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Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation

Its FY2025 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
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

95% of Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to University Of Southern California, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

0
’17
0
’18
64
’20
4
’21
57
’22
7
’23
9
’24
1
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0166% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$1.4MArts & Culture$574kHuman Services$265kInternational$183kYouth Development$135kPhilanthropy$126kCivil Rights$100kFood & Nutrition$100kHealth$63kOther$1.8M
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $450k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$105k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSD FOUNDATION$1,000,000
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM$175,000
SAN DIEGO OPERA$75,000
IRAP$50,000
INEWSOURCE$50,000
KPBS$50,000
STEP - SUPPORT THE ENLISTED$50,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$25,000
ZERO8HUNDRED$25,000
POMONA COLLEGE$25,000
OUTDOOR OUTREACH$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
CLAREMONT COLLEGES HILLEL$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY$20,000
SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $260k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $5k → 9%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $5k → 9%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $50k → 17%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $75k → 11%ZERO8HUNDRED: $25k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF SAN DIEGO: $25k → 11%ZERO8HUNDRED: $25k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 11%IMPACT CUBED: $5k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $15k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
WA
MN
NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
MS
AL
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.8M · 30 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +62% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

30 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
112

Total granted

$2.8M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+22%

Still filing today

87%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +61%
  • TH
    THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $230k · revenue +122%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CALIFORNIAS
    2× · 2020–2022 · $103k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • A
    ADL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • YO
    YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue +81%
  • IF
    INCAE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $70k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
San Diego Society of Natural History

Conserving nature through science and discovery.

Arts & Culture
4
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

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5
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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6
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

At la jolla institute for immunology, our scientists focus on understanding how the immune system works in order to promote human health and prevent disease. our discoveries apply to many diseases, ranging from diabetes to heart disease,…

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7
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

The museum of contemporary art san diego invites all audiences to experience our world, our region, and ourselves through the prism of contemporary art.

Arts & Culture
8
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

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9
California Western School of Law

California western school of law is an independent, aba/aals and wasc senior college and university commission (wscuc) accredited s.d. law school that prepares graduates for the practice of law through a carefully sequenced program of…

Education
10
Policy & Innovation Center

The policy & innovation center's (pic) mission is to unlock the region's potential by cultivating and building partnerships. our niche is to address intractable issues that can only be solved with cross-sector, multi-jurisdictional…

Philanthropy
11
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.

Arts & Culture
12
San Diego Museum of Man Dba Museum of Us

The san diego museum of man, dba museum of us, sits on the unceded ancestral homelands of the kumeyaay nation, in san diegos balboa park. the museum of us extends its respect and gratitude to the kumeyaay peoples who have lived here for…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uc San Diego Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Childrens Advocacy Institute-Child Welfare. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsMilitary Veterans SupportYouth Mentoring ProgramsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Policy Research and AdvocacyAnimal Rescue and ShelterSchool Parent OrganizationsEnvironmental Conservation …Local Food System Organizat…Local History MuseumsCancer Support ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Elementary Literacy TutoringWomen & Girls Leadership De…Senior Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Addiction Recovery ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportYmca Youth DevelopmentFood Banks and PantriesJewish Community Organizati…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%1%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr18%28%20–35yr11%24%35–55yr12%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr18%49%20–35yr11%21%35–55yr12%18%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/113
the rest of the field
14%
13,715/97,648

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 152 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/106
Grantees still filing
81/106
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION — $229,971 · OtherTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATIONCONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL — $101,500 · OtherKPBS — $100,000 · OtherIRAP — $100,000 · OtherADL — $100,000 · OtherINCAE FOUNDATION — $70,000 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $75,000 · Other+92 more — $1,315,937 · Other+92 moreUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $1,131,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONINVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCE — $100,000 · EducationINVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCEPOMONA COLLEGE — $55,000 · Education+10 more — $107,500 · Education+10 moreSan Diego Opera Association — $200,000 · Arts & CultureSan Diego Ope…THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA — $175,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATURAL H…OLD GLOBE THEATRE — $45,000 · Arts & CultureOLD GLOBE THE…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $30,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureVOICE OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $49,000 · Arts & Culture+9 moreYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $75,000 · Human ServicesZero8Hundred Inc — $50,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesSERVING SENIORS — $30,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $15,000 · Human ServicesRwanda Girls Initiative — $10,000 · Human Services+2 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CALIFORNIAS — $102,500 · InternationalJ STREET — $35,000 · InternationalJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL — $25,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $20,000 · InternationalMENDING MATTERS — $65,860 · Youth DevelopmentOUTDOOR OUTREACH — $52,891 · Youth DevelopmentCesar Chavez Service Clubs Inc — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYMCA ALLIANCE OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND — $5,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentSEACREST FOUNDATION — $50,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $35,000 · PhilanthropyINDIVIDUAL & FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK — $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyJonas Philanthropies Inc — $5,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,092,408Education$1,393,500Arts & Culture$574,000Human Services$265,000International$182,500Youth Development$135,251Philanthropy$125,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — $1,131,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HAROLD GRINSPOON FOUNDATION — $229,971 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSan Diego Opera Association — $200,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CALIFORNIAS — $102,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE NEWSOURCE — $100,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN — $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMENDING MATTERS — $65,860 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE — $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOUTDOOR OUTREACH — $52,891 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSEACREST FOUNDATION — $50,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZero8Hundred Inc — $50,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOLD GLOBE THEATRE — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJ STREET — $35,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL OF SAN DIEGO — $31,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMAMA'S KITCHEN — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSERVING SENIORS — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Cornelia Legal Services — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAN DIEGO SYMPHONY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEQUALITY ALLIANCE OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOCEAN DISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVOICE OF SAN DIEGO — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA JOLLA AQUATIC COMPLEX FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINDIVIDUAL & FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetINTERFAITH SHELTER NETWORK OF SAN DIEGO — $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOILLE SAN DIEGO HEBREW DAY SCHOOL — $18,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALPHA PROJECT FOR THE HOMELESS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Community Foun…The San Diego Foundat…Price Philanthropies …The Conrad Prebys Fou…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Parker FoundationThe Cushman FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Sempra FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…The Nordson Corporati…Samuel I & John Henry…
Jewish Community Foundation of San DiegoCA93.9× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Parker Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 152 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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