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British Schools & Universities Foundation

New York, NY · EIN 13-6161189 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for calendar year 2025 (tax year 2025) · View the filing · Correct or respond

British Schools & Universities Foundation reported $28.0 million in revenue and $23.9 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $99.66 went to program services, $0.30 to management and general costs and $0.04 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 99.3% of the total. Revenue rose 154% between 2019 and 2025. Source: Form 990, 2025.

Where $100 of spending went

Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $24M

Program services$99.66 $24M
Management & general$0.30 $72,594
Fundraising$0.04 $9,785

For context, the median across 469 covered international, foreign affairs & national security charities: $89.04 programs, $8.28 management, $2.68 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $28M

Contributions & grants (non-government)$99.33 $28M
Investment income$0.67 $188K

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

2025 filing. Median across 469 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
Measure	2025	Median
Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)	99.7%	86.1%
Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)	0.3%	8.0%
Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)	0.0%	2.6%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h	$0.00	$0.03
Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12	99.3%	96.6%
Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12	0.0%	0.0%
Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12	0.0%	0.0%
Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F	Not reported	$341,362
Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)	Not reported	1.06%
People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2	0	10
Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses	4.4	7.5
Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b	20 of 20	100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense

$24M expenses · 100.0% of program spending · grants $24M · revenue $28M

Grants to Schools, Colleges, Universities and other educational,scientific and literary institutions in the British Commonwealth

— expenses · grants $56,500

Scholarships to gifted scholars in the United States pursuing gradute study in the British Commonwealth and British Commonwealth scholars to pursuer graduate study in the United States

7 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked

RevenueExpenses

Filing	Revenue	Expenses	Programs	Net assets	Top pay
2025 ⓘ	$28M	$24M	99.7%	$8.8M	—
2024 ⓘ	$15M	$16M	99.5%	$4.4M	—
2023 ⓘ	$18M	$17M	99.5%	$5.3M	$39,140
2022 ⓘ	$12M	$12M	99.4%	$4.4M	$39,140
2021 ⓘ	$13M	$13M	99.4%	$4.4M	$39,140
2020 ⓘ	$9.9M	$10M	99.3%	$3.8M	$39,140
2019 ⓘ	$11M	$12M	99.5%	$4.0M	$39,140

Governance answers, as filed

2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means

Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b20 · 20 independent
Audited financial statements Part XII 2bNo
Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aNo
Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bYes
Employees Part I, line 50

Private foundation grants it received

20 private foundations reported grants to British Schools & Universities Foundation totaling $1.7M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

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Questions people ask

How much of British Schools & Universities Foundation's spending goes to programs?

In calendar year 2025, British Schools & Universities Foundation reported that 99.7% of its $23.9 million in expenses went to program services, 0.3% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

Where does British Schools & Universities Foundation get its money?

Of $28.0 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 99.3% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is British Schools & Universities Foundation a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 13-6161189 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202611319349302521 · read the filing · XML
2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202541339349305444 · read the filing
2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202411359349302581 · read the filing
2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202341249349302659 · read the filing
2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202211259349301451 · read the filing
2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202141129349300149 · read the filing
2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202021329349302472 · read the filing

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