University Finances

Reporting on Harvard’s budget, endowment, and financial strategy.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Appoints a New Finance Dean

Warren Petrofsky joins at a crucial moment when the FAS is dealing with a $350 million deficit.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Yale, MIT, Duke, Cornell report strong 2011 investment returns, endowment growth

Endowments at Yale, MIT, Duke, and Cornell rebound in the latest fiscal year.

Stanford endowment growth beats Harvard's

Endowment, growing faster than Harvard's, rises 19.5 percent to $16.5 billion.

2011 Harvard endowment results: value rises $4.4 billion to $32 billion

A "strong" investment performance in a year of robust markets—but with warnings about current conditions

Harvard endowment managers’ pay reported

The annual disclosure of compensation at Harvard Management Company

Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean reports a smaller deficit

Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Michael D. Smith reports a smaller deficit—and restores cookies to faculty meetings.

Harvard's 2010 fiscal year financial report

The University's annual financial report portrays an institution adapting to an era of reduced revenues and expenses.

Faculty retirement incentive: one-quarter of eligible professors accept offer

Annual report on faculty diversity reveals results

Harvard issues bonds to refinance debt and pay for capital projects

...and other University financial updates

Harvard arts and sciences looks ahead

Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Michael D. Smith looks beyond financial constraints to academic priorities, from better teaching to renovated undergraduate Houses.

Harvard endowment investments up 11 percent

A year after declining $11 billion, investment returns on Harvard’s endowment turn positive.