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Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

To aid the alliance for clinical trials in oncology national clinical trials cooperative group and support the clinical trials and laboratory research of the alliance, as well as efforts to educate the medical community on methods of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
109
Grants FY2024still arriving
42
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$68M
02FY2024 · 109 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 109 grants below total $12,774,119, the rows itemized in this filing. The $14,639,183 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,865,064 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k56 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+14 grants · $9.0M
$30,432
Median grant
42
States reached
$113M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$1,962,448
ALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION$922,160
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$764,553
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI CANCER CENTER$736,549
ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$637,733
NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC$579,938
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC$531,176
DUKE UNIVERSITY$498,422
ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES$494,055
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$470,561
SWOG - CLINICAL TRIALS INITIATIVE LLC$417,954
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$395,497
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$295,675
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH -$290,190
SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH$163,996
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $1.0M → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $2.9M → 9%ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $638k → 22%THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $587k → 16%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $879k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $1.3M → 13%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $772k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $2.6M → 9%NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $580k → 22%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $783k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $1.0M → 13%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $531k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $2.3M → 9%NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $428k → 22%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $651k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $894k → 13%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $492k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $2.2M → 9%ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $372k → 22%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $480k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $787k → 13%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $470k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $2.0M → 9%NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $335k → 22%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $471k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $727k → 13%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $422k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $1.9M → 9%ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $323k → 22%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $421k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $473k → 13%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $765k → 15%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE INC: $355k → 16%MAYO CLINIC: $1.9M → 9%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $688k → 15%ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES: $494k → 9%MAYO CLINIC: $1.2M → 9%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $472k → 15%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $435k → 15%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $327k → 15%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $322k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $668k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $520k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $431k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $395k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $333k → 14%ALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION: $922k → 14%ALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION: $704k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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OR
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MO
KY
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DC
HI
OK
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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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49M · 120 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

120 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

120
27

Total granted

$49M
$677k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+24%

Still filing today

58%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $357k 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
HealthEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +51%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.3M · revenue +162%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4.0M · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2020 · $174k
  • WP
    White Plains Hospital Medical Centergraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $69k · revenue +47%
  • VU
    Vanderbilt University Medical Centergraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue +91%
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.

1
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
2
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
6
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
7
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
8
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
9
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group

Northwestern memorial healthcare is an integrated healthcare system, consisting of multiple hospitals (including northwestern memorial hospital, an academic medical center) and networks of physicians and healthcare professionals, where the…

Health
10
The Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center (TNMC)'s mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research, and extraordinary patient care.

Health
11
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
12
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmh Hospitals Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Eastern Maine Medical Center Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Cen. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

99 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 99 of the 161 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
95/99
Grantees still filing
79/99
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $16,925,189 · HealthMAYO CLINICDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $4,266,006 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute IncECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,825,339 · HealthECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCNRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $1,629,635 · HealthALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION: $1,625,843 · Health+65 more: $6,276,315 · Health+65 moreUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $5,537,384 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CH…THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,383,443 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYUTMD ANDERSON: $1,659,724 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONSWOG - CLINICAL TRIALS INITIATIVE LLC: $1,122,203 · OtherSWOG - CLINICAL TRIALS INITIATIVE …ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES: $1,050,030 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $844,528 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $736,201 · Other+62 more: $6,461,585 · Other+62 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $4,306,195 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,025,626 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYUniversity of Chicago: $3,183,925 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoAMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: $671,555 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $646,577 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $514,435 · Education+14 more: $1,398,056 · Education+14 moreNorthwestern University: $263,750 · Recreation & SportsMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $5,804 · Community Improvement
Health$32,548,327Other$20,795,098Education$14,746,369Recreation & Sports$263,750Community Improvement$5,804

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMAYO CLINIC: $16,925,189 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $4,306,195 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $4,266,006 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $4,025,626 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $3,183,925 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,825,339 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetNRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $1,629,635 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION: $1,625,843 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetAMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS: $671,555 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $646,577 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $514,435 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor Research Institute: $501,890 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $406,043 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYale University: $392,144 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $336,636 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC: $302,200 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $292,581 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $290,403 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA HEALTH CARE INC: $287,567 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE: $276,230 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN: $273,938 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $263,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $229,546 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES: $222,307 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $191,080 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONSPIRIT HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $149,427 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $146,403 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC: $143,470 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetThedaCare Inc: $140,584 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMontana Cancer Consortium: $140,434 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF HOPE: $140,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $137,643 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $132,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetINOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES: $111,769 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s: $105,404 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGROUP HEALTH INC: $104,708 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA ONCOLOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $104,408 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetDartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic: $103,714 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRhode Island Hospital: $101,936 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $99,770 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $97,858 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $96,018 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $90,424 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $88,804 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM: $87,864 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetGEISINGER CLINIC: $79,341 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $68,536 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS: $68,224 over 3y, 0.0% 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 MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds ECOG-ACRIN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE NCTN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Baylor Research Institute ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds AURORA HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY HEALTH - MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES ↗

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.

Alliance Nctn FoundationIL97× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliance Nctn Foundation · Mayo Clinic · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · American Heart Association Inc · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · American Cancer Society Inc · Yale University · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc · Public Health Institute · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Johns Hopkins University

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 Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: 100% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Research Institute Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Veterans Education and Research Association of Northern New England Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 161 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 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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