Burton Sonenstein, the recently retired CIO of the Baltimore, Md.-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, has worn many hats throughout his 30-year career. He’s been a consultant, university administrator and entrepreneur. Sonenstein brought all of his experience and more to bear in shepherding the $6 billion Annie E. Casey Foundation’s investment...   Read More

The F&E Leader of the Year award recognizes outstanding members of the community who during the past year have expanded their roles beyond more traditional boundaries to become educators, mentors and influencers in the industry. This year’s leaders have questioned and shaken up the traditional business of endowment and foundation...   Read More

Nominees for the Foundation & Endowment categories are exemplars of the best-run foundations and endowments. They have been innovative and successful in meeting their performance, fund raising and management goals, in their risk management strategies, and in their use of managers/consultants. Small F&E candidates have less than $500 million under...   Read More

Nominees for the Foundation & Endowment categories are exemplars of the best-run foundations and endowments. They have been innovative and successful in meeting their performance, fund raising and management goals, in their risk management strategies, and in their use of managers/consultants. Small F&E candidates have less than $500 million under...   Read More

Nominees for the Foundation & Endowment categories are exemplars of the best-run foundations and endowments. They have been innovative and successful in meeting their performance, fund raising and management goals, in their risk management strategies, and in their use of managers/consultants. Small F&E candidates have less than $500 million under...   Read More

Consultant of the Year nominees have a substantial base of foundation and endowment clients and a thorough understanding of the industry and their clients’ needs. They are open-minded and innovative thought-leaders, with track records of providing astute manager selection advice and helping their clients achieve strong returns.   Read More

Nominees for this award are firms that serve as an outsourced-CIO to foundations and endowments. Nominees have implemented innovative investment strategies and have delivered impressive overall performance and client service while effectively managing risk.   Read More

Nominated Marketers have won a substantial amount of new business from foundation and endowment clients over the past year, are known for attentive client service, strong knowledge of their firm’s investment strategies and their clients’ needs, and have a good reputation among foundations and endowments.   Read More

Nominees for the Manager categories have delivered innovative investment strategies to foundations and endowments, achieved impressive overall performance on their returns or payout or clients and have increased their assets under management from E&F clients over the past year. Private Equity and Real Asset nominees can be single or multi-funds....   Read More

Nominees for the Manager categories have delivered innovative investment strategies to foundations and endowments, achieved impressive overall performance on their returns or payout or clients and have increased their assets under management from E&F clients over the past year. Private Equity and Real Asset nominees can be single or multi-funds....   Read More

Nominees for the Manager categories have delivered innovative investment strategies to foundations and endowments, achieved impressive overall performance on their returns or payout or clients and have increased their assets under management from E&F clients over the past year. Private Equity and Real Asset nominees can be single or multi-funds....   Read More

Nominees for the Manager categories have delivered innovative investment strategies to foundations and endowments, achieved impressive overall performance on their returns or payout or clients and have increased their assets under management from E&F clients over the past year. Private Equity and Real Asset nominees can be single or multi-funds....   Read More

Nominees for the Manager categories have delivered innovative investment strategies to foundations and endowments, achieved impressive overall performance on their returns or payout or clients and have increased their assets under management from E&F clients over the past year. Private Equity and Real Asset nominees can be single or multi-funds....   Read More

Laurance Hoagland has had a major role in guiding the investments of two of the largest nonprofits on the West Coast for the past 20 years as the captain of Stanford Management Company and The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.   Read More

The University of Texas Investment Management Company and Virginia Tech Foundation won accolades at FEI’s annual awards ceremony on Sept. 18 when they were named Large Nonprofit and Midsize Nonprofit of the year, respectively.   Read More

Prosperity Capital Management has attracted endowments and foundations to its Russian strategies with solid performance.   Read More

EnCap Investments, a major player in the private equity energy sector, has proven popular with nonprofits.   Read More

Jeffrey Gundlach’s new firm, DoubleLine Capital, takes this year’s honors by outshining two of the best bond managers in the business.   Read More

The $600 million Virginia Tech Foundation, led by Investment Manager Daniel Ward, has made a series of tactical plays over the past year far more progressive than many of its larger peers.   Read More

The University of Texas Investment Management Company gets this year’s gold star for its audacious investment in the precious yellow metal.   Read More

Elizabethtown College doesn’t act like a stereotypical small nonprofit, outshining small and large peers alike in its skill and bravado   Read More

Third Point, the hedge fund firm run by Daniel Loeb, stood out from the pack by charting a new course that garnered solid returns. Once known for Loeb’s acerbic activist letters, the firm has morphed into an event-driven shop with solid returns and $7.9 billion in assets as of July...   Read More

Since 2010, Fund Evaluation Group’s Nolan Bean has helped the firm move to a risk-based investment model, landing an appointment to FEG’s investment policy committee and several nonprofits as clients.   Read More

Morgan Creek Capital Management has been on a tear this past year, picking up new accounts for its outsourced cio stable.   Read More

Jeff Muehlethaler, the sole executive tasked with raising assets from nonprofits at PIMCO, hauled in $2.5 billion from endowments and foundations in 2010, and thus far has raised roughly $2 billion in 2011.   Read More

Cerberus Capital Management has pared back its fund sizes and shifted its management style to earn solid returns over the past year.   Read More