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SOLUTION: INCREASE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS. FACTS: LF IN 2023 ATTRACTED 104 NEW MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN 20 STATES, RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 392 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM 34 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND 5 COUNTRIES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS OF AT LEAST $100 TO LF FROM ITS INCEPTION WAS 8,571 AND THE TOTAL OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS HAS BEEN $46,019,540 (SOURCE 2024 LIEPSNA) THE LF RATIO IS LOW "BECAUSE IT RECEIVES A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ITS TOTAL SUPPORT FROM INVESTMENT INCOME ON ITS ENDOWMENT FUNDS, SUCH FACT WILL BE TREATED AS EVIDENCE OF AN ORGANIZATION BEING "PUBLICLY SUPPORTED" IF SUCH FUNDS WERE ORIGINALLY CONTRIBUTED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC". AGAIN, 46,019,540 HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY 8,571 DONORS. DIRECT CITATION FROM THE REGULATION. CLOSE TO 100% OF THE INVESTMENT INCOME WHICH CAUSES OUR RATIO TO BE LOW IS FROM SUCH PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS (BASED UPON LF FINANCIALS) AS STATED ABOVE, LF HAS HAD 8,571 CONTRIBUTORS OF $100 OR MORE, WHICH IS MORE THAN AMPLE EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC SUPPORT, VERSUS ALMOST ALL OF ITS SUPPORT COMING FROM A SINGLE FAMILY. LF HAS A 15-MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTED DIRECTLY BY THE CONTRIBUTORS AT AN ANNUAL MEETING, WHERE VOTING IS CONDUCTED IN PERSON, VIA MAIL, AND VIA INTERNET. THE ONLY FAMILY TIE AMONG THE DIRECTORS IS THAT TWO ARE BROTHER-IN-LAWS. THE BOARD HAS A WIDE AREA OF EXPERTISE INCLUDING: LAW, MEDICINE, FINANCE, THE ARTS, THE SCIENCES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, PUBLIC SERVICE, REAL ESTATE, MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIVING IN 4 STATES (2024 LIEPSNA) IN 2023 186 GRANT REQUESTS WERE RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS AND 141 WERE FUNDED IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,265,839. IN ADDITION, 168 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED OF WHICH 107 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $423,025 WERE AWARDED. (2024 LIEPSNA) THE LITHUANIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY INC, A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION ENCOMPASSING 50 CHAPTERS IN 27 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WITH A 70 MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PARTICIPATES ON AN EQUAL VOTING BASIS ON ALL GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP DECISIONS. THE LITHUANIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY INC ALSO PARTICIPATES IN ANY CHANGES IN LF BY-LAWS, ALONG WITH LF CONTRIBUTORS. 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LF GRANT FUNDS ARE NOT PAID IN ADVANCE, BUT AS A REIMBURSEMENT OF APPROVED PROJECT EXPENDITURES. IF A GRANT IS APPROVED, ALLOCATED FUNDS WILL ONLY BE ISSUED AFTER THE LITHUANIAN FOUNDATION HAS RECEIVED A WRITTEN PROJECT SUMMARY COVERING BOTH THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT AND A FULL ACCOUNTING ACCOMPANIED BY RECEIPTS FOR THE AMOUNTS TO BE REIMBURSED. 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