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unusual facts about endowment fund



Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation

In addition to directly funding projects, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation maintains endowment funds for the benefit of Blue Ridge Parkway resources.

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe

Wolfe's gift of $200,000 was the first permanent endowment fund for buying art ever given to a major American museum.

Medical Service Ministries

John Weir was a notable treasurer for the Missionary School of Medicine due to his contributions to the formation of the school’s endowment fund.


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Albert H. Small

He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Symphony Orchestra, National Advisory Board Music Associates of Aspen, Department of State Diplomatic Rooms Endowment Fund, James Madison Council of the Library of Congress, Tudor Place Foundation, The Life Guard of Mount Vernon, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., and the National Archives Foundation.

Chinese Chess Association

The Chinese Chess Association, in 1993, received an endowment fund from Singapore businessman Mr. Lee Seng Tee who donated about US $1.5 million.

Disappearance of Brandon Crisp

The Crisp family has created the Brandon Crisp Endowment Fund, working with Canadian Tire's JumpStart charity program for assisting families in financial need to participate in minor sports and recreational activities.

Hamilton Kerr Institute

The institute was founded in 1976 through grants from the Baring Foundation, the Esmée Fairbairn Trust, the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Isaac Wolfson Foundation, the Monument Trust, and the Pilgrim Trust, and continues to finance itself through income from its work and its endowment fund.

Marion duPont Scott

Scott donated her important collection of books and periodicals on the history and practice of equestrian and related sports to the University of Virginia's Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, together with an endowment fund to maintain and expand the collection.

Ngee Heng Kongsi of Johor

The remaining balance of $30,000 was donated to Foon Yew School to establish an endowment fund, a substantial sum in those days and a windfall for the struggling school.

University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine

The Research Center has been diligent in seeking funds to support research and has received an endowment fund of $ 15 million and has signed cooperation agreements with prestigious universities such as, for example, NYU, Columbia University, Seattle University, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and Indiana University.