Statements of Net Position

2017

2016

Current assets

Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (Note 3)

$51,380,071
$46,623,061

Restricted cash and cash equivalents (Note 3)

7,485,466
11,885,061

Unrestricted short-term investments (Note 4)

222,361,933
173,661,880

Restricted short-term investments (Note 4)

84,582,493
120,854,988

Accounts receivable, net (Note 5)

100,624,536
86,442,994

Current portion of notes receivable, net (Note 5)

3,511,833
3,090,073

Current portion of student loans receivable (Note 5)

2,070,459
2,017,156

Current portion of pledges receivable (Note 5)

4,344,380
5,980,201

Inventories

7,734,921
8,116,943

Prepaid expenses and unearned scholarships

99,224,430
89,343,468

Other current assets

1,128,541
1,043,890

Total current assets

584,449,063
549,059,715

Noncurrent assets

Restricted cash and cash equivalents (Note 3)

2,753,537
2,605,325

Endowment and life income investments (Note 4)

785,374,066
683,226,537

Investments for capital activities (Note 4)

426,683,893
266,214,793

Other long-term investments (Note 4)

297,559,736
300,014,009

Notes receivable, net (Note 5)

158,718,645
149,602,153

Student loans receivable, net (Note 5)

9,720,308
9,334,314

Pledges receivable, net (Note 5)

13,637,319
14,479,193

Capital assets, net (Note 6)

1,983,596,717
1,904,412,183

Other noncurrent assets

10,131,151
9,654,766

Total noncurrent assets

3,688,175,372
3,339,543,273

Total assets

4,272,624,435
3,888,602,988

Deferred outflows of resources

Debt refundings (Note 7)

14,024,748
13,657,223

Pension obligations (Note 9)

144,365,221
112,583,201

Total deferred outflows of resources

158,389,969
126,240,424
Total assets and deferred outflows of resources
$4,431,014,404
$4,014,843,412

Current liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$144,556,466
$130,161,415

Current portion of unearned revenue

304,119,075
267,883,095

Deposits

113,330,935
156,694,155

Current portion of long-term debt (Note 7)

32,336,590
24,936,126

Total current liabilities

594,343,066
579,674,791

Noncurrent liabilities

Federal advances - loan funds

9,691,088
8,927,863

Other liabilities

5,193,510
5,781,756

Unearned revenue

5,927,827
7,675,248

Long-term debt, net (Note 7)

1,041,305,641
926,085,211

Pension liability (Note 9)

623,398,000
572,814,000

Total noncurrent liabilities

1,685,516,066
1,521,284,078

Total liabilities

2,279,859,132
2,100,958,869

Deferred inflows of resources (Note 9)

16,054,000
3,103,000

Net position

Net investment in capital assets

1,076,735,303
1,002,586,271

Restricted

Nonexpendable

431,499,195
399,742,094

Expendable

386,414,207
318,828,906

Unrestricted

240,452,567
189,624,272

Total net position

2,135,101,272
1,910,781,543
Total liabilities, deferred inflows of resources and net position
$4,431,014,404
$4,014,843,412
See accompanying notes to financial statements.



Statements of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position

2017

2016

Operating revenues

Tuition and fees

$719,840,321
$692,223,046

Less: scholarship allowances

(237,079,280)
(215,490,955)

Tuition and fees, net

482,761,041
476,732,091

Grants and contracts (Note 12)

Federal

40,416,650
41,906,976

State

31,261,415
31,590,157

Local

1,016,793
759,374

Private

3,836,612
5,174,452

Sales and services of educational activities

12,776,616
12,619,542

Auxiliary sales & services, net of $6,466,509 in 2017

and $9,181,123 in 2016 of scholarship allowances

202,333,172
193,964,754

Other operating revenues

59,247,356
55,784,465

Total operating revenues

833,649,655
818,531,811

Operating expenses (Note 13)

Salaries, wages and benefits

666,320,083
612,470,213

Supplies and services

253,651,612
248,660,589

Depreciation

72,374,750
67,410,991

Scholarships and fellowships

24,573,373
20,371,163

Total operating expenses

1,016,919,818
948,912,956

Operating loss

(183,270,163)
(130,381,145)

Nonoperating revenues (expenses)

State educational appropriations

154,836,324
148,441,872

Gifts

56,126,778
52,203,061

Grants

31,599,501
31,062,427

Investment income, net

159,687,169
54,741,992

Interest expense

(37,735,938)
(38,625,161)

Other nonoperating expenses, net

(1,636,955)
(9,075,890)

Net nonoperating revenues

362,876,879
238,748,301

Income before other changes in net position

179,606,716
108,367,156

Other changes in net position

Capital gifts and grants

18,696,113
18,565,461

Additions to permanent endowments

23,675,029
18,894,440

Intragovernmental transfers

2,341,871
(4,422,251)

Net other changes in net position

44,713,013
33,037,650

Increase in net position

224,319,729
141,404,806

Net position, beginning of year

1,910,781,543
1,769,376,737

Net position, end of year

$2,135,101,272
$1,910,781,543
See accompanying notes to financial statements.



Statements of Cash Flows

2017

2016

Cash flows from operating activities

Student tuition and fees, net

$521,702,146
$501,479,895

Grants and contracts

Federal

40,825,048
43,441,960

State

29,167,170
31,077,163

Local

1,099,961
1,024,858

Private

4,480,097
5,135,787

Sales and services of educational activities

12,738,611
13,702,297

Other receipts

59,335,624
55,531,434

Auxiliary enterprises

195,084,006
190,251,268

Payments to suppliers

(241,396,471)
(253,946,773)

Payments to employees and related benefits

(632,784,072)
(603,556,300)

Payments for scholarships and fellowships

(39,502,047)
(27,034,033)

Payments for student loans

(439,296)
(261,910)

Other disbursements

(1,897,487)
-
Net cash used in operating activities
(51,586,710)
(43,154,354)

Cash flows from noncapital financing activities

State educational appropriations

154,836,324
148,441,872

Private gifts for other than capital purposes

82,279,502
74,799,821

Grants

31,599,501
31,062,427

Student direct lending receipts

207,562,707
196,798,645

Student direct lending disbursements

(207,745,641)
(197,235,067)

Deposits from affiliates

182,934
436,422

Other (disbursements) receipts, net

(37,677,453)
45,512,702

Intragovernmental transfers

(20,913,965)
(185,510)
Net cash provided by noncapital financing activities
210,123,909
299,631,312

Cash flows from investing activities

Interest and dividends on investments

55,813,223
50,945,777

Purchases of investments

(373,688,186)
(233,563,164)

Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments

196,157,600
167,112,377

Payments received on notes receivable

9,438,006
8,599,988

Disbursements from issuance of notes receivable

(26,561,996)
(42,759,949)
Net cash used in investing activities
(138,841,353)
(49,664,971)

Cash flows from capital and related financing activities

Proceeds from issuance of notes and bonds payable

208,311,002
2,925,000

Capital gifts, grants and contracts

17,335,495
12,965,521

Purchases of capital assets

(126,044,665)
(165,745,139)

Principal payments on capital debt

(22,569,826)
(23,944,469)

Defeasance of debt

(61,772,075)
-

Interest payments on capital debt

(40,017,775)
(40,702,926)

Intragovernmental transfers

5,567,625
(4,236,742)
Net cash used in capital and related financing activities

(19,190,219)
(218,738,755)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
505,627
(11,926,768)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
61,113,447
73,040,215
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
$61,619,074
$61,113,447

Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to the statements of net position

Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents-current

$51,380,071
$46,623,061

Restricted cash and cash equivalents-current and noncurrent

10,239,003
14,490,386
Total cash and cash equivalents
$61,619,074
$61,113,447

Reconciliation of operating loss to net cash used in operating activities

Operating loss

($183,270,163)
($130,381,145)

Adjustments to reconcile operating loss to net cash used in operating activities

Depreciation expense

72,374,750
67,410,991

Impairment expense

-
612,150

Pension expense

76,777,201
51,199,939

Bad debt expense

1,482,708
542,353

Changes in assets and liabilities

Accounts and other receivables

(2,465,406)
18,266,802

Inventories and other assets

(14,723,212)
(6,777,473)

Pension obligations

(45,024,221)
(43,303,201)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

8,773,073
(5,069,869)

Unearned revenue

34,488,560
4,345,099
Net cash used in operating activities
($51,586,710)
($43,154,354)

Supplemental noncash activities information

Gift of capital assets

$5,984,061
$1,782,996

Change in accrued capital asset purchases

7,148,721
(4,193,330)

Loss on the disposal of capital assets

(940,920)
(1,389,039)

Capital appropriations

-
1,365

Crimson Tide Foundation

2,722,854
2,689,696
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

Summary of Discretely Presented Component Units



Discretely Presented Component Units

2017

2016

Assets

Current assets

Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents

$2,975,405
$3,267,679

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

20,561,006
16,351,120

Short-term investments

29,130,205
27,211,266

Accounts receivable, net

3,191,442
3,057,293

Current portion of notes receivable, net

931,715
768,654

Current portion of pledges receivable, net

162,898
373,828

Inventories

698,958
735,987

Prepaid expenses and unearned scholarships

117,810
106,616

Other current assets

-
36,824

Due from The University of Alabama

326,070
355,107

Total current assets

58,095,509
52,264,374
Noncurrent assets

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

6,230,169
8,057,200

Endowment investments

90,945,688
82,278,366

Other long-term investments

33,348,222
24,495,747

Pledges receivable, net

268,712
165,557

Capital assets, net

73,713,699
76,135,124

Other noncurrent assets

192,395
161,697

Total noncurrent assets

204,698,885
191,293,691

Total assets

262,794,394
243,558,065

Deferred outflows of resources

11,728,486
-
Total assets and deferred outflows of resources
$274,522,880
$243,558,065

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$3,157,821
$4,280,792

Unearned revenue

4,433,415
4,100,291

Current portion of long-term debt

3,701,670
2,115,000

Due to The University of Alabama

1,295,734
832,990

Total current liabilities

12,588,640
11,329,073
Noncurrent liabilities

Other liabilities

6,054,548
6,548,938

Long-term debt, net

94,197,179
86,501,335

Due to The University of Alabama

8,960,261
8,504,614

Total noncurrent liabilities

109,211,988
101,554,887

Total liabilities

121,800,628
112,883,960

Deferred inflows of resources

4,400,000
-

Net position

Net investment in capital assets

(1,382,427)
(1,112,745)

Restricted

Nonexpendable

56,621,799
53,465,645

Expendable

30,704,686
27,599,607

Unrestricted

62,378,194
50,721,598

Total net position

148,322,252
130,674,105
Total liabilities, deferred inflows of resources, and net position
$274,522,880
$243,558,065
See accompanying notes to financial statements.



Discretely Presented Component Units

2017

2016

Operating revenues

Gifts

$11,354,981
$11,971,589

Other operating revenues

36,267,943
34,671,914

Total operating revenues

47,622,924
46,643,503

Operating expenses

Salaries, wages and benefits

13,731,958
13,165,189

Supplies and services

13,386,962
12,915,684

Depreciation

2,462,601
2,423,760

Scholarships and fellowships

3,546,438
3,510,763

Contributed services from affiliate

2,717,710
2,763,689

Total operating expenses

35,845,669
34,779,085

Operating income

11,777,255
11,864,418

Nonoperating revenues (expenses)

Investment income, net

10,966,282
2,507,089

Interest expense

(3,423,896)
(6,178,751)

Contributions to The University of Alabama

(2,527,238)
(3,561,745)

Change in value of split-interest agreements

(276,557)
(419,858)

Contributed services from affiliate

2,717,710
2,763,689

Other nonoperating expenses

(1,585,409)
-

Net nonoperating revenues (expenses)

5,870,892
(4,889,576)

Increase in net position

17,648,147
6,974,842

Net position, beginning of year

130,674,105
123,699,263

Net position, end of year

$148,322,252
$130,674,105
See accompanying notes to financial statements.