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        <ExplanationTxt>THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIVING COLLECTION OF CALIFORNIAN NATIVE PLANTS, AN EXTENSIVE DRIED SPECIMEN COLLECTION IN THE HERBARIUM, AND A WIDE-RANGING COLLECTION OF BOTANY VOLUMES HELD IN ITS LIBRARY. NO COST HAS BEEN CAPITALIZED FOR THESE COLLECTIONS AS IT IS IMPRACTICAL TO DETERMINE THEIR VALUE DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS AND THE LONG SPAN OF YEARS IT HAS TAKEN TO CREATE THE COLLECTIONS. IN ADDITION, CAPITALIZING COLLECTIONS CONTRADICTS STANDARDS OF COLLECTIONS STEWARDSHIP AND IS COUNTER TO THE ETHICAL STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE MUSEUM FIELD. RESEARCH, LIBRARY AND HERBARIUM: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE - THE RESEARCH LIBRARY CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 VOLUMES AND 750 CURRENT JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. ACQUISITIONS INCREASE YEARLY AND INCLUDE BOUND JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. THE LIBRARY ALSO HOUSES THE ARCHIVES WHICH INCLUDE THE MARCUS JONES ARCHIVES AND COLLECTION, AS WELL AS THE SAMUEL PARISH COLLECTIONS; BOTH MEN WERE LOCAL BOTANISTS IN THE LATE 19H CENTURY. HERBARIUM - THE COMBINED HERBARIUM OF RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN IS ABOUT THE TENTH LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WITH CURRENT HOLDINGS TOTALING OVER 1,100,000 SPECIMENS REPRESENTING PLANT DIVERSITY WORLDWIDE AND WITH SUPERLATIVE STRENGTHS IN HOLDING OF PLANTS FROM CALIFORNIA AND OTHER MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE REGIONS. HORTICULTURE - LIVING PLANT COLLECTIONS: LIVING COLLECTION - THE LIVING COLLECTION CONTRIBUTES TO THE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION MISSION OF THE GARDEN. THROUGH PUBLIC HORTICULTURE, THE LIVING COLLECTION ALSO PROMOTES THE THOUGHTFUL UTILIZATION OF OUR NATURAL HERITAGE. THE LIVING COLLECTION COVERS 86 ACRES HOUSING OVER 2,500 ACCESSIONS OF PLANTS NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA AND BAJA. THOSE ACCESSIONS REPRESENT 1,400 TAXA, DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS, INCLUDING 900 SPECIES. SEED CONSERVATION PROGRAM - THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN'S SEED PROGRAM IS THE CURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GARDEN'S EXTENSIVE SEED COLLECTION. THE COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF OVER 4,000 ACCESSIONS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 1,600 CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND CULTIVARS. PART V, LINE 4 THE ORGANIZATION'S ENDOWMENTS CONSISTED OF THE INITIAL ENDOWMENT RECEIVED IN 1934, WHICH PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION, AND ENDOWMENT FUNDS RECEIVED IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. THE NET ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE CLASSIFIED AND REPORTED BASED ON THE EXISTENCE OR ABSENSE OF DONOR-IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS INTERPRETED THE UNIFORM PRUDENT MANAGEMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS ACT ("UPMIFA") AS REQUIRING THE PRESERVATION OF THE ORIGINAL GIFT AS OF THE GIFT DATE OF THE DONOR- RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS ABSENT EXPLICIT DONOR STIPULATIONS TO THE CONTRARY. AS A RESULT OF THIS INTERPRETATION, THE ORGANIZATION CLASSIFIES AS PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS (A) THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF THE GIFTS DONATED TO THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT, (B) THE ORIGINAL VALUE OF THE SUBSEQUENT GIFTS TO THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT, AND (C) ACCUMULATIONS TO THE PERMANENT ENDOWMENT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE APPLICABLE DONOR GIFT INSTRUMENT AT THE TIME THE ACCUMULATION IS ADDED TO THE FUND. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND THAT IS NOT CLASSIFIED IN PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS IS CLASSIFIED AS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS UNTIL THOSE AMOUNTS ARE APPROPRIATED FOR EXPENDITURE BY THE ORGANIZATION IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARD OF PRUDENCE PRESCRIBED BY UPMIFA. IN ACCORDANCE WITH UPMIFA, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED IN MAKING A DETERMINATION TO APPROPRIATE OR ACCUMULATE ENDOWMENT FUNDS: - THE DURATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE FUND - THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUND - GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS - THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF INFLATION AND DEFLATION - THE EXPECTED TOTAL RETURN FROM INCOME AND APPRECIATION OF INVESTMENTS - OTHER RESOURCES OF THE ORGANIZATION - THE INVESTMENT POLICIES OF THE ORGANIZATION</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN PROMOTES BOTANY, CONSERVATION, AND HORTICULTURE TO INSPRIRE, INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ABOUT CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE FLORA. THE GARDEN IS DEVOTED TO THE COLLECTION, CULTIVATION, STUDY, AND DISPLAY OF NATIVE CALIFORNIA PLANTS AND TO GRADUATE TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION. THROUGH ALL ITS PROGRAMS, THE GARDEN MAKES SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE APPRECIATION, ENJOYMENT, UNDERSTANDING, AND THOUGHTFUL UTILIZATION OF OUR NATURAL HERITAGE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE - THE RESEARCH LIBRARY CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 48,000 VOLUMES AND 750 CURRENT JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. ACQUISITIONS INCREASE YEARLY AND INCLUDE BOUND JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS. THE LIBRARY ALSO HOUSES THE ARCHIVES WHICH INCLUDE THE MARCUS JONES ARCHIVES AND COLLECTION, AS WELL AS THE SAMUEL PARISH COLLECTIONS; BOTH MEN WERE LOCAL BOTANISTS IN THE LATE 19H CENTURY. HERBARIUM - THE COMBINED HERBARIUM OF RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN IS ABOUT THE TENTH LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE THIRD LARGEST IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WITH CURRENT HOLDINGS TOTALING OVER 1,100,000 SPECIMENS REPRESENTING PLANT DIVERSITY WORLDWIDE AND WITH SUPERLATIVE STRENGTHS IN HOLDING OF PLANTS FROM CALIFORNIA AND OTHER MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE REGIONS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>COMPENSATION FOR BOTH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WAS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED VIA REVIEWING OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS' SALARY PER FORM 990, AND VIA PUBLISHED COMPENSATION STUDIES. THE CFO COMMENCED EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 2008, AT WHICH TIME THE ABOVE PROCESS WAS COMPLETED. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS NEWLY APPOINTED TO THE POSITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN NOVEMBER 2012, SUBJECT TO A THREE YEAR EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE JUNE 2013.</ExplanationTxt>
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