University of Cambridge
Legal name: THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS Of the University of Cambridge
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131599108
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, NY, UK
- Phone
- 8453537500
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,497,010,833
- Expenses
- $3,490,739,608
- Assets
- $13,973,069,287
- Liabilities
- $3,810,782,431
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
46 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mr Andrew Chandler (Chief Executive - CUP&A)
Highest reported compensation
- Mr Andrew Chandler (Chief Executive - CUP&A): $959,549 total reported compensation
- Mr Peter Phillips (CFO - CUP&A): $956,852 total reported compensation
- Professor Deborah Prentice (Vice-Chancellor): $599,644 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Strong support for individual researchers as well as research groups residence in Cambridge as central to most courses education which enhances the ability of students to learn throughout life. The mission of the University of Cambridge is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. Core values The University's core values are as follows:. and core values Section - About the University How the University and Colleges work.
What it reported doing in 2024
Examinations and assessments
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $45.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.5%; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 64%; rating input score 64; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $960K · 46 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $99.4M reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 26 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.