Not for profit organization Flashcards
Industries that uses not for profit accounting
Health care organization, educational institutions, voluntary health and welfare organizations,
Required financial statements
Statement of financial position (bs), statement of activities (IS), statement of cash flows, statement of functional expenses (required for voluntary health and welfare organizations)
Accounting method
Full accural
Expense classification in the Statement of Activities
Program services, support services, and combined costs (fundraising + education)
Statement of cash flows classification of sources
- operating activities
- financing; cash transactions related to borrowing but also include transactions related to certain restricted contributions.
- other financing; interest and dividends restricted for reinvestment, payments of annuity obligation, payments from notes payable, payments on LT debt.
- investing ; proceeds from the sale of works of art, investment in equipment, proceeds from the sale of assets
Contributions and recognitions (Full accrual)
- cash contribution; received = revenue
- unconditional promises (pledge); recorded as revenue at its fair value when the promise is made.
- conditional promises; recognition does not occur until the conditions are substantially met.
- multi year pledge; recorded at the net present value at the date the pledge is made. the difference between the previously recorded present value and the current amount collected is considered contribution revenue, not Interest income
Specialized support transactions
- donated services (at FV)
- Specialized skills
- Otherwise needed by org
- Measurable
- Easily at FV - Donated collection item; not required to be recorded by the the org if
- the item is part of a collection, which is held for public
- is cared for
- org have a policy that requires any proceeds from the sale of donated items to be reinvested in other collection item. - donated materials ; At FV
JE for Restricted contributions
Pledge receivable - temp. restricted
Exchange transactions
Amount transferred-FV dues/purchase = Contribution revenue
Recipient accounting ; transfers of assets to a not for profit organization or charitable trust that raises or holds contributions for others
- without variance power; NFP acts as agent/no benefit or power. Assets are valued at FV and recognized as a liability to the beneficiary
- granted variance power; NFP acts as agent/has power, assets are valued at FV and recognized as contribution revenue when received and expensed when distributed to the beneficiary.
- financially interrelated - granted variance power; contribution revenue
Beneficiary accounting; Asset transfer
- specified beneficiaries recognize their rights to assets held by others unless the recipient is explicitly granted variance power.
- recognize interest - financially interrelated; the interest in the net assets of the recipient is adjusted for the beneficiaries share of the change.
Investments in securities
- FV
- G/L; reported in the statement of activities as increases or decreases in unrestricted net assets unless the use of the investment is restricted, either temporarily or permanently, by explicit donor stipulations or by law.
Derivatives
A NFP should recognize the change in FV of all derivatives in the period of the change.
College and universities transaction application
- Revenues; student tuition and fees (reported at gross amt), govt aid, grants, and contracts, gifts and private grants.
- Expenses; scholarships and fellowship, maintenance and operation, administration and institutional, research, teaching.
Health care organizations
- Revenue
- patient service revenue; accrual basis, gross basis and deductions are made (contractual adjustment, policy discount, admin adjustment)
- charity care; not recorded as a receivable or as revenue
- Central transactions; doctors, surgery, recovery room, and room/board
- Other operating revenue; tuition from schools, revenues from educational programs, donated supplies and equipment, grants, cafeteria revenue, parking, gift shop, medical transcription
- Non operating; donated services