Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc

“The Organization's third-party endowments consist of two externally managed funds established for a variety of purposes. The endowments are both donor-restricted endowment funds. The funds are held by third-party trustees and therefore the Organization has no direct influence over the investment policy of either fund. The Organization classifies as permanently restricted net assets the original value of the gifts donated to the permanent endowments. As required by GAAP, net assets associated with endowment funds are classified and reported based on the existence or absence of donor-imposed restrictions. The Organization's policy is to appropriate interest and dividends received from these endowments for operations. Therefore, interest and dividend income is reported as unrestricted on both the combined statement of activities and statement of activities. The Board of Directors of the Organization has interpreted the Florida Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (FUPMIFA) 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. All permanently restricted net assets consist of perpetual trusts held by third parties. For all endowment funds, the donors have stipulated that additional accumulation of funds above and beyond the permanent endowment are unrestricted as to purpose, however the Organization reports the accumulation of funds as temporarily restricted net assets until the funds are distributed by the trustees to the Organization and appropriated by the Board of Directors.”

“The Organization has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and has been classified as an organization that is not a private foundation under Section 509(a). The Organization accounts for the effect of any uncertain tax positions based on a "more likely than not" threshold to the recognition of the tax positions being sustained based on the technical merits of the position under scrutiny by the applicable taxing authority. If a tax position or positions are deemed to result in uncertainties of those positions, the unrecognized tax benefit is estimated based on a "cumulative probability assessment" that aggregates the estimated tax liability for all uncertain tax positions. The Organization has identified its tax status as a tax-exempt entity as its only significant tax position; however, the Organization has determined that such tax position does not result in an uncertainty requiring recognition. The Organization is not currently under examination by any taxing jurisdiction. The Organization's federal returns are generally open for examination for three years following the date filed.”

“Donated Boat Expense”