American University In Cairo: $186.7M Revenue, $197.9M Expenses

American University In Cairo pulls a D on the efficiency rubric. The composite of 47/100 reflects below-median performance on the bundle of factors — typically driven by thin operating reserves, volatile revenue, or outsized officer compensation relative to organizational size.

American University In Cairo is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $186.7M in 2023 revenue against $197.9M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the financial-health factor, American University In Cairo runs thin — assets relative to annual spending fall below the cushion nonprofit-finance experts typically recommend.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. American University In Cairo is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: American University In Cairo reports $3.4M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $186.7M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, American University In Cairo sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue figures should be read.