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Capital Area Food Bank Inc

The mission of the capital area food bank (the food bank or cafb) is to help our neighbors thrive by creating more equitable access to food and opportunity through community partnerships.

$79M
Granted FY2025still arriving
69
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$48MReligion$1.4MHuman Services$583kHousing & Shelter$174kCommunity Improvement$169kHealth$144kInternational$136kPublic Safety & Disaster$81kOther$0
02FY2025 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 69 grants below total $923,118 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $79,396,322 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $78,473,204 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $151k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $710k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$100M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLENTY TO EAT$63,000
PURITY BAPTIST CHURCH$47,000
EBENEZER COG COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES$37,000
NEW HOPE AND LIFE CHURCH OF GOD INC$33,525
CHRISMA CHARITIES$30,000
THE UPCOUNTY HUB INC$30,000
URBAN OUTREACH INC$27,750
THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD FULL GOSPEL MINISTRIES$25,000
UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRY$24,267
RISING HOPE METHODIST MISSION CHURCH$24,117
MISSION OF LOVE CHARITIES INC$23,000
ICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC$22,345
SHABACH EMERGENCY EMPOWERMENT CENTER$21,850
THE SALVATION ARMY - SHERMAN AVE$20,370
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
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 (FY22–25, $543k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CHRISMA CHARITIES: $30k → 8%EBENEZER COG COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $37k → 11%EBENEZER CHURCH OF GOD: $6k → 11%HOUSE OF MERCY: $25k → 7%ALIVE: $12k → 9%UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRY: $24k → 6%NOURISH NOW INC: $17k → 8%WESTERN FAIRFAX CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $25k → 6%DUPONT PARK SDA CHURCH: $7k → 14%COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $40k → 11%MOTHER OF LIGHT CENTER: $36k → 6%RAINBOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $7k → 8%FIRST ALLIANCE CHURCH OF THE CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE: $6k → 8%BOAT PEOPLE SOS: $5k → 6%HARVEST INTERCONTINENTAL MINISTRIES: $19k → 8%COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $16k → 11%YWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $15k → 14%CENTREVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10k → 6%BUILDERS INC: $14k → 11%BETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $10k → 6%BETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $9k → 6%YWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $10k → 14%CORNERSTONES INC: $12k → 6%MONTGOMERY COUNTY MUSLIM FOUNDATION: $6k → 8%COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $7k → 11%CORNERSTONES INC: $10k → 6%LINDABEN FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $11k → 8%CENTRO DE APOYO FAMILIAR: $7k → 11%NOURISHING BETHESDA INC: $24k → 8%SPANISH CATHOLIC CENTER INC: $9k → 14%RIVER JORDAN PROJECT INC: $5k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON: $20k → 14%PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 11%SHABACH EMERGENCY EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $22k → 11%SHABACH EMERGENCY RESOURCE & EMPOWERMENT CENTER: $14k → 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.

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$49M · 56 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +6% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

56 repeat relationships — 33 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
62

Total granted

$49M
$882k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
0%

Still filing today

59%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $372k 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 ServicesFood & NutritionReligionHealthHousing & ShelterEducationOther

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

  • ICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $102k · revenue +27%
  • SM
    Shabach Ministries Inc
    4× · 2021–2025 · $79k · revenue +89%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION IN
    3× · 2023–2025 · $71k · revenue +0% · 63% of their budget

Funded once

  • SA
    ST ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH
    2× · 2022–2025 · $100k
  • SP
    SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $39k
  • NL
    NO LIMITS OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $37k

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
Arlington Food Assistance Center

To provide dignified access to free groceries for qualified families in Arlington, VA and surrounding counties.

Food & Nutrition
2
Franciscan Center Inc

The franciscan center, inc., a ministry of the sisterts of st. francis assisi of milwaukee franciscan centers, is a multi-faceted emergency outreach agency serving the poor and homelesss of baltimore regardless of age, race, creed,…

Human Services
3
Church Women United

Jesus commanded, "love your neighbor as yourself." (mark 12:31) our ministry provides loving service to the poor and hungry. the organization will operate an ecumenical food pantry to serve those who need food assistance in york county and…

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4
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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5
Zion Deliverance Center Inc

We are a church ministry serving Baltimore, Maryland and surrounding communities. We at Zion Deliverance Center are a light and a safe haven within our community. We are consistently reaching out to build strong families and bring…

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6
Downtown Churches United Inc

Downtown churches united,inc. is a union of the faith community and other human service organizations responding to the essential needs of the greater petersburg region by serving as a centralized source of outreach services.

Religion
7
The Giving Foundation Inc

The Giving Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that serves individuals and families educational, emotional, and financial needs, by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of our donors.Our goal is to help by…

Human Services
8
Falls Church Community Service Council Inc

To provide human services to poor and disadvantaged individuals and families in the Falls Church community.

Human Services
9
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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10
Cross Community Inc

The mission of Cross Community is to advance human dignity, equity, and flourishing in Montgomery County, Maryland and to assist the faith sector to be more effective in building, empowering hope, and transforming lives.

Food & Nutrition
11
Eben-Ezer Ministries Corp
Religion
12
Haven Ministries Inc

Providing hope to those in need in queen anne's county by supplying shelter, clothing, food, and support. programs include a homeless shelter, daily thread thrift shop, emergency food pantry, resource center, warehouse with job training,…

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cornerstones Inc and the most unlike its peers is Potomac Conference Corporatin of Sda. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%4%<5yr16%10%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr13%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%1%<5yr16%1%5–10yr19%94%10–20yr16%1%20–35yr13%2%35–55yr13%2%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%6/272
the rest of the field
14%
5,041/35,186

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

113 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. 113 of the 151 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
105/113
Grantees still filing
43/113
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK FOUNDATION — $46,500,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK FOUNDATION+9 more — $326,252 · Food & NutritionTHE SALVATION ARMY — $153,372 · OtherNEW HOPE AND LIFE CHURCH OF GOD INC — $115,319 · OtherST ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC CHURCH — $100,000 · OtherSAINT STEPHENS BAPTIST CHURCH — $80,967 · OtherNO LIMIT OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC — $74,500 · Other+99 more — $1,686,576 · OtherShabach Ministries Inc — $78,852 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT — $63,634 · Human ServicesEbenezer COG Community Outreach Ministries — $42,700 · Human ServicesChrisma Charities Inc — $38,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA — $34,357 · Human ServicesBUILDERS INC — $32,645 · Human ServicesWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries — $31,800 · Human ServicesNourishing Bethesda Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC — $24,267 · Human ServicesMID-COUNTY UNITED MINISTRIES INC — $24,007 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES INC — $22,100 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON DC — $20,000 · Human ServicesBETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC — $19,000 · Human Services+12 more — $106,237 · Human ServicesURBAN OUTREACH INC — $261,490 · ReligionHOUSE OF MERCY — $56,932 · ReligionMISSION OF LOVE CHARITIES INC — $46,000 · ReligionFAITH VILLAGE OF GREATER LAUREL — $26,952 · Religion+2 more — $13,300 · ReligionCOMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION IN — $70,500 · HealthFAMILY AND MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICE INC — $27,518 · HealthThe ARK Foundation — $27,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $20,000 · HealthICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC — $101,689 · Public Safety & DisasterMother of Light Center — $65,664 · Community Improvement
Food & Nutrition$46,826,252Other$2,210,734Human Services$562,599Religion$404,674Health$145,518Public Safety & Disaster$101,689Community Improvement$65,664

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK FOUNDATION — $46,500,000 over 4y, 98% of budgetURBAN OUTREACH INC — $261,490 over 4y, 63% of budgetICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC — $101,689 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLENTY TO EAT INC — $95,900 over 2y, 81% of budgetShabach Ministries Inc — $78,852 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION IN — $70,500 over 3y, 63% of budgetRISING HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $70,396 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMother of Light Center — $65,664 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT — $63,634 over 4y, 16% of budgetThe Upcounty Hub Inc — $57,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY — $56,932 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC — $50,017 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHRIVE DC — $47,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMISSION OF LOVE CHARITIES INC — $46,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetEbenezer COG Community Outreach Ministries — $42,700 over 2y, 26% of budgetYWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA — $34,357 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc — $32,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Fairfax Christian Ministries — $31,800 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetACTION IN COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE OF PRINCE WILLIAM — $31,102 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChrist House — $29,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY AND MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICE INC — $27,518 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC — $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNourishing Bethesda Inc — $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC — $24,267 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMID-COUNTY UNITED MINISTRIES INC — $24,007 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $23,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONES INC — $22,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE WASHINGTON DC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBREAD FOR THE CITY INC — $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC — $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC — $19,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH — $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBETHANY HOUSE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC — $19,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFRANCIS ON THE HILL IN WASHINGTON DC ONL — $19,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetN STREET VILLAGE INC — $19,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLorton Community Action Center Inc — $17,704 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY MULTI SERVICES INC — $16,885 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnanda Marga Universal Relief Team Inc (AMURT) — $16,810 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetLAUREL ADVOCACY & REFERRAL SERVICES INC — $16,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGAITHERSBURG HELP INC — $15,285 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $14,795 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION — $12,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALIVE Inc — $12,292 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetREACHING THE WORLD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC — $12,200 over 1y, 16% of budgetSHE BELIEVES IN ME — $11,442 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHaymarket Regional Food Pantry — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFOOD FOR OTHERS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds ICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds PLENTY TO EAT INC ↗
  • Who funds Shabach Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION IN ↗
  • Who funds RISING HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ↗
  • Who funds Mother of Light Center ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds The Upcounty Hub Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF MERCY ↗
  • Who funds NOURISH NOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE DC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF LOVE CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Ebenezer COG Community Outreach Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Chrisma Charities Inc ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP ALFRED OWENS JR FAMILY LIFE ↗
  • Who funds YWCA NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ↗
  • Who funds BUILDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds Western Fairfax Christian Ministries ↗
  • Who funds ACTION IN COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE OF PRINCE WILLIAM ↗
  • Who funds Christ House ↗

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.

United Way of the Nat…Greater Washington Co…Greater DC Diaper BankPhilip L Graham Fund …Clark-Winchcole Found…John Edward Fowler Me…William S Abell Found…Healthcare Initiative…The Morris and Gwendo…Rainbow Community Dev…The Community Foundat…Act for Alexandria
United Way of the National Capital AreaVA45.9× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Greater DC Diaper Bank · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Healthcare Initiative Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Rainbow Community Development Center Inc · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Act for Alexandria

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 Capital Area Food Bank Inc 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Laurel Advocacy & Referral Services Inc — 53% of income from government
  • Mission of Love Charities Inc — 9% of income from government
  • The Upcounty Hub Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
28report 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

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.

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 151 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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