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Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$228k
Granted FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Youth Development$333kHuman Services$270kArts & Culture$141kHealth$139kHousing & Shelter$130kEducation$107kPhilanthropy$107kFood & Nutrition$91kOther$0
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k48 grants · $143k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community Foundation for Metrowest$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Metrowest$22,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central MA & Metrowest$17,500
North Star Family Services Inc$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Open Table Inc$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Hoops & Homework$5,000
The Addiction Referral Center$5,000
Daniel's Table$5,000
Gateways Academy Inc$5,000
Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center$5,000
Marlborough Regional Community Foundation$5,000
Springwell$5,000
Special Olympics of Massachusetts$5,000
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 (FY19–25, $288k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Horizons for Homeless Children: $5k → 16%Horizons for Homeless Children: $5k → 16%Horizons for Homeless Children: $3k → 16%Cradles to Crayons: $3k → 8%Cradles to Crayons: $3k → 8%Cradles to Crayons: $3k → 8%South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $5k → 8%Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc: $3k → 7%Jeff's Place Children's Bereavement Center: $3k → 8%Jeremiah's Inn: $3k → 11%Jeremiah's Inn: $3k → 11%Jeremiah's Inn: $3k → 11%Jeremiah's Inn: $3k → 11%Jeremiah's Inn: $3k → 11%Jeremiah's Inn: $3k → 11%Bright Eyed Inc: $3k → 11%Cooperative Elder Services Inc: $3k → 8%Rise Above Foundation: $3k → 11%Growing Places Garden Project: $3k → 11%North Star Family Services Inc: $10k → 11%North Star Family Services Inc: $10k → 11%North Star Family Services Inc: $10k → 11%North Star Family Services Inc: $10k → 11%North Star Family Services Inc: $10k → 11%North Star Family Services: $4k → 11%North Star Family Services Inc: $4k → 11%North Star Family Services: $3k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $3k → 8%Project Just Because: $3k → 8%Project Just Because Inc: $3k → 8%YWCA of Central MA: $5k → 11%Project Just Because inc: $3k → 8%Growing Places Garden Project: $3k → 11%Rise Above Foundation: $3k → 8%YWCA of Central MA: $5k → 11%Springwell: $5k → 8%Metrowest YMCA: $10k → 8%Metrowest YMCA: $10k → 8%YWCA Central Massachusetts: $5k → 11%Metrowest YMCA: $10k → 8%Metrowest YMCA: $10k → 8%South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $5k → 8%South Middlesex Opportunity Council: $5k → 8%Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA: $4k → 11%Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA: $4k → 11%Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA: $4k → 11%Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA: $4k → 11%Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA: $4k → 11%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 80 repeat orgs$321k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

80 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
86

Total granted

$1.1M
$279k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+12%

Still filing today

79%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $178k · revenue +64%
  • NS
    NORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $61k · revenue +275%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $56k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • HC
    Hudson Cultural Alliance Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +544% · 79% of their budget
  • BO
    BBBS of Central MA & Metrowest
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • HY
    HUDSON YOUTH BASEBALL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +272%
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
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center Inc

Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.

Housing & Shelter
2
Wayside Youth and Family Support Network Inc

Empowering children, young adults and families to achieve greater independence and emotional well-being.

Human Services
3
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
4
The Arc of Bristol County Inc

To foster community partnerships, promote individual advocacy and create a pathway for growth and innovation by offering exceptional support and services to people with all abilities through the attraction, development and retention of…

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5
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership Inc D/B/a Metro Housing Boston

Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
6
Brookview House Inc

Brookview's mission is to help homeless and at risk families learn the skills necessary to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty.

Human Services
7
Community Counseling of Bristol County Inc

The purpose and mission of community counseling of bristol county, inc. (ccbc) is to develop and deliver compassionate, responsive, culturally competent, and quality mental health and substance abuse services to meet the…

Health
8
Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc

The focus of the merrimack valley food bank is to help meet a person's most profound need - adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. only through cooperative efforts can society initiate change, develop strategies to alleviate hunger,…

Food & Nutrition
9
Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance Inc

Maha breaks down barriers facing first-time and first-generation home buyers and owners through education, counseling, advocacy, and grassroots organizing.

Housing & Shelter
10
Arc Massachusetts Inc

Advocacy & education on intellectual and developmental disabilities

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11
Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc

Worcester youth and family services empowers all people, of all ages, toward leading capable, purposeful, responsible, fulfilled lives in healthy families and communities.

Human Services
12
Women's Money Matters Inc

Women's money matters, inc. empowers low-income women through financial literacy. the organization's comprehensive programming combines one-to-one coaching with a series of workshops that develop core money management skills and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Crocker Field Restoration Committee 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

126 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. 126 of the 184 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
124/126
Grantees still filing
83/126
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $31,000 · Other+117 more: $611,800 · Other+117 moreNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $61,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR FAMILY SER…METROWEST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesMETROWEST YOUNG MEN'S…Pastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesPastoral Counseling C…SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPOR…YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S INN INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $14,500 · Human ServicesGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesSPRINGWELL INC: $10,000 · Human Services+16 more: $67,000 · Human Services+16 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $177,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC: $55,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SI…HOOPS AND HOMEWORK INC: $18,500 · Youth DevelopmentHOOPS AND HOMEWORK …ONE CAN HELP INC: $10,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc: $60,000 · PhilanthropyPROVISION MINISTRY INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC: $12,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMassachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc: $18,750 · EducationJOHN ANDREW MAZIE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationGATEWAYS ACADEMY INC: $10,000 · EducationCROSSROADS CONTINUUM INC: $10,000 · EducationELLIE FUND INC: $5,000 · EducationROBERT F KENNEDY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 · EducationALGONQUIN ATHLETIC BOOSTERS CLUB INC: $5,000 · Education+6 more: $13,500 · EducationAddiction Referral Center Inc: $14,500 · HealthADVOCATES INC: $14,500 · HealthSMILE MASS INC: $12,500 · HealthTHE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC: $10,000 · HealthSOPHIA'S FUND INC: $7,500 · HealthTHE CARROLL CENTER FOR THE BLIND INC: $4,000 · HealthTHE METROWEST FREE MEDICAL PROGRAM INC: $3,500 · Health+5 more: $9,500 · HealthDANIEL'S TABLE INC: $27,500 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $14,000 · Food & NutritionOPEN TABLE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$672,800Human Services$288,000Youth Development$264,500Philanthropy$92,500Education$77,250Health$76,000Food & Nutrition$55,000

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROWEST INC: $177,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH STAR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $61,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity Foundation for MetroWest Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS /METROWEST INC: $55,500 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMETROWEST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDANIEL'S TABLE INC: $27,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetPastoral Counseling Centers of Massachusetts Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSHREWSBURY YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $22,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHudson Cultural Alliance Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetMassachusetts Bay Community College Foundation Inc: $18,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHOOPS AND HOMEWORK INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetApple Tree Arts Inc: $18,050 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPROVISION MINISTRY INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOARS INC: $15,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetYWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEREMIAH'S INN INC: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $14,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAddiction Referral Center Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetADVOCATES INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST PROJECT INC: $14,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPOLUS CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE METROWEST INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE MASS INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetASSABET VALLEY MASTERSINGERS: $12,500 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGINNY'S HELPING HAND INC: $12,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $12,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF METROWEST INC: $11,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS NEW ENGLAND INC: $11,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMETROWEST LEGAL SERVICES INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOUT METROWEST INC: $11,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDISCOVERY MUSEUM INC: $10,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetONE CAN HELP INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRISE ABOVE FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJOHN ANDREW MAZIE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA THURSTON HEALING GARDEN INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSPRINGWELL INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON YOUTH BASEBALL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetOPEN TABLE INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAYS ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCROSSROADS CONTINUUM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStraight Ahead Ministries INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOPHIA'S FUND INC: $7,500 over 3y, 5.8% 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.

Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation IncMA112.1× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · The Sudbury Foundation · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · MutualOne Charitable Foundation · Metrowest Health Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · DCU for Kids

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 Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 510%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Oars Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Springwell Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc: 62% of income from government
  • Programs for People Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Growing Places Garden Project Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Metrowest Mediation Services Inc Dba Framingham Court Mediation Services: 47% of income from government
  • Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Newvue Communities Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Family Health Center of Worcesterinc: 39% of income from government
  • Cooperative Elder Services Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Metrowest Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Straight Ahead Ministries Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Christopher House Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children: 21% of income from government
  • United Way of Tri County Inc: 18% of income from government
  • South Middlesex Opportunity Council Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Community Harvest Project Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center I: 17% of income from government
  • Veterans Legal Services Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Ellie Fund Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Doc Wayne Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Rise Above Foundation Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Fresh Start Furniture Bank Inc: 12% of income from government
  • North Star Family Services Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Metrowest Legal Services Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Out Metrowest Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Learning Center for the Deaf Inc: 9% of income from government
  • One Can Help Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Open Table Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Hoops and Homework Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Community Legal Aid Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Fitchburg Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Crossroads Continuum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Special Needs Arts Programs Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Center for Arts in Natick Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Discovery Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Carroll Center for the Blind Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jeremiah's Inn Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Red Sox Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Gateways Academy Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester Common Ground Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Minute Man Arc for Human Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Metrowest- Greater Worcester Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Project Just Because Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Groton Hill Music Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
51get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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 184 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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