Some Thoughts on College Fundraising November 10th, 2014 For several years, the media has highlighted the importance of capital campaigns to relieve the financial burden at many colleges and universities. In doing so, they focus on the scale at the largest research universities where these campaigns now approach $5 billion in announced campaign goals. In doing so, they also typically set the campaign in some ratio that includes the size of the university’s endowment. Why does Harvard with a $36.4 billion endowment as reported in June 2014 need more money?
