6 | 02/28/2011 |
| Children’s Medical Center of Dallas | 2.5 | 03/31/2011 |
| Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore) | 2.3 | 02/28/2011 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Va.) | 2.3 | 02/28/2011 |
| Denver Foundation | 2.3 | 02/28/2011 |
| Duke Endowment (Charlotte, N.C.) | 2.2 | 02/28/2011 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery (New York) | 2.2 | 02/28/2011 |
| John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami) | 2.2 | 02/28/2011 |
| Central Indiana Community Foundation (Indianapolis) | 2.1 | 03/31/2011 |
| Community Foundation of Jackson Hole (Wyo.) | 2.0 | 02/28/2011 |
| Community Foundation of New Jersey (Morristown) | 2.0 | 02/28/2011 |
| NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | 1.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Mass.) | 1.9 | 02/28/2011 |
| Aspen Institute (Washington) | 1.8 | 02/28/2011 |
| Skoll Foundation (Palo Alto, Calif.) | 1.7 | 03/31/2011 |
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago) | 0.8 | 02/28/2011 |
| Kresge Foundation (Troy, Mich.) | 0.7 | 02/28/2011 |
| Note: Figures provided for these tables are estimates. | ||
