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Asian American Federation Inc

Established in 1989, the asian american federation (aaf) is the strongest leadership organization in new york serving 1.5 million asian new yorkers.

$14M
Granted FY2025still arriving
63
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.1M
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$23MArts & Culture$3.5MCivil Rights$3.4MCommunity Improvement$2.7MHousing & Shelter$2.2MInternational$2.0MHealth$1.6MEmployment$1.5MOther$0
02FY2025 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $458k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+18 grants · $11M
$126,850
Median grant
5
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES CENTER TOTAL$1,068,227
KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC TOTAL$1,036,148
HAMILTON MADISON HOUSE INC TOTAL$993,413
BROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INC TOTAL$942,442
HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC TOTAL$929,000
COUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INC TOTAL$867,650
ASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY INC TOTAL$614,000
COMMUNITIES RESIST INC TOTAL$558,922
ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INC TOTAL$418,917
ARAB AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER TOTAL$411,900
THE SIKH COALITION INC TOTAL$393,337
IMMIGRANT SOCIAL SERVICES INC TOTAL$389,722
NONVIOLENT PEACEFORCE TOTAL$388,028
SAPNA NYC INC TOTAL$361,941
THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF QUEENS TOTAL$358,709
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 (FY18–25, $19.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INC TOTAL: $942k → 20%BROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $462k → 20%Bklyn Chinese-American Assoc: $354k → 20%REFUGEES HELPING REFUGEES INC TOTAL: $205k → 14%BROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $248k → 20%KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC TOTAL: $1.0M → 13%SAPNA NYC INC TOTAL: $362k → 28%KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC: $686k → 13%SAPNA NYC: $265k → 28%Korean Comm Ser of Metr NY: $375k → 13%ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INC TOTAL: $419k → 20%SAPNA NYC: $180k → 28%KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC: $269k → 13%Sapna NYC: $165k → 28%ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION NY: $322k → 20%Arab American Association NY: $239k → 20%ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION NY: $162k → 20%UNITED SIKHS TOTAL: $235k → 13%UNITED CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN INC TOTAL: $315k → 20%UNITED CHINESE ASSO OF BRLYN: $158k → 20%IMMIGRANT SOCIAL SERVICES INC TOTAL: $390k → 17%IMMIGRANT SOCIAL SERVICES: $140k → 17%Immigrant Social Services: $118k → 17%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES INC TOTAL: $929k → 20%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES: $287k → 20%HOMECREST COMMUNITY SERVICES: $181k → 20%COUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INC TOTAL: $868k → 20%COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION: $370k → 20%COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION: $352k → 20%Council of Peoples Organizat: $195k → 20%Council of Peoples Org: $190k → 20%Council of Peoples Org: $147k → 20%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES CENTER TOTAL: $1.1M → 13%THE KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER INC: $631k → 13%THE KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTER INC: $595k → 13%THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF QUEENS TOTAL: $359k → 13%SOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SACSS: $286k → 13%SOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SACSS: $283k → 13%Korean American Family Servic: $259k → 13%SOUTH ASIAN YOUTH ACTION: $221k → 13%MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $200k → 13%The Young Womens Chr Asso: $193k → 13%South Asian Youth Action: $191k → 13%South Asian Council Social S: $177k → 13%SOUTH ASIAN YOUTH ACTION: $148k → 13%THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHR ASSO: $144k → 13%THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHR ASSO: $140k → 13%MINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $136k → 13%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 72 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
37

Total granted

$39M
$475k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+7%

Still filing today

97%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $817k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HH
    HAMILTON-MADISON HOUSE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +96%
  • KC
    KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +214%
  • CO
    COUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • AA
    ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue -13% · 83% of their budget
  • OB
    OCEAN BAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +169%
  • AI
    ATLED INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $29k · revenue +41%
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
Caaav Voice Inc

CAAAV Voice is a grassroot organization aiming to empower Asian immigrant communities by organizing against gentrification, tenant rights and promote social justice.

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2
Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence Inc

CAAAV was founded in 1986 as one of the first groups in the United States to respond to racially motivated violence against Asians. Since then, CAAAV has broaden its focus to address a wide array of needs and challenges facing the Asian…

Civil Rights
3
Asian American Advocacy Alliance
Community Improvement
4
Asian Community Center Inc
Public Benefit
5
Alliance for Asian American Justice Inc

Coordinate pro bono legal aid for victims of anti-Asian violence.

Civil Rights
6
Scarsdale Chinese Association Inc
Arts & Culture
7
The Asian-American Senior Citizen Association
Human Services
8
New York Chinese Cultural Center Inc

It is dedicated to deepening the understanding and appreciation of chinese culture in the global and local communities. it fulfills its mission by offering professional classes, workshops, and performances while nurturing creative new…

Arts & Culture
9
Latino Americanos Unidos Del Bronx Ny Inc
Human Services
10
Asian Law Caucus

The Asian Law Caucus's mission is to promote, advance, and represent the legal and civil rights of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, recognizing that social, economic, political and racial inequalities continue to exist…

Crime & Legal
11
Greater Chinatown Community Assoc Inc

Social services and education for the chinatown, nyc community.

Human Services
12
Asian-American National Committee Inc

Various national educational programs and services.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chinese-American Planning Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kala Seva Arts & Cultural Society Inc. 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

115 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. 115 of the 124 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.

20
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
114/115
Grantees still filing
73/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC: $2,603,594 · Human ServicesKOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INCThe Korean American Family Service Center Inc: $2,554,249 · Human ServicesThe Korean American Family Service Center IncCOUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INC: $2,169,117 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INCBROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,140,442 · Human ServicesBROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INCHomecrest Community Services Inc: $1,504,934 · Human ServicesHomecrest Community Services IncSOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $1,436,483 · Human ServicesSOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES INCARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INC: $1,366,749 · Human ServicesARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INCSAPNA NYC INC: $1,055,244 · Human ServicesGARDEN OF HOPE INC: $886,832 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF QUEENS: $872,708 · Human ServicesIMMIGRANT SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $752,722 · Human Services+16 more: $3,115,354 · Human Services+16 moreHAMILTON-MADISON HOUSE INC: $2,935,066 · Arts & CultureHAMILTON-MADI…THE MIDTOWN UTICA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $464,218 · Arts & CultureTHE MIDTOWN U…Karen Society of Buffalo Inc: $420,624 · Arts & CultureKaren Society…Turkish Cultural Center: $233,038 · Arts & CultureCREATE IN CHINATOWN INC: $162,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $591,787 · Arts & Culture+15 moreASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY INC: $1,643,499 · OtherASIAN AMERICANS F…NEW YORK ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $615,570 · OtherNEW YORK ASIAN WO…The Japanese American Association of New York Inc: $457,077 · OtherThe Japanese Amer…CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $293,103 · OtherCHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC: $838,886 · OtherCHINATOWN MANPOWE…ACADEMY OF MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES INC DBA RaisingHealth Partners: $642,698 · OtherACADEMY OF MEDICA…CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $452,796 · OtherCHHAYA COMMUNITY …CHARLES B WANG COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $250,000 · Other+37 more: $1,239,280 · Other+37 moreTHE SIKH COALITION: $768,337 · Civil RightsLAAL NYC: $483,578 · Civil RightsCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF NEW YORK: $457,640 · Civil RightsDAMAYAN MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION INC: $451,850 · Civil RightsKOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC: $296,377 · Civil RightsMuslim Community Network Inc: $194,371 · Civil RightsSouth Queens Womens March Inc: $99,523 · Civil Rights+4 more: $151,387 · Civil RightsTHE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $909,900 · Community ImprovementDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $691,759 · Community ImprovementUA3 INC: $477,051 · Community ImprovementWelcome To Chinatown Inc: $229,500 · Community ImprovementCHINATOWN PARTNERSHIP LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORP: $133,422 · Community Improvement+7 more: $184,699 · Community ImprovementNonviolent Peaceforce: $804,126 · InternationalSAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN SURVIVORS INC: $534,576 · InternationalADHIKAAR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: $515,500 · InternationalWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $190,898 · InternationalKEEPING OUR PROMISE INC: $75,986 · International+1 more: $35,001 · InternationalINDIA HOME INC: $760,415 · Housing & ShelterCommunities Resist Inc: $585,022 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$20,458,428Arts & Culture$4,806,733Other$6,432,909Civil Rights$2,903,063Community Improvement$2,626,331International$2,156,087Housing & Shelter$1,355,437

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 budgetHAMILTON-MADISON HOUSE INC: $2,935,066 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetKOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK INC: $2,603,594 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetThe Korean American Family Service Center Inc: $2,554,249 over 4y, 22% of budgetCOUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INC: $2,169,117 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetBROOKLYN CHINESE-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INC: $2,140,442 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY INC: $1,643,499 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetHomecrest Community Services Inc: $1,504,934 over 6y, 35% of budgetSOUTH ASIAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $1,436,483 over 5y, 11% of budgetARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NY INC: $1,366,749 over 8y, 14% of budgetSAPNA NYC INC: $1,055,244 over 5y, 30% of budgetTHE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $909,900 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetGARDEN OF HOPE INC: $886,832 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF QUEENS: $872,708 over 6y, 14% of budgetCHINATOWN MANPOWER PROJECT INC: $838,886 over 3y, 10% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $804,126 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE SIKH COALITION: $768,337 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetINDIA HOME INC: $760,415 over 5y, 11% of budgetIMMIGRANT SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $752,722 over 4y, 18% of budgetDRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc: $691,759 over 5y, 10% of budgetACADEMY OF MEDICAL & PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES INC DBA RaisingHealth Partners: $642,698 over 4y, 18% of budgetNEW YORK ASIAN WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $615,570 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetUnited Chinese Association Of Brooklyn Inc: $593,600 over 4y, 31% of budgetCommunities Resist Inc: $585,022 over 3y, 13% of budgetSAKHI FOR SOUTH ASIAN SURVIVORS INC: $534,576 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetADHIKAAR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: $515,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetREFUGEES HELPING REFUGEES INC: $496,550 over 5y, 16% of budgetLAAL NYC: $483,578 over 4y, 49% of budgetMINKWON CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $482,857 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetUA3 INC: $477,051 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetTHE MIDTOWN UTICA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $464,218 over 5y, 29% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF NEW YORK: $457,640 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe Japanese American Association of New York Inc: $457,077 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetCHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $452,796 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetDAMAYAN MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION INC: $451,850 over 6y, 21% of budgetKaren Society of Buffalo Inc: $420,624 over 5y, 26% of budgetMekong Inc: $365,014 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN CIVIC EMPOWERMENT FOR COMMUNITY INC: $296,377 over 5y, 20% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $293,103 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetCHARLES B WANG COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED SIKHS: $240,135 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTurkish Cultural Center: $233,038 over 1y, 36% of budgetJapanese American Social Services Inc: $218,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetMuslim Community Network Inc: $194,371 over 2y, 16% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $190,898 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCREATE IN CHINATOWN INC: $162,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $154,238 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAIPA FOUNDATION INC: $152,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetCARRIBEAN EQUALITY PROJECT INC: $146,840 over 3y, 19% 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.

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.

Asian American Coalition for Children and Families IncNY108.2× affinity50 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Asian American Coalition for Children and Families Inc · Robin Hood Foundation · New York Immigration Coalition Inc · New York Foundation · The Asian American Foundation · New York Women's Foundation Inc · Gofundmeorg · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Minkwon Center for Community Action Inc · The Ong Family Foundation Co Law Office · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Research Foundation of the City University of New York

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 Asian American Federation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Asian American Federation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%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
    52report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Asian American Federation Inc 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 124 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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