Stanford University posts 14.3% return for year ended June 30, above P&I median

Stanford University's endowment returned 14.3% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, outperforming the median return of the university endowment peer group tracked by Pensions & Investments, according to the publication's headline and summary of the story.

The primary source available for this item is limited to the headline and publisher summary. It does not provide detail on the endowment's asset allocation, total market value, or the drivers of the return, and those figures should be verified against Stanford's annual endowment report before being relied upon.

Separately, the publication's related coverage of alternative asset managers notes that Ares, Blackstone, Blue Owl and others reported record or near-record fundraising in the third quarter. That coverage also describes divergent approaches to investing in AI infrastructure and a continued push into the wealth channel by these managers. The teaser does not connect those developments to the Stanford endowment result.

For institutional allocators, the Stanford result adds a data point to peer benchmarking for large university endowments over the fiscal year, while the manager fundraising trends describe conditions in private markets capital formation.