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Bartman 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.

$550k
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.2MEducation$850kHuman Services$510kYouth Development$198kArts & Culture$187kInternational$176kEnvironment$150kFood & Nutrition$115kOther$0
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k50 grants · $144k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $351k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES$55,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$30,000
V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH$25,000
PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION$20,000
REMOTE AREA MEDICAL$20,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$20,000
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES$20,000
THE BRIGID ALLIANCE$20,000
CONCERN FOUNDATION$20,000
SPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATION$20,000
SEMPER FI FUND$17,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$16,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$15,000
USC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHO FUND$15,000
HOOVER INSTITUTION$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $247k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR: $1k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%VISTA DEL MAR CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 14%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%THE BRIGID ALLIANCE: $20k → 17%JUNIOR BLIND OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%JUNIOR BLIND OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $5k → 14%ST ANNE'S: $1k → 14%ST ANNE'S: $1k → 14%BANDINI FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%BANDINI FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%BANDINI FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%HOPE IN A SUITCASE: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 14%SOLE BROTHERS: $5k → 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

MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.
$4.0M · 108 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

108 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

108
17

Total granted

$4.0M
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+25%

Still filing today

65%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • TL
    THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $495k · revenue +16%
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +57%
  • CF
    CONCERN FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $180k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • WI
    WEST ISLAND COLLEGE SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • CA
    CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +59%
  • UW
    UCLA WOODEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
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
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
7
Altamed Health Services Corporation

To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.

Health
8
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A global nonprofit biomedical research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
11
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
12
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The National Children's Cancer Society; the most unlike its peers is Veterans Association of North County. 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

87 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. 87 of the 133 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/87
Grantees still filing
66/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATION: $180,000 · OtherSPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATIONTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $67,205 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $52,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $125,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTSTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $50,000 · OtherFeeding America: $57,500 · Other+70 more: $856,650 · Other+70 moreTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $495,000 · EducationTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $124,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL …POMONA COLLEGE: $80,000 · EducationPOMONA COLLEGEUCLA FOUNDATION: $76,800 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $67,700 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES …+3 more: $16,500 · EducationTHE V FOUNDATION: $172,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATIONSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $115,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERI…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $106,000 · HealthChildren's Hospit…VENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $90,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $66,300 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $40,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOO…Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $30,000 · Health+11 more: $79,100 · Health+11 morePROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $220,000 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANC…CONCERN FOUNDATION: $180,000 · PhilanthropyCONCERN FOUND…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $90,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE F…UNITED WAY INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY IN…+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $100,000 · InternationalREMOTE AR…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $72,000 · InternationalJEWISH NA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $66,250 · InternationalMEDECINS …FEED THE CHILDREN INC: $52,700 · InternationalFEED THE …Save The Children Federation Inc: $50,000 · InternationalSave The …Mercy Ships International: $22,000 · InternationalMercy Shi…THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesChildren of the Night: $45,000 · Human ServicesSOLE BROTHERS: $45,000 · Human ServicesHOPE IN A SUITCASE: $35,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWayfinder Family Services: $12,000 · Human Services+11 more: $57,000 · Human ServicesHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $164,500 · Youth DevelopmentJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $51,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,468,355Education$860,500Health$698,400Philanthropy$521,000International$362,950Human Services$279,000Youth Development$215,500

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 LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $495,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $172,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $164,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $124,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $115,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $106,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $76,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $72,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $67,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $66,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $66,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $57,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $52,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $51,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of the Night: $45,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSOLE BROTHERS: $45,000 over 9y, 67% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE IN A SUITCASE: $35,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $29,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGING: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $22,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $22,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIRAQ STAR INC: $15,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOUSING CORPORATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $11,500 over 9y, 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 THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONCERN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds REMOTE AREA MEDICAL ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds FEED THE CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds Children of the Night ↗
  • Who funds SOLE BROTHERS ↗
  • Who funds ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IN A SUITCASE ↗
  • Who funds Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn ↗

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.

California Community FoundationCA20.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Sempra Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project 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)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 133 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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