# ASC 320-958: Investments—Debt Securities — Not-for-Profit Entities

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## ASC 320-958: Investments—Debt Securities — Not-for-Profit Entities

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  "summary": "This Subtopic (codified as 958-320) governs how not-for-profit entities account for investments in debt securities and sets disclosure rules for most NFP investments. The core rule is simple and different from the business-entity model: all debt securities held by an NFP are carried at fair value in the statement of financial position, with no held-to-maturity, trading, or available-for-sale classification. Purchased securities are initially measured at acquisition cost (excluding brokerage and other transaction fees); contributed securities and those received in agency transactions are initially measured at fair value.",
  "key_points": [
    "All investments in debt securities held by an NFP, including mortgage-backed securities, shall be measured at fair value in the statement of financial position (320-958-35-1; 320-958-15-2).",
    "Initial measurement is acquisition cost excluding brokerage and other transaction fees if purchased, and fair value if received as a contribution or through an agency transaction (320-958-30-1).",
    "A debt security acquired by contribution is recognized as an asset and as revenue or gain in the period received (320-958-25-1, citing 958-605-25-2).",
    "If the NFP holds the investment as an agent with little or no discretion over how income and gains and losses will be used, the acquisition and subsequent activity are reported as agency transactions—changes in assets and liabilities, not changes in net assets (320-958-25-3; 320-958-35-3).",
    "Scope excludes equity-method investments and consolidated subsidiaries (958-810-15-4), derivatives under Topic 815, short sales, and investments held by a financially interrelated entity (Subtopic 958-20) (320-958-15-4); an embedded derivative does not remove the host contract from scope (320-958-15-5).",
    "An entity does not look through the legal form of its investment to the investee's underlying securities—a limited partnership interest meeting the definition of an equity security stays an equity security even if the partnership holds mostly debt securities (320-958-15-6).",
    "Disclosures: aggregate carrying amount of investments by major type for each statement of financial position presented (320-958-50-2), and the nature and carrying amount of each investment or group representing a significant concentration of market risk for the most recent period (320-958-50-3)."
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  "categories": [
    "Financial instruments",
    "Not-for-profit",
    "Subsequent measurement",
    "Disclosure"
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  "audience_level": "intermediate",
  "student_note": "Exam trap: students carry over the 320-10 three-bucket model (trading/AFS/HTM) to NFPs—there is none; every debt security an NFP holds is at fair value, with return reported in the statement of activities per 958-220-45-22 through 45-30. The second common miss is the no-look-through rule in 320-958-15-6, which classifies a partnership interest by its own form, not by the investee's underlying assets.",
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    "958-325",
    "958-220",
    "958-605",
    "320-10",
    "820"
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    "debt security",
    "fair value measurement",
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    "agency transaction",
    "contributed securities",
    "concentration of market risk",
    "major types of investments",
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## ASC 320-958-00: 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" id="SL6798814-158791"><tbody><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Paragraph</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Action</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Accounting Standards Update</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Date</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#agency-transaction" class="term" title="A type of exchange transaction in which the reporting entity acts as an agent, trustee, or intermediary for another party that may be a donor or donee."><span>Agency Transaction</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-10/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-10</a></td><td class="entry">06/12/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Agency Transactions (Not for Profits)</strong></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-10/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-10</a></td><td class="entry">06/12/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#board-designated-endowment-fund" class="term" title="An endowment fund created by a not-for-profit entity's (NFP's) governing board by designating a portion of its net assets without donor restrictions to be invested to provide income for a long but not necessarily specified period (sometimes called funds functioning as endowment or quasi-endowment funds). In rare circumstances, a board-designated endowment fund also can include a portion of net assets with donor restrictions. For example, if an NFP is unable to spend donor-restricted contributions in the near term, then the board sometimes considers the long-term investment of these funds. See Endowment Fund."><span>Board-Designated Endowment Fund</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#conditional-contribution" class="term" title="A contribution that contains a donor-imposed condition."><span>Conditional Contribution</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-08/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-08</a></td><td class="entry">06/21/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#contribution" class="term" title="An unconditional transfer of cash or other assets, as well as unconditional promises to give, to an entity or a reduction, settlement, or cancellation of its liabilities in a voluntary nonreciprocal transfer by another entity acting other than as an owner. Those characteristics distinguish contributions from:Exchange transactions, which are reciprocal transfers in which each party receives and sacrifices approximately commensurate valueInvestments by owners and distributions to owners, which are nonreciprocal transfers between an entity and its ownersOther nonreciprocal transfers, such as impositions of taxes or legal judgments, fines, and thefts, which are not voluntary transfers. In a contribution transaction, the resource provider often receives value indirectly by providing a societal benefit although that benefit is not considered to be of commensurate value. In an exchange transaction, the potential public benefits are secondary to the potential direct benefits to the resource provider. The term contribution revenue is used to apply to transactions that are part of the entity's ongoing major or central activities (revenues), or are peripheral or incidental to the entity (gains). See also Inherent Contribution and Conditional Contribution."><span>Contribution</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-08/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-08</a></td><td class="entry">06/21/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#contribution" class="term" title="An unconditional transfer of cash or other assets, as well as unconditional promises to give, to an entity or a reduction, settlement, or cancellation of its liabilities in a voluntary nonreciprocal transfer by another entity acting other than as an owner. Those characteristics distinguish contributions from:Exchange transactions, which are reciprocal transfers in which each party receives and sacrifices approximately commensurate valueInvestments by owners and distributions to owners, which are nonreciprocal transfers between an entity and its ownersOther nonreciprocal transfers, such as impositions of taxes or legal judgments, fines, and thefts, which are not voluntary transfers. In a contribution transaction, the resource provider often receives value indirectly by providing a societal benefit although that benefit is not considered to be of commensurate value. In an exchange transaction, the potential public benefits are secondary to the potential direct benefits to the resource provider. The term contribution revenue is used to apply to transactions that are part of the entity's ongoing major or central activities (revenues), or are peripheral or incidental to the entity (gains). See also Inherent Contribution and Conditional Contribution."><span>Contribution</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#debt-security" class="term" title="Any security representing a creditor relationship with an entity. The term debt security also includes all of the following: Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor A collateralized mortgage obligation (or other instrument) that is issued in equity form but is required to be accounted for as a nonequity instrument regardless of how that instrument is classified (that is, whether equity or debt) in the issuer's statement of financial position U.S. Treasury securities U.S. government agency securities Municipal securities Corporate bonds Convertible debt Commercial paper All securitized debt instruments, such as collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits Interest-only and principal-only strips. The term debt security excludes all of the following: Option contracts Financial futures contracts Forward contracts Lease contracts Receivables that do not meet the definition of security and, so, are not debt securities, for example: Trade accounts receivable arising from sales on credit by industrial or commercial entities Loans receivable arising from consumer, commercial, and real estate lending activities of financial institutions."><span>Debt Security</span></a> (1st def.)</td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-19/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-19</a></td><td class="entry">12/14/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#debt-security" class="term" title="Any security representing a creditor relationship with an entity. The term debt security also includes all of the following: Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor A collateralized mortgage obligation (or other instrument) that is issued in equity form but is required to be accounted for as a nonequity instrument regardless of how that instrument is classified (that is, whether equity or debt) in the issuer's statement of financial position U.S. Treasury securities U.S. government agency securities Municipal securities Corporate bonds Convertible debt Commercial paper All securitized debt instruments, such as collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits Interest-only and principal-only strips. The term debt security excludes all of the following: Option contracts Financial futures contracts Forward contracts Lease contracts Receivables that do not meet the definition of security and, so, are not debt securities, for example: Trade accounts receivable arising from sales on credit by industrial or commercial entities Loans receivable arising from consumer, commercial, and real estate lending activities of financial institutions."><span>Debt Security</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#donor-imposed-condition" class="term" title="A donor stipulation (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants) that represents a barrier that must be overcome before the recipient is entitled to the assets transferred or promised. Failure to overcome the barrier gives the contributor a right of return of the assets it has transferred or gives the promisor a right of release from its obligation to transfer its assets."><span>Donor-Imposed Condition</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-08/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-08</a></td><td class="entry">06/21/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#donor-imposed-restriction" class="term" title="A donor stipulation (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants) that specifies a use for a contributed asset that is more specific than broad limits resulting from the following: The nature of the not-for-profit entity (NFP) The environment in which it operates The purposes specified in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or comparable documents for an unincorporated association. Some donors impose restrictions that are temporary in nature, for example, stipulating that resources be used after a specified date, for particular programs or services, or to acquire buildings or equipment. Other donors impose restrictions that are perpetual in nature, for example, stipulating that resources be maintained in perpetuity. Laws may extend those limits to investment returns from those resources and to other enhancements (diminishments) of those resources. Thus, those laws extend donor-imposed restrictions."><span>Donor-Imposed Restriction</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#donor-restricted-endowment-fund" class="term" title="An endowment fund that is created by a donor stipulation (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants) requiring investment of the gift in perpetuity or for a specified term. Some donors or laws may require that a portion of income, gains, or both be added to the gift and invested subject to similar restrictions. The term does not include a Board-Designated Endowment Fund. See Endowment Fund."><span>Donor-Restricted Endowment Fund</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/e/#endowment-fund" class="term" title="An established fund of cash, securities, or other assets to provide income for the maintenance of a not-for-profit entity (NFP). The use of the assets of the fund may be with or without donor-imposed restrictions. Endowment funds generally are established by donor-restricted gifts and bequests to provide a source of income in perpetuity or for a specified period. See Donor-Restricted Endowment Fund. Alternatively, an NFP's governing board may earmark a portion of its net assets as a Board-Designated Endowment Fund. See Funds Functioning as Endowment."><span>Endowment Fund</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Equity Security</strong> (1st def.)</td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#funds-functioning-as-endowment" class="term" title="Net assets without donor restrictions (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants) designated by an entity's governing board to be invested to provide income for generally a long but not necessarily specified period. A board-designated endowment, which results from an internal designation, is generally not donor-restricted and is classified as net assets without donor restrictions. The governing board has the right to decide at any time to expend such funds. In rare circumstances, funds functioning as endowment also can include a portion of net assets with donor restrictions. For example, if an NFP is unable to spend donor-restricted contributions in the near term, the board sometimes considers the long-term investment of these funds. (Sometimes referred to as quasi-endowment funds or board-designated endowment funds.)"><span>Funds Functioning as Endowment</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets" class="term" title="The excess or deficiency of assets over liabilities of a not-for-profit entity, which is divided into two mutually exclusive classes according to the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. See Net Assets with Donor Restrictions and Net Assets without Donor Restrictions."><span>Net Assets</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets-with-donor-restrictions" class="term" title="The part of net assets of a not-for-profit entity that is subject to donor-imposed restrictions (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants)."><span>Net Assets with Donor Restrictions</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets-without-donor-restrictions" class="term" title="The part of net assets of a not-for-profit entity that is not subject to donor-imposed restrictions (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants)."><span>Net Assets without Donor Restrictions</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Permanently Restricted Net Assets</strong></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#programmatic-investing" class="term" title="The activity of making loans or other investments that are directed at carrying out a not-for-profit entity's purpose for existence rather than investing in the general production of income or appreciation of an asset (for example, total return investing). An example of programmatic investing is a loan made to lower-income individuals to promote home ownership."><span>Programmatic Investing</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#promise-to-give" class="term" title="A written or oral agreement to contribute cash or other assets to another entity. A promise carries rights and obligations—the recipient of a promise to give has a right to expect that the promised assets will be transferred in the future, and the maker has a social and moral obligation, and generally a legal obligation, to make the promised transfer. A promise to give may be either conditional or unconditional."><span>Promise to Give</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-08/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-08</a></td><td class="entry">06/21/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Readily Determinable Fair Value</strong></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/r/#readily-determinable-fair-value" class="term" title="An equity security has a readily determinable fair value if it meets any of the following conditions: The fair value of an equity security is readily determinable if sales prices or bid-and-asked quotations are currently available on a securities exchange registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or in the over-the-counter market, provided that those prices or quotations for the over-the-counter market are publicly reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations systems or by OTC Markets Group Inc. Restricted stock meets that definition if the restriction terminates within one year. The fair value of an equity security traded only in a foreign market is readily determinable if that foreign market is of a breadth and scope comparable to one of the U.S. markets referred to above. The fair value of an equity security that is an investment in a mutual fund or in a structure similar to a mutual fund (that is, a limited partnership or a venture capital entity) is readily determinable if the fair value per share (unit) is determined and published and is the basis for current transactions."><span>Readily Determinable Fair Value</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-10/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-10</a></td><td class="entry">06/12/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/r/#readily-determinable-fair-value" class="term" title="An equity security has a readily determinable fair value if it meets any of the following conditions: The fair value of an equity security is readily determinable if sales prices or bid-and-asked quotations are currently available on a securities exchange registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or in the over-the-counter market, provided that those prices or quotations for the over-the-counter market are publicly reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations systems or by OTC Markets Group Inc. Restricted stock meets that definition if the restriction terminates within one year. The fair value of an equity security traded only in a foreign market is readily determinable if that foreign market is of a breadth and scope comparable to one of the U.S. markets referred to above. The fair value of an equity security that is an investment in a mutual fund or in a structure similar to a mutual fund (that is, a limited partnership or a venture capital entity) is readily determinable if the fair value per share (unit) is determined and published and is the basis for current transactions."><span>Readily Determinable Fair Value</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/s/#spending-rate" class="term" title="The portion of total return on investments used for fiscal needs of the current period, usually used as a budgetary method of reporting returns of investments. It is usually measured in terms of an amount or a specified percentage of a moving average market value. Typically, the selection of a spending rate emphasizes the use of prudence and a systematic formula to determine the portion of cumulative investment return that can be used to support fiscal needs of the current period and the protection of endowment gifts from a loss of purchasing power as a consideration in determining the formula to be used."><span>Spending Rate</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Temporarily Restricted Net Assets</strong></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Unrestricted Net Assets</strong></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-05-1" class="xref">958-320-05-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-05-2" class="xref">958-320-05-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-1A" class="xref">958-320-15-1A through 15-4</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-1A" class="xref">958-320-15-1A</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-6" class="xref">958-320-15-6</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-7" class="xref">958-320-15-7</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-25-1" class="xref">958-320-25-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-25-1" class="xref">958-320-25-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-7929A3F4-4488-4F75-82C9-194804984E05.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2015-11 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">06/19/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-25-2" class="xref">958-320-25-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-pdf/GUID-2C1F3EDB-71D2-450B-AFAB-85E2A86D8723.pdf" class="pdf-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maintenance Update 2016-05 (PDF)</a></td><td class="entry">04/12/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-25-2" class="xref">958-320-25-2</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-25-2" class="xref">958-320-25-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-30-1" class="xref">958-320-30-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-35-1" class="xref">958-320-35-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-35-2" class="xref">958-320-35-2</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-35-3" class="xref">958-320-35-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2015-10/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-10</a></td><td class="entry">06/12/2015</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-1" class="xref">958-320-45-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-1" class="xref">958-320-45-1 through 45-10</a></div></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-2" class="xref">958-320-45-2</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-3" class="xref">958-320-45-3 through 45-5</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-5" class="xref">958-320-45-5</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-6" class="xref">958-320-45-6</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2012-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04</a></td><td class="entry">10/01/2012</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-8" class="xref">958-320-45-8</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-9" class="xref">958-320-45-9</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-1" class="xref">958-320-50-1</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-3" class="xref">958-320-55-3</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-4" class="xref">958-320-55-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-5" class="xref">958-320-55-5</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-5" class="xref">958-320-55-5</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-13/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13</a></td><td class="entry">06/16/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-5" class="xref">958-320-55-5</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2014-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class="entry">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-6" class="xref">958-320-55-6 through 55-8</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-9" class="xref">958-320-55-9</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-10" class="xref">958-320-55-10</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-11" class="xref">958-320-55-11</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14</a></td><td class="entry">08/18/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-60-1" class="xref">958-320-60-1</a></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2022-02/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2022-02</a></td><td class="entry">03/31/2022</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-60-1" class="xref">958-320-60-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2016</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## ASC 320-958-05: 05 Overview and Background

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##### [320-958-05-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-05-1)

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The Not-for-Profit Entities Topic contains several Subtopics for investments held by [not-for-profit entities](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans.") (NFPs) because the guidance differs by form of the investment. The Subtopics are:

1.  a
    
    Financially Interrelated Entities
    
2.  b
    
    Investments—Debt Securities
    
3.  bb
    
    Investments—Equity Securities
    
4.  c
    
    Investments—Other
    
5.  d
    
    Consolidation.

##### [320-958-05-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-05-2)

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This Subtopic establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting for all investments in debt securities held by NFPs. It also establishes disclosure requirements for those and most other investments held by NFPs.

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## ASC 320-958-15: 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

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#### Overall Guidance

##### [320-958-15-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-1)

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This Subtopic follows the same Scope and Scope Exceptions as outlined in the Overall Subtopic, see Section 958-10-15, with specific exceptions noted below.

#### Health Care Entities

##### [320-958-15-1A](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-1A)

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The application of this Subtopic by not-for-profit, business-oriented health care entities, as described in paragraph [954-10-05-2(b)](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/954/10/#954-10-05-2), is subject to additional guidance in Subtopic 954-220.

#### Instruments

##### [320-958-15-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-2)

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The measurement standards in Section 958-320-35 apply to all investments in debt securities, including mortgage-backed securities.

1.  a
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/).
    
2.  b
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/).

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The reporting standards in paragraphs

[958-220-45-22 through 45-30](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/220/958/#220-958-45-22)

and Section 958-320-50 apply to all investments held by [not-for-profit entities](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans.") (NFPs), except those described in the following paragraph.

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The guidance in this Subtopic does not apply to any of the following:

1.  a
    
    An investment in equity securities that is accounted for under the equity method in accordance with paragraph [958-810-15-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/810/958/#810-958-15-4) or in accordance with Subtopic 958-321.
    
2.  b
    
    An investment in a subsidiary that is consolidated in accordance with paragraph [958-810-15-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/810/958/#810-958-15-4) or
    
    [958-810-25-2 through 25-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/810/958/#810-958-25-2)
    
    .
    
3.  c
    
    An investment in a derivative instrument that is subject to the requirements of Topic 815. That is, an investment in an option on securities shall be accounted for under the requirements of Subtopic 815-10 if the option meets the definition of a derivative instrument, including the criteria for net settlement in paragraph [815-10-15-99](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/815/10/#815-10-15-99).
    
4.  d
    
    Short sales of securities (sales of securities that the seller does not own at the time of sale), because they are obligations to deliver securities, not investments. Short sale obligations are addressed in the guidance for certain industries (see paragraph [940-320-35-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/940/#320-940-35-1) with respect to broker-dealers and paragraph [942-405-35-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/405/942/#405-942-35-1) with respect to depository institutions). For guidance on evaluating whether a short sale transaction involves a derivative instrument, see paragraph [815-10-55-57](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/815/10/#815-10-55-57).
    
5.  e
    
    Investments held by a [financially interrelated entity](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#financially-interrelated-entities "A recipient entity and a specified beneficiary are financially interrelated entities if the relationship between them has both of the following characteristics: One of the entities has the ability to influence the operating and financial decisions of the other. One of the entities has an ongoing economic interest in the net assets of the other."). See Subtopic 958-20 for reporting interests in the [net assets](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets "The excess or deficiency of assets over liabilities of a not-for-profit entity, which is divided into two mutually exclusive classes according to the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. See Net Assets with Donor Restrictions and Net Assets without Donor Restrictions.") of a financially interrelated entity.

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If an investment would otherwise be in the scope of this Subtopic and it has within it an embedded derivative that is subject to the requirements of Topic 815, the host contract (as described in paragraph [815-15-05-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/815/15/#815-15-05-1)) remains within the scope of this Subtopic.

##### [320-958-15-6](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-6)

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When determining whether an instrument is within the scope of this Subtopic, an entity shall not look through the form of its investment to the nature of the securities held by an investee. For example, an entity invests in a limited partnership interest (or a venture capital entity) that meets the definition of an equity security. However, substantially all of the partnership's assets consist of investments in debt securities. In the specific situation described, the investment would be considered an equity security.

#### Other Considerations

##### [320-958-15-7](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-15-7)

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This Subtopic does not specify methods to be used for measuring the amount of interest income.

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## ASC 320-958-25: 25 Recognition

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Pursuant to paragraph [958-605-25-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/605/958/#605-958-25-2), if a [debt security](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#debt-security "Any security representing a creditor relationship with an entity. The term debt security also includes all of the following: Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor A collateralized mortgage obligation (or other instrument) that is issued in equity form but is required to be accounted for as a nonequity instrument regardless of how that instrument is classified (that is, whether equity or debt) in the issuer's statement of financial position U.S. Treasury securities U.S. government agency securities Municipal securities Corporate bonds Convertible debt Commercial paper All securitized debt instruments, such as collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits Interest-only and principal-only strips. The term debt security excludes all of the following: Option contracts Financial futures contracts Forward contracts Lease contracts Receivables that do not meet the definition of security and, so, are not debt securities, for example: Trade accounts receivable arising from sales on credit by industrial or commercial entities Loans receivable arising from consumer, commercial, and real estate lending activities of financial institutions.") is acquired by contribution, it shall be recognized as an asset and as a revenue or gain in the period received.

##### [320-958-25-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-25-2)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/).

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If a [not-for-profit entity](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans.") (NFP) is holding an investment as an agent and has little or no discretion in determining how the investment income, unrealized gains and losses, and realized gains and losses resulting from that investment will be used, the investment's acquisition shall be reported as an agency transaction. That is, the NFP agent recognizes the acquisition as an asset and a liability rather than as a change in net assets.

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## ASC 320-958-30: 30 Initial Measurement

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A [debt security](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#debt-security "Any security representing a creditor relationship with an entity. The term debt security also includes all of the following: Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor A collateralized mortgage obligation (or other instrument) that is issued in equity form but is required to be accounted for as a nonequity instrument regardless of how that instrument is classified (that is, whether equity or debt) in the issuer's statement of financial position U.S. Treasury securities U.S. government agency securities Municipal securities Corporate bonds Convertible debt Commercial paper All securitized debt instruments, such as collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits Interest-only and principal-only strips. The term debt security excludes all of the following: Option contracts Financial futures contracts Forward contracts Lease contracts Receivables that do not meet the definition of security and, so, are not debt securities, for example: Trade accounts receivable arising from sales on credit by industrial or commercial entities Loans receivable arising from consumer, commercial, and real estate lending activities of financial institutions.") shall be initially measured at its acquisition cost (excluding brokerage and other transaction fees) if it is purchased. It shall be initially measured at [fair value](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#fair-value "The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.") if it is received as a [contribution](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#contribution "An unconditional transfer of cash or other assets, as well as unconditional promises to give, to an entity or a reduction, settlement, or cancellation of its liabilities in a voluntary nonreciprocal transfer by another entity acting other than as an owner. Those characteristics distinguish contributions from:Exchange transactions, which are reciprocal transfers in which each party receives and sacrifices approximately commensurate valueInvestments by owners and distributions to owners, which are nonreciprocal transfers between an entity and its ownersOther nonreciprocal transfers, such as impositions of taxes or legal judgments, fines, and thefts, which are not voluntary transfers. In a contribution transaction, the resource provider often receives value indirectly by providing a societal benefit although that benefit is not considered to be of commensurate value. In an exchange transaction, the potential public benefits are secondary to the potential direct benefits to the resource provider. The term contribution revenue is used to apply to transactions that are part of the entity's ongoing major or central activities (revenues), or are peripheral or incidental to the entity (gains). See also Inherent Contribution and Conditional Contribution.") or through an [agency transaction](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#agency-transaction "A type of exchange transaction in which the reporting entity acts as an agent, trustee, or intermediary for another party that may be a donor or donee.").

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## ASC 320-958-35: 35 Subsequent Measurement

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All investments in [debt securities](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#debt-security "Any security representing a creditor relationship with an entity. The term debt security also includes all of the following: Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor A collateralized mortgage obligation (or other instrument) that is issued in equity form but is required to be accounted for as a nonequity instrument regardless of how that instrument is classified (that is, whether equity or debt) in the issuer's statement of financial position U.S. Treasury securities U.S. government agency securities Municipal securities Corporate bonds Convertible debt Commercial paper All securitized debt instruments, such as collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits Interest-only and principal-only strips. The term debt security excludes all of the following: Option contracts Financial futures contracts Forward contracts Lease contracts Receivables that do not meet the definition of security and, so, are not debt securities, for example: Trade accounts receivable arising from sales on credit by industrial or commercial entities Loans receivable arising from consumer, commercial, and real estate lending activities of financial institutions.") shall be measured at [fair value](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/f/#fair-value "The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.") in the statement of financial position.

##### [320-958-35-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-35-2)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/).

#### Investments Held As an Agent

##### [320-958-35-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-35-3)

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If a [not-for-profit entity](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans.") (NFP) is holding an investment as an [agent](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#agent "An entity that acts for and on behalf of another. Although the term agency has a legal definition, the term is used broadly to encompass not only legal agency, but also the relationships described in Topic 958. A recipient entity acts as an agent for and on behalf of a donor if it receives assets from the donor and agrees to use those assets on behalf of or transfer those assets, the return on investment of those assets, or both to a specified beneficiary. A recipient entity acts as an agent for and on behalf of a beneficiary if it agrees to solicit assets from potential donors specifically for the beneficiary's use and to distribute those assets to the beneficiary. A recipient entity also acts as an agent if a beneficiary can compel the recipient entity to make distributions to it or on its behalf.") and has little or no discretion in determining how the investment income, unrealized gains and losses, and realized gains and losses resulting from that investment will be used, those investment activities shall be reported as [agency transactions](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#agency-transaction "A type of exchange transaction in which the reporting entity acts as an agent, trustee, or intermediary for another party that may be a donor or donee.") and, therefore, as changes in assets and liabilities, rather than as changes in [net assets](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets "The excess or deficiency of assets over liabilities of a not-for-profit entity, which is divided into two mutually exclusive classes according to the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. See Net Assets with Donor Restrictions and Net Assets without Donor Restrictions.").

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## ASC 320-958-45: 45 Other Presentation Matters

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/).

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##### [320-958-45-8](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-45-8)

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## ASC 320-958-50: 50 Disclosure

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##### [320-958-50-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-1)

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For each period for which a statement of financial position is presented, an NFP shall disclose the aggregate carrying amount of investments by major types, for example, equity securities, U.S. Treasury securities, corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities, oil and gas properties, and real estate.

##### [320-958-50-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-3)

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For the most recent period for which a statement of financial position is presented, an NFP shall disclose the nature of and carrying amount for each individual investment or group of investments that represents a significant concentration of market risk, such as risks that result from the nature of the investments or from a lack of diversity of industry, currency, or geographic location.

##### [320-958-50-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-4)

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Paragraph [825-10-50-21](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/825/10/#825-10-50-21) requires disclosures about all significant concentrations of credit risk arising from all financial instruments, (including significant concentrations of credit risk arising from derivative instruments accounted for under Topic 815), whether from an individual counterparty or groups of counterparties.

##### [320-958-50-5](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-5)

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Information about realized and unrealized gains and losses and about historical costs of investments may be useful in some circumstances. For example, if a state adopted a law that allows an NFP to spend only realized gains or if an NFP pays taxes on realized gains and losses, information that distinguishes between realized and unrealized amounts may be useful. Thus, this Subtopic does not preclude disclosing that information.

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## ASC 320-958-55: 55 Implementation Guidance and Illustrations

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#### Implementation Guidance

##### [320-958-55-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-1)

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The term _debt security_ includes any [security](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/s/#security "A share, participation, or other interest in property or in an entity of the issuer or an obligation of the issuer that has all of the following characteristics: It is either represented by an instrument issued in bearer or registered form or, if not represented by an instrument, is registered in books maintained to record transfers by or on behalf of the issuer. It is of a type commonly dealt in on securities exchanges or markets or, when represented by an instrument, is commonly recognized in any area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment. It either is one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests, or obligations.") representing a creditor relationship with an entity. Thus, the term debt security includes all of the following securities, among other items:

1.  a
    
    U.S. Treasury securities
    
2.  b
    
    U.S. government agency securities
    
3.  c
    
    Municipal securities
    
4.  d
    
    Corporate bonds
    
5.  e
    
    Convertible debt
    
6.  f
    
    Commercial paper
    
7.  g
    
    All securitized debt instruments, such as collateralized mortgage obligations and real estate mortgage investment conduits
    
8.  h
    
    Interest-only and principal-only strips
    
9.  i
    
    Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor
    
10.  j
     
     A collateralized mortgage obligation (or other instrument) that is issued in equity form but is required to be accounted for as a nonequity instrument regardless of how that instrument is classified (that is, whether equity or debt) in the issuer's statement of financial position.

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However, the term debt security excludes all of the following instruments:

1.  a
    
    Option contracts
    
2.  b
    
    Financial futures contracts
    
3.  c
    
    Forward contracts
    
4.  d
    
    Lease contracts
    
5.  e
    
    Swap contracts
    
6.  f
    
    Receivables that do not meet the definition of security and, thus, are not debt securities, for example:
    
    1.  1
        
        Trade accounts receivable arising from sales on credit
        
    2.  2
        
        Loans receivable arising from consumer, commercial, and real estate lending activities of financial institutions and [not-for-profit entities](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans.") (NFPs).
        
    
    However, if those receivables have been securitized, they would meet the definition of a security, and thus be a debt security. Paragraph [320-10-55-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/10/#320-10-55-3) explains that, even if a loan could readily be converted into a security, the loan is not a debt security until it has been securitized.

##### [320-958-55-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-3)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-01/).

#### Illustrations

##### [320-958-55-4](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-4)

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This Example illustrates the disclosures required by paragraph [958-320-50-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-2) and a statement of activities that reports investment return in accordance with paragraphs

[958-220-45-22 through 45-26](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/220/958/#220-958-45-22)

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##### [320-958-55-5](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-5)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/).

##### [320-958-55-6](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-6)

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This Example has the following assumptions:

1.  a
    
    Not-for-Profit Entity A (NFP A) invests cash in excess of daily requirements in short-term investments; during the year, those investments earned $1,275.
    
2.  b
    
    Most long-term investments of NFP A's endowments are held in an investment pool, which earned income of $11,270 and had net gains of $15,450.
    
3.  c
    
    Certain endowments are separately invested because of donors' requirements. The investments of those endowments earned income of $1,000 and increased in value by $1,500.
    
4.  d
    
    [Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/).
    
5.  e
    
    NFP A released from restrictions the full amount of [net assets with donor restrictions](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#net-assets-with-donor-restrictions "The part of net assets of a not-for-profit entity that is subject to donor-imposed restrictions (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants).") that were appropriated from the [donor-restricted endowment fund](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/d/#donor-restricted-endowment-fund "An endowment fund that is created by a donor stipulation (donors include other types of contributors, including makers of certain grants) requiring investment of the gift in perpetuity or for a specified term. Some donors or laws may require that a portion of income, gains, or both be added to the gift and invested subject to similar restrictions. The term does not include a Board-Designated Endowment Fund. See Endowment Fund.") ($4,500) because the entity spent the funds for the required purpose.
    
6.  f
    
    NFP A's governing board appropriated for expenditure $1,025 from its short-term investments.
    
7.  g
    
    NFP A had $25 of gross [programmatic investing](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#programmatic-investing "The activity of making loans or other investments that are directed at carrying out a not-for-profit entity's purpose for existence rather than investing in the general production of income or appreciation of an asset (for example, total return investing). An example of programmatic investing is a loan made to lower-income individuals to promote home ownership.") income. The expenses related to the programmatic activity are included in operating expenses.

##### [320-958-55-7](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-7)

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A statement of activities of NFP A is illustrated as follows.

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    Not-for-Profit Entity A Statement of Activities "Year Ended June 30, 20X1" Without Donor Restrictions With Donor Restrictions Total "Revenues, gains, and other support:" Contributions " $X,XXX " " $ X,XXX " " $XX,XXX " Investment return appropriated from short-term investments " 1,025 " Fees " X,XXX " " X,XXX " Programmatic investing return 25 Other XXX XXX Net assets released from restrictions Investment return appropriated and released for current operations from donor-restricted endowment " 4,500 " " (4,500)" \[Other net assets released from restrictions\] " X,XXX " " (X,XXX) " "Total operating revenues, gains, and other support" " XX,XXX " " XX,XXX " Expenses: Program A " XX,XXX " Program B " X,XXX " Program C " X,XXX " Management and general " X,XXX " Fundraising " X,XXX " Total operating expenses " XX,XXX " Operating revenues in excess of expenses " XX,XXX " Other changes: "Investment return, net" " 1,275 " " 29,220 " " 30,495 " Investment return appropriated for current operations from short-term investments " (1,025)" \[Other items considered to be nonoperating\] " X,XXX " " X,XXX " " X,XXX " Change in net assets " $XX,XXX " " $ X,XXX " " $XX,XXX "

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NFP A would add the following illustrative text to its note to financial statements that describes the measure of operations.

-   The board of trustees designates only a portion of NFP A's cumulative investment return for support of current operations; the remainder is retained to support operations of future years and to offset potential market declines. The amount computed and appropriated under the endowment spending policy of the investment pool and the amount appropriated from the investment return associated with the short-term investments are used to support current operations.

##### [320-958-55-9](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-9)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/).

##### [320-958-55-10](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-10)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-14/).

##### [320-958-55-11](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-55-11)

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In accordance with the requirements in paragraph [958-320-50-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-50-2), an NFP would disclose the aggregate carrying amount of investments by major types and may choose to combine these disclosure requirements with disclosures about the level in the fair value hierarchy as required in Topic 820 on fair value measurement.

-   ![ ](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc-img/GUID-175C1D3F-6728-4C51-B416-6560A0866840-low.gif)
    
    20X1 Quoted Prices in Active Markets Significant Other Observable Inputs Significant Unobservable Inputs Measured at Net Asset Value (Level I) (Level II) (Level III) 20X1 Total Investments Cash equivalents held by investment managers " $19,366 " " $19,366 " U.S. common and preferred stocks " 61,190 " " 61,190 " International common and preferred stocks " 71,973 " " 71,973 " Fixed income " $40,920 " " 40,920 " Equity funds " 20,210 " " $10,093 " " $10,068 " " 40,371 " - Hedge funds " 26,248 " " 26,248 " - Private equity " 39,090 " " 39,090 " - Real estate " 33,520 " " 33,520 " Pooled endowment Pooled endowment " 172,739 " " 40,920 " " 43,613 " " 75,406 " " 332,678 " Split-interest agreements U.S. common and preferred stocks " 12,970 " " 12,970 " Fixed income " 6,635 " " 6,635 " Total investments " $185,709 " " $47,555 " " $43,613 " " $75,406 " " $352,283 "

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## ASC 320-958-60: 60 Relationships

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##### [320-958-60-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-60-1)

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[Paragraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2022-02](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2022-02/).

#### Derivatives and Hedging

##### [320-958-60-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/320/958/#320-958-60-2)

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For guidance on recognition by an NFP of the gain or loss on a hedging instrument or a nonhedging derivative instrument, see paragraphs [815-25-35-19](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/815/25/#815-25-35-19) and [815-10-35-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/815/10/#815-10-35-3), respectively.
