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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part V, line 34</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>| Significant Name:, Description:| The number composition qualifications authority or duties of the governing bodys voting members., As of August 2023 Opera in Williamsburg has a new governing board. Naama Zahavi-Ely is now a non-voting member of the board as President and continues to be the Artistic and General Director. Maestro Jorge Parodi is also a non-voting member of the board. There are five voting members listed on this form all of them volunteers. The organization filed new bylaws. Its purpose remains the same.|</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI, line 49a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>| Name of Grantee:, Class of Activity:, Explanation:| OIW Productions LLC, 711110, The money was used for creating an opera production the purpose of the organization for Opera in Williamsburg Inc. by Opera in Williamsburg Productions LLC. The president of Opera in Williamsburg Inc at the time not at the end of 2023 is the owner of Opera in Williamsburg Productions LLC Naama Zahavi-Ely. The money was entirely spent on documented production expenses and no part of it was paid personally to Naama Zahavi-Ely.| OIW Productions LLC, Producing an opera Don Giovanni in May 2023 -- income from tickets sold for the production., Tickets were sold by Opera in Williamsburg Inc for admission to opera produced by Opera in Williamsburg Productions LLC. The money was spent entirely on documented production expenses. No part of this sum was paid personally to Naama Zahavi-Ely the owner of Opera in Williamsburg Productions LLC.|</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Net Assets and Fund balances (Part II),line 1</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>| Explanation:| Some of the organizations expenses were paid by credit card. The credit cards involved carried a balance at the start of the year were paid off in full during the year and carried a balance at the end of the year. Our aim and practice over the last several years is to get rid fully of credit card balances at least once during the year before incurring new expenses.</ExplanationTxt>
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