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          <CityNm>Morehead City</CityNm>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Officer directors etc family relationship Part VI line 2</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Mark Anders, Founder, Executive Director and Board Chair is the spouse of Ilene Anders, Corp. Development Director and Board of Directors Secretary.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The tax return is prepared by a CPA firm and reviewed by the Board Chair prior to filing.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The governing documents are made available to the public, upon request, by writing to us at the address on page one, or by E-Mailing us through our website at www.theoceanfest.org.</ExplanationTxt>
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