LUSportsFan
02-27-2015, 12:28 PM
The most recent NACUBO Endowment study was released on January 29, 2015. Lamar's endowment market value increased from $90,966,000 to $101,049,000.
When reviewing the reports, remember that Lamar has two endowments; one titled "Lamar University" and the other titled "Lamar University Foundation, Inc.".
Below is the breakdown of the two endowments.
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Endowment
Report Line No.
2014 Reporting Year ($)
2013 Reporting Year ($)
Percentage Change
Lamar University
694
33,259,000
31,300,000
6.3
Lamar University Foundation, Inc.
555
67,790,000
59,666,000
13.6
Combined Total
101,049,000
90,966,000
11.08
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Link to NACUBO report: http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2014_Endowment_Market_Values_Revised.pdf
Link to main NACUBO endowment study site: http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO-Commonfund_Study_of_Endowments/Public_NCSE_Tables.html
As a side note, I don't know why the Lamar endowments are reported separately. Several university's endowments are reported as one number which is a lot less confusing to the casual viewer. While I like the granularity of reporting the two separately, I think it leads to unintentional errors in reporting by some of the services. For example, USNRW shows Lamar's endowment at $27,556,171 which is close to the Lamar University endowment but is not even close to the actual number.
Here are some universities with multiple endowment funds reported as a combined amount. (The granularity is found in another NACUBO report.)
Texas A&M University - (A&M used to report separately and USNWR missed the real number by many billions of $'s before A&M started combining.)
University of Minnesota
University of Illinois
Indiana University
Appalachian State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
When reviewing the reports, remember that Lamar has two endowments; one titled "Lamar University" and the other titled "Lamar University Foundation, Inc.".
Below is the breakdown of the two endowments.
<tbody>
Endowment
Report Line No.
2014 Reporting Year ($)
2013 Reporting Year ($)
Percentage Change
Lamar University
694
33,259,000
31,300,000
6.3
Lamar University Foundation, Inc.
555
67,790,000
59,666,000
13.6
Combined Total
101,049,000
90,966,000
11.08
</tbody>
Link to NACUBO report: http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2014_Endowment_Market_Values_Revised.pdf
Link to main NACUBO endowment study site: http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO-Commonfund_Study_of_Endowments/Public_NCSE_Tables.html
As a side note, I don't know why the Lamar endowments are reported separately. Several university's endowments are reported as one number which is a lot less confusing to the casual viewer. While I like the granularity of reporting the two separately, I think it leads to unintentional errors in reporting by some of the services. For example, USNRW shows Lamar's endowment at $27,556,171 which is close to the Lamar University endowment but is not even close to the actual number.
Here are some universities with multiple endowment funds reported as a combined amount. (The granularity is found in another NACUBO report.)
Texas A&M University - (A&M used to report separately and USNWR missed the real number by many billions of $'s before A&M started combining.)
University of Minnesota
University of Illinois
Indiana University
Appalachian State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania