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Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0175% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$17MArts & Culture$12MInternational$632kPhilanthropy$566kHuman Services$535kEnvironment$378kFood & Nutrition$356kCrime & Legal$52kRecreation & Sports$50kOther$11M
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $295k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$30,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST$350,000
FILM FORUM$200,000
WNET$100,000
UNION COLLEGE$100,000
BREAKTHOUGH COLLABORATIVE$100,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$100,000
LIFECAMP INC$100,000
AMERICAN SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION$100,000
SPELMAN COLLEGE$85,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF NEW JERSEY$80,000
GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT$70,000
UNION COLLEGE$60,000
THE PLAYERS FOUNDATION FOR THEATRE EDUCATION$40,000
BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS$40,000
BOFFO$30,000
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 (FY17–24, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 → 12%OMAHA HOME FOR BOYS: $500 → 12%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 9%CHLOE TEMTCHINE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%CHLOE TEMTCHINE FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE: $5k → 17%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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IN
OH
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CA
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CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
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DC
LA
GA
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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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$33M · 109 repeat orgs$8.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

109 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2024, 84 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
57

Total granted

$33M
$8.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+18%

Still filing today

67%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionAnimalsOther

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

  • SC
    Spelman College
    6× · 2017–2024 · $8.9M · revenue +46%
  • PH
    PRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +285% · 96% of their budget
  • The Ohio University Foundation
    3× · 2020–2022 · $1.9M · revenue +204%

Funded once

  • MN
    METROPOLITAN NEW YORK SYNOD
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • TC
    THE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue +5% · 31% of their budget
  • HS
    HARLEM STAGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $750k · revenue +32% · 27% of their budget

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.

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Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
7
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
8
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Access Inc and the most unlike its peers is Scandinavian Seminar. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity College Foundatio…Local History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …Community Arts CentersFood Banks and PantriesAnimal Rescue and ShelterPublic Library OperationsMilitary Veterans SupportHealth Access Advocacy and …Domestic Violence ServicesYouth Development CentersCancer Support ServicesEquine Therapy ProgramsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr16%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%53%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/122
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,443

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

119 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. 119 of the 174 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
115/119
Grantees still filing
89/119
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Spelman College — $8,885,000 · EducationSpelman CollegeThe Ohio University Foundation — $1,950,000 · EducationThe Ohio University FoundationROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $1,570,000 · EducationROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCNew York University — $949,000 · EducationNew York UniversityTHE BREAKTHROUGH COLLABORATIVE — $625,000 · Education+20 more — $3,020,750 · Education+20 morePRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC — $3,050,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION IN…FILM FORUM INC — $2,370,500 · Arts & CultureFILM FORUM INCNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $1,175,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVALTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM…WNET — $950,000 · Arts & CultureWNETNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $600,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $520,000 · Arts & CultureWGBH Educational Foundation — $500,000 · Arts & CultureVisual Arts Foundation Inc — $450,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more — $945,140 · Arts & Culture+15 moreMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK SYNOD — $2,000,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN NEW YORK SYNODBROADCAST EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — $1,090,000 · OtherBROADCAST EDUCATION ASSOCIATI…BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC — $1,027,000 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS A…CHRISTEL HOUSE — $760,000 · OtherCHRISTEL HOUSEHARLEM STAGE INC — $750,000 · OtherHARLEM STAGE INCWGAE FOUNDATION — $654,716 · OtherWGAE FOUNDATIONBELONGO FKA AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ALLIANCE OF NY — $500,000 · OtherUNION COLLEGE — $487,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY — $450,000 · OtherBROOKLYN COLLEGE — $450,000 · OtherKEY WEST FILM FESTIVAL CORPORATION — $430,000 · Other+94 more — $2,434,005 · Other+94 moreThe American-Scandinavian Foundation — $555,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $26,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $26,000 · International+2 more — $25,000 · InternationalTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST — $350,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO — $200,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $15,750 · PhilanthropyLIFE CAMP INC — $403,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHLOE TEMTCHINE FOUNDATION — $65,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $43,000 · Human Services+3 more — $23,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT — $277,500 · EnvironmentRARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION — $54,000 · EnvironmentCRABTREE NECK LAND TRUST — $46,500 · Environment
Education$16,999,750Arts & Culture$11,560,640Other$11,032,721International$632,000Philanthropy$565,750Human Services$534,500Environment$378,000

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 budgetSpelman College — $8,885,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetPRESERVATION HALL FOUNDATION INC — $3,050,000 over 8y, 96% of budgetFILM FORUM INC — $2,370,500 over 8y, 16% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation — $1,950,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $1,570,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $1,175,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetBROADCAST EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — $1,090,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC — $1,027,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetWNET — $950,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNew York University — $949,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM STAGE INC — $750,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetTHE BREAKTHROUGH COLLABORATIVE — $625,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $600,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation — $555,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $550,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $520,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEMERSON COLLEGE — $467,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $457,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $451,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia College Chicago — $450,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVisual Arts Foundation Inc — $450,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — $450,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE CAMP INC — $403,500 over 7y, 20% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST — $350,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION PROJECT — $277,500 over 3y, 19% of budgetNEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART — $250,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCHICAGO THEATRE GROUP INC — $250,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' STUDIO INC — $245,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC — $213,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN NUTRITION ASSOCIATION INC — $210,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO — $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc — $160,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHUBERT FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetColumbus State University Foundation Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBOFFO INC — $100,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetWHYY INC — $94,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Players Foundation for Theatre Education — $80,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetTHE LITERARY CLASSICS OF THE US INC D/B/A LIBRARY OF AMERICA — $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC — $72,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America — $58,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRARITAN HEADWATERS ASSOCIATION — $54,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA INC — $51,750 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $50,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCRABTREE NECK LAND TRUST — $46,500 over 6y, 8.6% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Chubb Charitable Foun…The Hyde and Watson F…Louis G Piancone Char…The Kean Foundation I…The Ford FoundationThe New York Communit…The Fournier Family F…Reed Family Foundatio…Verizon FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…The Andrew W Mellon F…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ18.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Louis G Piancone Charitable Foundation Inc · The Kean Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Fournier Family Foundation · Reed Family Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation

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 Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation 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 · 130%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Raritan Headwaters Association — 94% of income from government
  • Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc — 40% of income from government
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Nourishnj Inc — 27% of income from government
  • Life Camp Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University — 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Mane Stream Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University — 1% of income from government
  • Rowan University Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Champlain College Incorporated — 0% of income from government
  • Emerson College — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
24report 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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Charles & Lucille King Family Foundation Inc 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.

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 174 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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