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=== 2013 to 2019 === In December 2013, following negotiations between founders,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steven |first=Jones |date=April 5, 2011 |title=Man on the Move |url=https://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2011/04/05/man-move/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727090414/https://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2011/04/05/man-move/ |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2020 |website=San Francisco Bay Guardian}}</ref> Black Rock City LLC was made a subsidiary of a new nonprofit entity known as the [[Burning Man Project]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burning Man Transitions to Non-Profit Organization |url=https://journal.burningman.org/2014/03/news/global-news/burning-man-transitions-to-non-profit-organization/ |website=Burning Man Journal |date=March 3, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192726/https://journal.burningman.org/2014/03/news/global-news/burning-man-transitions-to-non-profit-organization/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Redmond |first=Tim |date=2015-02-16 |title=The secrets of Burning Man's money |url=https://48hills.org/2015/02/secrets-burning-mans-money/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=48 hills |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Robert W. |title=Burning Man Founders Can Torch Their Tax Bills Too |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/03/25/burning-man-founders-can-torch-their-tax-bills-too/ |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> On September 3, 2017,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/burning-man-fest-one-dead-another-in-critical-condition-w501178 |title=Burning Man Festival: One Man Dead, Another in Critical Condition |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164538/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/burning-man-fest-one-dead-another-in-critical-condition-w501178 |url-status=live}}</ref> a 41-year-old man, Aaron Joel Mitchell, fought his way past a safety cordon of volunteers and firefighters and threw himself into the flames of the Man. Mitchell died the next day due to cardiac arrest, bodily shock, and third-degree burns to 97% of his body. His death was ruled a suicide.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2018/02/09/burning-man-death-details-emerge-family-friends-still-wonder-why/312798002/ |title=Burning Man death details emerge; family, friends still wonder why |work=Reno Gazette Journal |access-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010012257/https://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/burning-man/2018/02/09/burning-man-death-details-emerge-family-friends-still-wonder-why/312798002/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/music-festivals/anguish-of-burning-man-victims-mother-over-inexplicable-act/news-story/63ed4c75db512288e7da153bf6096e9f |title=Burning Man victim was 'in high spirits', grieving mum says |work=NewsComAu |access-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301232143/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/music-festivals/anguish-of-burning-man-victims-mother-over-inexplicable-act/news-story/63ed4c75db512288e7da153bf6096e9f |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/burning-man-eyewitness-describes-horrific-festival-death/8870960 |title=Burning Man eyewitness describes horrific festival death |last=Purtill |first=James |date=September 4, 2017 |work=triple j |access-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312182211/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/burning-man-eyewitness-describes-horrific-festival-death/8870960 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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