TRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization
TRUE STAR FOUNDATION INC (EIN 20-5289962)
Tax period
2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed
2012-08-14
IRS object ID
201222289349300217
Schema version
2011v1.2
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Timestamp2012-08-14T20:51:53-07:00Timestamp
Tax Period End Date2011-12-31TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN271379429EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Grant's Financial ServicesBusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line13473 S King Drive Suite 475AddressLine1
CityChicagoCity
StateILState
ZIP Code60616ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return Type990ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date2011-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN205289962EIN

Name Name

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1True Star Foundation IncBusinessNameLine1
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name ControlTRUENameControl
Phone3125880100Phone

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11130 S Wabash Suite 302AddressLine1
CityChicagoCity
StateILState
ZIP Code60605ZIPCode

Officer Officer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameDeAnna MclearyName
TitleExecutive DirectorTitle
Phone3125880100Phone
Date Signed2012-08-14DateSigned
Authorize Third Party1AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
NameDeAnna GrantName
PTINP00493106PTIN
Phone3124986580Phone
Date Prepared2012-08-14DatePrepared
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax Year2011TaxYear
Build TS2016-02-24 21:20:13ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer PersonDeAnna MclearyNameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line11130 S Wabash Ste 302AddressLine1
CityChicagoCity
StateILState
ZIP Code60605ZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts400475GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3XOrganization501c3
Web Sitewww.truestarfoundation.orgWebSite
Type Of Organization CorporationXTypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation2006YearFormation
State Legal DomicileILStateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission DescriptionTo inform, entertain, educate and serve youth of urban areas.ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body4NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members4NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees2TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers5TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI0TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income0NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year34923ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year37553ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year422132ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
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Investment Income Current Year0InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year0OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year0OtherRevenueCurrentYear
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Total Revenue Current Year400475TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY0GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year0BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY0BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
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Salaries Etc Current Year90896SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year0TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY0TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year0TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year379835OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year373430OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year433062TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year464326TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year23993RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY-63851RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY102294TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY38513TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY26530TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY26600TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY75764NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY11913NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission DescriptionThere is a tremendous need for urban youth to have after-school employment that teaches critical academic and life skills in an environment that encourages and values their input. The True Star Foundation provides services which eliminate the prime time hours for delinquent behavior.MissionDescription
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Expense286493Expense
Grants0Grants
Revenue0Revenue
DescriptionTSF provides creative outlet in the form of literary and professional development with programs such as editorial, graphic design, photography, and sales and marketingDescription
Total Of Other Program Service Exp0TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt0TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Of Other Program Service Rev0TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
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Described In501 C31DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required0ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities0PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities0LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax0SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds0DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements0ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling0CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments0TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip1ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities0ReportInvestOthSecurities
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Report Fin48 Footnote0ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt1IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
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School0School
Foreign Office0ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations0MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
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Gaming0Gaming
Hospital0Hospital
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Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividuals
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Tax Exempt Bonds0TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction0ExcessBenefitTransaction
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Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPerson
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions0DeductibleNonCashContributions
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Terminated0Terminated
Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntity
Related Entity0RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity0RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity0TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org0TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership0ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required1ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With109620NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included0NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding1ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees2NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed1EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income0UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions0NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServices
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Nbr Voting Governing Body Members4NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
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Family Or Business Relationship0FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties0DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs0ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders0MembersOrStockholders
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Decisions Subject To Approval0DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body1MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees1MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters0LocalChapters
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Conflict Of Interest Policy1ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons1AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement1RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy1WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy1DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO1CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other1CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is FiledILStatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon RequestXUponRequest

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Name Business NameBusiness

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Business Name Line1Grant's Financial ServicesBusinessNameLine1
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Telephone Number3124986580TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

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Address Line13473 S King Drive Ste 475AddressLine1
CityChicagoCity
StateILState
ZIP Code60616ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (2 entries)

TitleTitleAverage Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekIndividual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorReportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganizationReportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgsOther CompensationOtherCompensation
Deanna McLeary
Executive Director40X4500000
JeQuana Thompson
Executive Director40X2500000
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Total Reportable Comp From Org70000TotalReportableCompFromOrg
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Total Other Compensation0TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K0NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed0FormersListed
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Compensation From Other Sources0CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K0NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns0FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues0MembershipDues
Fundraising Events0FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations0RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants37553GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions0AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions0NoncashContributions
Total Contributions37553TotalContributions

Total Oth Program Service Revenue TotalOthProgramServiceRevenue

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column362922TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income362922RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount
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Total Program Service Revenue362922TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLoss

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Real0Real
Personal0Personal

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

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Securities0Securities
Other0Other
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Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events0CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Total Other Revenue0TotalOtherRevenue

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Total Revenue Column400475TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income362922RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue0UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmount

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

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Total45000Total
Management And General45000ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

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Total45896Total
Management And General45896ManagementAndGeneral

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Total10411Total
Management And General10411ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

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Total0Total

Advertising Advertising

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Total3697Total
Management And General3697ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

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Total3367Total
Management And General3367ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

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Total10935Total
Management And General10935ManagementAndGeneral

Interest Interest

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Total839Total
Management And General839ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

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Total6677Total
Management And General6677ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

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Total3891Total
Management And General3891ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

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Administrative Services295790295790
Miscellaneous Expense123650123650
Auto Expenses2891028910
Program Expenses28877828649322850

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total464326Total
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Management And General177833ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising0Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

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BOY4168BOY
EOY15059EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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BOY75000BOY
EOY3405EOY
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Land Buildings Equipment Basis36326LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec16277LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

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BOY23126BOY
EOY20049EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

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BOY102294BOY
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Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

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BOY26530BOY
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Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

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BOY26530BOY
EOY26600EOY
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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

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BOY0BOY
EOY0EOY

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BOY75764BOY
EOY11913EOY

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BOY102294BOY
EOY38513EOY
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Accountant Compile Or Review1AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited1FSAudited
Audit Committee1AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Publicly Supported Org170b1 AviXPubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year457055CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year400475CurrentTaxYear
Total1144390Total

Total170 Total170

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Current Tax Year Minus3 Years0CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years286860CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year457055CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year400475CurrentTaxYear
Total1144390Total
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Total Support1144390TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage1701PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year1PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests PY170XThirtyThreePercntTestsPY170
General Explanationn/aGeneralExplanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land Land

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value0BookValue

Buildings Buildings

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value0BookValue

Equipment Equipment

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Investment Cost Or Other Basis33526InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation16277Depreciation
Book Value17249BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis2800InvestmentCostOrOtherBasis
Other Cost Or Other Basis0OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation0Depreciation
Book Value2800BookValue
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Total Revenue400475TotalRevenue
Total Expenses464326TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year-63851ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments0NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Donated Services And Facilities0DonatedServicesAndFacilities
Investment Expenses0InvestmentExpenses
Prior Period Adjustments0PriorPeriodAdjustments
Other$0OtherAmount
Total Adjustments0TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS-63851ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt400475TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments0NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities0DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Recoveries Of Prior Year Grants0RecoveriesOfPriorYearGrants
Other Revenues0OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F9900RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal400475RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included0InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included0OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990400475TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt464326TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities0DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Prior Year Adjustments0PriorYearAdjustments
Losses Reported0LossesReported
Other Expenses Included0OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F9900ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal464326ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included20InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Other Expenses Not Included0OtherExpensesNotIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt0ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990464326TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifierReturn ReferenceReturnReferenceExplanationExplanation
F990_P06_S0B_L00Form 990, Part VI, Section BCopy of the 990 is provided to governing body.
F990_P06_S0B_L11bForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bCopy of the 990 is provided to the governing body.
F990_P06_S0B_L12cForm 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cAll major decisions are subject to board approval.
F990_P06_S0B_L15Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15All compensation is research and based on current market value for the positions.
F990_P06_S0C_L19Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19Upon Request

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