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                        U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.
Washington,  D.C. 20548



June  8, 2023

Congressional  Committees

Congressional   Award   Foundation:   Review  of the FY 2022  Financial  Statement  Audit

This report presents the results of our review of the Congressional Award Foundation's fiscal
year 2022  financial statement audit. The Congressional Award  Act established the
Congressional  Award  Board  to carry out a program to promote excellence  among  the nation's
youth in the areas of public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition or
exploration.1 The Board  created the Foundation as a nonprofit corporation to assist in carrying
out this program.2 The Congressional  Award  Act, as amended   by the Government   Reports
Elimination Act of 2014, requires the Foundation to obtain an annual financial statement audit
from an independent   public accountant (IPA).3 The act includes a provision for GAO to review
the audit of the Foundation's financial statements and report the results to the Congress
annually.4

The  Foundation  received an unmodified  opinion on its fiscal years 2022 and 2021 financial
statements.5 The  IPA found the Foundation's  financial statements presented fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Foundation and the results of its activities and its
cash flows in accordance  with U.S. generally accepted accounting  principles. The IPA also
reported for fiscal year 2022 that it did not identify any (1) deficiencies it considered to be
material weaknesses6   in the Foundation's internal control over financial reporting or (2)
instances of noncompliance   or other matters that are required to be reported under U.S.



1Pub. L. No. 96-114, 93 Stat. 851 (1979), classified, as amended, at2 U.S.C. §§ 801-808.
22 U.S.C. § 806(i).
32 U.S.C. § 807, amended by Government Reports Elimination Act of 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-188, § 902(c)(1), 128
Stat. 2016, 2021.
4We reported on the results of our review of the Foundation's fiscal year 2021 financial statement audit in GAO,
Congressional Award Foundation: Review of the FY 2021 Financial Statement Audit, GAO-22-105835 (Washington,
D.C.: May 26, 2022). The Foundation received an unmodified opinion on its fiscal years 2021 and 2020 financial
statements.
5The Foundation's financial statements consist of the statements of financial position, the related statements of
activities and cash flows, and the accompanying notes to the financial statements.
6A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity's financial statements will not be prevented, or
detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a
control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to
prevent, or detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis.


GAO-23-106672   Review of the Foundation's FY 2022 Financial Statement Audit


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