There was the initial endowment, of course, the one that got us started.

Under the terms of the initial endowment, the Award is designed to recognise:

The B&O provided its initial endowment and assumed all administrative costs.

It received an initial endowment of $2.5 billion from the federal government to provide awards annually for ten years.

However, with the same size group and a 1.3 multiplication factor the average level of initial endowment contributed to the pot is around 50%.

He donated further funds in 1932 after his initial endowment was diminished through inflation.

The institution was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 with an initial endowment of $10,000,000.

It had an initial endowment of €25 million.

The university needs to raise $100 million to cover start-up costs and the initial endowment, its organizers say.

Goods brought to the market (quantities in the order) are conveyed by initial endowments.