MINERVA EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
MINERVA EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (EIN 34-1649795)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-11-11
IRS object ID
202113159349305371
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6NOMINAL LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP FEE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11BA COPY OF FORM 990 WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FIANANCIAL STATEMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.

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