{"schema_version":2,"canonical_url":"https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/958/10/#05-overview-and-background","source":"FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Basic View","usage":"Study and research edition. Verify current requirements with the official source. Summaries, enrichment, and tags are machine-generated study aids. Paragraph html preserves source markup; snippet is abbreviated. Pending content is not necessarily effective.","topic":"958","topic_title":"Not-for-Profit Entities","subtopic":"958-10","subtopic_title":"Overall","section":{"number":"05","label":"05 Overview and Background","anchor":"05-overview-and-background","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"958-10-05-1","para":"05-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">The Not-for-Profit Entities Topic provides guidance for <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 entities</span></a> (NFPs) as defined in Section <a altsource=\"GUID-0DD748A2-DAEB-4A20-B494-CB4C774CFCAE.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">958-10-15</a> that are <a href=\"/glossary/n/#nongovernmental-entity\" class=\"term\" title=\"An entity that is not required to issue financial reports in accordance with guidance promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board or the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board.\"><span>nongovernmental entities</span></a>, or as further defined in the Scope Sections of the individual Subtopics. Guidance in other Topics and Subtopics applies to NFPs unless the specific Scope Sections exempt NFPs or the subject matter precludes applicability (for example, payment of dividends).</div></div>","snippet":"The Not-for-Profit Entities Topic provides guidance for not-for-profit entities (NFPs) as defined in Section 958-10-15 that are nongovernmental entities, or as further defined in the Scope Sections of the individual Subt…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:56b673355d5af67effc78c689a18885e9ac12f0ab3a87d1534f1aabeb7a0c19b","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147480867","source_sha256":"5343612487f7c9f381169db4303dd543b75f5d852ddd02b10ac89c4470c357c5"}},{"citation":"958-10-05-2","para":"05-2","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">This Topic includes the following Subtopics:<ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\">Overall</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\">Financially Interrelated Entities</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\">Split-Interest Agreements</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">d</span><div class=\"p\">Presentation of Financial Statements</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">e</span><div class=\"p\">Balance Sheet </div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">f</span><div class=\"p\">Income Statement </div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">g</span><div class=\"p\">Statement of Cash Flows</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">h</span><div class=\"p\">Receivables</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">i</span><div class=\"p\">Investments—Debt Securities</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">ii</span><div class=\"p\">Investments—Equity Securities</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">j</span><div class=\"p\">Investments—Other</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">k</span><div class=\"p\">Property, Plant, and Equipment</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">l</span><div class=\"p\">Liabilities</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">m</span><div class=\"p\">Contingencies</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">n</span><div class=\"p\">Revenue Recognition—Contributions</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">o</span><div class=\"p\">Compensation—Retirement Benefits</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">p</span><div class=\"p\">Other Expenses</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">pp</span><div class=\"p\">Business Combinations (Mergers and Acquisitions)</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">q</span><div class=\"p\">Consolidation.</div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"This Topic includes the following Subtopics:\n(a) Overall\n(b) Financially Interrelated Entities\n(c) Split-Interest Agreements\n(d) Presentation of Financial Statements\n(e) Balance Sheet\n(f) Income Statement\n(g) Statement o…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:b86b3c3a7cc94421a6031e694c32ce0ca0f9f7b171d7171dc9649ca4f78eafda","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147480867","source_sha256":"5343612487f7c9f381169db4303dd543b75f5d852ddd02b10ac89c4470c357c5"}},{"citation":"958-10-05-3","para":"05-3","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">The Overall Subtopic provides guidance on the scope of this Topic as well as relationships to other Topics in the Codification.</div></div>","snippet":"The Overall Subtopic provides guidance on the scope of this Topic as well as relationships to other Topics in the Codification.","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:d64a083e8f24f1f68d4dfa6a8de11475d56b4e1ab2e27ff4ed69569a31ca3a2b","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147480867","source_sha256":"5343612487f7c9f381169db4303dd543b75f5d852ddd02b10ac89c4470c357c5"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:7fb9aa58d7644d052c6c889f9b1861983395228b7e1c7100f096dd913b0d6c23","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147480867","source_sha256":"5343612487f7c9f381169db4303dd543b75f5d852ddd02b10ac89c4470c357c5"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:c81d1814b5e82888d4521cd75a5ea664b0396fe9e710bbceb97f3167b5d952f5","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147480867","source_sha256":"5343612487f7c9f381169db4303dd543b75f5d852ddd02b10ac89c4470c357c5"}},"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:c81d1814b5e82888d4521cd75a5ea664b0396fe9e710bbceb97f3167b5d952f5","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:21:11.923Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147480867","source_sha256":"5343612487f7c9f381169db4303dd543b75f5d852ddd02b10ac89c4470c357c5"}}