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Understanding and analyzing not-for-profit financial
statement format presentations
April 19, 2012
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Welcome
Jennifer Hoffman
Vanessa Kuehn
Audit Partner
Not-for-Profit and Higher Education Practice
Audit Senior Manager
Not-for-Profit and Higher Education Practice
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Agenda
• What is required versus what is allowed
• Review of different financial statement options
• Review of additional specific examples
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Agenda
• What is required versus what is allowed
• Review of different financial statement options
• Review of specific examples
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What is required
• There are specific items that are required to be
reported in each financial statement
• Significant variability in practice as to how these
required items are presented
• Wide variety of practice in general presentation
choices, which is not specific to individual financial
statements
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General differences
• Titles of the Statements
– Statement of Financial Position vs. Balance Sheet
– Statement of Activities vs. Income Statement
• Level of disaggregation for components of each statement
• Standard statement that notes are an integral part of the
financial statements
• Prior year comparative information
• Definition of operational measure
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Statement of financial position
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Required components
Classified versus non-classified presentation
Combined versus combining
Level of detail presented on the “face” of the statement
Common challenges
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Statement of financial position
• Required components
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Total assets
Total liabilities
Total unrestricted net assets
Total temporarily restricted net assets
Total permanently restricted
Total net assets
Information about the nature and extent of donor-imposed
restrictions must either be presented on the face (“for
program A”) or in the notes to the financial statements.
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Statement of financial position
• Classified versus non-classified presentation
– Not-for-profit organizations are not required to present a
classified statement of position
– Sequencing in order of liquidity is sufficient to meet the
requirement.
– Not prohibited from being presented, but can raise
challenges for record-keeping and correct presentation
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Any Religious
Organization - Classified
Statements of Financial
Position
June 30, 2010, with
comparative totals for
2009
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Statement of financial position
• Combined versus combining
– Often, combining information is presented in
supplemental schedules
– Can be on the “face” of the statements
– Also can include “fund” information (e.g. operating
versus endowment balances)
– and correct presentation
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Statement of financial position
• Level of detail presented on the “face” of the statement
– No specific requirements
– Variety in practice
• Investments
• Fixed Assets
• Net assets
• Parenthetical disclosures about allowances
– Assets whose use is limited (can be on the “face” or in
the notes)
– Commitments and contingencies
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Statement of financial position
• Common challenges
– Quasi-endowments versus donor-restricted limitations
– Restricted Cash and Investments
– Agency Transactions
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Statement of activities
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Required components
Columnar versus stacked presentation
Number of columns presented
Common differences
Defining operations
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Statement of activities
• Required components
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Change in net assets by total and by class
Revenues
Expenses
Gains
Losses
Reclassifications
• There is no required “order” for the items above
• They can be rearranged to suit the needs of the
organization.
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Statement of activities
• Columnar versus stacked presentation
– Columnar presentation shows the change in net asset
class side by side.
• Usually on a single page
• Allows for clear presentation of reclassifications
between net asset class
– Stacked presentation shows the change in net assets by
each net asset class one below the other
• Usually on more than one page
• Allows for easier comparison to prior year.
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Statement of activities
• Number of columns presented
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Number of columns is at the discretion of the organization
Always need to show total change in unrestricted net assets.
Typically see the “traditional” three columns and a total
Can disaggregate those columns if desired, typically
unrestricted amounts:
• Fixed assets
• Operating fund versus board designated funds
– Budget versus actual operating results
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Example of Investment Return
Statements of Activities
June 30, 2010 and 2009
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Statement of activities
• Common differences
– Levels of disaggregation
• How much is too much?
• What do readers need to know?
• What adds to their understanding of your operations?
– Investment returns
• All in operations versus none in operations
• Some in operations and some in non-operating depending on
spending policy
• Interest and dividends combined with investment returns
• Investment expense combined with investment returns
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Statement of activities
• Defining operations
– Guidance does not specify a formulaic operational
measure for all organizations (no “performance
indicator,” like in healthcare)
– Do need to define in the notes if it isn’t clear what is
included or excluded from “operations” on the face of
statement of activities.
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Statement of activities
• Specific examples
– Columnar
– Stacked
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Statement of cash flows
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Required components
Direct versus indirect
Gross versus net presentation
Common challenges
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Statement of cash flows
• Required components
– Beginning and ending cash balances
– Operating, investing and financing cash flows
– Disclosure of non-cash (or partially non-cash) items
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Example – Any University
Statements of Cash Flows
June 30, 2010 and 2009
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Statement of cash flows
• Direct versus indirect
– Only affects the operating section of the statement
– Direct method
• Does not start from change in net assets
• More challenging to gather data
• Requires reconciliation of net assets to net cash in a
separate statement or in the footnotes
– Indirect method
• Less detailed information about operations
• Often required by lenders
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Statement of cash flows
• Gross versus net presentation
– Most items are required to be reported on a gross basis
– Exception when:
• the turnover in an item is quick
• the amounts are large
• the maturities are short
– Examples: investments (other than cash equivalents),
loans receivable, and short-term debt with maturities
less than 3 months
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Statement of cash flows
• Common challenges
– Disclosure of non-cash items
• Borrowings against line of credit to pay interest or other
purchases
• Contributions of non-cash donations (stock, in-kind)
• Purchases of fixed assets still in accounts payable
– Permanently restricted contributions
• Accrual basis in operating section
• Cash basis in financing section
– Netting
• Use and payment on lines of credit
• Purchases and sales of investments
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Statement of functional expenses
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Required components
Full statement versus disclosure in notes
Level of disaggregation
Example
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Statement of functional expenses
• Required components
– Program expenses
– Supporting activities
• Does not include losses (investment losses or loss on sale
of fixed assets)
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Statement of functional expenses
• Full statement versus disclosure in notes
– A voluntary health and welfare entity (a VHWE) is required to have a
full statement of function expenses
• A VHWE is defined as a not-for-profit entity that derives its
revenue primarily from voluntary contributions from the general
public.
• The general public excludes governmental entities
• Requires both function and natural classifications on the
horizontal and vertical axes of the statement.
– All other entities are allowed to report functional expenses in a
footnote or on face of statement of activities.
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Statement of functional expenses
• Level of disaggregation
– There is no “required” level of detail for either functional
or natural classifications
– The most important functional factors:
• Program support
• Supporting services
• Any fundraising costs
– The most important natural factor:
• What the reader will find useful to their analysis
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Statement of functional expenses
• Level of disaggregation
– Some organizations are disaggregating both revenues
and expenses to show the cost of individual programs.
– This is usually shown in supplemental schedules to the
primary financial statements.
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Agenda
• What is required versus what is allowed
• Review of different financial statement options &
Review of additional examples
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Any University
Statements of Financial
Position
June 30, 2010 and 2009
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Any Foundation
Statements of Financial Position
Years ended August 31, 2010
and 2009
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Any Foundation
Statements of Activities
Years ended August 31, 2010
and 2009
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Any Religious
Organization
Statements of Activities
and Changes in Net
Assets
June 30, 2010, with
comparative totals for
2009
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Any Museum Statements of Activities
Years ended June 30,
2010 and June 30, 2009
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Any Museum
Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended June 30,
2010 and June 30, 2009
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Any Foundation
Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended
August 31, 2010 and 2009
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Any Religious Organization
Statements of Cash Flows
June 30, 2010 and 2009
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Any Religious Organization
Statements of Functional Expenses
June 30, 2010, with comparative totals for
2009
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