The American University in Cairo

“Form 990, part iii, line 4d auxiliary enterprises (auc book store, press, and student housing): the auc press publishes annually up to 60 wide-ranging academic texts and general interest books on ancient and modern egypt and the middle east, as well as arabic literature in translation, for distribution worldwide, and maintains a backlist of more than 900 high-quality scholarly, literary, and general interest publications, including e-books. Through its bookstores and distributors in egypt and abroad, the auc press sells more than 500,000 books every year and licenses foreign editions of arab writers in 40 languages, including the works of the late egyptian nobel laureate naguib mahfouz, and international bestseller alaa al aswany. The student housing facilities accomodate auc students in two different locationsl zamalek and new cairo campus housing. During fy 2015, auc student resident facilities accomodated 451 students.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 2 paul bartlett and richard bartlett - family relationship paul lawler and lisa anderson - business relationship process used to review 990 form 990, part vi, line 11b all data for form 990 is prepared by the university and reviewed by its auditors, kpmg llp, who then generate a draft return that is submitted and distributed in draft form to the audit committee of the university's board of trustees. The audit committee reviews the draft form 990, which is then revised by kpmg to the extent necessary following the committe's input. The final draft of form 990 is circulated by e-mail to the board of trustees prior to filing.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 12c the executive secretary to the board of trustees send a questionnaire each year requesting officers, trustees and key employees to disclose any possible conflicts of interest of which they are aware that may have arisen during the previous twelve months. No such conflicts have been brought to the attention of the executive secretary. The conflict of interest policy covers trustees and officers of the university. The university also approved a more far-reaching conflict of interest policy that covers all facult and staff and it was approved in may 2013. The new coverage will be administered by legal affairs and other committee members. The policy is published on auc's webite.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 15a the executive committee of the board of trustees is charged with setting a proposed compensation package for the univesrity's president (its chief executive officer). Committee members may not have any conflicts of interest with respect to the president. In negotiating and setting compensation, the committee reviews data published by the national colleges and universities personnel association (cupa); compensation information exchanged with other universities in the middle east (to the extent available); and public compensation information available on the form 990 of peer instutitions. The executive committee of the board, pursuant to the university's bylaws, is authorized to make decisions at interim on behalf of the board. The deliberations and ensuing decision of the executive committee are duly recorded by the executive secretary to the board. The decision reached by the executive committee is then ratified by the board. The process was last undertaken in 2010.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 19 (1) governing documents: the university's articles of incorporation and trustee by-laws are available on its website, as are the by-laws of the faculty senate (2) major policies: the university's conflict of interest and whistleblower policies are available on its website; and (3) financial statements; the university does not make its audited financial statements available to the public, but extensive financial information is available to the public on its annual form 990.”

“Form 990, part xi, line 9 changes due to pickup of ueefic and karnak $ 1,272,025”