Audit 346738

Title: Note 1 – Purpose of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Accounting Policies: The 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 Guidance). Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) are presented for those programs for which numbers are available. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. NCIRE has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: NCIRE has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) is a supplementary schedule to the financial statements of the Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (NCIRE), and is presented for the purpose of additional analysis. Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the activities of NCIRE, it is not intended to, and does not, present either the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of NCIRE.

Title: Note 3 – Subrecipients Accounting Policies: The 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 Guidance). Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) are presented for those programs for which numbers are available. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. NCIRE has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: NCIRE has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Certain funds are passed through to subrecipient organizations by NCIRE. Expenditures incurred by the subrecipients, and reimbursed by NCIRE, are included in the Schedule. NCIRE is also the subrecipient of federal funds, which are reported as expenditures and listed separately as federal pass-through funds. Of the federal awards presented in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, NCIRE passed federal awards to subrecipients as follows: