Endowment Growth Calculator

Project your endowment's long-term growth. See how initial capital, annual contributions, investment returns, and distribution rates compound over decades.

Initial Endowment ($)

Annual Contribution ($)

Investment Return: 7%

Distribution Rate: 5%

Time Horizon: 20 years

Total Contributed

$300,000

Total Distributed

$228,921

Final Corpus

$391,568

Year 20 Distribution

$18,704/yr

Corpus Growth Over Time

Year 1Year 20

The power of endowments: When investment returns (7%) exceed the distribution rate (5%), your endowment grows while still giving. Over 20 years, your $100,000 initial endowment distributes $228,921 to causes while the corpus grows to $391,568. This is the power of perpetual philanthropy.

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