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Pending content is not necessarily effective.","topic":"321","topic_title":"Investments—Equity Securities","subtopic":"321-958","subtopic_title":"Not-for-Profit Entities","section":{"number":"00","label":"00 Status","anchor":"00-status","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"321-958-00-1","para":"00-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.</div> <div class=\"norm-text\"> <table class=\"asc-table\" id=\"SL75877775-209828\"> <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=\"/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=\"/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=\"/glossary/e/#equity-security\" class=\"term\" title=\"Any security representing an ownership interest in an entity (for example, common, preferred, or other capital stock) or the right to acquire (for example, warrants, rights, forward purchase contracts, and call options) or dispose of (for example, put options and forward sale contracts) an ownership interest in an entity at fixed or determinable prices. The term equity security does not include any of the following: Written equity options (because they represent obligations of the writer, not investments) Cash-settled options on equity securities or options on equity-based indexes (because those instruments do not represent ownership interests in an entity) Convertible debt or preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor.\"><span>Equity Security</span></a> (1st def.)</td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/glossary/f/#financially-interrelated-entities\" class=\"term\" title=\"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.\"><span>Financially Interrelated Entities</span></a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/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=\"/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=\"/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\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/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=\"/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=\"/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=\"/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=\"/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity\" class=\"term\" title=\"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.\"><span>Not-for-Profit Entity</span></a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\"> <strong class=\"ph b\">Permanently Restricted Net Assets</strong> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\"> <strong class=\"ph b\">Temporarily Restricted Net Assets</strong> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\">Temporarily Restricted Net Assets</strong> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\"> <strong class=\"ph b\">Unrestricted Net Assets</strong> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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\"></td> <td class=\"entry\"></td> <td class=\"entry\"></td> <td class=\"entry\"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-05-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-05-1</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-05-2\" class=\"xref\">958-321-05-2</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-15-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-15-1 through 15-7</a></div> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-25-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-25-1</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-25-2\" class=\"xref\">958-321-25-2</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-30-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-30-1</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-35-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-35-1</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-35-2\" class=\"xref\">958-321-35-2</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-50-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-50-1</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-50-2\" class=\"xref\">958-321-50-2</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Amended</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/asc-pdf/GUID-6A8ECCE2-2DD0-4750-978D-D37E5AA3DC28.pdf\" class=\"pdf-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maintenance Update 2018-02 (PDF)</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">02/02/2018</td> </tr> <tr> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-50-2\" class=\"xref\">958-321-50-2</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Amended</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-50-2\" class=\"xref\">958-321-50-2</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/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=\"/asc/321/958/#321-958-55-1\" class=\"xref\">958-321-55-1</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">Added</td> <td class=\"entry\"> <a href=\"/updates/asu-2016-01/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01</a> </td> <td class=\"entry\">01/05/2016</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div>","snippet":"The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.\nParagraph | Action | Accounting Standards Update | Date |\n| | | |\nDonor-Imposed Restriction | Added | Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-14 | 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