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          <State>RESTRICTED</State>
          <ZIPCode>RESTRICTED</ZIPCode>
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        <RegionTxt>Central America and the Caribbean</RegionTxt>
        <TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt>Education</TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt>
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        <DescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt>Tech subscriptions, misc.</DescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>P1, Ln 2</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Monthly requests come in for grants showing expenses and outcomes from previous month and forecasted expenses for current month. President visits quarterly to assess program and metrics. Board approves annual budget and monitors progress of stated goals. Grants are made to programs discussed in the form 990 (a school in rural El Salvador and a workforce initiative to support adult education for job readiness).</ExplanationTxt>
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        <GrossRevenueEvent1Amt>3085</GrossRevenueEvent1Amt>
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        <FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt>6871</FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 1a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>President is compensated and not part of executive</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 1a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>sessions voting regarding employment</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 8a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Minutes taken during each meeting and approved in the subsequent meeting.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 8a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>All appropriate actions were voted on with majority of approval to proceed</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 8b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>All committees approved major decisions with whole board vote.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 11b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>990 Sent to board prior to filing.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 12c</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Board reviewed conflict of interest policy and approved not</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 12c</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>having any conflicts in meeting in 2024</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 15a or b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Only President compensated and data pulled from comparable orgs</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 15a or b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Board approved California minimum excempt employee compensation.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Part VI Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>statements available upon request on our website</ExplanationTxt>
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