REQUEST FOR PENALTY ABATEMENTTHE FOUNDATION IS REQUESTING ABATEMENT OF PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 6652(C)RELATED TO LATE FILING OF ITS 2025 FEDERAL TAX RETURN. THE FOUNDATION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS REQURED TO FILE FORM 990-PF EVEN IF IT HAD NO TAXABLE INCOME, ASSETS, OR LIABLITIES. THE LATE FILING WAS NOT DUE TO WILLFUL NEGLECT.SINCE AT LEAST 2010, THE FOUNDATION HAS FILED EVERY RETURN ON A TIMELY BASIS AND HAS NEVER HAD ANY PENALTIES ASSESSED.THE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION MISTAAKENLY BELIEVED 2024 WAS THE LAST YEAR THAT A RETURN NEEDED TO BE FILED AS THE ORGANIZATION NO LONGER HAD ANY ASSETS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND PLANNED NO FURTHER ACTIVITY SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 31, 2024. AS SOON AS THIS ERROR WAS DISCOVERED, THE RETURN WAS PREPARED AND FILED. THE DIRECTOR DID NOT IGNORE ITS FILING OBLIGATION BUT RATHER HAD A GOOD-FAITH MISUNDERSTANDING IN AN INACTIVE YEAR. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALWAYS AND WILL CONTINUE TO EXCERSE ORDINARY BUSINESS CARE AND PRUDENCE UNDER THE CIRUCMSTANCES BY REVIEWING ITS RECORDS FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED. THE DIRECTOR WILL UNDERTAKE THE DISSOLUTION PROCESS IN 2026 AND WILL ENSURE THAT A FINAL RETURN FOR 2026 IS FILED TIMELY.