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A Closer Look at Health Conversion Foundations: 2025 CCSF Results
Commonfund, in partnership with the Council on Foundations, recently released the 2025 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations (CCSF,...
Your Crisis Playbook Needs Guardrails, Too
Why your governance needs stress-testing before the market does it for you Learn More
Fundraising and Gifts: A Growing Area of Concern
Gifts are a critical component of the independent school business model: adequate gifts, endowment returns, tuition and student enrollment enable schools to serve students year after year. This...
A Closer Look at Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Endowments
Earlier this year, Commonfund, in partnership with the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), released the 2025 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments (NCSE). The...
Around the Horn: Risks and Opportunities in Global Capital Markets
Commonfund recently hosted its 28th annual Commonfund Forum, February 25th-28th, in Hollywood, Florida. In this Forum Spotlight, Commonfund asset class leaders will discuss their approach to...
Study of Independent Schools - Key Highlights [Infographic] 2025
For fiscal year 2025, independent schools reported an average return (net of fees) on their endowment assets of 11.5 percent. In this infographic, we report the key highlights from the 2025...
Private Credit’s Next Chapter: Diversification, Value & Alpha
Private credit’s evolution from a niche allocation to a $2 trillion global market has brought both opportunities and challenges. Investors and allocators are asking where alpha still exists, how...
Independent School Endowment Insights
Join hosts George Suttles, Executive Director, and Amanda Novello, Sr. Policy and Research Analyst, in this episode of "Espresso Chats," a series by the Commonfund Institute serving up strong, short...
Forum 2026 Key Statistics [Infographic]
Commonfund recently hosted its 28th annual Commonfund Forum, February 25th-28th, in Hollywood, Florida. The event brought together institutional investors to engage in a three-day conference to...
The Iran War and the Gulf Energy Crisis
The Iran War and the gulf energy crisis are an (un)friendly reminder that diversification still matters. Early returns on the U.S. and Israel-led war with Iran in the Middle East offer an important...
Institutional Investors Lower 2026 Return Expectations Amid Geopolitical Risk
Nearly half of institutional investors surveyed expect the S&P 500 Index to have lower returns in 2026, compared to the 10-year average annualized return. Private equity and public equities cited as...
Will Oil Supply Shocks Impact Costs to Institutions?
The recent attacks in the Middle East have already triggered one of the most severe oil market disruptions in decades, sending shockwaves through global energy supply chains. Joint U.S. and Israeli...
Navigate Now: Takeaways from Commonfund Forum 2026
Commonfund Forum 2026, held in Hollywood, FL, brought together registrants from some 263 institutions with more than $238 billion in assets representing 38 states, 2 territories, and 3 foreign...
The End of Asset-Light: How AI Is Accelerating Technology Spending