Measuring Endowments: How the Survey Was Conducted

By HARVY LIPMAN

Related articles: View all of the advice and commentary from this special supplement on endowments

Nonprofit organizations are not required by law to disclose information about their endowments -- and many prefer not to tell the public much about the size or operations of the funds.

While such organizations are required to report the value of their net assets at the end of the year on their informational tax returns, in

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Past Coverage

How Endowments of 247 Major Nonprofit Organizations Performed - June 2, 2006
Big Gifts and Rising Stocks Fuel Growth - May 28, 2004
Measuring Endowments: How the Survey Was Conducted - August 5, 2005
Senate Panel Acts on Charity Abuses - July 21, 2006
More States Make It Easier for Colleges to Spend Endowment Assets - February 28, 2008

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