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ORGANIC VOICES ACTION FUND INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization
ORGANIC VOICES ACTION FUND INC (EIN 45-4471572)
Tax period
2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed
2017-10-30
IRS object ID
201703039349301220
Schema version
2016v3.0
Source
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Return header ReturnHeader

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Return2017-10-30T14:19:48-05:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2016-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt

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Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

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Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

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Address Line11899 L STREET NW SUITE 850AddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20036ZIPCd
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Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2016-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

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EIN454471572EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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Business Name ControlORGABusinessNameControlTxt
Phone2029399130PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

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Address Line1PO BOX 5523AddressLine1Txt
CityMANCHESTERCityNm
State AbbreviationNHStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP03108ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

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PersonGARY HIRSHBERGPersonNm
Person TitleCHAIRMANPersonTitleTxt
Phone2029399130PhoneNum
Signature2017-10-30SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid PreparerYes (1)DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

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Preparer PersonFRANK H SMITHPreparerPersonNm
PTINP00639053PTIN
Phone2028225000PhoneNum
Preparation2017-10-30PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

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I Pv4 Address207.238.152.31IPv4AddressTxt
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Form 990 IRS990

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Principal OfficerSCOTT FABERPrincipalOfficerNm

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CityMANCHESTERCityNm
State AbbreviationNHStateAbbreviationCd
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Formation2012FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateNHLegalDomicileStateCd
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CY Revenues Less Expenses$78,612CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
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Info In Schedule O Part IIIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
MissionTHE MISSION OF THE ORGANIC VOICES ACTION FUND (OVAF) IS TO EDUCATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS TO SAFE AND HEALTHY FOOD AND FARMING. THE PRIMARY THRUST OF OVAF TO DATE HAS BEEN TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN AN EFFORT TO REQUIRE NATIONAL LABELING OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH ITS PROJECT JUST LABEL IT (JLI).MissionDesc
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Grant$175,270GrantAmt
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Described In Section501c30DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B RequiredYes (1)ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund0DonorAdvisedFundInd
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Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
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Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To OrganizationsYes (1)GrantsToOrganizationsInd
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Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
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Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible ContributionsYes (1)NondeductibleContributionsInd
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No Listed Persons CompensatedYes (X)NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (9 entries)

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LEWIS GOLDSTEIN
SECRETARY- AS OF 03/20160.750.75Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
TOM SPIER
TREASURER0.750.75Yes (X)Yes (X)$0$0$0
ALEX BERGSTEIN
BOARD MEMBER0.500.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
SARAH BIRD
BOARD MEMBER0.500.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
KEN COOK
BOARD MEMBER0.500.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
MELODY MEYER
BOARD MEMBER0.500.50Yes (X)$0$0$0
SCOTT FABER
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IXYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

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Total$175,270TotalAmt
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Total$88,797TotalAmt
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Fundraising$4,440FundraisingAmt

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Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

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Fundraising$2,028FundraisingAmt

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Total$62,037TotalAmt
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Total$101TotalAmt
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Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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Program Services$75,464ProgramServicesAmt
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Fundraising$5,031FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

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Fundraising$259FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$25,175TotalAmt
Program Services$18,881ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General$6,294ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

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Total$2,971TotalAmt
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Management And General$594ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$149FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

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Total$4,599TotalAmt
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Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

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Total$44,845TotalAmt
Program Services$33,634ProgramServicesAmt
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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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Total$6,233TotalAmt
Program Services$4,675ProgramServicesAmt
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Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

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DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS$1,070$802$214$54
MISCELLANEOUS$22$16$4$2

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

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Total$721,822TotalAmt
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Management And General$122,845ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$12,643FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

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BOY$130,052BOYAmt
EOY$73,709EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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BOY$210,781BOYAmt
EOY$279,491EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY$141,207BOYAmt
EOY$198,570EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$482,040BOYAmt
EOY$551,770EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

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BOY$39,275BOYAmt
EOY$83,354EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$52,961BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$92,236BOYAmt
EOY$83,354EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$389,804BOYAmt
EOY$468,416EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$389,804BOYAmt
EOY$468,416EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$482,040BOYAmt
EOY$551,770EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$78,612ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$0OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited0FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

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Business Name Line1ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUPBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11436 U STREET NW SUITE 100AddressLine1Txt
CityWASHINGTONCityNm
State AbbreviationDCStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP20009ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN522148600RecipientEIN
IRC Section501(C)(3)IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant$175,270CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of GrantTO SUPPORT PROGRAMMATIC WORK RELATED TO FOOD POLICY.PurposeOfGrantTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org1Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationDURING 2016, OVAF GAVE A GRANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP (EWG), AN UNRELATED TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT ITS PROGRAMMATIC WORK RELATED TO FOOD POLICY & MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEIR MISSIONS OVERLAP. OVAF COLLABORATES WITH EWG ON SEVERAL FOOD-RELATED POLICY ISSUES, SEEKING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GMO LABELING AND ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION AND ADVOCATING GREATER TRANSPARENCY OVER USE OF GMO INGREDIENTS. OVAF REGULARLY MONITORS HOW THESE FUNDS ARE USED, PRINCIPALLY THROUGH ROUTINE REPORTING BY EWG.ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org0CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs0CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org0CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs0CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception0InitialContractExceptionInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceFORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 1FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP (EWG), WHICH IS AN UNRELATED TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION, PROVIDED COMPENSATION OF $59,000 TO SCOTT FABER, AN EMPLOYEE OF EWG, FOR THE SERVICES HE PROVIDED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE CPA FIRM ASSEMBLES THE INFORMATION BASED ON THE TRIAL BALANCE AND OTHER INFORMATION. ONCE COMPLETED, THE OVAF/JLI ACCOUNTANT REVIEWS THE DRAFT VERSION OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 FOR ACCURACY, THEN FORWARDS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. ONCE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE DRAFT FORM 990 IS RESUBMITTED TO THE CPA FIRM FOR FINAL REVIEW AND SUBMISSION TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CIN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AN INTERESTED PERSON MUST DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AFTER DISCLOSURE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND ALL MATERIAL FACTS, AND AFTER ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERESTED PERSON, HE/SHE SHALL LEAVE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WHILE THE DETERMINATION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DISCUSSED AND VOTED UPON.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MEET TO DISCUSS THE POSITION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW INDUSTRY DATA FOR SALARY HISTORY OF RELATED POSITIONS. ONCE THEY HAVE DETERMINED A TOP AND BOTTOM SALARY LEVEL, THE POSITION IS POSTED TO ACCEPT RESUMES. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL NEGOTIATE THE SALARY WITH THE PROSPECTIVE NEW HIRE. AT THE END OF 2016, OVAF HAD 1 EMPLOYEE ON PAYROLL.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19OVAF MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11GPAYROLL EXPENSES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,516. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 404. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,920. CONTRACT SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 85,616. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 34,982. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 120,598. VIDEO PRODUCTION: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 19,329. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 19,329.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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CityMANCHESTERCityNm
State AbbreviationNHStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP03108ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN352522095EIN
Primary ActivitiesEDUCATION & AWARENESS FOR SAFE & HEALTHY FOODPrimaryActivitiesTxt
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Exempt Code Section501(C)(3)ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity StatusLINE 7PublicCharityStatusTxt

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1ORGANICE VOICES ACTION FUND INCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Controlled OrganizationYes (1)ControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts0ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org0GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org0GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org0LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org0LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization0DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org0AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org0AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange0AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org0RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org0RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org0PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org0PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (1)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (1)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org0ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org0ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org0TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org0TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferenceSCHEDULE R, PART VFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationORGANIC VOICES AND ORGANIC VOICES ACTION FUND HAVE ENTERED INTO A COST SHARING AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH ORGANIC VOICES REIMBURSES ORGANIC VOICES ACTION FUND ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR ORGANIC VOICES' ALLOCABLE SHARE OF THE COMPENSATION PAID TO OVAF'S EMPLOYEE, RELATED OVERHEAD AND OTHER SHARED COSTS.ExplanationTxt

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