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            <CityNm>St Paul</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
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          <FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt>The required form and the application process are performed online via the Carol E. Macpherson Scholarship Fund website. Applicants must provide the following: completed scholarship application form, two letters of recommendation, transcripts for prior post-secondary education, a completed free application for federal student aid form, and a personal statement from the applicant including: educational and professional goals, responsibilities and characteristics of the applicant, relevant work experience and discussion of financial need.</FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt>
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          <RecipientPersonNm>Jakayla Crowley</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Minnetonka</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55305</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientPersonNm>Callie Larson</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>11821 132nd Ave N</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Dayton</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55327</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Christine Rinehart</RecipientPersonNm>
          <RecipientUSAddress>
            <AddressLine1Txt>6401 S Morgan Ave</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Sioux Falls</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>SD</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>57108</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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          <RecipientPersonNm>Courtney Popp</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Minneapolis</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55413</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
          <Amt>9500</Amt>
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        <GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Sophea Om</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>2053 Knapp St Apt 1</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Falcon Heights</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55108</ZIPCd>
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          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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          <RecipientPersonNm>Savanna Worley</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Edina</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55410</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientPersonNm>Nadia Zafar</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55414</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContributionPdDurYrGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Leyna Papach</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>St Paul</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55102</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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            <CityNm>Minneapolis</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55418</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
          <Amt>4750</Amt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>7600 16th Ave S</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Richfield</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55423</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Lois Gutierrez</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Eagan</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55122</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Deborah Lommel</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Maple Grove</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55309</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Annique London</RecipientPersonNm>
          <RecipientUSAddress>
            <AddressLine1Txt>5425 Cumberland Road</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Minneapolis</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55410</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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          <RecipientPersonNm>Omnia Marawan</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>5230 Beachside Dr</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Hopkins</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55343</ZIPCd>
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          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Martine Olle</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>8401 Dolomite Lane</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Madison</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>WI</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>53719</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Shaniece Pink</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>St Paul</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55106</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
          <Amt>7500</Amt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Michelle Reinhart</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Cleveland</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>56017</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Jodi Roberts</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>5025 Tioga St</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Duluth</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55804</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientRelationshipTxt>None</RecipientRelationshipTxt>
          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        </GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Lilia Silva</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <AddressLine1Txt>1451 Knob Hill Ln</AddressLine1Txt>
            <CityNm>Excelsior</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55331</ZIPCd>
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          <RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>I</RecipientFoundationStatusTxt>
          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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        <GrantOrContriApprvForFutGrp>
          <RecipientPersonNm>Erica Swensen</RecipientPersonNm>
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            <CityNm>Monticello</CityNm>
            <StateAbbreviationCd>MN</StateAbbreviationCd>
            <ZIPCd>55362</ZIPCd>
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          <GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>Scholarship</GrantOrContributionPurposeTxt>
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      </AccountingFeesDetail>
    </AccountingFeesSchedule>
    <AppliedToPriorYearElection documentId="RetDoc12000100081">
      <ElectionDesc>Carol E. Macpherson Memorial Scholarship FundEIN #51-0180046Tax Year Ending June 30, 2024Section 4942(h)(2) election as to the treatment of qualifying distributionsPursuant to IRC Sec. 4942(h)(2) and Reg. 53.4942(a)-3(d)(2), the above referenced foundation hereby elects to treat current year qualifying distributions in excess of the immediately preceding tax year's undistributed income as being made out of undistributed income from the tax year ending June 30, 2023 (Tax Year 2012) in the amount $35,119. Signed: Rick Macpherson, Chair</ElectionDesc>
    </AppliedToPriorYearElection>
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