What is our new total endowment after The Tuf fund kicks in?

NRGcoog · September 24, 2026, 9:02pm

Last time I exchanged email with UH finance, they were not planning to officially count TUF. Complete email posted in the academic thread if interested.

University of Houston Endowment

Your message to the President’s office was shared with me yesterday and I was able to follow up with my colleagues in Administration and Finance who manage the endowment reporting for external audiences. The university has discussed the inclusion of Texas University Fund (TUF) in a variety of different reports and surveys, as it is a unique situation given that the UH System (UHS) does not control the funds or have possession of them and that the recipients can change. Our real focus was on our annual financial reporting where we include it, and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) survey that is a primary source for the U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) rankings.

Our financial reporting team reached out to the other “TUF” universities in Texas to find out what they were planning to do. We learned that for IPEDS, Texas Tech was going to include TUF, but North Texas (UNT) and Texas State were not. However, Texas Tech and UNT both reported that they were going to include TUF in the NACUBO common fund survey. Unfortunately, that survey had already closed for 2025 when it was identified as an option.

TUF was included in the Progress Card prepared by Institutional Research and will be included in the IPEDS reported values for 2025. In addition, the university plans to apply to participate in the NACUBO survey for FY2026 in which you have to formally request participation.

I hope this provides some clarity on the focus areas for endowment reporting for UH. We appreciate your feedback and thank you for your continued support of the University of Houston.