Endowment Overview

• The Dartmouth community has generously donated endowed gifts to ensure Dartmouth continues to stand at the forefront of higher education and research
• Endowed gifts (over 6,600 of them), often with a specific purpose, are pooled and invested as a single portfolio, typically referred to in aggregate as Dartmouth’s “endowment”
• The endowment is a permanent source of capital to further Dartmouth’s mission, providing continuous financial support to Dartmouth’s operating budget through an annual distribution (targeting 5% of endowment value over the long term)
• Dartmouth’s oldest endowed fund started in 1789 with £37 and is now valued over $700,000