Hampshire College Trustees
Overview
Mission
The mission of hampshire college is to foster a lifelong passion for learning, inquiry, and ethical citizenship that inspires students to contribute to knowledge, justice, and positive change in the world and, by doing so, to transform higher education.
What it reported doing in 2024
Includes the cost of health services, recreational athletics, dean of student's office expenses and other support services for students. Hampshire is one of 44 colleges profiled in colleges that change lives (ctcl) for "developing potential, values, initiative, and risk-taking" in students. Ctcl says of hampshire, "no college has students whose intellectual thyroids are more active or whose minds are more compassionately engaged." being part of hampshire is a whole new way of life, centered on community. Students are integral to every part of the college, serving on the board of trustees, hiring committees, budget committees), and more. 85% of students live on campus. Over 100 clubs, sports, and organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 046130872
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Amherst, MA, USA
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Universities
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 82.6%; rating input score 83; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.92; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $66.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $449K · 35 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
- Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
- Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.