Westwood Us Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923384277
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4154217555
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,053
Expenses
$4,264,288
Assets
$27,979,575
Liabilities
$33,723,871

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YING QIAO (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JANE CAMBLIN (SECRETARY AND TREASURER): $442,741 total reported compensation
  • ROWAN BELL (GLOBAL HEAD OF PEOPLE): $379,522 total reported compensation
  • FATIMA WOODS (ADMINISTRATION/PROJECT EXECUTIVE): $141,260 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Westwood u.s. Inc. Supports the mission of hiba academy bay area by incubating the overall project startup and securing the physical space necessary to open the school. Most notably westwood acquired 99 Rhode Island street, sf ca as the school's home. Westwood also oversaw the hiring of initial school staff and established policies for the school's initial founding as well as driving the startup activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Most notably westwood acquired 99 Rhode Island street, sf ca as the school's home. Westwood also oversaw the hiring of initial school staff and established policies for the school's initial founding as well as driving the startup activities. Hiba academy bay area will provide a truly transformative education experience to early years and primary-aged children with our innovative english and chinese bilingual curriculum. Opening in fall 2026, hiba academy bay area is a bilingual international school serving pre-k to fifth grade students in the san francisco bay area. Roughly 480 children will thrive in a dual language educational environment, where they will learn english and chinese not as discrete academic subjects but as languages of instruction across the curriculum.hiba academy's commitment extends far beyond academic achievement alone. Guided by its core values of respect, kindness, responsibility, integrity, and courage, the school's vision is to nurture empathetic, ethical, and socially responsible individuals who can navigate an increasingly complex and interconnected world and make a positive impact as global bridge-builders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 49
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 49.6%; rating input score 50
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6,557.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.56; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.21; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 49.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $443K · 5 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $690K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.