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Internal Revenue Service Date: April 12, 2003 Laughing Horse Arts Foundation P.O. Box 214 Ellensburg, WA 98926-0214 Dear Sir: Department of the Treasury P. O. Box 2508 Cincinnati, OH p' 201 Person to Contact: Ronnie Clemons Customer Service Representative Toll Free Telephone Number: 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST 877-829-5500 Fax Number: 513-263-3756 Federal ldentification Number: 91-1211173 This is in response to your Certificate Of Amendment, filed July 6, 1999, in the State of Washington, changing the organization's name from Ellensburg Summer Theater Foundation, to the above as listed. Our records indicate that a determination letter issued in July 1984, granted your organization exemption from federal income tax Linder section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. That letter is still in effect. Based on information subsequently submitted, we classified your organization as one that is not a private foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Code because it is an organization described in sections 509(a)(1) and=170(b)(1)(A)(vi).- This classification was based on the assumption that your organization's operations would continue as stilted in the application. If your organization's sources of support, or its character, method of operations, or purposes have changed, please let us know so we can consider the effect of the change on the exempt status and foundation status of your organization. Your Organization is required to file Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, only if its gross receipts each year are normally more than $25,000. If a return is required, it must be tiled by the 15th day of the fifth month after the end of the organization`s annual accounting period. The law imposes a penalty of $20 a day, up to a maximum of $10,000, when a return is filed late, unless there is reasonable cause for the delay. All exempt organlzations (unless specifically excluded) are liable for taxes under the Federal InSLIrance Contributions Act (social security taxes) on remuneration of $100 or more paid to each employee during a calendar year. Your organization is not liable for the tax imposed under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA). Organizations that are not private foundations are not subject to the excise taxes under Chapter 42 of the Code. However, these organizations are not automatically exempt from other federal excise taxes. Donors may deduct contributions to your organization as provided in section 170 of the Corse. Bequests, legacies, devises, transfers, or gifts to your organization or for its use are deductible for federal estate and gift tax purposes if they meet the applicable provisions of sections 2055, 2106, and 2522 of the Code.