Notes to SEFA
The accompanying Supplementary Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) has been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting and 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). The purpose of the Schedule is to present a summary of those activities of Wellesley College (the College) for the year ended June 30, 2025, which have been funded by the U.S. government (federal awards). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the activities of the College, it is not intended to and does not present the total financial position, changes in net assets, and cash flows of the College. For purposes of the Schedule, federal awards include all federal assistance received directly from the federal government and awards passed through to the College by nonfederal organizations pursuant to federal grants, contracts, and similar agreements. The Schedule also denotes awards passed through from the College to other nonfederal subrecipient organizations.
The College administers the Federal Perkins Loan Program. The authority to award new loans to undergraduate students expired on September 30, 2017 and no disbursements were permitted after June 30, 2018. The outstanding balance as of June 30, 2024 was $504,412. The outstanding balance as of June 30, 2025 was $316,078
The amount of loans advanced to students under the Federal Direct Loan Program (FDL) during the year ended June 30, 2025 was $4,762,490. With respect to the FDL, the College is responsible only for the performance of certain administrative duties as part of the initial disbursement of the loans and, accordingly, these loans are not included in the College’s financial statements. It is not practical to determine the balances of loans outstanding to students of the College under this program at June 30, 2025
Facility and administrative costs allocated to certain awards for the year ended June 30, 2025 were based on predetermined rates negotiated with the College’s federal oversight agency, the Department of Health and Human Services. The College negotiated four-year predetermined indirect cost rates of 75% for on-campus and 15% for off-campus activity based on direct salaries and wages. These rates are effective from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2025. The College applied its predetermined approved facilities and administrative rates when charging indirect costs to federal awards and therefore did not elect the 10% de minimis cost rate as described in Section 200.414 of the Uniform Guidance.