Notes to SEFA
Title: NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Accounting Policies: BASIS OF ACCOUNTING: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented using the accrual method of accounting. Under this method, grant revenue is recognized to the extent expenditures are incurred. Expenditures are recognized when the liability for the expenditure is incurred rather than when the disbursement is actually made.
The federal expenditures are recognized, as applicable, under the cost principles contained in Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The United Way of Mercer County has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the ‘Schedule’) includes the federal grant activity administered by the United Way of Mercer County for the year ended March 31, 2024. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Grant Guidance – UGG). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the United Way of Mercer County, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net assets of the United Way of Mercer County.
Title: NOTE 3 - RELATIONSHIP TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Accounting Policies: BASIS OF ACCOUNTING: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented using the accrual method of accounting. Under this method, grant revenue is recognized to the extent expenditures are incurred. Expenditures are recognized when the liability for the expenditure is incurred rather than when the disbursement is actually made.
The federal expenditures are recognized, as applicable, under the cost principles contained in Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The United Way of Mercer County has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
U.S. Department of Education Community Learning Center federal financial award revenues, and federal financial award revenues from the Department of Labor, are included in the statement of activities as contract revenues.
Title: NOTE 4 - RECEIVABLES AND UNEARNED REVENUE
Accounting Policies: BASIS OF ACCOUNTING: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are presented using the accrual method of accounting. Under this method, grant revenue is recognized to the extent expenditures are incurred. Expenditures are recognized when the liability for the expenditure is incurred rather than when the disbursement is actually made.
The federal expenditures are recognized, as applicable, under the cost principles contained in Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or limited to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The United Way of Mercer County has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Federal grant receivables are included as part of 'accounts receivable' in the statement of financial position and also detailed in Note 1. Received but unearned federal grant funding, if any, is included as unearned revenue in the statement of financial position.