Financial Endowment - Types of Endowment Funds

Types of Endowment Funds

  • True endowment funds are received from external donors with restriction that the principal or gift amount is to be retained in perpetuity and cannot be spent.
  • Term endowment funds all or part of the principal may be expended only after the expiration of a stated period of time or occurrence of a specified event, depending on donor wishes.
  • Quasi endowment funds must retain the purpose and intent as specified by the donor or source of the original funds and earnings may be expended only for the specified purpose.

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