Confero Spring 2015: Issue 10 | Page 25

Endowment and Foundation Spending Guidelines in current spending. This helps to preserve the endowment value and thereby sustain future spending. As a result, over the longer term, the percentage of portfolio with smoothing term policy provides the most consistent spending levels. Percentage of portfolio with ceiling and floor This policy is similar to the method described above, with one variation—rather than using a smoothing term, the amount of spending is held within a fixed range. For ex