Augusta University annual financial report for fiscal year ended 2020 June 30.

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
REPORT ON AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
A Member Institution of the University System of Georgia

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AUDIT SUMMARY INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS

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AUDIT SUMMARY

We have audited the basic financial statements of Augusta University (University) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2020, and issued our report thereon, dated December 21, 2020. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Our Independent Auditor's Report, included in the University's Annual Financial Report, is available on the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts' website at http://www.audits.ga.gov/ and at the University's website at https://www.augusta.edu.
Our audit of the University found:
the financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects;
no internal control findings requiring management's attention;
no instances of noncompliance or other matters required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.

Summary of Opinions

Opinion Unit Business-Type Activities Aggregate Discretely Presented Component Units Aggregate Remaining Fund

Type of Opinion

Unmodified

Unmodified

(Audited by Other Auditors)

Unmodified

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Greg S. Griffin
STATE AUDITOR
(404) 656-2174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
270 Washington Street, S.W., Suite 4-101 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS

The Honorable Brian P. Kemp, Governor of Georgia Members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
and Dr. Brooks Keel, President Augusta University
We have audited the financial statements of the business-type activities, aggregate discretely presented component units, and aggregate remaining fund information of the Augusta University (University) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2020, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the University's basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated December 21, 2020. Our report includes a reference to other auditors who audited the financial statements of the discretely presented component units, as described in our report on the University's financial statements. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. However, the financial statements of Georgia Health Sciences Foundation Inc. and Medical College of Georgia Foundation, Inc., were not audited in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, and accordingly, this report does not include reporting on internal control over financial reporting or instances of reportable noncompliance that are reported on separately by those auditors.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the University's internal control over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the basic financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the University's internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the University's internal control.
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. A 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 University's financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.

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Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the University's financial statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the financial statements. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the University's internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the University's internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
Respectfully submitted,

December 21, 2020

Greg S. Griffin State Auditor

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AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia

W. Allen Gudenrath Erin Hames Brbara Rivera Holmes Samuel D. Holmes C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., MD James M. Hull Cade Joiner C. Everett Kennedy, III Rachel B. Little Lowery Houston May

Jose R. Perez Neil L. Pruitt, Jr. Sarah-Elizabeth Langford Reed Harold Reynolds Sachin Shailendra T. Dallas Smith Kessel D. Stelling, Jr. Don L. Waters Philip A. Wilheit, Sr.

University Officials

Dr. Brooks Keel, President Ms. Yvonne Turner, Executive Vice President for Finance, Chief Business Officer

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