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Educational Endowments Grew 19.2 Percent in 2011, Study Finds 
Data gathered from more than eight hundred American colleges and universities show that their endowments returned an average of 19.2 percent during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, a marked improvement over the average 11.9 percent return reported for fiscal year 2010 and a continuation of the recovery from the -18.7 percent return reported for 2009, a new report from the Commonfund Institute finds. Conducted in partnership with the National Association of College and University Business Officers, the annual NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE) found that returns were positive in all asset classes in fiscal year 2011, including private equity real estate (non-campus), which was the only asset class with a negative return in 2010.
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Recent Education News from Philanthropy News Digest
Wallace Foundation Awards $7.8 Million to Bolster Afterschool Programs in Nine Cities
GE Foundation Awards $18 Million to Student Achievement Partners
Columbia, Stanford to Partner on Institute for Media Innovation
Alfond Foundation Awards $10.6 Million to Maine Community College System, Good Will-Hinckley
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Awards $5 Million for Early Education in Grand Rapids
Emory University Receives $15 Million From Rollins Foundation
Bechtel Foundation Pledges $25 Million to Caltech
Funding Opportunities
Ashoka Changemakers Invites Global Entries for Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools to Teach What Matters
Michigan Elementary Schools Invited to Apply for Building Healthy Communities Grant Program to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Announces 2012-13 Academic Year Grants and Scholarships
Monsanto Fund Invites Farmers to Nominate School Districts for America's Farmers Grow Rural Education Grant Program
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Youth Literacy Grants
The
Dollar General Literacy Foundation's Youth Literacy Grants program provides funding of up to $4,000 to schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations working to help students who are below grade level or experiencing difficulty reading. Applicants must be nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations and/or educational institutions; provide literacy programs for new readers, below-grade-level readers, or readers with learning disabilities; and be located within twenty miles of a Dollar General store. For complete program guidelines, store locator page, eligibility quiz, and the application form,
click here.
NewSchools Launches EdTech Seed Fund
The
NewSchools Venture Fund
has announced the launch of a fund that will provide support to entrepreneurs working to develop technology tools, applications, content, and services designed to improve educational opportunities for children from low-income communities. Unlike NewSchools's
Innovation Fund, which invests in organizations based on their potential to influence broader systems, the Education Technology Seed Fund will provide money, guidance, and advice to early stage companies in the educational tools marketplace.
Learn more.
Job OpportunitiesDirector, College Alumni RelationsColumbia University, Columbia College New York, New York Posted: 2/06/12 Executive Director New York City Charter School New York, New York Posted: 2/05/12 Program Director Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship San Francisco, California Posted: 2/05/12 Executive Assistant to the President Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Stanford, California Posted: 2/02/12 Communications Director Institute for College Access and Success Oakland, California Posted: 2/02/12 Prospect Researcher University System of Maryland Adelphi, Maryland Posted: 2/02/12 More job opportunities... Announcement
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