Endowment

Endowment (. English for Foundation ) stands for:

• Endowment (financing) , in the Anglo-Saxon legal system a legal form of financing non-profit institutions
• Endowment effect , the perceived value of a good is higher as soon as you own it
• initial endowment , for the initial endowment
• Endowment (Mormonism) is a ritual act of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Endowment stands for various foundations:

• National Endowment for the Arts , a state foundation in the United States for the advancement of the arts and culture
• National Endowment for the Humanities , a government foundation in the United States for the advancement of the humanities

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.