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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Med. 2017 Feb;92(2):167–174. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001423

Table 1.

Description of Endowed Chairs in Women’s Health Provided by Incumbents (N=15)

Descriptor Number (%)
Formal letter of appointment 14 (93)
Requires reappointment 5 (33)
Incumbent developed the chair 5 (33)
Provides salary 6 (40)
Provides discretionary or research funds 9 (60)
Does not require fulfillment of institutional duties 8 (53)
Development office with expertise or interest in raising funds for women’s health 6 (40)
Descriptor (number of respondents) Responses
Current dollar amount of endowment (9)

  • Mean = $2.1 million (range = $1.2–3.0 million)
Amount Chair can spend (15)

  • 5% of annual interest

  • 50% of the proceeds

  • 4–4.5% rolling interest rate

  • Full amount

  • Guaranteed a certain amount each year

  • Discretionary

  • ~$50,000 annually (N=3)

  • ~$12,000 annually

  • $75,000 annually

  • Endowment supports salary only (N=4)
Funding source for endowment (13)

  • Donor (N=8)

  • Donor and institutional match (N=2)

  • Industry (N=1)

  • Industry and institutional match (N=1)

  • Do not know (N=1)