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        <ExplanationTxt>A DRAFT COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE FINAL COPY WAS ULTIMATELY EXECUTED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE ORGANIZATION MAKES THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 14:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>REASON FOR AMENDED RETURN: THE ANSWER TO LINE 14 WAS CHANGED TO "NO" SINCE THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE A WRITTEN DOCUMENT RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION POLICY DURING 2024.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>REASON FOR AMENDED RETURN: THE ANSWER TO LINE 15 WAS CHANGED TO "NO" SINCE THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION AS NO REPORTABLE COMPENSATION WAS PAID TO AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR DURING 2024.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART IX, LINES 24A AND 24E:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>REASON FOR AMENDED RETURN: DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE FINAL AUDIT REPORT, THERE WAS A RECLASS OF OFFICE SUPPLIES FROM PROGRAM EXPENSES TO GENERAL EXPENSES WHICH CHANGED LINES 24A AND 24E.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>REASON FOR AMENDED RETURN: REMOVED RUSS KEITH AS OFFICER AND MARKED DOUG JACKSON AND ROBERT JOHNSON AS OFFICERS. REMOVED TARA WINTER AND MATT BRANTNER FROM LIST SINCE THEY WERE NOT MEMBERS UNTIL 2025, WHICH REDUCED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTING MEMBERS FROM 7 TO 5, ALL INDEPENDENT. IN ADDITION, DOUG JACKSON WAS CHANGED TO BE THE SIGNER OF THE RETURN SINCE RUSS KEITH WAS NOT AN OFFICER.</ExplanationTxt>
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