World Learning Inc
Overview
Mission
Creating a more sustainable, peaceful, and just world through education, development, and exchange since 1932. As both an accredited academic institution and an international NGO, world learning, inc. Offers the best of theory and practice to individuals and institutions in 162 countries. We believe that our work, ground in our experiential approach to learning, helps people become the best version of themselves. By offering opportunites for people to learn about and experience the world, and develop their skills, confidence, and understanding, we create leaders who effect positive change in their communities and around the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sit graduate institute - the sit graduate institute is a global university, oferring graduate students and professionals internationally focused full-time and part-time hybrid accredited master's degrees, as well as certificate and professional development programs. Program options are provided in the u.s. And globally, including argentina, ecuador, iceland, india, jordan, kenya, malawi, morocco, serbia, south africa, spain, switzerland, tanzania, turkey, and vietnam. The sit graduate institute's mission is to prepare students to be inter-culturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens. In doing so, it fosters a worldwide network of individuals and organizations committed to responsible global citizenship. Programs include international education, sustainable development practice, tesol, climate change policy and advocacy, humanitarian assitance and crisis management, global health, and diplomacy and international relations. Sit graduate institute alumni and partners are engaged in creating, leading, and developming social justice, educational, and international development organizations around the world. Degree candidates include high-ranking government officials and leaders in civil society from the developing world. Sit graduate institue served as a training center for early peace corps volunteers and today attracts many returned volunteers as staff and students. Learn more at https://graduate.sit.edu/.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 90% of its reported program work directly.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030179592
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Brattleboro, VT, USA
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International, Foreign Affairs
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 98
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.81; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $79.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $428K · 34 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 41 of 43 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 137 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 127 filed related-organization links