SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT (EIN 52-1844456)
Tax period
2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed
2018-02-22
IRS object ID
201840539349301049
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

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Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Governing body meeting documentation Part VI line 8aMeetings were not documented. Practice will be put into place in the fiscal year ending 6/30/18
Committee meeting documentation Part VI line 8bThere were no committee meetings held.
Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11Form 990 review for the 2016 990 will be made by the Board of Directors before submission to the IRS.
Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19Governing documents, etc are made available upon request.

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