endowment

Examples of endowment in the following topics:

• Symmetry and Centricity

  • Tonality is highly charged system where scale degrees are endowed with a magnetic or gravitational pull towards other tones.

• Reasons for Trade

  • Differences in factor endowments: Countries have different amounts of land, labor, and capital.

• Unique Issues in Nonprofit Marketing Strategies

  • In the United States, two of the wealthiest nonprofit organizations are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of $38 billion, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), which has an endowment of approximately $14.8 billion.

• Higher Education

  • The 1862 Morrill Act allocated 17.4 million acres (70,000 km2) of land, which, when sold, yielded a collective endowment of $7.55 million.
  • Philanthropists endowed many of these institutions.

• The Public-Education Function of Congress

  • In 1965, Congress passed an act allowing the Library of Congress to establish a trust fund board to accept donations and endowments, giving the Library a role as a patron of the arts.
  • The Library received the donations and endowments of prominent individuals such as John D.

• Early Farm Policy

  • The endowment of public colleges and universities through the Morrill Act led to new opportunities for education and training in the so-called practical arts, including farming.

• Agents

  • Both the ends and means may be influenced or constrained by resource endowment, technology, or social institutions (such as customs, traditions, markets and law).

• Objectives

  • Geographic differences and resource endowment may alter what people choose to eat.

• Pitch (Class)

  • Tonality is highly charged system where scale degrees are endowed with a magnetic or gravitational pull towards other tones.

• Working Capital Management Analysis

  • A company can be endowed with assets and profitability but short on liquidity if its assets cannot be converted into cash .