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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Executive Committee of the Board conducts a compensation survey of President/CEO positions at comparable nonprofit organizations prior to performing the annual review of the Centers President &amp; CEO. The committee uses this market data to determine the President &amp; CEOs compensation. The annual performance review is conducted by the Board Chair. Compensation for other key staff positions is set by the President &amp; CEO, taking into account current market conditions and compensation levels at similarly sized nonprofit organizations.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990 availability to public Part VI line 18</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Center received its nonprofit status in April of 1941 and the original application for exemption is not available. Organizations who applied for exemption before July 15, 1987 are not required to furnish copies of the 1023 Application for Exemption. The Form 990 and 990-T are available upon request for the same period of time as set forth in IRC section 6104(d).</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The audited financial statements are posted on the Centers website and the Form 990 and 9 90-T are posted on Guidestar. The Centers financial statements, governing documents, and conflict of interest policy are available upon request for the same period of lime as set forth in IRC Section 6104(d).</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>tO FIX PRIOR ACCUM DEPRECIATION</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
    </IRS990ScheduleO>
    <ReasonableCauseExplanation documentId="ReasonableCauseExplanation">
      <ExplanationTxt>Columbus Speech Hearing had donors who met the Schedule B reporting threshold howeverduring the organizations winddown and closure the organization lost access to certainhistorical donor records and was unable to retrieve them Reasonable efforts were made tolocate and reconstruct contributor information from the limited records still availableThe organization is not attempting to hide or omit data Schedule B includes all donorsthat could be verified based on the information to which the organization still hadaccess</ExplanationTxt>
    </ReasonableCauseExplanation>
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