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Supplemental Program Material

Commonfund and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

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The 5% (Non) Solution | Verne O. Sedlacek | AGB Trusteeship (January/February 2008)

AGB Board Responsibility for Institutional Governance (January 2010)

AGB Underwater Endowment Survey (December 2008)

A Bottom-Line Approach That Looks Beyond the Bottom Line | Goldie Blumenstyk | The Chronicle of Higher Education (April 4, 2010)

Building a Board that Sticks Together | E.B. Wilson| AGB Trusteeship (July/August 2006)

Coming Soon: Lots More Federal Regulations | Terry W. Hartle | AGB Trusteeship (November/December 2008)

Endowment Returns Fiscal Year 2009 - 6 Month Report Card | Commonfund Institute | April 2008

Endowment Roundtable Addresses Impact of Mandatory Payouts | NACUBO | (September 24, 2008)

Ethics and the Nonprofit | Toni Boucher, Director, Commonfund & Stephen Hudspeth, Lecturer in Law & Becton Fellow, Graduate School of Management, Yale University | Commonfund Whitepaper (December 2008)

FASB Guidance on New Endowment Fund Disclosure | Grant Thornton (August 2008)

Form 990 Redesign Related Material

Get Ready for Greater Disclosure Requirements from the Taxman | AGB Trusteeship (November/December 2007)

Getting Back on Course | John S. Griswold | AGB Trusteeship (May/June 2009)

Good Governance Practices for 501 ( c)(3) Organizations

Grassley Letter to 136 Colleges, seek details of endowment pay-outs (January 24, 2008)

Grassley Letter – Yale announcement on endowment pay-out (January 2008)

Grassley Letter to American University (October 27, 2005)

How Efficient is Your Frontier? | Sarah E. Clark, Managing Director, and Timothy T. Yates, Jr., Associate Director, Commonfund | Commonfund Whitepaper (November 2003))

IRS Sets Priorities for Nonprofit Review 08 |The Chronicle Philanthropy| (December 2007)

Managed Beta, Unconstrained Alpha: Better Controls for your Portfolio | Missions Matters (Fall 2006/Winter 2007)

New Form 990 Will follow your Functions | Thomas K. Hyatt | AGB Trusteeship (January/February 2008)

Nonprofit Oversight | United States Senator Chuck Grassley | Ranking Member, United States Committee on Finance (November 20, 2007)

Remarks of Steven T. Miller, Commissioner, Tax Exempt & Government Entities, Internal Revenue Service (April 23, 2007)

Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (October 10, 2006)

UPMIFA Update | Uniform Law Commission (January 2008)

Watching Endowments, Not Legislating Over Them | Inside Higher Ed | (September 9, 2008)

Welcome to the Investment Committee | John S. Griswold | AGB Trusteeship (January/February 2003)

What’s the Best Yardstick to Measure Inflation? | John S. Griswold| AGB Trusteeship (July/August 2006)

Why do We Feel So Poor? | Verne O. Sedlacek, President & Chief Executive Officer and Sarah E. Clark, Managing Director, Commonfund | Commonfund Whitepaper (December 2003)

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