University of Redlands

University of Redlands

The University of Redlands endowment was established alongside the university's founding in 1907 in Redlands, California. President Krista L. Newkirk and Board Chair Jamison J. Ashby steward an institution that spans a main campus, the San Francisco Theological Seminary in Marin, and the recently absorbed Woodbury University campus in Burbank. Its capital base is reinforced by major partnerships with the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation and geographic information systems company Esri, founded by alumni Jack and Laura Dangermond. The endowment allocates across buyout, distressed debt, early-stage venture, and mezzanine strategies. Direct real estate constitutes a material share of total assets, with holdings that include the main 1200 E. Colton Avenue campus, the Marin campus in San Anselmo, the Burbank campus on North Glenoaks Boulevard, and the Riverside Regional Campus on Central Avenue. Its alternatives portfolio complements these physical assets by targeting venture capital, special situations, and expansion-stage commitments, reflecting a dual posture of hard-asset anchoring and opportunistic fund investing across the United States. Adjacent assets extend the portfolio's footprint beyond the endowment pool. The Peppers Art Gallery Collection and the San Francisco Theological Seminary Archives represent collections with cultural and potential long-term value. The University of Redlands Village mixed-use development in Redlands adds a direct operating-business dimension. The institution is integrated into intercollegiate athletics through its membership in the NCAA Division III and as a founding member of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, while its professional network includes the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and the Council of Independent Colleges. The endowment's structural differentiator is its land-heavy foundation paired with a fund-style alternatives sleeve. While many small endowments outsource management almost entirely to an OCIO or limit their direct holdings to a campus footprint, Redlands maintains multiple regional campuses, a mixed-use village, and arts archives as live balance-sheet assets, using liquidity from distributions and partnerships to fund a private-markets program that reaches from seed-stage venture to special situations.