Future Generations

“The organizations endowment consists of five individual funds established for a variety of purposes. As required by generally accepted accounting principles, net assets associated with endowment funds, including funds designated by the board of trustees to function as endowments, are classified and reported based on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. The organization has interpreted west virginias uniform prudent management of institutional funds act (upmifa) as requiring the preservation of the fair value of the original gift as of the gift date of the donor-restricted endowment funds absent explicit donor stipulations to the contrary. As a result of this interpretation, the organization classifies as permanently restricted net assets a) the original value of gifts donated to the permanent endowment, b) the original value of subsequent gifts to the permanent endowment, and c) accumulations to the permanent endowment made in accordance with the direction of the applicable donor gift instrument at the time the accumulation is added to the fund. The remaining portion of the donor-restricted endowment fund that is not classified in permanently restricted net assets is classified as temporarily restricted net assets until those amounts are appropriated for expenditure by the organization in a manner consistent with the standard of prudence prescribed by upmifa. In accordance with upmifa, the organization considers the following factors in making a determination to appropriate or accumulate donor-restricted endowment funds: 1) the duration and preservation of the various funds, 2) the purposes of the donor-restricted endowment funds, 3) general economic conditions, 4) the possible effect of inflation and deflation, 5) the expected total return from income and the appreciation of investments, 6) other resources of the organization, and 7) the organizations investment policies. Investment return objectives, risk parameters and strategies. The organization has adopted investment and spending policies, approved by the board of directors, for endowment assets that attempt to provide a predictable stream of funding to programs supported by its endowment funds while also maintaining the purchasing power of those endowment assets over the long-term. Accordingly, the investment process seeks to achieve an after-cost total real rate of return, including investment income as well as capital appreciation, which exceeds the annual distribution with acceptable levels of risk. Endowment assets are invested in a well-diversified asset mix, which includes equity and debt securities, that is intended to result in a consistent inflation-protected rate of return that has sufficient liquidity to make an annual distribution while growing the funds if possible. Investment risk is measured in terms of the total endowment fund; investment assets and allocation between asset classes and strategies are managed to not expose the fund to unacceptable levels of risk. Spending policy the organization has a policy of appropriating for distribution each year 5% of the market value of the endowment funds as of the beginning of the year. In establishing this policy, the organization considered the long-term expected return on its investment assets, the nature and duration of the individual endowment funds, many of which must be maintained in perpetuity because of donor-restrictions, and the possible effects of inflation. The organization expects this formula to avoid large fluctuations in spending, and allow the endowment corpus and revenue stream to increase over time to keep pace with inflation.”

“The organization is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. However, income from certain activities not directly related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. The organization believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. In addition, the organization qualifies for the charitable contribution deduction under section 170(b)(1)(a)(vi) and has been classified as an organization other than a private foundation under section 509(a)(2). The organization's federal exempt organization information returns (form 990) are subject to examination by the internal revenue service, generally for three years after they were filed. The organization believes that they are no longer subject to income tax examinations for years before 2010.”