University Of British Columbia: $2.6B Revenue, $2.5B Expenses

The efficiency rubric puts University Of British Columbia at a B grade: a composite of 71/100 that lands above the national midpoint. The grade reflects solid financial reserves alongside reasonable officer compensation and steady revenue.

University Of British Columbia operates at corporate scale — $2.6B in reported 2023 revenue. At over a billion in annual revenue, nonprofits typically run consolidated operations across multiple states or business lines, and the IRS Form 990 reflects a much larger operational footprint than a typical 501(c)(3). On the reserves factor, University Of British Columbia scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Revenue trend is mildly positive across the five-year filing window — modest growth, consistent with stable funding sources keeping pace with organizational costs. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: University Of British Columbia reports $7.9M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $2.6B in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, University Of British Columbia 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.