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        <NonCashCheckbox>X</NonCashCheckbox>
        <NumberOfContributions>44</NumberOfContributions>
        <NoncashContribsRptdF990>658400</NoncashContribsRptdF990>
        <MethodOfDeterminingRevenues>Estimate</MethodOfDeterminingRevenues>
      </WorksOfArt>
      <IntellectualProperty>
        <NonCashCheckbox>X</NonCashCheckbox>
        <NumberOfContributions>1</NumberOfContributions>
        <NoncashContribsRptdF990>38000</NoncashContribsRptdF990>
        <MethodOfDeterminingRevenues>Estimate</MethodOfDeterminingRevenues>
      </IntellectualProperty>
      <AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld>0</AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeld>
      <ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts>0</ReviewProcessUnusualNCGifts>
      <ThirdPartiesUsed>0</ThirdPartiesUsed>
    </IRS990ScheduleM>
    <IRS990ScheduleO documentId="RetDoc1044400001">
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>The federal Form 990 is reviewed by the President of the Board of Directors after it is prepared by our independent audit firm Raffa, P.C. prior to being sumbitted to the Internal Revenue Service.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>The Ranch makes its governing documents, financial statements, and federal Form 990 available to the public upon request.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part XI, line 5:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Net unrealized losses on investments: -363,538.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
    </IRS990ScheduleO>
  </ReturnData>
</Return>