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        <MediumExplanationTxt>Pursuant to Treasury Regulations 53.4942(a)-3(c)(2)(iv), Brightway Education Foundation hereby elects to treat, as a current distribution out of corpus, the following unused prior years' distributions that were treated as corpus distributions under Regulation 53.4942(a)-3(d)(1)(iii) in such prior tax year: Tax Year: 2023 Amount: $205,000 TOTAL Amount: $205,000 By: DAVID LANDAU Title: PRESIDENT</MediumExplanationTxt>
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        <MediumExplanationTxt>Brightway Education Foundation (the "Foundation") received a grant of $205,000 in the taxable year ending 2023 from The Cooper Family Foundation, The Julie and Martin Franklin Family Foundation, and The Starker Family Foundation, private non-operating foundations. As reported in Part XII, Line 7, the Foundation hereby elects to treat $205,000 of 2023 qualifying distributions as distributions out of corpus to satisfy the requirements imposed by Internal Revenue Code Section 4942(g)(3) and Treasury Regulations Section 53.4942(a)-3(c)(2). See attached election to treat $205,000 of 2023 qualifying distributions as current distributions out of corpus. Additionally, as required, the Foundation has no remaining undistributed income for 2024.</MediumExplanationTxt>
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        <PersonNm>BCI Brands LLC</PersonNm>
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        <PersonNm>Chirico Emanuel</PersonNm>
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        <PersonNm>Kay Rachel</PersonNm>
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        <PersonNm>Levy Becky</PersonNm>
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