Wikimedia Foundation Audit Committee/2020-10-14
Audit Committee Meeting
October 14, 2020
11:30 am PDT - 18:30 UTC
Participating Remotely WMF: Amanda Keton, Amy Vossbrinck, Jaime Villagomez, Janeen Uzell, Julian Singh, Katherine Maher, Kira Sargatzke, Maria Sefidari, Michael Snow, Raju Narisetti, Ryan Merkley, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Tanya Capuano, and Tony Le.
Participating Remotely KPMG: Jeremy Peters, James Womboldt, Camille Dyhr
Recording of the Approval of the July 20, 2020
Raju moved for approval; Tanya seconded. Approval was unanimous.
FY 19-20 Audit Results (KPMG Presentation) Jeremy Peters, James Womboldt
KPMG presented the results from their substantive audit procedures per the Audit Plan. They did not identify any issues or matters that would result in material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Foundation’s financial operations and report. Below are the focused areas of the audit:
Contributions/Donations Salaries & Wages Investments Cash & Cash Equivalents Expenses such as donation processing expense, awards & grants, professional & outside contract services
KPMG covered the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as having to perform the audit remotely and the required evaluation and disclosure on the Foundation’s operations, staffing and fundraising ability; none of which, to date, has impacted the Foundation.
Additionally, KPMG informed the Audit Committee of upcoming accounting standards that may apply to the Foundation in future periods after June 30, 2020.
Tanya, moved to approve the Audit Report; Raju and Shani seconded. Approval was unanimous.
Both the Audit Committee Chair and KPMG team recognized the WMF Finance leadership team for the quality of their preparation and documentation, and the responsiveness and management of the accounting process.
Investments Update
The Foundation staff provided an overview and assessment of the investment account. The Foundation staff made a recommendation to invest the available cash, beyond the 6 month retention of operating expenses required under the investment policy guidelines, in the existing fixed income and equity portfolios.
Additionally, the Foundation staff recommended an assessment and proposed a rebalancing of the investment allocation between the short term and long term portfolios for future consideration by the Audit Committee.
Raju moved to approve this reallocation, Tanya seconded. Approval was unanimous.
Audit Committee Timeline
The Foundation staff presented the tentative topics and timeline for future Audit Committee Meetings.
November or December 2020
Audit Matters
Special Projects
ERM Update
Business Operations Update
Early February 2021
Financial Management and Planning
Investment Policy Update
Form 990 Timeline
Early May 2021
Form 990 Results
Audit Matters
Financial Management and Planning
ERM Update
Early August 2021
Audit Plan
Financial Management and Planning
Investment Policy Update
Business Operations Update
Late September 2021
Audit Results
ERM Update
The meeting adjourned for an Executive Session
Respectfully submitted, Amy Vossbrinck