EIN: 050264797
UEI: LKHPGEDCJW34
Audited by: Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
Oversight agency: 47 [National Science Foundation]
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Data as of August 30, 2026
Management decision deadline — for entities that funded this organization
The FAC accepted this audit on May 15, 2025. Under 2 CFR 200.521(d), a pass-through entity that provided federal funds to this organization for this audit period must issue a management decision on these findings by November 15, 2025 (288 days ago).
What is a management decision? →During our audit of federal award expenditures for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, we identified certain instances where costs incurred in prior periods were improperly charged to the current year's federal awards. Criteria: 2 CFR 200.403(g) requires that costs must be "determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).” Additionally, 2 CFR 200.309 states that "a non-Federal entity may charge to the Federal award only allowable costs incurred during the period of performance." Cause: Management indicated that year-end processing procedures did not adequately identify and properly allocate expenses to the appropriate period. Effect: Improper period allocation of costs resulted in inaccurate financial reporting of federal award expenditures and potential violation of period of performance requirements. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: It is recommended that management implement enhanced review procedures for period-end expenses to ensure a proper cutoff, develop a monitoring system to track expenses by period of performance, and a establish a forma process for review and approval of payments made near the end of a reporting period. Views of responsible officials: Management of the Organization concurs with the finding and has implemented a corrective action plan to address the identified deficiency.
Show full finding ▾Hide full finding ▴Condition: During our audit of federal award expenditures for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, we identified certain instances where costs incurred in prior periods were improperly charged to the current year's federal awards. Criteria: 2 CFR 200.403(g) requires that costs must be "determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).” Additionally, 2 CFR 200.309 states that "a non-Federal entity may charge to the Federal award only allowable costs incurred during the period of performance." Cause: Management indicated that year-end processing procedures did not adequately identify and properly allocate expenses to the appropriate period. Effect: Improper period allocation of costs resulted in inaccurate financial reporting of federal award expenditures and potential violation of period of performance requirements. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: It is recommended that management implement enhanced review procedures for period-end expenses to ensure a proper cutoff, develop a monitoring system to track expenses by period of performance, and a establish a forma process for review and approval of payments made near the end of a reporting period. Views of responsible officials: Management of the Organization concurs with the finding and has implemented a corrective action plan to address the identified deficiency.
Finding 2024-001: Inclusion of Out-of-Period Costs in Current Year (Significant Deficiency): During the audit of federal award expenditures for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, it was discovered that costs incurred in prior periods were improperly charged to the current year’s federal awards. Name of Contact Person: Lucy Maddock, Chief Financial Officer email: lrm@ams.org Corrective Action Plan: The AMS processes payroll on a bi-weekly schedule. During the 2024 audit, we discovered that an initial payroll allocation for grant supported labor costs included days from the prior month that did not fall within the approved dates of the grant agreement. To ensure that this does not happen again the following procedures are being put into place effective immediately: 1. The grant accountant will review the payroll register at the beginning of each grant period and determine the actual percentage of payroll to allocate to the grant so that time periods are aligned. This may involve adjusting entries to accrue payroll into correct time periods. This will ensure costs incurred in prior periods are not charged to current year federal awards. 2. Grant payroll entries will be reviewed and approved by the Controller. 3. At the conclusion of the grant, all payroll entries will be reviewed one final time. Should any differences be found between the dates and amounts authorized by grant budget and those recorded in the G/L, correcting entries must be made before the final report is submitted to the cognizant agency. Anticipated Completion Date: These steps are being implemented effective immediately.
FAC accepted this audit on May 21, 2024 — management decision was due November 21, 2024.
FAC accepted this audit on June 9, 2019 — management decision was due December 9, 2019.
FAC accepted this audit on May 25, 2017 — management decision was due November 25, 2017.
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