SEC University Endowments - FY 2016

NACUBO Commonfund Study of College Endowment Market Values - 2016

1. Texas A&M - $10.540B (entire system)
2. Vanderbilt - $3.822B
3. Florida - $1.461B
4. Missouri - $1.460B (entire system)
5. Alabama - $1.220B (entire system)
6. Kentucky - $1.118B
7. Tennessee - $1.100B (entire system)
8. Georgia - $1.017B
9. Arkansas - $898.9M
10. LSU - $781.8M(entire system)
11. South Carolina - $655.5M
12. Auburn - $646.6M
13. Ole Miss - $602.9M
14. Mississippi State - $444.5M

And, just in case people don't understand what an endowment is

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An endowment is a financial asset, in the form of a donation made to a non-profit group, institution or individual consisting of investment funds or other property that may or may not have a stated purpose at the bequest of the donor. Most endowments are designed to keep the principal amount intact while using the investment income from dividends for charitable efforts.

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Endowments represent money or other financial assets that are donated to universities or colleges. The sole intention of the endowment is to invest it, so that the total asset value will yield an inflation-adjusted principal amount, along with additional income for further investments and supplementary expenditures. Typically, endowment funds follow a fairly strict policy allocation, which is a set of long-term guidelines that dictates the asset allocation that will yield the targeted return requirement without taking on too much risk.

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Endowment gifts (corpus) are NOT SPENT. They are invested and the money made off of them spent, generally in very specific ways outlined in gift contracts.