Lo, Andrew W.; Matveyev, Egor V.; Zeume, Stefan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025
Using tax filings from 374,351 U.S. nonprofit organizations from 2008 to 2020, we provide the first large-scale analysis of endowment prevalence, function, asset allocation, and returns. Endowment use varies systematically across sectors and revenue models. Organizations with endowments scale...