Financial endowment facts for kids
A financial endowment is money given to something to be saved in an investment. This is done so that the money will make a bigger difference when it is saved up over time.
Images for kids
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters complex in Seattle as seen from the Space Needle
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Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic Roman emperor who created the first endowed chair professorships
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Ford Foundation Building in New York. In 2014, The Ford Foundation reported assets of US$12.4 billion and approved US$507.9 million in grants.
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Students at Tufts University in 2013 "marched forth on 4 March". The march was a divestment campaign with the goal of pressuring universities to eliminate investments in fossil-fuel related ventures.
See also
In Spanish: Dotación financiera para niños
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