Are We Spending the Right Amount? December 2007 Rob Blackwell Director, Investment Strategies Most nonprofit organizations typically seek to meet their spending and perpetuity goals through spending and asset allocation policies. Yet, there's still the question of "How do we know that we are spending the right amount?" Rob Blackwell discusses how to use measurements like long-term spending rates and asset growth rates net of spending as the basis of a new type of report: the Russell Spending Report Card. Request this Research A note about our research Our proprietary research is made available to our institutional clients, and many of these published papers are available to other institutional investors as well. If you are not a Russell client, but are an institutional investor, we welcome you to request this research piece. We only require your contact information on a short request form. For more information about our research, please contact Bill or Gerry:   West Coast   East Coast Bill Borland Director 866-926-5934 Gerry Lillis Director 866-459-4128 Please remember that all investments carry some level of risk, including the potential loss of principal invested. They do not typically grow at an even rate of return and may experience negative growth. As with any type of portfolio structuring, attempting to reduce risk and increase return could, at certain times, unintentionally reduce returns. USIRC 4134			Related Information Request this Research Endowment and Foundations   Contact Details West Coast contact Bill Borland Director 866-926-5934 East Coast contact Gerry Lillis Director 866-459-4128 Printer friendly version of this page