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          <BusinessNameLine1>Minneapolis Foundation</BusinessNameLine1>
        </NameOfOtherOrganization>
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        <AmountInvolved>702573</AmountInvolved>
        <MethodOfAmtDetermination>Through an Employee Services Agreement, the Minneapolis Foundation pays Nonprofit Assistance Fund's staff members as Foundation employees. NAF's staff members are covered under the Foundation's benefit programs. NAF reimburses the Foundation for 100% of these salaries, payroll taxes, and benefits. In Fiscal Year 2011, this compensation totaled $702,573.</MethodOfAmtDetermination>
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