UMass Global

Legal name: University of Massachusetts Global

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260152908
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Aliso Viejo, CA, US
Phone
(800) 746-0082
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Higher Education Institutions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,948,420
Expenses
$120,729,932
Assets
$44,319,002
Liabilities
$121,105,610

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREWS DAVID (CHANCELLOR/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREWS DAVID (CHANCELLOR/CEO): $939,882 total reported compensation
  • DEVINE DANIEL (COO): $518,634 total reported compensation
  • WALKER NEFERTITI (REGENT (AS OF 1/1/25)): $497,751 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide high-quality, online education that lives where life happens.

What it reported doing in 2024

The university has been consistently receiving the military friendly gold star ranking student services: to help and increase student success, umass global from victory, an organization that connects the military community with civilian opportunity. As a nonprofit university dedicated to student success, the school is proud of the fact that 93 percent of its alumni would recommend umass global to family, friends and/or colleagues. Umass global is regionally accredited by, and is a member of, the western association of schools and colleges (wscuc) senior college and university commission. Its California teacher training and credential programs are accredited by the California commission on teacher credentialing (ctc) and professionally accredited by the council for the accreditation of educator preparation (caep). Effective november 7, 2011, its bachelor's in social work degree is professionally accredited by the council on social work education (cswe). Umass global has also partnered with several large and well-known corporate employers to provide educational degree programs to the employees of walmart incorporated, the walt disney company, and aaa.

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 filing allocates 89% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.73; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 76.2% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $90.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $940K · 21 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $26.2M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • 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.

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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.