Key facts

Reported value

USD 66.3 million

As of

FY2025 survey reporting period

Portfolio

Survey respondent endowment

Location

Saint Louis, MO

Data through FY2025

Balance reference

Endowment size and reporting scope

For Webster University, the FY2025 survey records assets of USD 66.305 million. This is a closing asset balance. New gifts, investment results and distributions can all change it during the year. The respondent may hold endowed funds directly or through an affiliated organization. Restrictions attached to those funds continue to govern their use after they are invested together. Total institutional assets can also include buildings and operating resources. Survey scope and definitions

Source: NACUBO · Data through FY2025

The FY2025 survey value for Webster University is USD 66.305 million, compared with USD 66.676 million for FY2024. The reported balance fell by USD 0.371 million, or 0.56%, from FY2024. It includes changes in investments as well as additions and distributions. NACUBO explicitly distinguishes this change in market value from an investment rate of return. FY2025 respondent values and definitions

The available history begins in FY2016 at USD 120.330 million and ends in FY2025 at USD 66.305 million. The change across those observations is USD -54.025 million. The smallest reported balance in the displayed series is USD 66.305 million in FY2025; the largest is USD 157.526 million in FY2021. The displayed observations are year-end asset balances. NACUBO historical workbook

Spending policy and payout

The FY2025 NCSE $50M to $100M group reports an average effective spending rate of 5.5%. That is a survey-group statistic and is not assigned as Webster University's policy. An institution's own spending rule can use several prior valuation dates, a prior-year dollar draw or additional adjustments. Its approved appropriation and the cash ultimately spent by a department can differ in timing. NCSE spending-rate table

A distribution from an endowed account remains subject to that account's purpose. For Webster University, the FY2025 asset figure alone cannot establish either the next approved draw or the part available for unrestricted operations. A policy based on several earlier valuations can produce a different dollar appropriation from a percentage of today's closing balance. The survey group's effective rate has its own measurement basis. Spending measures

Governance and investment office

NACUBO's FY2025 table lists Webster University in Saint Louis, MO, with respondent type Private college/university endowment or Other non-profit institution. The table identifies the participating organization and its asset balance. Investment governance

Federal excise tax on investment income

Public Law 119-21 changed Section 4968 for tax years beginning after December 31, 2025. Applicable private institutions must have at least 3,000 tuition-paying students in the preceding tax year, with more than half located in the United States, and student-adjusted endowment of at least $500,000. The rates are 1.4% from $500,000 through $750,000 per student, 4% above $750,000 through $2 million, and 8% above $2 million. Enacted law, Section 70415

An institution's tax tier requires its statutory asset base, eligible student count and related-organization treatment. The survey's closing market value does not supply that calculation. No institution-specific rate is assigned without an institutional disclosure. A campus's enrollment in a public fact sheet can differ from the daily-average, full-time-equivalent count required by the law.

An approved endowment draw does not establish taxable net investment income under Section 4968.

FY2025 size-band comparison

The FY2025 survey value of USD 66.305 million places this respondent in the $50M to $100M band. The published band contains 96 respondents and USD 7.2 billion of aggregate assets. Its average five-year annualized net return is 10.1%, and its ten-year average is 7.5%. NCSE size groups NCSE average net returns

Source: NACUBO · Data through FY2025

The peer mix describes average reported exposures within one size band. It does not reveal individual securities or the availability of cash at a particular institution. Respondents can also use different policy benchmarks. NCSE returns are net of external management fees and expenses for periods ending June 30, 2025; those periods and fee labels govern any numerical return comparison on this page. NCSE allocation definitions

Public records and reporting dates

The ProPublica nonprofit API identifies the legal filer as Webster University, EIN 430662529. Its available filing for the year ended May 31, 2023 reports total filer assets of USD 335.062 million, revenue of USD 126.934 million, expenses of USD 166.250 million. These are filer-wide amounts, which can include buildings, operating resources and other assets outside the endowment. The filing period is retained separately from the current investment disclosures. ProPublica structured filing data

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