FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG LTD: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG LTD (EIN 13-4091246)
Tax period: 2017-10-01 to 2018-09-30
Filed: 2019-08-09
IRS object ID: 201932219349301513
Schema version: 2017v2.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-08-09T12:26:17-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	760717994	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Kimerling & Wisdom LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	150 Broadway Suite 1105	AddressLine1Txt
City	New York	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10038	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	134091246	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF THE UNIV OF HONG KONG LTD	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRIE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2122861666	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	106 WEST 32ND STREET 2ND FL	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10001	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANDREW D LEWIS	PersonNm
Person Title	Treas./Asst-Sec	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-08-09	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Ross Wisdom CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00163343	PTIN
Phone	2129860892	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$461,911	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	http://www.hku.hk/daao/usfriends/home.htm	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1999	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO SPONSOR AND CONDUCT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TO AID, FOSTER AND PROMOTE ARTISTIC, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	4	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$484,965	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$464,829	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$21	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$67	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$2,985	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$484,986	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$461,911	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$709,652	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$685,490	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$53,811	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$52,345	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$763,463	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$737,835	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$278,477	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$275,924	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$860,291	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$582,616	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$16,289	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$14,538	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$844,002	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$568,078	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO SPONSOR AND CONDUCT FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TO AID, FOSTER AND PROMOTE ARTISTIC, CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$304,475	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$304,475	GrantAmt
Revenue	$320,500	RevenueAmt
Desc	UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: CENTER FOR BUDDHIST STUDY - The undergraduate and post graduate programs will offer students the opportunity to study Buddhism not only as a religion but also as a philosophy, an ethics system and in metaphysical terms. They will also be of interest to those who wish to learn more about the international academic research being carried out into the relationship between science and Buddhism.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$242,022	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$242,022	GrantAmt
Revenue	$254,760	RevenueAmt
Desc	UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP FOR ECONOMIC HISTORY.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$54,079	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$54,079	GrantAmt
Revenue	$56,925	RevenueAmt
Desc	UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: GIULIO CHIRIBELLA QUANTUM PROJECT.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$84,914	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$84,914	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$87,404	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$685,490	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	2	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	false	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	false	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ROSS WISDOM CPA PLLC	PersonNm
Phone	2129860892	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	150 BROADWAY SUITE 1105	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	10038	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
YUM-TONG SIU
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDREW D LEWIS
Treas./Asst-Sec	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
H S PHILIP WONG
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PETER TONG
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LAWRENCE NG MING-LOY
President	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
KITTY WONG
Secretary	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MONICA YEUNG
Executive Direc	20.00	0.00		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$464,829	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$464,829	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$67	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$67	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	LOSS ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE	Desc
Total Revenue Column	-$2,985	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$2,985	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	-$2,985	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$461,911	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$2,985	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$67	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$685,490	TotalAmt
Program Services	$685,490	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,190	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,190	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,475	TotalAmt
Management And General	$8,475	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
ADMIN. FEES (JUST GLOBAL INC.)	$36,000	$36,000
Postage and Shipping	$3,272	$3,272
SUPPLIES	$904	$904
BANK CHARGES	$334	$334

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$170	TotalAmt
Management And General	$170	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$737,835	TotalAmt
Program Services	$685,490	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$52,345	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$41,004	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,008	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$46,051	BOYAmt
EOY	$46,118	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$773,236	BOYAmt
EOY	$515,490	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$860,291	BOYAmt
EOY	$582,616	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$11,439	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,868	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,850	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,670	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$16,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,538	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$141,428	BOYAmt
EOY	$111,726	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$702,574	BOYAmt
EOY	$456,352	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$844,002	BOYAmt
EOY	$568,078	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$860,291	BOYAmt
EOY	$582,616	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$275,924	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$449,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$825,829	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,835,077	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$484,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$464,829	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,060,551	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$449,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$825,829	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,835,077	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$484,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$464,829	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,060,551	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,426,105	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,634,446	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$74	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$52	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$12	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$21	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$67	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$226	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$980	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	-$2,985	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	-$2,005	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,058,772	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.64910	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.61800	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$461,911	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$461,911	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$461,911	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$737,835	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$737,835	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$737,835	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	HONG KONG	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	EDUCATIONAL	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$685,490	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
Valuation Method Used	FMV	ValuationMethodUsedDesc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
ANDREW D LEWIS ESQ
LAW FIRM	$3,190	SEE PART V BELOW	false
JUST GLOBAL INC
CONSULTANT	$36,000	SEE PART V BELOW	false

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Andrew Lewis is an officer (treasurer) and director of Friends of the University of Hong Kong, Ltd. He is also the principal of Andrew D. Lewis, Esq. whose law firm was engaged by Friends of the University of Hong Kong Ltd. to provide various corporate and non-profit entity related legal services. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, a total of $3,190. was expensed for the fees and disbursements of that firm for its partner, associate and paralegal services. The charges by that firm are at reduced billing rates in recognition of the nonprofit status of the Organization.During the tax year, the Organization also engaged the company of Just Global Inc. to perform administrative services. Monica Yeung, the Executive Director of Friends of the University of Hong Kong, Ltd. is also the principal of Just Global, Inc. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, a total of $36,000 was expensed for administrative services it rendered to the Friends of the University of Hong Kong, Ltd.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Client Note 1	Client Note 1 - ALL FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WERE CONDUCTED BY VOLUNTEERS.
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: AWARD OF CENTENNIAL COLLEGE. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: HAROLD AND RUTHANN LEEVER SCHOLAR. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: GIULIO CHIRIBELLA QUANTUM PROJECT. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: SCIENCE FACULTY. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP FOR ECONOMIC HISTORY. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG: PAUL AND MARGARET TODD SCHOLARS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The process for review is a line by line review by the treasurer.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	EACH OFFICER OR BOARD MEMBER AFFIRMS: THEY HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY, READ AND UNDERSTAND THE POLICY, AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE POLICY, AGREE TO PROMPTLY NOTIFY EITHER THE PRESIDENT OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ANY VIOLATION OF THE POLICY AND IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS FEDERAL TAX EXEMPTION IT MUST ENGAGE PRIMARILY IN ACTIVITIES WHICH ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	UPON REQUEST.