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Cornell's endowment earned 16.9% in fiscal 2026 and grew to about $13.6 billion. Here is the three-year record, the $494 million payout, who runs it and where Cornell sits among the Ivy League results published so far.
Dartmouth's endowment earned 17.5% in fiscal 2026 and crossed $10 billion. Here is what drove the result, how it funds the college, how it is invested and how it compares with Ivy League peers.
Brown's endowment earned 19.6% in fiscal 2026 and reached $9.5 billion. Here is the full picture: long-term returns, the record budget payout, the asset mix, the CIO handover and how Brown stacks up against peers.
Penn's endowment returned 27.4% in fiscal 2026 and grew to $31.1 billion, the largest one-year dollar gain in its history. Here is the record, the payout rule and how Penn ranks against its Ivy peers.
Princeton's endowment returned 23.7% in fiscal 2026 and reached a record $42.3 billion. Here is what the result means, how it compares with peers, and why the university still plans on 8% a year.
Yale's endowment returned 26.3% in fiscal 2026 and rose to $54.5 billion. Here is what Yale reported, how the endowment funds the university, the new 8% federal tax and how Yale ranks against its peers.
MIT's endowment hit a record $29.2 billion in fiscal 2026, but its 10.3% return trailed large-endowment peers by a wide margin. What the numbers show, and why the 10-year record still stands out.
Stanford Management Company posted a 31.7% return for fiscal 2026, the strongest among the big US endowments reported so far. What the numbers show about size, payout and the private-equity-heavy portfolio.
Harvard Management Company returned 27.1% in fiscal 2026, lifting the endowment to roughly $68 billion. Here is what the FY2026 numbers say about size, payout, private equity and the coming 8% excise tax.
Fiscal 2026 endowment results are in for most of the biggest universities. Harvard leads at $68 billion, Stanford's merged pool is $61.5 billion and Yale reached $54.5 billion after a 26.3% return. Here is the table, with returns and sources.
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