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        <Explanation>SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION REQUIRED EACH RECEIPIENT TO SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT ON FUNDS RAISED AND USED FOR THE TALENT DIVIDEND PRIZE.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>CITY DIVIDENDS IS CEOS' SIGNATURE ACTION AGENDA. CEOS FOCUSES ITS ACTION AGENDA ON CITY DIVIDENDS AND DIVIDEND PRIZE COMPETITIONS, PREMISED ON ITS RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE THAT MEASURABLE PROGRESS OR "MOVING THE NEEDLE," ON TARGETED WORK REAPS HUGE ECONOMIC GROWTH DIVIDENDS FOR CITIES AND ACCELERATES MOVEMENT ON IMPORTANT GOALS. CITY DIVIDENDS HAVE CALCULATED THAT THE TOP 51 LARGEST U.S. CITIES COULD COLLECTIVELY REALIZE UP TO $166 BILLION IN MUCH-NEEDED NEW WEALTH BY: - INCREASING COLLEGE ATTAINMENT BY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT (THE TALENT DIVIDEND); - REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BY ONE MILE PER PERSON PER DAY (THE GREEN DIVIDEND); - REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY BY ONE PERCENTAGE POINT (THE OPPORTUNITY DIVIDEND). WORK AROUND ACHIEVING THE CITY DIVIDENDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT 2013. IN MAY 2011, CEOS, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE KRESGE FOUNDATION AND LUMINA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, LAUNCHED THE TALENT DIVIDEND PRIZE. THIS $1 MILLION PRIZE, THE FIRST PRIZE OF ITS TYPE, WILL BE AWARDED TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA THAT EXHIBITS THE GREATEST INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POST-SECONDARY DEGREES GRANTED PER ONE THOUSAND POPULATION OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD. OUT OF THE 108 ELIGIBLE METROPOLITAN AREAS, 57 CITIES, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 36 PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION, ARE IN THE RUNNING FOR THIS $1 MILLION PRIZE. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN SEPTEMBER 2014.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>THE ORGANIZATION'S PRESIDENT/CEO AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR REVIEW THE DRAFT FORM 990, THEN EMAIL THE DRAFT RETURN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR REVIEW. THEIR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED BACK TO THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND THE RETURN IS FINALIZED WITH ANY NECESSARY REVISIONS. A FINAL COPY OF THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY AND CONSISTENTLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REQUIRING ANNUAL FULL DISCLOSURE, IN WRITING, OF ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST INVOLVING INTERESTED PARTIES TO THE ORGANIZATION. ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST REPORTED TO THE BOARD SHALL BE REVIEWED AND VOTED ON AS TO WHETHER ANY FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>FOR THE FORMER CEO, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD REVIEW COMPENSATION PACKAGES OF COMPARABLE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS/PRESIDENTS OF CEO LEADERSHIP GROUPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE BOARD WOULD THEN DISCUSS THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE WITHOUT THE CEO PRESENT AT THAT PORTION OF THE MEETING. UPON COMPLETION OF THE DISCUSSION, THE BOARD CHAIR WOULD ISSUE A MEMO TO THE BOARD ON THE AGREED UPON COMPENSATION PACKAGE. DURING 2011, LEE FISHER WAS ANNOUNCED CEO AND HIS COMPENSATION PACKAGE WAS DETERMINED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. A SIMILAR PROCESS OF REVIEWING COMPARABLE COMPENSATION PACKAGES OCCURRED PRIOR TO APPROVING HIS COMPENSATION.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.</Explanation>
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