Audit 402124

FY End
2025-12-31
Total Expended
$21.71M
Findings
1
Programs
2
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-05-26

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1215478 2025-001 Material Weakness Yes N

Contacts

Name Title Type
ZRGLTURHL3A3 Asa Ewings Auditee
2025885050 Ken Saggese Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Corporation, Inc. under programs of the federal government for the year ended December 31, 2025. The information in this Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of 2 CFR 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 operations of First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Corporation, Inc., it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Corporation, Inc..
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following, as applicable, either the cost principles in OMB Circular A-122, Cost Principles for Non-Profit Organizations, or 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 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. First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Corporation, Inc. has elected to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The balance of the HUD Insured Mortgage outstanding at the beginning of the year is included in the federal expenditures presented in the Schedule. There were no additional HUD loans during the year. The balance of the HUD insured mortgage outstanding at December 31, 2025 is $18,445,890.

Finding Details

Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: Section 221(d)(3) Insured Mortgage Assistance Listing Number: 14.135 Award Period: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 Type of Finding:  Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria or specific requirement: Per HUD requirements, 50% of surplus cash calculated in the prior year must be deposited into a separate residual receipts account within 90 days of year end. The other 50% is applied to the HUD retrofit loan. Condition: During our testing, we noted that First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Corporation, Inc. failed to make the 50% required deposit of surplus cash that was calculated in the 2024 audited financial statements within the 90-day time frame prescribed by HUD. Questioned costs: None. Context: Tested deposit to residual receipt account. Cause: Administrative error. Effect: The residual receipts account is not in compliance with HUD Residual Receipts Provisions and is underfunded. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: We recommend that First Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Corporation, Inc. design and implement controls to prevent non-compliance with HUD requirements surrounding surplus cash deposits such as recalculating surplus cash at the end of the year after all transactions have been posted. Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.