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| FORM 990 | ON JULY 25, 2023, MACON-BIBB COUNTY, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, ASSUMED SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, INC. BASED ON THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, CERTAIN ASSETS WERE TRANSFERRED TO HISTORIC RIVERSIDE CEMETERY CONSERVANCY, INC. (THE FUNDRAISING ARM OF THE CEMETERY). THE COSTS OF OPERATING AND MAINTIANING THE CEMETERY SIGNIFICANTLY OUTWEIGHED THE INCOME THAT THE CEMETERY WERE ABLE TO GENERATE THROUGH NORMAL OPERATIONAL MEANS, SUCH THAT THE CEMETERY ANTICIPATED EXHAUSTING ITS REMAINING ASSETS AND BECOMING INSOLVENT. MACON-BIBB COUNTY AGREED TO CONTRACT WITH THE CEMETERY AND THE CONSERVANCY TO ASSUME OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, WHILE ALLOWING THE CONSERVANCY TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE AND OPERATE RIVERSIDE CEMETERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE CEMETERY HAS CONTINUED TO RENEW ITS REGISTRATION WITH THE GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE ASSETS OF THE CEMETERY'S PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND WERE NOT LEGALLY TRANSFERRED TO MACON-BIBB COUNTY UNTIL JUNE 11, 2024. THE PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND IS A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY (ORGANIZED UNDER IRC SECTION 501C13) REQUIRED BY GEORGIA LAW. THE CEMETERY HAS BEEN EFFECTIVELY DISSOLVED SINCE JULY 25, 2023. TEH PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUND WAS LIQUIDATED TO THE BENEFIT OF MACON-BIBB COUNTY IN JUNE 2024. THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AS ATTACHMENTS TO THE RETURN: 1. GA CODE SECTION 10-14-6 GOVERNING CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUNDS 2. TRUST AGREEMENT 3. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN MACON-BIBB COUNTY, RIVERSIDE CEMETERY AND HISTORIC RIVERSIDE CEMETERY CONSERVANCY |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B | REVIEWED BY TRUSTEE AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, INC. |
| FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 | UPON REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 | TRANSFER FROM CEMETERY 36,976 TRANSFER TO CEMETERY -71,764 TOTAL -34,788 |
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