ISU Top 10 Endowment Performance (2022)

[cyfanbr]

Just ran into this picture on Twitter and was really proud to see ISU in the top 10. Especially since that was a very tough stretch for investments. Note fiscal year 2022 was through 6/30/22, so a few months old.

Lastly, wish I had the source, but picture or post didn’t mention it.

 

[nfrine]

Thought this is something Surly should have posted....

 

[ClonerJams]

It appears we are well endowed

 

[Spam]

This is what happens when you make an accountant your athletic director.

 

[theshadow]

This is what happens when you make an accountant your athletic director.

Has zero to do with athletics.

 

[Spam]

Has zero to do with athletics.

LOL my bad. I was thinking ROA for the athletic dept

 

[isucy86]

surprised that Michigan endowment ($17.3B) is so much more than Ohio State ($2.6B). Both have huge enrollments and medical/law schools. Obviously Michigan is considered a much better educational institution, but that is some serious coin. Heck OSU is only 2x ISU.

 

[cdface]

It appears we are well endowed

as they say, when in Rome...

(mild risky click, not entirely related but still educational).

 

[Rabbuk]

Has zero to do with athletics.

I mean they come for the bridge they cut the fat check to the endowment. 4d chess.

 

[Cyclone06]

Ksu all in on weed stocks or what?

 

[NWICY]

Ksu all in on weed stocks or what?

That was a damn good yr for them your guess may be as good as any.

 

[canker2323]

That was a damn good yr for them your guess may be as good as any.

Did a good job allocating to asset managers or got lucky.

 

[Acylum]

Quite the racket some schools have going for them.

 

[LivntheCyLife]

Lots of ag schools on the list for this year. I wonder if farmland price increases are a factor.
Don't know whether University farms are included in endowment numbers or how many other real estate holdings there might be.

 

[legi]

surprised that Michigan endowment ($17.3B) is so much more than Ohio State ($2.6B). Both have huge enrollments and medical/law schools. Obviously Michigan is considered a much better educational institution, but that is some serious coin. Heck OSU is only 2x ISU.

Wiki shows OSU at $7B for endowment. Is the $2.6B chart number in OP something different?

 

[BCClone]

Ksu all in on weed stocks or what?

Oil I’m guessing. Decent amount in Wichita are.

 

[CycloneErik]

Wiki shows OSU at $7B for endowment. Is the $2.6B chart number in OP something different?

Has to be different. An elite monster-size schoool like OSU is going to have tons.

 

[Jayshellberg]

Ksu all in on weed stocks or what?

My guess is they had good exposure tomOil/Energy stocks. The state of Kansas has a good amount of drilling.

 

[Candide]

My guess is they had good exposure tomOil/Energy stocks. The state of Kansas has a good amount of drilling.

Not necessarily, they rank around 11th nationally for crude production and total barrels are way lower than big producers.

 

[OnlyCyclones]

Agree with everything the OP said. Good return for a tough year.

What’s more important is how well we’re doing in normal years, and just anecdotally from peeking at this over the years we’re getting lapped in many cases. It wasn’t long ago that Iowa’s endowment was very near ours.