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        <Identifier>Description of Intended Use of Endowment Funds:</Identifier>
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        <Explanation>The Organization uses its endowment funds to provide scholarships to students attending Maine's community colleges as well as provide funds to further its exempt purpose.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>Description of Uncertain Tax Positions Under FIN 48:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>Part X:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>The Foundation is a tax exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and accordingly, no provision for state or federal income taxes has been made in the audited financial statements. Management has evaluated the Foundation's tax positions and concluded that the Foundation has maintained its tax-exempt status, does not have any significant unrelated business income and has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements.</Explanation>
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        <Identifier>Part XII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:</Identifier>
        <Explanation>Uncollectible Pledges 100,788.</Explanation>
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      <Form990ScheduleDPartXIV>
        <Identifier>Part XIII, Line 4b - Other Adjustments:</Identifier>
        <Explanation>Uncollectible Pledges 100,788.</Explanation>
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          <BusinessNameLine1>Community Counselling Service Co LLC</BusinessNameLine1>
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          <AddressLine1>461 Fifth Avenue</AddressLine1>
          <City>New York</City>
          <State>NY</State>
          <ZIPCode>10017</ZIPCode>
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        <Identifier>Explanation of Fundraising Payments</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>Schedule G, Part I, Line 2b, Column (v)</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Payments have been made as compensation for the planning, organizing, and initializing a major fund-raising campaign for the Organization. The purpose of the campaign is to raise funds and other support for capital, equipment and technology, and programmatic and student support.</Explanation>
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          <BusinessNameLine1>Maine Community College System</BusinessNameLine1>
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          <AddressLine1>323 State Street</AddressLine1>
          <City>Augusta</City>
          <State>ME</State>
          <ZIPCode>04330</ZIPCode>
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        <PurposeOfGrant>General Support of Maine's community colleges.</PurposeOfGrant>
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        <Identifier>Procedure for Monitoring Grants in the U.S.:</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>Part I, Line 2:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Schedule I, Part I, Line 2: The Foundation only awards grants to the Maine Community College System, which is an instrumentality of the State of Maine. Additional monitoring is not deemed necessary.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>Part I, Line 1a</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Cumberland Club membership for Elizabeth Shorr, president &amp; CEO. This is a business club, the membership to which is used exclusively for business purposes.</Explanation>
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      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3</Identifier>
        <Explanation>The Maine Community College System, pursuant to a written agreement, provides certain management and other services to the Foundation. These services include financial, investment, human resources, and public relations services.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11</Identifier>
        <Explanation>The Form 990 was prepared by the Foundation's outside accounting firm, reviewed in detail by and with the Foundation's management team, and presented to the board of directors at a meeting.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Annually, each board member must file a signed conflict of interest disclosure form with the foundation, as required by the conflict of interest policy.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>The president's compensation arrangement is determined by taking into account information about compensation paid by similarly-situated organizations for similar services. Currently, the Foundation has no paid officers or key employees other than the president; if and when such employees are hired, a similar process will be used to establish their compensation.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>The Foundation's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are all available to the public upon request.</Explanation>
      </GeneralExplanation>
      <GeneralExplanation>
        <Identifier>Oversight of Audit</Identifier>
        <ReturnReference>Form 990, Part XI, Line 2c:</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>The audit process has not changed from the prior year.</Explanation>
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