SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization
SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT (EIN 52-1844456)
Tax period
2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30
Filed
2018-08-24
IRS object ID
201822369349301002
Schema version
2017v2.2
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

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Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11Form 990 for the 2017 990 will be made by the Board of Directors prior to submission to the IRS.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19Governing documents, etc. are made available by request.

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