LIBERTY FOR THE KIDS FOUNDATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
LIBERTY FOR THE KIDS FOUNDATION (EIN 45-4585705)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-10-17
IRS object ID
201622919349301667
Schema version
2015v2.1
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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