thanks for the input coughdrop, but it turns out you are bit misinformed
1. everyone who knows what endowment actually is realizes it is only one source of income--only 5% gets drawn every year towards the annual budget. compared to dartmouth, brown has a larger revenue stream from research grants, unrestricted gifts, and other sources. as a result, brown actually has a larger overall annual budget than dartmouth
Dartmouth - About Dartmouth - Facts 05-083 (Budget and Tuition)
2. as a result, brown actually spends more on research, capital projects, etc.
3. as it turns out, both spend the same amount per capita on financial aid. the disparities between financial aid offers isn't a difference in how much the two schools spend, but how they distribute their spending along the family income spectrum
4. while dartmouth concentrates resources on families earning less than $75,000, brown actually has a more generous cap for eliminating tuition requirements ($100,000)--a fact that is largely attributable to the $100 million gift brown received for financial aid a few years ago