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        <ExplanationTxt>We facilitate a significant fundraiser ("CATalina") every other year; we facilitated it in 2023 but not in 2022.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>It is prepared and reviewed by President Doug Evans. It will be posted for the public to see once accepted by the IRS</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>One goal for 2024 will be to make our governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and Form 990 available to the public in 2024 by posting on the Columbus (IN) Animal Care Services website.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <ExplanationTxt>I was prepared to submit the Form 990-EZ for Tax Year 2023 as I have for the previous couple of years, but we had a very successful fundraising year, and I was kicked up to filing Form 990 for the first time. I just wasn't prepared for the additional detail it requires.</ExplanationTxt>
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