# ASC 450-958-00: Contingencies — Not-for-Profit Entities — 00 Status

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## ASC 450-958-00: 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" id="SL6269126-165547"><tbody><tr><td class="entry text-align-center" colspan="1"><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></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/#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">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/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></tbody></table>