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Carolinas Credit Union Foundation

To provide educational scholarships, and to provide assistance to credit unions in north and south carolina, and special projects.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
62
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$130k
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 2024.

Housing & Shelter$1.1MHuman Services$973kPhilanthropy$618kEducation$601kRecreation & Sports$547kFood & Nutrition$518kYouth Development$497kHealth$338kOther$0
02FY2025 · 62 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 62 grants below total $1,213,409, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,215,499 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,002,090 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $120k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $765k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $328k
$12,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIVIC FOUNDATION$130,400
UNC CHAPEL HILL$88,000
Individual grant recipient$55,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$55,000
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$44,500
SPC CREDIT UNION$40,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$36,500
Individual grant recipient$36,186
UNC CHARLOTTE$35,000
NCRGOG$30,000
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY$28,000
Individual grant recipient$27,000
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY$27,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENVILLE$26,056
BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $17k → 13%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK: $10k → 16%SVCS DEAF & HARD OF HEARING: $25k → 13%SOUTHERN ALAMANCE FAMILY EMPOW: $35k → 13%FAMILY SVCS OF PIEDMON INC: $15k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK: $10k → 16%FAMILIES FIRST IN CABARRUS CTY: $25k → 8%ONTRACK FINANCIAL EDU & CONSUL: $25k → 12%VILLAGE WRENCH: $10k → 10%INTER FAITH FOOD: $35k → 8%URBAN INSTITUTE FOR STRENGTHEN: $10k → 8%KRAMDEN INSTITUTE: $50k → 11%INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 16%KRAMDEN INSTITUTE: $30k → 11%ONTRACK WNC: $9k → 12%FINANCIAL PATHWAYS OF PIEDMONT: $35k → 15%INTER FAITH FOOD: $18k → 8%KRAMDEN INSTITUTE: $30k → 11%KRAMDEN INSTITUTE: $25k → 11%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $10k → 10%RANDOLPH CTY FAM CC: $10k → 14%TABLE MINISTRIES: $30k → 13%GENERATIONS FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 8%YMCA HIGH POINT: $10k → 16%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%WOMENS RESEARCH CTR GREENSBORO: $12k → 16%YMCA OF GREENVILLE: $10k → 10%EMPOWERMENT INC: $155k → 13%EMPOWERMENT INC: $30k → 13%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%NOTE IN THE POCKET: $30k → 8%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $10k → 10%NEHEMIAH COMMUNITY EMPOWER CTR: $10k → 16%PENDLETON PLACE: $10k → 10%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $25k → 11%SOUTHEAST RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $30k → 8%SOUTHEAST RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $25k → 8%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH: $10k → 10%ROAR: $13k → 10%ROAR: $12k → 10%ROAR: $11k → 10%ROAR: $9k → 10%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH: $10k → 10%STEPUP MINISTRY: $25k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $20k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $10k → 8%THE WOMAN'S CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY: $40k → 8%THE JOEL FUND: $25k → 8%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

WI
NY
MA
CA
KY
VA
NC
SC
OK
GA
FL
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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 57 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 48 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
182

Total granted

$3.6M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+14%

Still filing today

96%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • VJ
    VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $528k · revenue +108%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA
    3× · 2020–2024 · $220k · revenue +102%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +214%

Funded once

  • VJ
    VICTORY JUNCTION
    one grant, 2021 · $107k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGEBURG
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
Charlotte Works

Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…

Employment
2
North Carolina Empowerment Organization
Civil Rights
3
Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc

Raleigh county community action association, inc. empowers individuals and families to reach their highest levels of social and economical self-sufficiency, while identifying and eliminating causes of poverty. rccaa provides direct…

Human Services
4
Union County Crisis Assistance Ministry Inc

The mission of union county crisis assistance ministry is to help families with an urgent financial emergency to meet essential needs and to, once again, become self-sufficient. the primary objective of the crisis intervention program is…

Human Services
5
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
6
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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7
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc

Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…

Employment
8
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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9
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
10
Community Industry Value Interactionist League

NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…

Youth Development
11
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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12
Charlotte Family Housing

The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Plm Families Together Inc; the most unlike its peers is Second Home Support Network. 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

216 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. 216 of the 293 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
54
Early backer (in before they grew)
216/216
Grantees still filing
140/216
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC: $205,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $188,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC: $210,000 · Other+113 more: $3,402,531 · Other+113 moreEMPOWERMENT INC: $190,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWERMENT INCTHE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHRISTIAN H…SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesSE RALEIGH PROM…KRAMDEN INSTITUTE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesKRAMDEN INSTITU…STEPUP MINISTRY: $55,000 · Human ServicesSTEPUP MINISTRYINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $53,000 · Human ServicesREDISCOVERING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES & RECREATION: $44,015 · Human ServicesWOMENS CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesFINANCIAL PATHWAYS OF THE PIEDMONT: $35,000 · Human ServicesSAFE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc: $33,775 · Human Services+18 more: $293,500 · Human Services+18 moreVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $528,095 · Youth DevelopmentVICTORY JU…BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS CLUB …MY KIDS CLUB: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentCenter 360 Inc: $33,500 · Youth Development+3 more: $37,000 · Youth Development+3 moreNORTH CAROLINA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationCRISTO REY RESEARCH TRIANGLE HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationACTIVATE GOOD INC: $34,750 · EducationGREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 · EducationCircle De Luz Inc: $27,000 · EducationCENTRE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 · EducationCommunities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc: $25,000 · EducationTHE FORGE INITIATIVE INC: $25,000 · EducationThe ROC Charlotte Inc: $23,500 · EducationTHE CITADEL BRIGADIER FOUNDATION: $21,000 · EducationALLIANCE CENTER FOR EDUCATION INC: $20,000 · EducationCLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $16,500 · EducationSUPPORT OUR AFTERSCHOOL RESOURCES: $15,000 · Education+2 more: $23,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $220,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION INC: $63,775 · PhilanthropyGREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBOUNDLESS IMPACT: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTRIDENT UNITED WAY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMeckEd: $17,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE: $51,120 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY SC INC: $35,056 · Housing & ShelterPASSAGE HOME INC: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterAura Home Women Vets: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterCASA: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterTiny House Community Development Inc: $32,000 · Housing & ShelterDURHAM COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTEES INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterDOROTHY MAE HALL WOMEN CENTER: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterRiver City Community Development Corporation: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterCROSS CONNECTION INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterJUNE 10 INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMES OF HOPE INC: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterPrisma Health-Upstate: $57,000 · HealthPRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $26,663 · HealthCHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE: $25,000 · HealthPrisma Health: $25,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INC: $25,000 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthSECOND HOME SUPPORT NETWORK: $25,000 · HealthALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $22,500 · HealthMETROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $20,000 · HealthWINGS OF EAGLES RANCH: $10,000 · HealthPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$4,005,531Human Services$1,004,290Youth Development$693,595Education$436,750Philanthropy$406,275Housing & Shelter$378,176Health$271,163

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $528,095 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $220,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC: $210,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC: $205,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEMPOWERMENT INC: $190,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetPLM FAMILIES TOGETHER INC: $125,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $97,300 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY: $80,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUNITED MINISTRIES: $75,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $67,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUND: $65,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetTHE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION INC: $63,775 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $61,960 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetTRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKRAMDEN INSTITUTE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY: $55,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $53,575 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $53,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE: $51,120 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCRISTO REY RESEARCH TRIANGLE HIGH SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $48,240 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHATHAM TRADES INC: $46,975 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $40,088 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSPC CREDIT UNION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $40,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY SC INC: $35,056 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFINANCIAL PATHWAYS OF THE PIEDMONT: $35,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPASSAGE HOME INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAura Home Women Vets: $35,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMY KIDS CLUB: $35,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCASA: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAFE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGREENSBORO CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetACTIVATE GOOD INC: $34,750 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc: $33,775 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $33,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter 360 Inc: $33,500 over 1y, 38% of budgetTiny House Community Development Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDURHAM COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTEES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKALEIDEUM: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

The Leon Levine FoundationNC85.5× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Leon Levine Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
78report 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
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 293 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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