endowment management: distribution basics
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You spend time and energy monitoring your investment and maximizing your returns. You’re probably even working with a number of investment managers and brokerage firms. And if you’re like most university foundations, you likely have an enormous Excel spreadsheet to track your endowed funds. How can you be sure you’re properly distributing earned income to the right funds? And how can you spend less time throughout the entire process? This presentation was delivered as a live webinar on February 25, 2014. If you'd like me to deliver this presentation, or any of my other presentations, to your group, contact me by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jeffsobers.TRANSCRIPT
Endowment Management Distribution Basics Jeff Sobers Senior Product Marketing Manager
Introduction to Endowments
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Pop Quiz, Hot Shot Please Answer True or False • A university or other charity cannot spend from an endowment fund that is “underwater” (i.e. with a value below the value of the original gift(s))
• UMIFA was created to protect money in endowment funds; UPMIFA allows charities to spend whatever they want
• UPMIFA changes donor intent • These statutes apply only when a university and donor have not reached some other agreement about the “rules” that will govern endowment spending
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Common Endowment Myths • The university can only spend interest and dividends
• Any capital gains (net of losses) must be maintained so that the endowment keeps pace with inflation
• The money the donor gave, plus the capital gains, is restricted in perpetuity – the university can never spend it
• The interest and dividends that the university can spend may be spent for any purpose within the tax-exempt mission of the university
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Goals of the Endowment •Create an ongoing source of income •Enhance stability and prestige •Relieve pressure on the annual fund •Allow for program expansion •Provide independence •Offer flexibility for management •Build pipeline of future gifts •Encourage outright gifts Blackbaud Confidential 6
Benefits to the Donor •Perpetuate the donor’s values and priorities •Create a sense of immortality •Make significant investment in the future •Endow annual gifts •Provide incremental funding •Provide lifetime income •Alleviate management burden •Add-as-you-go Blackbaud Confidential 7
The Endowment Process
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The Endowment Process
Endowed Fund
Create
Fund
Invest
Earn
Distribute
Spend
Asset Allocation of Endowments Level One • Stocks • Bonds • Mutual Funds • Interest-bearing Accounts
Level Two • Commodities Level Three • Private equity • Venture capital • Limited partnerships • Hedge funds
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Revenue Generated •Interest •Dividends •Royalties •Realized Gains •Unrealized Gains
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Income Distribution Methods
•Proportional •Unitized
Proportional Distribution Example $5,000 investment earnings
A; 22,500; 23%
B; 29,250; 29%
C; 38,250; 38%
D; 10,000;
10%
Endowment Balance
A; $1,125.00;
23%
B; $1,475.00;
29%
C; $1,912.50;
38%
D $500.00
10%
Earnings
Using Excel?
Other Considerations?
•Investment Fees •Where is the Income Going?
Scenario
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Balances
9300: $11,104,879.22 9301: $1,609,466.86 9302: $2,629,287.44
Balance held in short-term and long-term investment accounts
Income
Interest: Dividends: Realized Gains: Unrealized Gains TOTAL INCOME
$10,000 $20,000 $50,000
$150,000
$230,000
Fees
Investment Manager • Fee varies based on ending balance
of assets invested • At the current endowment balance,
0.027% of invested amount is charged as the investment fee
Donor Intent
9300 Earnings are unrestricted 9301 Earnings are used to provide scholarship for gifted students 9302 Earnings are used to fund overseas scholars program
Demonstration
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Speaker Follow-up Slide
Jeffrey.Sobers@Blackbaud 843.654.3088 (optional) @jeffsobers For more information, resources, and conversations, visit: blackbaud.com/research npEngage.com
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