Consortium for Global Education Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 582379215
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Anderson, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8642364902
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Academic Exchange
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $353,566
- Expenses
- $351,093
- Assets
- $170,732
- Liabilities
- $14,522
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- DR CAROLYN BISHOP (EX-OFFICIO): $140,612 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of cge is to provide cooperative consortia opportunities for strategic global involvement in higher education internationally for member universities and colleges, and overseas partner universities, colleges, and other education entities in more than 80 countries.
What it reported doing in 2024
Educational programs: during fiscal year ended 2024, cge educational programs for study abroad included expenses for approximately 26 students that included academic study andservice projects in countries including: uk, south korea, tunisia, italy, and zambia. Cge continued new opportunities overseas study options and international recruiting programs, meetings and new programs in south korea, costa rica, and india. Throughout the year, faculty and cge site visits occurred to give support for overseas programs including costa rica, zambia, south korea, uk, and india. Cge continued the research institute programs and establishing faculty-led student trip plans for the next year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - Most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 93
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 53.3%; rating input score 53
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 0.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 40%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53% of revenue deployed · 53.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 28 of 29 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $187K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $141K · 29 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.