Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any unusual grants.) .... | 8,683,101 | 3,658,135 | 9,796,933 | 2,320,166 | 6,475,060 | 30,933,395 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 8,683,101 | 3,658,135 | 9,796,933 | 2,320,166 | 6,475,060 | 30,933,395 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | 15,463,634 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 15,469,761 | |||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 8,683,101 | 3,658,135 | 9,796,933 | 2,320,166 | 6,475,060 | 30,933,395 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 37,071 | 31,173 | 20,538 | 3,803 | 11,735 | 104,320 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 11,935 | 4,648 | 6,105 | 7,188 | 4,316 | 34,192 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10. | 31,071,907 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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2
Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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8
Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2015 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2015 |
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Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2015 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015: | ||||
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| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2010 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2015 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2015, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2015. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2016. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| c Excess from 2013....... | ||||
| d From 2014....... | ||||
| e From 2015....... | ||||
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| PART III LINE 1-MISSION STATEMENT | ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN (AUW) IS BASED ON THE FIRM BELIEF THAT EDUCATION-ESPECIALLY HIGHER EDUCATION-PROVIDES A CRITICAL PATHWAY TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC PROGRESS, AND SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EQUALITY. LOCATED IN CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH, AUW PROVIDES A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION TO PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN FROM DIVERSE CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS FROM ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. AUW CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 600 STUDENTS FROM 15 COUNTRIES: AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, SRI LANKA, SYRIA, AND VIETNAM. THE UNIVERSITY IS INTERNATIONAL IN ITS VISION AND SCOPE, WHILE BEING ROOTED IN THE UNIQUE CONTEXT OF THE REGION. ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN OFFERS A LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES CURRICULUM. ITS ADMISSIONS, ACADEMICS, FACULTY AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ARE PREDICATED ON AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL VALUES OF CRITICAL THINKING AND INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES AN AMERICAN-STYLE EDUCATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES OF THE REGION IT SERVES. AT THE HEART OF THE UNIVERSITY IS THE CIVIC AND ACADEMIC GOAL TO CULTIVATE SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN LEADERS WHO POSSESS THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AUW ADHERES TO THE BELIEF THAT NO GROUP HAS A MONOPOLY ON TALENT AND IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SUPERIOR QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE REGION'S MOST OUTSTANDING WOMEN, REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND. THE MAJORITY OF AUW STUDENTS ARE ON FULL, NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY. THE ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SEEKS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WILL PURSUE PATHS AS SKILLED AND INNOVATIVE INDIVIDUALS AND PROFESSIONALS, SERVICE-ORIENTED LEADERS, AND PROMOTERS OF TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOURTH GRADUATION ON MAY 14TH, 2016, THE 63 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2016 WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE TO BECOME GRADUATES DURING AUW'S FOURTH COMMENCEMENT. THE NEW GRADUATES REPRESENT EIGHT DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, AND MANY LANGUAGES, TRADITIONS, AND CULTURES. SPEAKERS AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED DR. MARTIN RAMA, CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE SOUTH ASIA REGION OF THE WORLD BANK AND DR. DIPU MONI, CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF AUW AND FORMER BANGLADESH FOREIGN MINISTER. DR. MONI SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR EXCELLENCE AND HIGH STANDARDS, SAYING, "AS AUW GRADUATES, YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR OBLIGATION TO BE BEACONS OF EQUALITY AND RIGHTS AND TOLERANCE OF VIEWS, AND TO HELP IN SAFEGUARDING THE VALUES THAT MAKE HUMAN EXISTENCE MEANINGFUL." ZEBA NOSHIN, THE CLASS OF 2016 SPEAKER, REMINDED HER PEERS TO MAINTAIN STRONG ETHICS AND CRITICAL THINKING AS THEY MOVE BEYOND THEIR UNDERGRADUATE YEARS. THE CLASS OF 2016 IS OFF TO AN INSPIRING START. STUDENTS' EARLY EMPLOYMENT PLANS INCLUDED A FELLOWSHIP AT THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY IN KARACHI; SOLIDARIT S INTERNATIONAL NEPAL; AND GRADUATE SCHOOL AT ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY. OTHER AUW ALUMNAE HAVE GONE ON TO WORK FOR THE WORLD BANK, CHEVRON, ROOM TO READ, BHUTAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AND TEACH FOR NEPAL. FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE 2015-2016 ACADEMIC YEAR, AUW HAD APPOINTED A NEW DEAN OF THE FACULTY, PROFESSOR ROSIE BATESON. DR. BATESON'S MOST RECENT ASSIGNMENT WAS ESTABLISHING THE SAMPOERNA UNIVERSITY IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA, WHERE SHE SERVED AS ITS FOUNDING EXECUTIVE VICE-RECTOR, AND SUBSEQUENTLY VICE-RECTOR FOR STRATEGY & UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE, FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PROFESSOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT OF ABERTAY UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT SERVICES OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IN BUDAPEST, WHERE SHE ALSO TAUGHT HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY; SPECIAL ASSISTANT (U.S.-BASED) TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BULGARIA; AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SOFIA. AN ALUMNA OF THE MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION PROGRAM OF THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, ROSIE BATESON OBTAINED HER PHD IN HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE AS DEAN OF FACULTY AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, DR. ROSIE BATESON WILL SERVE AS ACTING VICE CHANCELLOR OF AUW. AUW'S LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL BE JOINED BY TWO LONG-STANDING MEMBERS OF THE AUW FACULTY WHO WILL SERVE AS ASSOCIATE DEANS: DR. MEHERUN AHMED, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, WILL SERVE AS ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR PATHWAYS FOR PROMISE, SUMMER SCHOOL AND OTHER IMPORTANT SPECIAL INITIATIVES. DR. AHMED HAS A PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND HAS TAUGHT AT AUW FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. DR. HERMAN T. SALTON, FORMER CHAIR OF THE POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND ECONOMICS PROGRAM, WILL SERVE AS ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. DR. SALTON HAS POSTGRADUATE DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITIES OF AUCKLAND, WALES AND OXFORD, AND HAS TAUGHT AT AUW FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN JULY AND AUGUST 2015, OVER 100 STUDENTS COMPLETED SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AND PROJECTS. THESE EXPERIENCES ARE CRUCIAL FOR PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS AND GAINING WORK EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO GRADUATION. SUMMER 2015 INTERNSHIP SITES INCLUDED: BRITISH COUNCIL, UNIQLO, GRAMEEN BANK, LI & FUNG, BRAC INTERNATIONAL, FTI CONSULTING, AND ABBOTT LABORATORIES. STUDENT RECRUITMENT AND ADMISSIONS IN RECRUITING FOR THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR, WE CONTINUED TO RECRUIT FROM OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL NETWORKS SUCH AS THE GRAMEEN BANK IN BANGLADESH, AND OUR ALUMNAE IN AFGHANISTAN. WHEN ASSESSING CANDIDATES, IN ADDITION TO ACADEMIC TALENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AUW LOOKS FOR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES SUCH AS EMPATHY, COURAGE, AND A MEASURE OF OUTRAGE AT INJUSTICE. THIS ADMISSIONS CYCLED MARKED A RECORD HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FROM FOUR COUNTRIES: AFGHANISTAN, BHUTAN, NEPAL, AND PAKISTAN. TO FURTHER DIVERSIFY OUR STUDENT BODY AND MAKE STRIDES TOWARDS THE MISSION OF AUW TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO AS MANY PROMISING WOMEN FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AS POSSIBLE, AUW IS NOW EXTENDING ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM TO THE ROHINGYA MINORITY AND GARMENT FACTORY WORKERS. IN A PROGRAM CALLED PATHWAYS FOR PROMISE, AUW HAS BEGUN TARGETED RECRUITMENT OF TALENTED WOMEN FROM AMONG CURRENT BANGLADESHI GARMENT FACTORY WORKERS. BOTH THE ROHINGYA STUDENTS AND FORMER APPAREL WORKERS WILL BE ENROLLED IN AN ADDITIONAL YEAR OF INTENSIVE ENGLISH INSTRUCTION TO PREPARE THEM FOR AUW'S ENGLISH-MEDIUM UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM. IN TOTAL, OVER 30 FORMER GARMENTS WORKERS AND 50 ROHINGYA MINORITIES HAVE ENROLLED AT AUW THROUGH THIS NEW PROGRAM. AUW RECRUITS FROM 15 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, SRI LANKA, SYRIA, AND VIETNAM. SPECIAL PROGRAMS AUW ORGANIZED AND HOSTED A NUMBER OF SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN THE 2016 FISCAL YEAR. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B | THERE IS NO COMMITTEE WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 | PRESIDENT AND CEO, KAMAL AHMAD, REVIEWS WHEN HE SIGNS THE 990. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | OUR OWN WEBSITE: WWW.ASIAN-UNIVERSITY.ORG |
| FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G | OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 172,459. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 36,990. TOTAL EXPENSES 209,449. CONSULTING FEES-LOCAL AND TEMPORARY STAFF: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,377,930. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 4,983. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 59,480. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,442,393. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: | UNFULFILLED PLEDGES -938,471. |
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