Public Charity

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST is a Public Charity headquartered in ROSEMEAD, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $10.3M revenue, $6.9M expenses, $38.1M total assets. 1 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 931022351 ROSEMEAD, CA Universities NTEE: B43 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$10.3M
Total Expenses$6.9M
Total Assets$38.1M
Grant Records1
Funding Total$10K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE A "WHOLE PERSON" EDUCATION IN A CONTEXT INFORMED BY BUDDHIST WISDOM AND VALUES, AND TO FACILITATE CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.

Where $100 goes at University of the West

How University of the West divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
University of the West is a buddhist-founded, private, nonprofit, non-sectarian, coeducational institution offering undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and continuing education programs consistent with the mission of california's degree-granting higher…
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 400 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2023
SUB-GRANT OF MENTORED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST
$10,000

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Officers & Directors

CFO Amy Chong
TRUSTEE Cecil Willis
FACULTY Chi Sheh
TRUSTEE/ADJUNCT FACULTY SP24 Christopher Dela Rosa
TRUSTEE Darlene Lanham
EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE Fang Qian Ven Hui Dong

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Top Grant Purposes

Youth Development
$10,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $10.3M $6.9M $38.1M
2024 $6.8M $6.6M $34.0M
2023 $7.5M $6.6M $33.0M
2022 $7.0M $6.4M $32.3M
2021 $8.7M $6.8M $35.9M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $8.7M to $10.3M (+18%), with total assets most recently reported at $38.1M.

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