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A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$352k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.9MFood & Nutrition$1.6MHousing & Shelter$1.3MHuman Services$847kYouth Development$671kReligion$455kRecreation & Sports$449kPhilanthropy$249kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $299k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $128k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.2M
$10,350
Median grant
2
States reached
$423k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STAND TOGETHER TRUST$352,000
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES$332,500
SUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCH$261,000
THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION$250,000
ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION$75,000
SAFE ALLIANCE$52,500
CANDLELIGHT RANCH$48,250
CASA MARIANELLA$25,000
LIFEWORKS$25,000
KEEP AUSTIN FED$25,000
EL BUEN SAMARITANO$25,000
SAINT LOUISE HOUSE$25,000
THE SETTLEMENT HOME FOR CHILDREN$25,000
STREET YOUTH MINISTRY$20,500
AUSTIN ANGELS$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOSTER VILLAGE: $50k → 10%THE CHARLIE CENTER: $10k → 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $10k → 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $10k → 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $7k → 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $3k → 10%HUNGRY SOULS INC: $35k → 10%HAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER: $25k → 10%HUNGRY SOULS INC: $20k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $160k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $76k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $76k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $73k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $15k → 10%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $1k → 10%CARRYING HOPE: $10k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $20k → 10%GIRLS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK: $8k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $1k → 10%YMCA OF AUSTIN: $640 → 10%ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION: $75k → 10%ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION: $75k → 10%ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION: $75k → 10%PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 10%PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $769 → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $769 → 10%HAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER: $769 → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%RIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%FAMILY ELDERCARE: $15k → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $8k → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $7k → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $2k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 83% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 91%.

A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austinlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 69 repeat orgs$849k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
91

Total granted

$7.3M
$808k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+37%

Still filing today

61%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ML
    MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +94%
  • TO
    THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $735k · revenue ×14
  • HU
    HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $358k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • JC
    JUST COMMUNITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $51k · revenue +69%
  • EY
    EcoRise Youth Innovationsgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +46%
  • EY
    E4 YOUTH INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +93%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Good Work Austin

Good Work Austin's mission is to foster healthy careers in the local food and beverage industry through professional development and advocacy for more equitable practices.

Public Benefit
2
Atx Helps

ATX Helps was created to fill gaps in the spectrum of services available to people in Austin who are experiencing homelessness.

Human Services
3
HomeAid Austin Inc

Engage in building procted to provide emergency shelters, transitional housing, and permanent housing while offering job skills training and support to help residents move toward self-sufficiency.

Employment
4
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
5
Teen and Family Services Austin

Teen and Family Services Austin provides counseling and education on an individual as well as group basis to provide support to parents and teens who are coping with teen high risk behavior.

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6
Austin Justice Coalition

Austin Justice Coalition educates, organizes, and empowers communities in Austin to build racial equity and dismantle systems of oppression through advocacy, policy change, and community programs.

Human Services
7
Austin Street Center

The mission of austin street center is to provide emergency shelter and related services to the homeless. programs provide crisis intervention, substance abuse awareness information and opportunities to improve present life situations to…

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8
Austin Coming Together

To increase the collective impact of our member organization on improving education economic development outcomes within the Austin Community.

Education
9
HousingWorks Austin

To provide research, education and advocacy related to affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
10
Austin Together Fund

Austin together enables sustained collaborations that strengthen the nonprofit community to create better outcomes for central texans through our unique grant and community engagement model.

Community Improvement
11
Center for Austin Independent Journalism

To equip Austinites to make informed decisions through independent, in-depth reporting, diverse opinions, and civil dialogue. A strong local press is essential for a healthy community and democracy. We work to make Austin a more empowered…

Arts & Culture
12
Any Baby Can of Austin Inc

Any baby can, an austin-based nonprofit, partners with parents so children reach their full potential. with programs that meet clients where they are at home, work or school any baby can provides in-home therapy, parent education, mental…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Austin Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Saffron Trust Womens Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

95 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 165 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/95
Grantees still filing
60/95
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $383,500 · OtherSUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCHHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY: $358,156 · OtherHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITYLIFEWORKS: $185,718 · OtherLIFEWORKSCASA MARIANELLA INC: $135,891 · OtherTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $118,200 · OtherSTREET YOUTH MINISTRY: $115,500 · Other+110 more: $2,006,949 · Other+110 moreTHE SEMINAR NETWORK INC: $1,395,001 · EducationTHE SEMINAR NETWORK …+11 more: $77,882 · EducationTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $735,350 · Human ServicesTHE OTHER ONES FOU…Ending Community Homelessness Coalition Inc: $225,000 · Human ServicesEnding Community H…FOSTER VILLAGE INC: $80,837 · Human ServicesFOSTER VILLAGE INCHUNGRY SOULS: $55,000 · Human Services+15 more: $212,395 · Human Services+15 moreMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $1,262,501 · ReligionMOBILE LOAVES & F…CANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION: $298,166 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL TEXAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $54,255 · Recreation & SportsCODE2COLLEGE: $77,500 · Youth DevelopmentAfrican American Youth Harvest Foundation: $70,720 · Youth DevelopmentLATINITAS INC: $51,450 · Youth DevelopmentE4 YOUTH INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $19,300 · Youth DevelopmentWe Can Now Inc: $10,350 · Youth Development+4 more: $8,800 · Youth DevelopmentCentral Texas Table of Grace Inc: $87,799 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $77,787 · Housing & ShelterMISSION ACCOMPLISHED: $57,994 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$3,303,914Education$1,472,883Human Services$1,308,582Religion$1,262,501Recreation & Sports$352,421Youth Development$308,120Housing & Shelter$224,580

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE SEMINAR NETWORK INC: $1,395,001 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $1,262,501 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION: $735,350 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY: $358,156 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION: $298,166 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetEnding Community Homelessness Coalition Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCASA MARIANELLA INC: $135,891 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $118,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $110,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION: $94,620 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $93,360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Table of Grace Inc: $87,799 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetSAFFRON TRUST WOMENS FOUNDATION: $83,117 over 4y, 20% of budgetFOSTER VILLAGE INC: $80,837 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $77,787 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCODE2COLLEGE: $77,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetAfrican American Youth Harvest Foundation: $70,720 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetMISSION ACCOMPLISHED: $57,994 over 5y, 27% of budgetHUNGRY SOULS: $55,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetCENTRAL TEXAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $54,255 over 7y, 98% of budgetKEEP AUSTIN FED: $52,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLATINITAS INC: $51,450 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetJUST COMMUNITY INC: $51,290 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $51,260 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEcoRise Youth Innovations: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetPHILANTHROPITCH: $50,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetE4 YOUTH INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSENIOR ACCESS TX: $48,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetEXCELLENCE AND ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOR RECOVERY: $35,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBLISS KID YOGA: $29,310 over 2y, 31% of budgetGENAUSTIN: $28,520 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $27,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMontessori For All: $27,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER: $26,260 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $26,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOMEFRONT FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSAVE THE FOOD: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetRIVER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $23,194 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetAUSTIN FREE-NET: $22,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetAustin Area Urban League: $21,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFOSTER ANGELS OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetKIDS IN A NEW GROOVE: $20,300 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - AUSTIN: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLearning Bridge: $20,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSTART UP KIDS CLUB: $20,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN KIDS CAN: $20,000 over 1y, 28% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE SEMINAR NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CANDLELIGHT RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ending Community Homelessness Coalition Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA MARIANELLA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAFE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds VINCARE SERVICES OF AUSTIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Table of Grace Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAFFRON TRUST WOMENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds CODE2COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds African American Youth Harvest Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ↗
  • Who funds HUNGRY SOULS ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL TEXAS TENNIS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds KEEP AUSTIN FED ↗
  • Who funds LATINITAS INC ↗
  • Who funds JUST COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SETTLEMENT CLUB ↗
  • Who funds EcoRise Youth Innovations ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPITCH ↗
  • Who funds E4 YOUTH INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR ACCESS TX ↗
  • Who funds EXCELLENCE AND ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Our Shared Kitchen Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOR RECOVERY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationUnited Way for Greate…Better Business BureauThe Moody FoundationTopfer Family Foundat…Shield-Ayres Foundati…The Applied Materials…Ecg FoundationDonald D Hammill Foun…Impact Austin Foundat…Harry E and Eda L Mon…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX98.4× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · Better Business Bureau · The Moody Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Applied Materials Foundation · Ecg Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · Impact Austin Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin?

    Find your warmest path to A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 165 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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