PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2005 and 2004

(WITH ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT THEREON)

 

(WITH ACCOUNTANT'S 11E PORT THEREON)


PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

 

 

 

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Independent Auditor's Report                                                           1

Financial Statements:

 

            Statements of Financial Position                                                  2

            Statements of Activities                                                             3

            Statements of Cash Flows                                                          4

            Notes to Financial Statements                                                     5‑9

Supplemental Information:

            Schedules of Program and Supporting Services                            10

 


 

 

 

 

 

DUFOUR & SCHMITT, LTD

 

50 EXCHANGE TERRACE                                                                                                                           TEL (401)751‑7154

SUITE 310                                                                                                                                                   FAX (401)421‑7806

PROVIDENCE, R.I. 02903

 

The Board of Directors

Prudence Conservancy, Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of Prudence Conservancy, Inc, (a nonprofit organization) as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related statements of activities and cash flows for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Organization's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of financial misstatement.  An audit includes, examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Prudence Conservancy, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the changes in net assets and cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplementary information presented on page 9 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements.  Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

 

 

 

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS                                                                                                                                                              2005                             2004

 

Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                              $            112,002                       127,016

Unconditional promises to give:

   Temporarily restricted                                                                                                                                    15,300                         28,724

Prepaid expense                                                                                                                                                 6,299                           7,423

Deposit on land                                                                                                                                                    1,000                                  0

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of

     $51,656 in 2005; $39,970 in 2004                                                                                                           2,683,776                    1,029,244

       Total assets                                                                                                                               $         2,818,377                    1,192,407

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Accounts payable                                                                                                                             $                  0                                   100

Accrued expenses                                                                                                                                            2,500                            2,500

        Total liabilities                                                                                                                                              2,500                            2,600

 

NET ASSETS

 

Unrestricted                                                                                                                                                      48,218                          55,596

Temporarily restricted                                                                                                                                       90,468                        111,552

Permanently restricted                                                                                                                                 2,677,191                     1,022,659

        Total net assets                                                                                                                                   2,815,877                     1,189,807

        Total liabilities and net assets                                                                                                    $         2,818,377                     1,192,407

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

Year ended December 21, 2005 and 2004

 

2005                                                                     2004

 

                             Temporarily        Permanently

Unrestricted            Restricted             Restricted               Total                                  Total

 

Revenues, gains, and other support:

   Contributions and dues:

          Unrestricted (note 6)                                                    19,075                                       1,637,800          1,656,875                         25,127

          Restricted (note 2 and 5)                                                                        12,999                                           12,999                         23,084

   Grants                                                                                   2,000                  1,000                                             3,000                           1,750

   Interest and dividends                                                              697                  1,326                                             2,023                              670

   Rental income                                                                      1,727                                                                        1,727                           1,000

   Fundraising events                                                                3,304                                                                        3,304                              851

   Camp, grazing and garden fees                                            3,419                                                                        3,419                           2,622

   Product sales                                                                        1,285                                                                        1.285                              515

   Net assets restricted by board!

          Board ‑designated restrictions                                      (2,490)                  2,490                                                    0                                  0

   Net assets released tram restrictions:

Restrictions satisfied by payment                                10,481                (38,899)               28,418                       0                                  0

 

Total revenue, gains and other

     support                                                                   39,498                (21,084)           1,666,218          1,684,632                        55,619

 

 

Expenses:

 

Program services                                                               10,470                                                                       10,470                           8.233

Supporting services

       Management and general                                          29,238                                             11,686              40.924                         29,719

       Fund‑raising and product expense                                7,168                                                                         7,168                           2.516

       Total expenses                                                           46,876                                             11,686              58,562                         40,468

 

           Change in net assets                                                  (7,378)               (21,084)           1,654,532          1,626,070                        15,151

   Not assets at beginning of year                                          55,596               111,552           1,022,659          1,189,807                   1,174,656

 

Net assets at and of year                                          $           48,218                 90,468           2,677,191          2,815,877                    1,189,807

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

NOTE I ‑ Nature of Activities and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Nature of Activities

 

Prudence Conservancy, Inc. (the Organization) was founded in 1987 in Prudence Island, Rhode Island.  Their objectives are: to inform and educate residents of Prudence Island of and on various environmental issues; and to maintain the rural character of Prudence through the acquisition of open spaces properties and its ongoing stewardship role with these properties.

 

Promises to Give

 

Contributions are recognized when the donor makes a promise to give to the Organization that is, in substance, unconditional.  Contributions that are restricted by the donor are reported as increases in unrestricted net assets if the restriction expires in the fiscal year in which the contributions are recognized.  All other donor-restricted contributions are reported as increases in temporarily or permanently restricted net assets depending on the nature of the restrictions.  When a restriction expires, temporarily restricted net assets arc reclassified to unrestricted net assets.

 

Contributed Services

 

SFAS 116 sets forth criteria that contributions of services shall be recognized if the services received require specialized skills that are provided by individuals possessing those skills and would typically need to be purchased if not provided by donation.  Any other services provided by volunteers that do not meet the above criteria shall not be recognized in the statements of activities.

 

In year 2005, legal services were donated to the Organization and recognized on the statement of activities.

 

Estimates

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that effect certain reported amounts and disclosures.  Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

NOTE I ‑ Nature of Activities and Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

Property and Equipment

 

It is the Organization's policy to capitalize property and equipment with a life expectancy of one year or more.  Purchased property and equipment is capitalized at cost, Donations of property and equipment are recorded as contributions at their estimated fair value.  Such donations are reported as unrestricted contributions unless the donor has restricted the donated asset to a specific purpose.  Assets donated with explicit restrictions regarding their use and contributions of cash that must be used to acquire property and equipment are reported as restricted contributions.  Absent donor stipulations regarding how long those donated assets must he maintained, the Organization reports expirations of donor restrictions when the donated or acquired assets are placed in service as instructed by the donor.  The Organization reclassifies temporarily restricted net assets to unrestricted net assets at that time.  Property and equipment are depreciated using the straight‑line method.

 

Financial Statement Presentation

 

The Organization has adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 117, "Financial Statements of Not‑for‑Profit Organization.”  Under SFAS No. 117, the Organization is required to report information regarding its financial position and activities according to three classes of net assets; unrestricted net assets, temporarily restricted net assets, and permanently restricted net assets.  In addition, the Organization is required to present a statement of cash flows.

 

Contributions

 

The Organization has also adopted SFAS No. 116, "Accounting for Contributions Received and Contributions Made."  Contributions received are recorded as unrestricted, temporarily restricted, or permanently restricted support depending on the existence or nature or any donor restrictions.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Organization is a nonprofit organization as described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal and state income taxes,

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Organization considers all highly liquid investments available for current use with an initial maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

 

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

NOTE 2 ‑ Restrictions of Net Assets

 

Restrictions oil net assets at the end of 2005 and 2004 are related to: (1) temporarily restricted ‑ funds raised through the Farnham Farm Project which is a specified giving program to assist the organization in purchasing, improving, and maintaining this historically and ecologically significant farm; Funds donated for the purpose of renovating the barn at Farnham Farm for a community room, and an endowment for specific donations to the endowment and for memorials voted by the board which are not otherwise designated. (2) permanently restricted ‑ donated property which has been generally restricted by the donee for the purpose of protecting island land from development.  Included in the cash and cash equivalents on the Statements of Financial Position, are temporarily restricted funds totaling as follows:

 

                                                                  2005                      2004

Endowment Fund                             $ 28,805                      24,617

Renovation Fund                                24,433                      39,804

Farnham Farm Fund                            21,931                      23,804

$ 75,169                          88,225

 

 

NOTE 3 ‑ Property & Equipment

 

Properly and equipment consist of the following:

 

                                                                                                                     2005                       2004

Land                                                                                                  $2,381,982                  738,485

Building and improvements                                                               332,186                  309,465

Furniture & equipment                                                                         21,264                    21,264

                                                                                                             2,735,432               1,069,214

Accumulated depreciation                                                                   51,656                    39,970

                                                                                                          $ 2,683,776               1,029,244

 

Depreciation expense for 2005 and 2004 was $11,686 and $9,469, respectively.

 

On April 28, 2005, Preserve Rhode Island transferred to the organization all of its right, title, and interest in and to the property located on Prudence Island. At the date of transfer, the property had a fair value of $1,637,800.

 

NOTE 4 ‑ Farnham Farm Project

 

On December 9, 1998, the Organization purchased the property from Albert Jiacovelli for $350,000.  The purchase price was funded by a payment of $76,412, a mortgage note in the amount of $175,000 as discussed in notes 3 and 4, and a contribution by Albert Jiacovelli in the form of a reduction in the purchase price of $100,000.

 

 

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

NOTE 4 ‑ Farnham Farm Project, continued

 

 

The historic property will serve as headquarters for the Organization and the Prudence Historical Society, and as a focal point for stewardship, educational and recreational programs available to the island community.

 

A large portion of the building contents were also donated to the Organization by Mr. Jiacovelli.  The Organization was unable to obtain a valuation for the personal property, therefore, no amount has been recorded in the accompanying financial statements.

 

The Organization engaged a planner and facilitator to develop a master plan for restoration and adaptive reuse of Farnham farm buildings.  A portion of the fee was funded from a grant provided by Preserve Rhode Island ‑ Citizens Bank mini‑grant program.

 

The Organization has begun the complete restoration and renovation of the farm buildings.  The Organization estimates that this project will cost approximately four hundred and twenty five thousand dollars ($425,000).  The Organization is working to raise this over the next four several years through pledges and pursuing matching funds from foundations and the State and Federal government, As of December 31, 2004, the Organization has received donations and pledges t o totaling $ 82,375.

 

NOTE 5 ‑ Unconditional Promises to Give

 

The Organization has accounted for the doubtful collection or the capital campaign receivables by providing a reserve in. the amount of $ 1,700 for 2005 and $ 3,192 for 2004.

 

 

Unconditional Promises to Give                                                                        $ 17,000

Less ‑ Allowance for Unconditional Promises to Give                                        (1.700)

                  Net Unconditional Promises to Give                                               $ 15,300

 

Receivables in less than one year                                                                       $ 12,900

Receivables in one to five years                                                                              2,400

                  Net Unconditional Promises to Give                                               $ 15,300

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

NOTE 6 ‑ Concentration of Credit Risks

 

The organization maintains a bank account at a local bank.  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) up to $100,000 insures accounts at an institution.  At December 31, 2004 the organization had no uninsured cash balances.  The Organization also invests a majority of its cash at a local broker/dealer.  The Organization does not believe that it is exposed to any significant credit risk in connection with these funds, since the broker/dealer invests primarily in U.S. Treasury securities.

 

 

NOTE 7 ‑ Lease to use Coast Guard Real Property

 

The Organization has entered into a lease agreement, expiring on March 31, 2006, with the United States Coast Guard.  The lease agreement permits the Organization to repair, maintain and secure Prudence Island Lighthouse in accordance with the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act.  The organization will conduct educational tours, hold fund raising events with and for the benefit of the general public.  The Organization is responsible for improvements, repairs and maintenance of the lighthouse and is not permitted to use Coast Guard utilities.  Based upon the Organization's non‑profit nature and its intended use of the licensed facility there is no charge for this license.

 

NOTE 8 ‑ Commitment

 

During the year, the organization signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to purchase land for $60,000 with 24 months to raise the funds. A deposit in the amount of $1,000 was made from donations totaling $ 1,100.

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PRUDENCE CONSERVANCY, INC.

SCHEDULE OF PROGRAM AND SUPPORTING SERVICES

Year ended December 31, 2005 and 2004

 

 

 

 

 

2005                                                                   2004

 

                           Temporarily     Permanently

Unrestricted      Restricted         Restricted            Total                                  Total

 

Program services:

   Trail and property maintenance                            $            1,203                                                                       1,203                           1,048

   Camp and garden maintenance                                          4,417                                                                       4,417                              818

   Lighthouse maintenance                                                        678                                                                          678                              242

   Newsletter and printing expense                                        4,172                                                                       4.172                           6,125

                                                                                 $          10,470                                                                     10.470                           8,233

Management and general:

   Office supplies                                                      $            1,233                                                                       1,233                           1,062

   Postage                                                                                  330                                                                          330                              373

   Telephone                                                                              568                                                                          568                              599

   Utilities                                                                                 1,604                                                                       1,604                              976

   Insurance                                                                            5,524                                                                       5,524                           5,733

   Security expense                                                                3,600                                                                       3,600                           1,351

   Professional fees                                                                7,497                                                                       7,497                           5.747

   Dues and subscriptions                                                         385                                                                          385                              325

   Repairs and maintenance                                                   5,098                                                                       5,098                           2,021

   Rally expense                                                                     2,966                                                                       2,966                           1,176

   Annual meeting                                                                      433                                                                          433                              887

   Depreciation                                                                                                                            11,686              11,686                           9,469

                                                                                 $          29,238                                           11,686              40,924                         29,719

 

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