Simon and Simeon Menso, ’19
Endowment Gifts: Providing Futures for Our Students Endowment gifts are lasting, far sighted funds that permanently support the ways in which Gonzaga will unfold the potential that exists in every student. With these endowment gifts, Gonzaga Will: •
Provide new and merit-based scholarships
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Offer professorships and lectureships
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Honor academic and research excellence with awards
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Lead retreats/Christian life communities/ service projects
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Fund innovation
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Maintain and update facilities, libraries and equipment
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Other donor intentions
Support internships
759
individually named endowments in the pooled endowment fund
2.4%
of Gonzaga’s annual operating budget supported by annual endowment spending
$1,279 spent annually from endowments per undergraduate student
Financial Stewardship The oversight of the endowment is delegated to the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees and supported by University Finance staff and an investment consulting firm specializing in institutionally-managed funds. Endowment gifts are pooled and invested on a portfolio basis. Gonzaga University’s goal for endowment assets is to provide a long-term annualized return equal to, or in excess of, annual spending plus inflation. The “spending power” of an endowment gift could diminish over time. Therefore, endowment gifts and any accumulated unspent earnings are invested in a manner intended to produce long-term growth while assuming a reasonable level of investment risk.
Growth of $1,000 Over 10 Years The following table illustrates the growth of $1,000 over 10 years (net of fees, prior to spending), as compared to Gonzaga’s policy index and target return.
Gonzaga
Policy Index*
4.5% + Inflation
* Policy Index represents Gonzaga’s composite benchmark for the pooled endowment fund.
Annualized Investment Performance The Gonzaga pooled endowment annualized investment returns (net of fees) for the one, graph, along with comparisons to Gonzaga’s policy index and the NACUBO Commonfund Study of Endowments® (NCSE), the most comprehensive study of over 800 of the nation’s institutions of higher education with endowments. We are pleased to report that the pooled endowment net investment returns rank in the top 25% among study participants on a one, the top 10%
Gonzaga
Policy Index
NCSE Average
Endowment Spending Each year the University spends approximately 4.5% of the fair market value of the pooled
exceeds the historical gift amounts, the University funds the spending from unrestricted market conditions.
Allocation of Spent Funds (2015-16)
Investment Policy Asset Allocation Target The investment of endowed funds is diversified among asset classes that may perform differently in various market conditions.
Domestic Equities
Fixed Income
International Equities
Alternative Investments
Real Assets
The accompanying graph illustrates the change in the aggregate endowment value (inclusive of gifts, pledges and planned giving) over the past twenty years, representing a nearly four-fold increase.
$ 200.8 $200 M
$150.5
$173.3
$150 M
$148.3 $112.1
$108.7
$100 M
$122.9
$50 M
$5 0.6 0 1995
2000
2005
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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