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Cerity Partners Foundation

Mobilizing the power of community and the resources of philanthropy to advance equity for people, places and the planet.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
118
Itemized grants FY2025
111
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$11,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,001,000
Organizations funded a year
72 to 115
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$36M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Cerity Partners Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $571k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving113$3.4M25%
FY2024111$5.7M22%
FY2023112$5.7M25%
FY2022115$5.8M38%
FY2020100$2.5M40%
FY201977$2.4M27%
FY201884$2.1M45%
FY201772$2.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$6.9MEnvironment$6.1MInternational$5.0MPhilanthropy$4.5MArts & Culture$3.6MHealth$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.7MHuman Services$1.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 295 grantees
All grantees of Cerity Partners Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
World Resources Institute$4,045,00041%
Oregon State University Foundation$2,202,50061%
United States Energy Foundation$2,000,00021%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$1,705,69080%
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY San Francisco Bay Area$1,020,000229%
Community Initiatives$882,50081%
James Toland Vocal Arts$671,000861%
Alder Graduate School of Education$590,00061%
Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project$584,0003n/a
Menlo School$500,00060%
San Francisco Playhouse$392,00083%
Self-Realization Fellowship Church$359,7007n/a
John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust$337,00067%
Lamorinda Village Inc$290,000724%
Creighton University$260,00020%
Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church$259,0008n/a
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$244,55080%
San Francisco Ballet Association$238,50080%
Interfaith Community Services$231,48531%
Monument Crisis Center$226,00062%
Sacramento District Council St Vincent de Paul Society$220,00015%
San Francisco Opera Association$220,00050%
Saint Mary's College of California$210,00080%
The Festival Opera Association Inc$205,000553%
Naturebridge$204,00071%
Oberlin College$203,83040%
Shelter Inc$200,50070%
The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College$200,00010%
Scientific Analysis Corporation$195,00028%
Orinda Foundation Orinda Park and Recreation Foundation$190,0003n/a
Meals on Wheels Contra Costa Inc$186,00044%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$182,50070%
Squashdrive$172,85087%
NAMI MARIN Inc$170,500718%
San Francisco Symphony$163,00070%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$160,00080%
Friends of Orinda Creeks$160,000284%
The Dipsea Race Foundation$156,000748%
International House$155,00050%
The American Himalayan Foundation$155,00043%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$149,10080%
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc$146,00042%
Bank Street College of Education$140,00030%
World Leadership Foundation$135,00028%
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation$135,00034%
Nyingma Institute$132,000414%
10000 Degrees$124,75070%
Peace Corps Foundation$120,000264%
EAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY$120,00042%
World Peace Game Foundation$115,000257%
Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc$115,00031%
Golden Gate University$114,50080%
About-Face Media Literacy Inc$112,500225%
Baker School District$111,0002n/a
California Shakespeare Theater$110,50051%
Amherst College Trustees$110,00050%
Presbyterian Church USA$110,0002n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$108,75060%
Kent School$107,00080%
Orinda Network for Education$105,50071%
California Native Plant Society$105,00041%
Lazarex Cancer Foundation$105,00042%
Lubbock Entertainment and Performing Arts Association$100,00012%
The Aurora Theatre Company$92,00061%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$80,25070%
Elon University$80,00040%
Kino Border Initiative Inc$75,00032%
National Parks Conservation Association$75,00040%
Romero Institute$74,50032%
United Way of Jackson County Inc$74,00024%
San Antonio Museum of Art$72,50050%
The Adirondack Council Inc$70,00052%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$70,00030%
St Johns United Methodist Church Inc$69,3004n/a
Cabo English Church Inc$66,00055%
Adirondack Explorer Inc$65,00051%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$63,5004n/a
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$63,15050%
Smile Train Inc$62,50070%
Regents of the University of Michigan$62,5004n/a
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County$60,00041%
Conservation Society of California$60,00040%
Urban Ed Academy$60,00032%
Marin General Hospital Foundation$58,50020%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$58,00040%
Marin Agricultural Land Trust$56,25060%
Williams College$55,00010%
California Academy of Sciences$55,00030%
Foundation for Students Rising Above$55,00060%
Kqed Inc$53,25070%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California$52,3002n/a
Ashby Village Inc$51,00052%
Maker Nexus$50,0001n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$50,00020%
University of Chicago$50,00020%
Family Care Network Inc$50,00050%
The Peninsula Bridge Program$50,00021%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California$49,7642n/a
Building Baja's Future$48,00057%
Berkeley Community Scholars DBA Berkeley Community Fund$46,00023%
Yosemite Foundation$45,50040%
Foundation for African Medicine and Educ$45,00031%
Alameda Emergency Food DBA Alameda Food Bank$45,00040%
Oakland Museum of California$45,00020%
Great Basin National Park Foundation$45,000211%
Friends of the Orinda Library Inc$45,000131%
World Central Kitchen Inc$44,66530%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County$42,50040%
Rotary Club of Orinda Endowment Fund$42,000419%
Ashland Chamber of Commerce Foundation$42,0003n/a
Americares Foundation Inc$40,00040%
Friends of the Joaquin Moraga Adobe$40,0001n/a
United States Association for UNHCR$40,00030%
Assistance League of Diablo Valley$40,00022%
Adirondack Architectural Heritage Inc$40,00042%
Artnow$38,5002n/a
Superkid Power Inc$38,0003n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$38,00030%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$37,75020%
The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc$37,00031%
Disruptors Org$36,200238%
Heather Farm Garden Center Assoc Inc$36,00032%
Opportunities for Housing Resources And$35,50030%
California Film Institute$35,00020%
Domestic Violence Intervention Collaborative$35,00028%
Family House Inc$35,00030%
Raquette Lake Fire Dept Inc$35,00025%
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks Inc$35,00031%
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California$34,2504n/a
Westmont Christian Church$33,6004n/a
The Orinda Association$32,50043%
Greater Lovell Land Trust Inc$32,50053%
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County$31,75030%
Shotgun Players$31,00012%
Resources for Community Development$31,00040%
Ashland Food Angels$30,0003n/a
Earthjustice$30,00040%
World of Children Inc$30,00031%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$30,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada$30,00030%
Family Endeavors Inc$30,00030%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$30,00010%
The Carter Center Inc$29,70030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$28,00020%
Facing Foster Care in Alaska$28,00034%
The Children's Cabinet Inc$28,00030%
Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Northern California$27,8502n/a
Moraga Garden Club$26,5001n/a
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Friends of Orinda Nature Area$25,00029%
Berkeley Student Cooperative Inc$25,00010%
Light of Buddhadharma Foundation International$25,0001n/a
Sonoma Plein Air Foundation$25,00016%
The Aspen Institute Inc$25,0001n/a
East Bay Integrated Care Inc$25,0001n/a
New Teacher Center$25,00010%
The Long Now Foundation$25,0001n/a
The Coral Reef Alliance$25,00010%
American Indian College Fund$25,00030%
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens$25,00011%
Lomakatsi Restoration Project$25,00020%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25,00010%
Scienceworks Hands-On Museum$24,00021%
Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows$24,00040%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California Inc$23,50030%
Golden Rule Reentry$23,00031%
Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation Inc$22,5002n/a
Live Oak a Learning Center for Children$22,00010%
Luna Kids Dance Inc dba Luna Dance Institute Luna Dance & Creativity$21,50022%
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church$20,5001n/a
Sustainable Lafayette$20,500225%
The University Foundation at Sacramento State$20,30020%
California Institute of Technology$20,00020%
Death Valley Natural History Association$20,00012%
Creating Opportunities for All$20,00026%
Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg$20,00020%
California Fire Foundation$20,0001n/a
South Plains Food Bank Inc$20,00020%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$20,00010%
Pacific Locomotive Association Inc Niles Canyon Railway$20,00012%
University Section Club Inc$20,0001n/a
Africatown Community Land Trust$20,00020%
Cayucos Land Conservancy$20,00014%
The Head Lama of the Tibetan Nyingmapa Meditation Center$19,5003n/a
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library$18,8503n/a
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc$18,00030%
Eddy House$18,00020%
IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation$17,50010%
North Jersey Navigators Inc$17,50028%
California State Parks Foundation$17,25030%
Centers for Spiritual Living$17,2502n/a
Vivalon$16,00020%
Yachats Youth & Family Activities Program$16,00024%
Adirondack Historical Association$16,00010%
San Francisco Food Bank$16,00020%
Oregon Symphony Association$16,00020%
One Cool Earth$15,50022%
Town Hall Theatre Company Inc$15,00010%
The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation$15,00016%
Mesa Refuge a Nonprofit Corporation$15,00022%
Center for Strategic and International Studies$15,00020%
Buckelew Programs$15,00010%
Iowa State University Foundation$15,00010%
Environmental Law Institute$15,0001n/a
Shanel Valley Academy$15,00011%
Kiwanis Club of Moraga Valley Foundation$15,0001n/a
Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church$15,0001n/a
Tibetan Nyingma Relief Foundation$14,3002n/a
Westminster Presbyterian Church$13,5002n/a
Alameda County Community Food Bank$13,50020%
Integrity Research Institute$13,000116%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California$12,7501n/a
The Surfrider Foundation$12,75020%
Center for Domestic Peace$12,50010%
Shoes That Fit$12,00010%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$12,00020%
Wagner Ranch Parents' Club Inc$12,00011%
Corpsafrica$12,00010%
Center for Constitutional Rights$12,00020%
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts$12,0001n/a
St Mary's Center$11,00010%
Bolinas Museum$11,00012%
A Friendly Legacy$10,5001n/a
Culture of Peace Commissions$10,5001n/a
Breedlove Foods Inc$10,00010%
Forest Ranch Community Association$10,0001n/a
Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn$10,00010%
William Marsh Rice University$10,00010%
Kipp Bay Area Schools$10,00010%
The Jf Kapnek Charitable Trust$10,00012%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Glide Foundation$10,00010%
We Save Lives$10,000110%
Inside Circle Foundation of California Public Benefit Coropoation$10,0001n/a
Seacology$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland$10,00010%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$10,00010%
Amigos of Costa Rica Inc$10,00010%
Project Heal Help to Eat Accept & Live$10,00011%
Resources for the Future Inc$10,00010%
Electric Vehicle Association$10,0001n/a
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund$10,00010%
Friends of 40prado$10,00012%
Morro Bay Maritime Museum Fka Central Coast Maritime Museum Assoc$10,000112%
The Alliance For Media Arts Culture Inc$10,0001n/a
Oakland Museum of California$10,0001n/a
Ct League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$10,00015%
Rose Haven Cic$10,00010%
Rvml Resource Center$10,000175%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$10,00010%
Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation$10,00010%
Spring Lake Ranch Inc$10,00010%
Center for Youth Mental Health$10,00012%
Shooting Touch Inc$10,00011%
Lutheran Social Services of the South Inc$10,00010%
Napa County Land Trust$9,50110%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$9,50010%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$8,00010%
International Medical Corps$8,00010%
Wender Weis Foundation for Children$7,8001n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$7,75010%
Raquette Lake Preservation$7,5001n/a
Orinda Intermediate School Parents'$7,50011%
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra$7,50011%
St Philip Neri St Albert the Great Church$7,5001n/a
The National Film Preserve Ltd$7,50010%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$7,50010%
St Joseph Basilica Catholic Church$7,5001n/a
Marin Theatre Company$7,50010%
Peralta Colleges Foundation$7,50011%
Friends of Berkeley Tuolumne Camp$7,10012%
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan$7,00010%
Vassar College$7,00010%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$7,00010%
CASA of San Mateo County$7,00010%
Community Transitional School$6,50010%
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation$6,50010%
Rogue Valley Mentoring$6,50010%
Utah Film Center$6,0001n/a
Uc San Diego Foundation$6,00010%
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc$6,00010%
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc$6,00010%
Ashland News$6,00011%
Volunteers of America Northern California and Northern Nevada Inc$6,00010%
Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra$6,00011%
Lifewater Inc$6,00010%
The Jmt Wilderness Conservancy$5,50010%
Canal Alliance$5,50010%
The Odyssey School$5,50010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,50010%
Family Solutions Inc$5,50010%
The Community Food Pantry$5,5001n/a
Oxfam-America Inc$5,25010%
Church Divinity School of the Pacific$5,2501n/a
Abode Services$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Cerity Partners Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWorld Resources Institute: $4,045,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $2,202,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUnited States Energy Foundation: $2,000,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of California Berkeley Foundation: $1,705,690 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY San Francisco Bay Area: $1,020,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $882,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetJames Toland Vocal Arts: $671,000 over 8y, 61% of budgetAlder Graduate School of Education: $590,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMenlo School: $500,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $392,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetJohn Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust: $337,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetLamorinda Village Inc: $290,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetCreighton University: $260,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Conservatory Theatre Foundation: $244,550 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $238,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Community Services: $231,485 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMonument Crisis Center: $226,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetSacramento District Council St Vincent de Paul Society: $220,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSan Francisco Opera Association: $220,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSaint Mary's College of California: $210,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Festival Opera Association Inc: $205,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetNaturebridge: $204,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetOberlin College: $203,830 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShelter Inc: $200,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Board of Directors of Wittenberg College: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetScientific Analysis Corporation: $195,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Contra Costa Inc: $186,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetBerkeley Repertory Theatre: $182,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSquashdrive: $172,850 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetNAMI MARIN Inc: $170,500 over 7y, 18% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $163,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $160,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Orinda Creeks: $160,000 over 2y, 84% of budgetThe Dipsea Race Foundation: $156,000 over 7y, 48% of budgetInternational House: $155,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Himalayan Foundation: $155,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $149,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc: $146,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetBank Street College of Education: $140,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Leadership Foundation: $135,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetLafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation: $135,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetNyingma Institute: $132,000 over 4y, 14% of budget10000 Degrees: $124,750 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPeace Corps Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 64% of budgetEAST BAY PERFORMING ARTS dba OAKLAND SYMPHONY: $120,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetWorld Peace Game Foundation: $115,000 over 2y, 57% of budgetOakland Childrens Fairyland Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGolden Gate University: $114,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

East Bay Community FoundationCA49.4× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · The Bernard Osher Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Sutter Bay Hospitals · Koret 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.

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How do I get to Cerity Partners Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cerity Partners Foundation 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.

About Cerity Partners Foundation

How much does Cerity Partners Foundation give?
Cerity Partners Foundation reported 118 itemized grants totaling $3,737,740, out of $4,355,722 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 72 and 115 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Cerity Partners Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Environment (17%), International (14%).
Who are Cerity Partners Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Resources Institute ($4.0M), Oregon State University Foundation ($2.2M), United States Energy Foundation ($2.0M).
Does Cerity Partners Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cerity Partners Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation.
Where is Cerity Partners Foundation based?
Cerity Partners Foundation is based in CA.

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 318 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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