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Charles F and Margaret Mh Obrecht Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Charles F and Margaret Mh Obrecht 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.

$131k
Granted FY2024still arriving
79
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$228kEducation$191kCrime & Legal$101kArts & Culture$79kHuman Services$70kInternational$59kRecreation & Sports$46kHealth$43kOther$0
02FY2024 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k75 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$500
Median grant
13
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROWN MEMORIAL CHURCH$24,600
ROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$15,000
THE LOYOLA SCHOOL$10,000
ICJS$10,000
SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY SERVICES$5,500
BRYN MAWR SCHOOL$5,000
BROWN MEMORIAL TUTORING PROGRAM$4,750
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$4,150
GOUCHER COLLEGE$4,000
HAND IN HAND$3,500
LAKE REGION CONSERVATION TRUST$3,250
ST MARY'S SEMINARY$3,000
NPH$2,000
JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,750
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 (FY17–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: $3k → 20%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: $3k → 20%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: $500 → 20%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: $500 → 20%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $250 → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $250 → 16%UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS: $250 → 16%TURNAROUND TUESDAY: $3k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY: $2k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY: $2k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY: $1k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY: $250 → 19%SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 11%SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 11%SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4k → 11%SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 11%NIGHT OF PEACE FAMILY SHELTER INC: $500 → 11%THE ARC BALTIMORE: $250 → 19%ARC BALTIMORE: $250 → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $200 → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES: $1k → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $500 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $500 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $500 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $250 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $250 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $250 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $250 → 19%HEAVEN ON EARTH NOW: $250 → 19%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

NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$887k · 124 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

124 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2024, 60 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

124
41

Total granted

$887k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+23%

Still filing today

44%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GC
    GOUCHER COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +5%
  • FA
    FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $18k · revenue +7%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA
    7× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +99%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -7%
  • BM
    BROWN MEORIAL CHURCH CAPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
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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2
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
5
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
7
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
10
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc Baltimore Inc; the most unlike its peers is Faraja Fund Foundation. 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

83 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. 83 of the 181 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
82/83
Grantees still filing
59/83
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROWN MEMORIAL CHURCH: $180,100 · OtherBROWN MEMORIAL CHURCHICJS: $96,500 · OtherICJSBRYN MAWR SCHOOL: $43,000 · OtherBRYN MAWR SCHOOLBROWN MEMORIAL CHURCH TUTORING: $36,750 · OtherST MARY'S SEMINARY: $28,500 · Other+118 more: $324,825 · Other+118 moreGOUCHER COLLEGE: $23,500 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University: $8,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE JEMICY SCHOOL INC: $4,500 · EducationBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $4,500 · EducationWELL FOR THE JOURNEY INC: $2,500 · Education+10 more: $9,250 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $14,000 · InternationalHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $14,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $5,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,500 · InternationalJ STREET: $2,400 · International+6 more: $3,650 · InternationalROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,900 · EnvironmentLakes Region Conservation Trust: $10,500 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $3,050 · Environment+5 more: $2,725 · EnvironmentFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA: $18,150 · Human ServicesTurnaround Tuesday Inc: $7,250 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesHEAVEN ON EARTH NOW INC: $2,750 · Human Services+5 more: $2,950 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE PUBLIC MEDIA CORPORATION: $9,750 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,750 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $1,250 · Arts & CultureTHE CHRISTIAN CENTURY: $1,200 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY INC: $750 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureThe Samaritan Community Inc: $9,150 · Community ImprovementFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,600 · Community Improvement
Other$709,675Education$57,250International$53,550Environment$47,175Human Services$38,100Arts & Culture$18,200Community Improvement$10,750

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 budgetROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,900 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE: $23,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA: $18,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLakes Region Conservation Trust: $10,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE PUBLIC MEDIA CORPORATION: $9,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $9,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Samaritan Community Inc: $9,150 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTurnaround Tuesday Inc: $7,250 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIND INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Urban Baseball Association Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING UP MISSION INC: $4,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEMICY SCHOOL INC: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $4,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC: $4,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMISSIONFIT: $4,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $3,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $3,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHEAVEN ON EARTH NOW INC: $2,750 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $2,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWELL FOR THE JOURNEY INC: $2,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET: $2,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $2,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetROCA INC: $2,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE CURRICULUM PROJECT INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFARAJA FUND FOUNDATION: $1,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFUSION PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE IN THE TRENCHES INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN CENTURY: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE SQUASHWISE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $1,000 over 3y, 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 ROLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GOUCHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA ↗
  • Who funds HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA ↗
  • Who funds Lakes Region Conservation Trust ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE PUBLIC MEDIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds The Samaritan Community Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds Turnaround Tuesday Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds KIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Baltimore Urban Baseball Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS ↗
  • Who funds HELPING UP MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEMICY SCHOOL INC ↗

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.

Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…T Rowe Price Program …The Abell Foundation …The United Way of Cen…Associated Jewish Cha…The Harry and Jeanett…Linehan Family Founda…Dr Frank C Marino Fou…The John J Leidy Foun…T Rowe Price Foundati…Annie E Casey Foundat…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD50.8× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Linehan Family Foundation Inc · Dr Frank C Marino Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation 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 Charles F and Margaret Mh Obrecht Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles F and Margaret Mh Obrecht Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Roca Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Center for Urban Families Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Baltimore Squashwise Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: 16% of income from government
  • Jubilee Baltimore Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Services of Centra: 10% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Goucher College: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
14report 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 181 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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