endowments
Funds for posterity
Endowments are gifts or grants, typically money or property, given to an institution like a university or hospital to provide ongoing support.
The principal remains invested while income funds operations: The university's endowment grew to three billion dollars.
More broadly, endowments are natural qualities or talents someone possesses: her intellectual endowments.
In informal use, endowments refers euphemistically to a woman's breasts or a man's genitals, usually implying impressive size.
Reserved money supply
- capitalWealth used for investment
- bequestGift left by will
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- grantBestow or award money
scholarship · fellowship · trust · benefaction · subsidy · contribution · legacy · investment
Voluntary aid for others
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
- grantmakingDistributing charitable funds
nonprofit · patronage · humanitarianism · generosity · pledge · giving · sponsorship · aid
Inherent characteristics or properties
Item given freely
- aptitudeInnate capability
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- talentInborn aptitude
- skillAcquired ability through practice
flair · ability · faculty · knack · forte · brilliance · prowess · natural ability
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- museumPublic exhibit space
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
professorship · alma mater · academic · research · library · campaign · advancement · cultural institution
fund
Reserved money supply
- capitalWealth used for investment
- bequestGift left by will
- foundationUnderlying support structure
grant · scholarship · fellowship · trust · benefaction · subsidy · contribution · legacy · investment · principal
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
grantmaking · nonprofit · patronage · humanitarianism · generosity · pledge · giving · sponsorship · aid · relief
attributes
Inherent characteristics or properties
features · build · proportions · curves · buxom · bodily · anatomy
gift
Item given freely
skill · flair · ability · faculty · knack · forte · brilliance · prowess · natural ability · God-given
university
Higher education institution
chair · professorship · alma mater · academic · research · library · campaign · advancement · cultural institution · charitable organization
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- philanthropydonations, charity work, give, giving, donor
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donations, contribution, contributions
endowmentsoperating expenses
Routine business costs
expenditures · disbursements · operating budget · liquidations · depletions
endowmentsdeficiencies
Insufficient amounts of something
handicaps · shortcomings · disabilities · limitations · weaknesses
endowmentsdeficits
Amounts lacking or owed
want · insufficiencies · impoverishment · destitution · penury
- college endowmentsInvested donations supporting schools
- university endowmentsDonated assets supporting colleges
- endowment fundPermanent capital pool for institutions