Ivy League university. Providence RI. School of Engineering, School of Public Health. Open Curriculum fosters entrepreneurship. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. Alumni Ventures fund: Nelson Street Ventures. President: Christina Paxson. CIO: Jane Dietze. Top 5% endowment returns over 5 and 10-year terms among peers.

Ivy League university. Hanover NH — geographically feeds Vermont/New England startup ecosystem alongside VCET. Tuck School of Business, Thayer School of Engineering. Investment Office: Hanover + Boston offices. Alumni Ventures fund: Green D Ventures. Notable tech transfer: Resonant Link (wireless charging, VCET connection). Jim MacIntyre BA from University of Vermont — Dartmouth neighbor.

Top US environmental-law school (Environmental Law Center est. 1978, long #1 in US News); renamed from Vermont Law School in 2022. Independent — not affiliated with UVM.

Manages Yale University endowment. CIO: Matthew Mendelsohn (since 2021, succeeded David Swensen). $44.1B AUM June 2025. FY2025 return 11.1%. Yale Model pioneer: 50%+ in illiquid alternatives. VC >25% of portfolio. Swensen's protégés run endowments at Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Penn.

New Haven CT. Newly elevated to full school status (2022). First professional school of global affairs created at Yale. Strong government/policy pipeline. Relevant for defense/intelligence policy ecosystem.

New Haven CT. 3rd in US for NIH funding FY2024. Tuition-free model being expanded ($250M endowment commitment). Yale New Haven Hospital — primary teaching hospital. West Campus biotech development zone. Wu Tsai Institute (cognition). Strong pharma/biotech commercialization pipeline.

New Haven CT. $41.4B endowment (Jun 2024). CIO: Matthew Mendelsohn. Pioneered the Yale Model (David Swensen 1985). 5.7% return FY2024. $900M federal research grants FY2024. Yale School of Medicine: 3rd in US for NIH funding FY2024. Wu Tsai Institute (human cognition). Jackson School of Global Affairs. Facing proposed 21% endowment excise tax.