美 [ɪnˈdaʊmənt fʌnd]
捐赠基金：一种由个人或组织捐赠的资金，用于支持慈善、教育、文化等公益事业。
the capital that provides income for an institution
同义词： endowment
留本基金
机构投资者如基金中基金或大学捐赠基金（Endowment Fund），很多时观察对冲基金经理3至5年以上的业绩才决定是否投放资金，以避免错误投进靠运气或利用高风险博取短线回报者。
较早前也有人批评创立信托基金所需的款项过高对一般无法负担的家庭没有多大帮助，因此建议改以 留本基金 （ endowment fund ）的方式照顾来自低收入家庭智障者的晚年生活。
... 等额捐款 Matching Fund 捐款表格 Donation Form 捐款基金 Endowment Fund ...
We donate to the school endowment fund every year.
我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。
The hospital was founded on an endowment fund.
这所医院是用捐赠基金创办的。
We donate to the school endowment fund every year .
我们每年向学校的捐赠基金捐款。
This was later changed and the sponsor was required to create an endowment fund, the interest from which would provide income for the academy.
He made the donation to establish the Dr Tom Parry Jones Endowment Fund 10 years ago with the aim of promoting science and engineering entrepreneurship in young people.
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As well as setting up a new investment office to oversee the management of its endowment fund, she shifted the asset mix from traditional to one modeled on an increasingly sophisticated and actively managed portfolio, similar to that employed by Harvard.