University of Redlands, Los Angeles

Overview

Mission

Woodbury university empowers people to do extraordinary things. We transform students into liberally educated professionals and socially responsible citizens by integrating liberal arts, design thinking, entrepreneurship, and civic engagement into all programs. We achieve academic excellence by creating external partnerships, implementing effective internal processes, and ensuring quality in all programs and services.successful woodbury graduates are ambassadors for the university. They are innovative leaders who help individuals and communities flourish. They are known for being strong communicators, ethical thinkers and creative problem-solvers with a deep commitment to sustainability and social justice. They are knowledgeable in their disciplines and eager for collaboration and continuous learning. They integrate professional skills with global citizenship, entrepreneurial energy, and intellectual curiosity. Woodbury graduates make a difference.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

• 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 81
• Transparency & Controls: 87
• Accountability: 92
• Sustainability: 29
• Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 operating locations identified
• Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41.9M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $681K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.9M reported
• Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
• Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 13 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.
• Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.