United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia

What it reported doing in 2024

The united board also supports work with institutions in its network in asia through grant programs and directly administered faculty and leadership development initiatives. These initiatives provide structured training, institutional placements, and professional formation for participants across the region.these include: united board fellows program. The united board fellows program provides emerging leaders at institutions in its network with exposure to best practices in university administration and leadership. This is achieved through participation in an intensive, three-week summer institute on university leadership, a one- to four-month placement at a college or university in asia, and other activities throughout the program year. Fellows learn new approaches to teaching, learning, and management, which they can share with colleagues from their home institutions. They develop professional relationships and enduring networks and gain greater confidence, decision-making abilities, and a willingness to embrace new challenges. Since 2002, over 250 mid-level faculty and administrators from asian colleges and universities have completed the united board fellows program and returned to their home institutions. In the fiscal year 2025, the united board supported 25 fellows and presidents for $178,500.united board faculty scholarship program. The united board faculty scholarship program helps develop and retain outstanding educators at asian colleges and universities by offering young faculty members the opportunity to pursue advanced degrees. Host universities in australia, china, indonesia, japan, korea, hong kong, taiwan, the philippines, and thailand open their campuses to faculty scholars from less developed institutions, offering them coursework, research guidance, exposure to new styles of teaching and learning, and a network of their peers. The scholars return to their home institutions with phd or master's degrees as well as innovative ideas and an international network that enriches their classrooms for years to come. In the fiscal year 2025, 52 scholars benefited from this program, with total spending of $403,289. Conferences, workshops, program fees, and seminars. The united board organizes and sponsors numerous leadership and faculty development activities, usually collaborating with an asian college or university. These programs gather together selected leaders, faculty, and administrators from colleges and universities in the united board's network to explore pressing issues in asian higher education. In fiscal year 2025, the united board expended $226,831 on these initiatives

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Pass
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 64.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.22; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings