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        <ExplanationTxt>1 Total Revenue, gains and other support per audited financial statement: 46,142,244 2d Amounts included on line 1 but not on Form 990, Part VIII line 12: 13,738,751 5 Total revenue: 32,403,493</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>1 Total expenses and losses per audited financial statement: 16,583,788 2d Amounts included on line 1 but not on Form 990, Part IX line 25: -9,607,706 5 Total expenses: 26,191,495</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>Taxpayers filing Form 990 must use Sch. R Part II to identify any related tax-exempt organizations. Attachment 1 to this return contains a list of this taxpayer's related tax-exempt organizations.</ExplanationTxt>
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