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        <ExplanationTxt>Other income is primarily from fiscal sponsorship fees. Some years may have a small amount of misc. income.</ExplanationTxt>
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          <BusinessNameLine1Txt>Black Omed Yoga LLC</BusinessNameLine1Txt>
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          <CityNm>Oakland</CityNm>
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        <ValuationMethodUsedDesc>cash</ValuationMethodUsedDesc>
        <PurposeOfGrantTxt>operating costs of charitable activities</PurposeOfGrantTxt>
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          <BusinessNameLine1Txt>Gohyang Farms LLC</BusinessNameLine1Txt>
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          <AddressLine1Txt>1401 Cunningham Road</AddressLine1Txt>
          <CityNm>Sebastopol</CityNm>
          <StateAbbreviationCd>CA</StateAbbreviationCd>
          <ZIPCd>95472</ZIPCd>
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        <ValuationMethodUsedDesc>cash</ValuationMethodUsedDesc>
        <PurposeOfGrantTxt>general operations 2nd generation seeds</PurposeOfGrantTxt>
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          <BusinessNameLine1Txt>Food Shed Cooperative Inc</BusinessNameLine1Txt>
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          <AddressLine1Txt>3340 Fairmount Ave</AddressLine1Txt>
          <CityNm>San Diego</CityNm>
          <StateAbbreviationCd>CA</StateAbbreviationCd>
          <ZIPCd>92105</ZIPCd>
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        <RecipientEIN>851198564</RecipientEIN>
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        <PurposeOfGrantTxt>general operations for Seed Stewards pro</PurposeOfGrantTxt>
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      <RecipientTable>
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          <BusinessNameLine1Txt>Arif Urban Agrarian Collective Inc</BusinessNameLine1Txt>
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          <AddressLine1Txt>6401 El Cajon Blvd</AddressLine1Txt>
          <CityNm>San Diego</CityNm>
          <StateAbbreviationCd>CA</StateAbbreviationCd>
          <ZIPCd>92115</ZIPCd>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Monitoring procedures (Part I, line 2)</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Circle of Life requires annual written and verbal reporting on grant funds distributed. They also conduct in person site visits to projects on an annual basis.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The board has a 990 Review policy which states that the Board will have adequate review time for the 990 prior to submission. The 990 draft will be sent to the board via email at least 2 days prior to submission.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Annually the Board is required to review the conflict of interest policy, disclose any potential conflicts of interest and reaffirm their adherence to the policy.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
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        <ExplanationTxt>There are no employees, only consultants, including the Managing Director. The Managing Directors compensation is based on the nonprofit discounted hourly rates for each consultant. Consultants (including the Managing Director) set rates based on market/below market rate for similar services.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>There are no employees, only consultants, including the Managing Director. The Managing Directors compensation is based on the nonprofit discounted hourly rates for each consultant. Consultants (including the Managing Director) set rates based on market/below market rate for similar services.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990 availability to public Part VI line 18</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Form 990 is available to the public at Guidestar.org as well as by request.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Available upon request.</ExplanationTxt>
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