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RubinBrown’s Colleges & Universities Service Group provides a full range of assurance, consulting and tax services to colleges and universities. Our specialized services and expertise are delivered with close personal attention to our clients.

At RubinBrown, we are a focused practice consisting of partners, managers and a team of staff dedicated to serving colleges and universities.

In addition to over twenty colleges and universities, both private and public, we also serve more than 250 not-for-profits and public sector entities (including over 70 foundations).

All members of the Colleges & Universities Service Group receive annual training on accounting and auditing issues applicable to colleges and universities.

Assurance & Accounting Services

  • Audits of financial statements for colleges and universities, as well as university-related organizations, such as foundations, TV/radio stations and athletic departments
  • Single Audits
  • Agreed-upon procedures engagements, including procedures required by the NCAA
  • 403(b) benefit plan audits

Consulting Services

We are well trained in performing a wide variety of consulting services to higher education institutions:

  • Title IX compliance
  • Restructuring and bankruptcy
  • Internal audit co-sourcing and outsourcing
  • Enterprise risk assessment
  • Data mining
  • Review and enhancement of internal controls surrounding Student Financial Aid and sponsored programs
  • Information technology general controls review
  • Information technology security compliance (HIPAA, PCI, PII, GLBA and FTC Red Flags regulations)
  • Internal audit review of conflict of interest policies and related compliance

Tax Compliance Services

  • Preparation of Forms 990 and 990-PF - we prepare nearly 300 Form 990 returns annually
  • Preparation of Form 990-T 
  • Preparation of trust returns
  • Unrelated business income tax research

03/13/2020

Focus on Colleges & Universities: Department of Education COVID-19 Updates


The Department of Education has created a Coronavirus webpage, which will be updated frequently and can be found here.

12/21/2017

Focus on Not-For-Profit Organizations and Colleges & Universities: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Highlights from an Exempt Organization View


As this summary is being written, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act) is approaching passage by Congress and signature by the President. The changes in the Act will affect organizations in a variety of ways. The following highlights are based on the drafts of the bill and of the conference report.

05/17/2017

Focus on Public Sector, Not-For-Profit and Colleges & Universities: Extension of Grace Period for Uniform Guidance Procurement Rules


On May 17, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice in the Federal Register which provides an additional one-year extension of the grace period permitting recipients of federal funds to delay implementation of the procurement requirements found in the OMB’s Uniform Guidance.

All Colleges & Universities News

RubinBrown is pleased to present our 2019 Colleges & Universities Statistical Guides, focusing on public and not-for-profit institutions. The information contained in each report is compiled by RubinBrown’s Colleges & Universities Services Group.


 

 

Colleges & Universities Stats, Not-For-Profit Institutions

Included in the Not-For-Profit Institutions Report is statistical information for 53 not-for-profit colleges and universities in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. Select statistical information for 36 public institutions in Kansas, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri is also included. The source data for this report was obtained from publicly available documents of each institution.


 

 

 

Colleges & Universities Stats, Public Institutions

Included in the Public Institutions Report is statistical information for 36 Colleges & Universities Stats, Public Sector public colleges and universities in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. The source data for this report was obtained from publicly available documents for each institution.