This IS a contribution from a gift counting perspective. But in theory,
you cannot count any funds until they are irrevocably yours - meaning they
must have been spent (in these cases) without any requirement to return
spent funds in the future.
How your Business Office chooses to recognize the transaction on the
general ledger is up to them. In the fundraising database, it remains
acceptable to record and count those funds you have no potential obligation
to return.
John
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On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 7:30 PM Donna Koopman <
donna.koopman@colostate.edu>
wrote:
> Hi Alan, et. al,
>
> We often receive foundation gift agreements that include stipulations to
> repay the full amount of the grant if certain highly unlikely conditions
> occur within a specific time frame. Conditions such as... ceasing to be a
> 501(c)(3), failing to comply with terms and conditions of the grant,
> merging with another organization, etc.
>
> In the past these stipulations did not negate our ability to accept the
> funding as a gift because the likelihood of these things happening were
> determined to be negligible.
>
> We're now being told by our business office that we cannot accept this
> funding as a gift AT ALL. I'm told this is due to a recent FASB
> clarification (2018-08.) I have read the fine-print of this looong
> document and it seems to me (not an accountant) there might be a
> misunderstanding... is FASB saying it's NOT a contribution, OR are they
> telling our business office to record it as deferred liability or
> refundable advance instead of contribution revenue? (until the stipulated
> time period has passed, when they can then change it over to contribution
> revenue?)
>
> Any thoughts on this? Any one else hear similar from their
> accounting/business offices? Does it matter how long the period is, i.e.
> is one year okay, but if the foundation is stipulating five years, that's
> too long?
>
> Feel free to reach out to me directly with any insight. thank you in
> advance!
>
> dk
>
>
> ==================================
> Donna K. Koopman, Managing Director
> Constituent & Gift Information
> University Advancement | Colorado State University
> 970-491-3416
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:59:40 +0000, Hejnal, Alan <
HejnalA@SI.EDU> wrote:
>
> >Since I’m not sure I’ve seen it mentioned here, the Financial Accounting
> Standards Board has a recent accounting standards update, Accounting
> Standards Update 2018-08<
>
https://www.fasb.org/jsp/FASB/Document_C/DocumentPage?cid=1176170810258>,
> that addresses distinguishing contributions from exchange transactions, and
> also identifying and handling conditional gifts.
> >
> >I have to run, but it might be worth a look, if you haven’t seen it
> already.
> >
> >My US$0.02 worth; the usual disclaimers apply.
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >Alan
> >
> >Alan S. Hejnal
> >Data Quality Manager
> >Smithsonian Institution - Office of Advancement
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> >To:
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> >Subject: Re: [FUNDSVCS] Gifts/Grants in Sponsored Research
> >
> >
> >The clawback language doesn't negate the charitable nature of the
> transaction. Technically it is legally required to be in award letters
> (although that isn't always the case). Unless they are saying they can take
> back more than just unexpended funds, you are fine to count it.
> >
> >
> >
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> >Subject: Re: [FUNDSVCS] Gifts/Grants in Sponsored Research
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> >Thanks everyone for your feedback. Many of the grants we receive that
> have been counted in the past have a clause indicating any unused funds
> should be returned to the donor. it is my understanding this disqualifies
> the grant from being charitable. Also as we are a hospital/research center,
> many of the grants are to support clinical trials. The grantor does not
> receive any benefits or patents/IPs. Any thoughts on these?
> >
> >
> >
> >Aaron, that report sounds amazing! Congrats!
> >
> >
> >
> >Thank you!
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