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If you have questions after reading the description of an organization listed at I Give Where I Live, we encourage you to contact the non-profit and speak with its executive director or development director before choosing to make your donation. Their names are listed at the top of each non-profit profile. Or, you can use the link to Guidestar, if provided, for viewing a non-profit's IRS form 990.

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