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Notre Dame, with $13B endowment, urged to forgo $6M stimulus check

By Paul Bedard

Published April 30, 2020 8:03pm ET

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Notre Dame, with $13B endowment, urged to forgo $6M stimulus check — This mural, often times referred to as "Touchdown Jesus," is on the front of the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. The university is being urged to forgo taking some $6 million in stimulus money because it has a $13 billion endowment.

The University of Notre Dame is the latest blue chip school set to receive federal stimulus money despite sitting on a whopping $13.3 billion endowment.

The South Bend, Indiana, Catholic school is set to receive $5.7 million and said it plans to spend it on financial aid for students in families financially hit by the coronavirus crisis.

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