{"id":186,"date":"2026-05-19T13:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.athemes.com\/sydney-walkathon\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:49:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/xeon.kg\/?page_id=186","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"186\" class=\"elementor elementor-186\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cad6f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9cad6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f610d92 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f610d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">About \u00b7 7 years on<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a90629a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a90629a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why this walk<br>exists.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0413660 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0413660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Plain language about who we are, what we fund, and where the money actually goes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-824793f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"824793f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136a064 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"136a064\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a3c31 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5a3c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">The cause \u00b7 2018 \u2192 today<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a87dd9 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a87dd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A walk for someone who can't talk about it yet.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a032fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a032fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">In March 2018, four neighbors in the Whittier neighborhood lost a friend to suicide. He was thirty-four, a high-school teacher, and he had not told anyone what he was going through. The four neighbors didn&#8217;t know what to do, so they did the only thing they could think of: they organized a walk in May along the river, and they invited anyone who&#8217;d lost someone \u2014 or come close to losing themselves \u2014 to come walk with them. About sixty people came. That was the first Long Mile.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980bc73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"980bc73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">It has been seven Mays since then. The walk is now three miles along the Mississippi East Bank Trail. Around three thousand people walk it. It raises a little over a quarter-million dollars a year for mental health programs across Hennepin County. None of that was the plan. The plan was sixty people and one Saturday.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45721f9 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45721f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">One in five adults in Minnesota lives with a mental health condition each year. Two-thirds never get treatment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90ee46f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90ee46f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">We are a 501(c)(3) public charity registered in Minnesota \u2014 EIN <strong>87-4621099<\/strong>. Every dollar raised at the walk is distributed through the Long Mile Coalition&#8217;s program fund. Ninety-two cents of every dollar goes directly to grantee organizations doing the actual work: NAMI Minnesota&#8217;s peer-support cohorts, three Hennepin County school districts&#8217; on-site counselor programs, and the 988 Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline&#8217;s volunteer-training pipeline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1941161 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1941161\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3283222 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3283222\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a643c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87a643c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449f2ce elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"449f2ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Who runs the walk<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7856a06 is-style-default elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7856a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A four-person staff and a board of seven.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bbe4c e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54bbe4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:400}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd3a19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fd3a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">We are small on purpose. Most of the work happens between February and May; the rest of the year is grant disbursement, audit prep, and a single staff member keeping the lights on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb91bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0eb91bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-624e9fc e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"624e9fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61cba7b e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61cba7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-110f122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"110f122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/30468636\/pexels-photo-30468636.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=1200&amp;w=800\" title=\"\" alt=\"Portrait of Maya Tindall, Executive Director of The Long Mile Coalition\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad726c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ad726c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa80baf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa80baf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maya Tindall<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5d637a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5d637a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Executive Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a778ab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a778ab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Clinical social worker for nine years before the walk; joined the coalition in 2021. Carries the only year-round salaried role.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd11064 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd11064\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1657249 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1657249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/5647292\/pexels-photo-5647292.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=1200&amp;w=800\" title=\"\" alt=\"Portrait of David Okafor, Board Chair of The Long Mile Coalition\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1bd1f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c1bd1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e11fda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e11fda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David Okafor<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f743d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f743d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Board Chair<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dabea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dabea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Partner at North Loop Legal. Pro-bono counsel for the coalition since 2019; chair since 2023. Walks year five and counting.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd9b72 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfd9b72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:400}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2ce28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa2ce28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/27086768\/pexels-photo-27086768.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=1200&amp;w=800\" title=\"\" alt=\"Portrait of Sara Nystrom, Walk Director\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e003e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e003e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8478b3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8478b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sara Nystrom<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff61ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff61ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Walk Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a663482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a663482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Volunteer operations lead and one of the four 2018 founders. Day-of, she is the person with the clipboard at the start line.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce43491 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce43491\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:600}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae73b28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae73b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/11668001\/pexels-photo-11668001.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;fit=crop&amp;h=1200&amp;w=800\" title=\"\" alt=\"Portrait of Marcus Lim, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7815657 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7815657\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98fbd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f98fbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marcus Lim<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1797fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1797fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Volunteer &amp; Outreach<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7dee91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7dee91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Runs school and corporate outreach. Former English teacher in Saint Paul Public Schools; joined the coalition in 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1d25a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb1d25a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">The full seven-person board is listed in our annual filing. <a href=\"#\">Download the 2024 Form 990 (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a798a03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a798a03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dadd7a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dadd7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Verified by<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07c9f0b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07c9f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Independently graded, every year.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d953608 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d953608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">The Long Mile Coalition holds top ratings from every major charity-evaluation body in the country. We file a complete Form 990 with the IRS each year and publish our audited financial statements alongside.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0cf16b e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0cf16b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7387c89 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7387c89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7bf7d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d7bf7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf190ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf190ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">Tax-exempt \u00b7 501(c)(3) public charity<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d71caaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d71caaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>The Long Mile Coalition<\/strong> \u00b7 EIN <strong>87-4621099<\/strong> \u00b7 incorporated in the State of Minnesota.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c7cd3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c7cd3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\">All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a00ca9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a00ca9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c089a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85c089a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\"><a href=\"#\">FY 2024 audited financials<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c9c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12c9c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin:0;\"><a href=\"#\">Form 990 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