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FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A ANCIENT FAITH PUBLISHING PUBLISHES A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS, BOOKLETS AND BROCHURES WITH REGARD TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. IT ALSO SELLS RELIGIOUS ICONS, RELIGIOUS JEWELERY AND LITURGICAL ITEMS FOR THE HOME. IT ALSO SELLS BOOKS FROM OTHER PUBLISHERS REGARDING ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. PRESENTLY, ANCIENT FAITH PUBLISHING HAS APPROXIMATELY 220 ACTIVE BOOK TITLES IN PRINT IN ADDITION TO E-BOOKS, AUDIO-BOOKS AND AN ARRAY OF LITERATURE IN BOOKLET/BROCHURE FORMAT. APPROXIMATELY 50% OF ITS SALES ARE TO ORTHODOX AND OTHER CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORES, CHURCHES AND CHURCH BOOKSTORES. THE OTHER 50% OF ITS SALES ARE TO INDIVIDUALS. IT DISTRIBUTES ORTHODOX BOOKS AND LITERATURE TO APPROXIMATELY 2,000 WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS (BOOKSTORES AND CHURCH BOOKSTORES) AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISTRIBUTION IS TO INTRODUCE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY TO NON- ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND TO ENLIGHTEN AND TEACH ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ABOUT THEIR FAITH. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B ANCIENT FAITH RADIO OPERATES THREE INTERNET RELIGIOUS RADIO STATIONS, TWO OF WHICH PRIMARILY PROVIDE MUSIC (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND GLOBAL) AND THE OTHER OF WHICH PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON CONVERSATION, LECTURES AND PRESENTATION ABOUT ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY. THE RADIO STATIONS' REACH IS PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THERE ARE REGULAR LISTENERS IN VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES WORLD-WIDE. AT THE PRESENT TIME,WITH REGARD TO ITS PODCASTS, WHICH FEATURE A LARGE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS ON A VARIETY OF RELIGIOUS TOPICS, THERE ARE OVER 375,000 DOWNLOADS OF THE CONTENT EVERY MONTH AS WELL AS NEARLY 46,000 EPISODES OF PODCASTS AND 7 LIVE SHOWS. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTENT FOR THESE THREE RADIO STATIONS AND ALL THE PODCASTS IS TO INTRODUCE ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY TO NON-ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AND TO ENLIGHTEN AND TEACH ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS ABOUT THEIR FAITH. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE CEO AND THE BUSINESS MANAGER PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS A FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT REVIEWS THE CEO'S SALARY AND OTHER COMPENSATION AND MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGARDING THE CEO'S SALARY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THEN MAKES A FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE CEO'S SALARY. THE CEO DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT DECISION. HOWEVER, THE CEO REVIEWS WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ALL OTHER MANAGEMENT PERSONS' SALARIES. THE CEO ALSO SUBMITS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES SALARY INFORMATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOCUMENTS, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 273