Harvard University's endowment is currently valued at $53.2 billion. This makes it the largest university endowment in the world. The endowment experienced a significant jump in value, increasing by 9.6% in the most recent fiscal year. This increase followed two consecutive years of endowment drops. ****** A college endowment is a collection of financial assets, including money and investments, donated to a university or college with the intention of supporting its mission and operations in perpetuity. These assets are invested, and the earnings are used to fund various aspects of the institution, such as student aid, faculty salaries, research, and capital projects