The endowment subsidizes the education of every student at Yale College, because tuition only covers about 50% of the full cost of a Yale College education, even for those who don’t receive financial aid.

Operating under the guidance of the Yale Corporation’s Investment Committee, the Yale Investments office manages the University’s Endowment, which totaled $40.7 billion on June 30, 2023. The Endowment is sustained by generous gifts from donors and earnings generated through Yale’s disciplined, long-term investment approach.

Endowment Reports The Investments Office announces investment performance annually and periodically publishes an update on the Endowment. Our updates describe recent performance, address investment issues, and highlight topics relating to the University.

The Yale University endowment is the world's second-largest university endowment and has a reputation as one of the best-performing investment portfolios in American higher education.

Yale’s Endowment generated a 5.7% return, net of fees, in fiscal 2019. Over the past ten years, the Endowment grew from $16.3 billion to $30.3 billion. With annual returns of 11.1% during the ten-year period, the Endowment’s performance exceeded its benchmark and outpaced institutional fund indices.

Oct 25, 2024 · Yale’s endowment earned a 5.7% investment return, net of fees, for the year ending June 30, 2024, representing $2.3 billion in investment gains. After providing distributions of $2.0 billion to the operating budget and receiving $231 million in gifts, the endowment’s value increased to $41.4 billion on June 30, 2024, up from $40.7 billion ...

Oct 24, 2022 · Yale’s endowment is often characterized as a bottomless pot of cash. Indeed, the endowment just reached $41.4 billion after gaining 0.8 percent in 2022 , making it the second largest university endowment in the country, after Harvard’s.

Mar 12, 2025 · Yale University in Connecticut has the second-highest endowment, totaling $40.7 billion. ... The majority of the schools on the top-20 endowments list are among the highest-ranked colleges by U.S ...

Oct 30, 2023 · Although Yale’s return was positive, the total value of its endowment dipped to $40.7 billion — down from $41.4 billion in 2022 — after accounting for budget disbursements.

Oct 29, 2024 · After disbursing $2.0 billion to Yale’s operating budget and accounting for $231 million in gifts, the total value of the endowment increased from $40.7 billion in June 2023 to $41.4 billion in June 2024. The amount Yale received in gifts for 2024 is …