The University of Queensland

Overview

Mission

Innovative teaching and comprehensive student services support students to thrive academically and personally. Discover learning and teaching World-class research. Governance is the scaffolding that supports our success. It moves us forward, holds us accountable and ensures truth, transparency and integrity. Governance also provides the mechanism for how we engage with our community and embed change into our DNA. Through this governance framework, we are committed to fostering a culture of inclusivity, equity and excellence for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, building a stronger, more reconciled future for all. The UQ Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan governance actions align with Toward 2032: UQ Strategic Plan 2022-2025 through the Strategic Plan’s focus on being recognised by Reconciliation Australia as an Elevate RAP Organisation.

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 91% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 89
• Transparency & Controls: 75
• Accountability: 42
• Sustainability: 47
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 2 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6B in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $724K · 38 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $78.7M reported
• Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 46 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 10 filed related-organization links
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 9/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.