Audit 348416

FY End
2024-06-30
Total Expended
$7.19M
Findings
8
Programs
1
Year: 2024 Accepted: 2025-03-26

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
537232 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
537233 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
537234 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
537235 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
1113674 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
1113675 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
1113676 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P
1113677 2024-001 Significant Deficiency Yes P

Programs

ALN Program Spent Major Findings
84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid $2.73M Yes 1

Contacts

Name Title Type
UA1YTLC5L8G8 Brian Kirkpatrick, CPA Auditee
2012003035 Joseph Russell Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Basis of Presentation Accounting Policies: 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. The Organization has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the “Schedule”) includes the federal award activity of New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate (the “Organization”) under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 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 Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operation of the Organization, it is not intended to and does not present the consolidated financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flow of the Organization.
Title: Endowment Corpus Accounting Policies: 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. The Organization has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Organization has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance. New Jersey City University (the University) received the following grants during fiscal years 2013 through 2018: Opening the Gate: Improving Mathematics Success for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers (Opening the Gate), Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community‐College Graduate at a Public Baccalaureate Institution (Closing the Gap), Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Picking Up the Pace), and Proyecto Stem: Evidence‐Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment, Retention and Graduation At an Urban Public Hispanic‐Serving Institution (Proyecto STEM). The University passed through the endowment portion of these programs to the Organization. According to the grant award agreements, the endowment portion is restricted for a period of 20 years and required to be reported in accordance with accounting standards applicable to temporarily restricted net assets. For a period of 20 years from the date the grant was received, the endowment corpus cannot be spent or withdrawn. At the end of the 20-year period, the endowment corpus can be used for educational purposes. During the grant period, 50% of the total aggregate income earned on the endowment corpus can be spent or withdrawn and the remaining 50% is required to be added to the corpus. The total income earned on the endowment corpus for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, was $354,230, of which 50% will be distributed to the University for fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and 50% has been added to the endowment corpus. The following represents the activity of the endowment corpus for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024:

Finding Details

2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.
2024-001 –Grant Agreements Federal Assistance Listing Number: 84.031 Name of Program or Cluster: 84.031 Higher Education Institutional Aid: Opening the Gate: Improving Math Success for STEM Careers (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Closing the Completion Gap for HIS Community-College Graduate (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C, Picking Up the Pace: Ensuring Hispanic Degree Completion (Endowment Corpus)--84.031S, Proyecto Stem: Evidence-Based Approaches to STEM Enrollment (Endowment Corpus)--84.031C Agency: U.S. Department of Education Name of Passed-Through Entity: New Jersey City University (the “University”) Criteria: Per federal regulation CFR 624.41 paragraph (a) (1), an institution that the Secretary selects to receive an endowment challenge grant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to administer the endowment challenge grant. Condition: New Jersey City University Foundation, Inc. and Affiliate, (the “Organization”), was unable to present a formalized subrecipient agreement entered into at the inception of the endowment between the University and the Organization. Cause: Programs were initiated between the years 2013 through 2018 and were audited as part of the University’s audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance. The Organization’s staff have been unable to locate these agreements which were entered into several years ago. Effect: Noncompliance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Questioned Costs: None. Repeat Finding: Yes, see finding 2023-001. Recommendation: The Organization should maintain all records for Endowment Challenge Grants in accordance with federal regulation over grant compliance requirements. Views of Responsible Official: See corrective action plan attached.