Audit 389612

FY End
2025-05-31
Total Expended
$50.40M
Findings
2
Programs
18
Organization: D'youville University (NY)
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-02-27

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V6UEFNSC13P6 Taylor Parker Auditee
7168297640 Cathleen Karpik Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Basis of Presentation The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) presents the activity of all federal award programs administered by D'Youville University (the University), an entity as defined in Note 1 to the University’s consolidated financial statements. Federal awards received directly from federal agencies, as well as federal awards passed through from other governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations, are included on the SEFA. Basis of Accounting The University uses the accrual basis of accounting for federal programs, consistent with the consolidated financial statements. The amounts reported as federal expenditures generally were obtained from the appropriate financial reports for the applicable programs and periods. The amounts reported in these federal financial reports are prepared from records maintained for each program, which are periodically reconciled to the University’s financial reporting system. Indirect Costs The University allocates certain indirect costs to federal programs based on an approved indirect cost plan, and as such does not apply the 10% de minimis rate permitted by the Uniform Guidance.
Total student loans guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education issued through the University under Federal Direct Student Loans (Assistance Listing #84.268) for the year ended May 31, 2025 were as follows: Direct Subsidized Loans $2,369,720, Direct Unsubsidized Loans $18,928,289, and Direct PLUS Loans $15,057,443 totaling $36,355,452. The following is a summary of loans made during the year ended May 31, 2025 and the loan balances outstanding, including interest and other charges, at May 31, 2025: U.S. Department of Education - Federal Perkins Loan Program, #84.038, total amount of loan made $0, total amount of loan outstanding $83,404; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Nursing Faculty Loan Program, #93.264, total amount of loan made $0, total amount of loan outstanding $454,334; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Undergraduate, #93.364, total amount of loan made $1,598,130, total amount of loan outstanding $5,764,915; and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Graduate, #93.364, total amount of loan made $0, total amount of loan outstanding $6,830. The total of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services loans made is $1,598,130 and total loans outstanding is $5,771,745. As required by the Uniform Guidance, the amounts shown on the SEFA are the balances of loans outstanding as of May 31, 2024 plus the amount of loans made during the year ended May 31, 2025.

Finding Details

Finding 2025-001: AL #84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program; AL #84.268 Federal Direct Student Loans Criteria: An institution must submit Pell Grant and Federal Direct Student Loans (FDL) disbursement records to Common Origination and Disbursement (COD), no later than 15 days after making the disbursement or becoming aware of the need to adjust a previously reported disbursement (34 CFR 668.164(a)). Condition: Out of a sample of forty Pell Grant students and sixteen return to Title IV (R2T4) students, our audit procedures identified the University did not report five Pell Grant disbursements and two R2T4 adjustments to COD within 15 days of crediting the student billing statements. Cause: Significant staffing turnover coupled with automated COD communication and reporting rules in the Student Information System (SIS) not working properly during the 2024-2025 aid year resulted in reporting to COD not being timely. Effect: The University did not complete the required reporting within the required time frames. Questioned Costs: None Auditors’ Recommendation: The University should update its procedures to include review of automated COD reporting to ensure automated breakdowns are identified and corrected and reporting to COD is done timely. Views of Responsible Officials: The University identified certain automated COD communication and reporting rules in the SIS that were not working properly during the 2024-2025 aid year. The breakdown of these automated rules required manual interventions to have all Pell and R2T4 Grant disbursements reported to COD. Due to significant staffing turnover in the financial aid department and the manual interventions needed, not all reporting was able to be completed within 15 days.