Vanderbilt University Endowment

Vanderbilt University manages an endowment fund and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. The endowment provides the university with financial stability and growth through investments. The fund invests significantly in alternative assets, such as private equity, real estate, hedge funds, and natural resources. The assets are managed by the executive management team. The endowment provides a permanent source of support to advance the university's mission of teaching, research, and service. It also supports Opportunity Vanderbilt, the university's need-based scholarship program, which allows the university to recruit increasingly talented students.