UW,  USC and Stanford have annual gifting to them of only a little bit less than the total endowment of UO.  And those three schools are in the top ten for endowments for the country.  Harvard laid off over 300 people who ran their endowment of more than $36 Billion, in favor of private investment strategies. Those 3 PAC12 schools above got over $550 million each in gifting last year.    When UO gets to having over a half billion dollars per year in gifts,  only then will it become a big time University.  That ain't gonna happen.  Those 3 PAC 12 schools listed above are top 10 nationally in annual gifts and academic standing in the world.   The PAC12 in a recent Nobel prize year had more Nobels than the Ivy League.  Just being in the PAC12 should be looked upon as a  privilege in terms of who you are in the company of as peers.  

The UO investors did a good job,  for such a little fund.