Cash flows from investing and financing activities. Cash inflows from financing activities include receipts of resources that are donor-restricted for long-term purposes. Accordingly, cash donor-restricted to (a) acquiring, constructing, or improving long-lived assets (e.g., a building or equipment) or (b) establishing or increasing a donor-restricted endowment fund is a cash inflow from a financing activity. Moreover, it is also reported as a cash outflow from an investing activity. Receipts of investment income (cash interest and dividends) that are donor-restricted for such purposes also are financing cash inflows.

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1. Cash flows from investing and financing activities. Cash inflows from financing activities include receipts of resources that are donor-restricted for long-term purposes. Accordingly, cash donor-restricted to (a) acquiring, constructing, or improving long-lived assets (e.g., a building or equipment) or (b) establishing or increasing a donor-restricted endowment fund is a cash inflow from a financing activity. Moreover, it is also reported as a cash outflow from an investing activity. Receipts of investment income (cash interest and dividends) that are donor-restricted for such purposes also are financing cash inflows.