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By the Numbers

Finance at MIT is about ensuring the Institute has the resources to succeed in pursuing its mission, now and into the future. Below are some noteworthy facts and figures relating to MIT's finances.

$27.4 billion Value of MIT's endowment in fiscal year 2025

A permanent resource built by MIT’s donors, the endowment provides vital and sustained support for MIT by generating an annual income stream for today while sustaining the Institute for the long term. MIT depends on annual income from endowment investments to fund almost every aspect of its operations, from scholarships, fellowships, professorships, and student life to the activities of its schools, departments, labs, centers, and institutes.

~80% of MIT's endowment is restricted.

Endowment returns for an endowed fund must be used for the purposes for which the fund was established, and donors typically restrict their use to specific purposes, such as professorships, scholarships, fellowships, and research.

In 100 years the MIT mission will be as important as it is today.

MIT applies the concept of “intergenerational neutrality” when determining the endowment distribution to help fund our operations during the next fiscal year. The Institute seeks a spending policy that will provide the same support to future generations of MIT scholars as it does to those of today. We conserve some, knowing we need larger dollar returns in the future to maintain the endowment’s purchasing power.

$3.8 billion Total spending on completed 2030 plan projects

This includes projects like the Graduate Junction student residence, the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building, the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, the Lisa T. Su Building (MIT.nano), and the East Campus “parallel” undergraduate residences.

52% of MIT campus operating revenues are from current use philanthropy, the endowment, and other investments

To provide a historical perspective on the composition of campus operating revenues, in 1981 support from these sources accounted for only 18% of our campus revenues, and 35% in Fiscal 2011. We sometimes refer to these categories as “intergenerational support,” given the role of our alumni’s generosity in providing this funding.