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  2. Art Fund - Wikipedia

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    Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.

  3. The Vanguard Group - Wikipedia

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    The Vanguard Group, Inc. The Vanguard Group, Inc. (commonly known as simply Vanguard ), is an American registered investment advisor based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with about $7.7 trillion in global assets under management, as of April 2023. [3] It is the largest provider of mutual funds and the second-largest provider of exchange-traded funds ...

  4. Renaissance Technologies - Wikipedia

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    Renaissance Technologies LLC, also known as RenTech [4] or RenTec, [5] is an American hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York, [6] on Long Island, which specializes in systematic trading using quantitative models derived from mathematical and statistical analysis. Their signature Medallion fund is famed for the best record in investing history.

  5. Nordart - Wikipedia

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    NordArt is an international contemporary art exhibition and a non-profit cultural initiative of the ACO Group and the cities of Büdelsdorf and Rendsburg. It has taken place annually in the summer since 1999 at Carlshütte, a former iron foundry. The site features 22,000 m² of interior space and 60,000 m² for outdoor installations.

  6. Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Civilization Fund Act of 1819 promoted this civilization policy by providing funding to societies (mostly religious) who worked towards what they defined as "Native American improvement". 19th century A map of Native American-controlled territories in the Western United States as of 1836

  7. Financial endowment - Wikipedia

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    Harvard University's endowment was valued at $53.2 billion as of 2021. [1] A financial endowment is a legal structure for managing, and in many cases indefinitely perpetuating, a pool of financial, real estate, or other investments for a specific purpose according to the will of its founders and donors. [2] Endowments are often structured so ...

  8. Alternative investment - Wikipedia

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    An alternative investment, also known as an alternative asset or alternative investment fund ( AIF ), [1] is an investment in any asset class excluding capital stocks, bonds, and cash. [2] The term is a relatively loose one and includes tangible assets such as precious metals, [3] collectibles ( art, [4] wine, antiques, vintage cars, coins ...

  9. BlackRock - Wikipedia

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    BlackRock. BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. It is the world's largest asset manager, with $10 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2023. [1] Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock has 78 offices in 38 countries, and clients in 100 countries.