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Charles M & Gloria Parrish Foundation

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.

$468k
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
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.

Public Benefit$1.3MArts & Culture$509kAnimals$260kCivil Rights$240kSocial Science$200kHuman Services$160kInternational$150kYouth Development$71kCommunity Improvement$57kOther$1.2M
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $204k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$4,300
Median grant
11
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HERITAGE FOUNDATION$120,000
UTAH SYMPHONY$35,000
WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER$25,000
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE$21,500
THE CATO INSTITUTE$21,500
MUSEUM OF FLIGHT$17,200
ABILITY FOUND$12,000
CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER$11,000
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF UTAH$8,600
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$8,000
GINA BACHAUER INTERNATL PIANO FNDT$8,000
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH$8,000
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CRIMSON CLUB$7,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND$7,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF UTAH$7,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%THERAPY ANIMALS OF UTAH: $1k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%THERAPY ANIMALS OF UTAH: $1k → 8%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $5k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $4k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR BLIND: $860 → 9%ABILITY FOUND: $12k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $12k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $12k → 8%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $11k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $10k → 8%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $11k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $10k → 8%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $11k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $7k → 8%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $9k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $5k → 8%ABILITY FOUND: $5k → 8%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $5k → 8%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%HOPELINK: $2k → 9%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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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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.1M · 76 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

76 repeat relationships — 54 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
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Total granted

$4.1M
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+41%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitInternationalRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +63%
  • WP
    WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +140%
  • US
    UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $235k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • IP
    INTERNATIONAL PIANO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • AM
    ADOPT ME SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • SR
    Sammamish Rowing Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +41%

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
Technology Association of Oregon

To support our members and promote the growth and quality of oregon's technology industry by providing opportunities for business and professional development through networking and informational programs.

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2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
The Seattle Aquarium Society

Our mission is inspiring conservation of our marine environment.

Animals
5
Sacramento Zoological Society

The sacramento zoo inspires appreciation, respect and a connection with wildlife and nature through education, recreation and conservation.

Animals
6
Life Science Washington

Life science washington is a non-profit trade and professional association dedicated to promoting innovation and responsible growth in the life sciences and biomedical industries in the state of washington. promotion and education are…

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7
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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8
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc

To present symphonic music of the highest quality in a distinctive way for the cultural enrichment, education, engagement and enjoyment of the people of our community.

Arts & Culture
9
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
10
Washington Society of Certified Public a

We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.

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11
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
12
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Misunderstood Mutts Rescue. 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 backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Health Access Advocacy and …Animal Rescue and ShelterPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity 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 46 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr13%40%35–55yr16%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr13%61%35–55yr16%21%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 — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/51
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,514

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

47 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. 47 of the 83 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
35/47
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $1,091,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATIONCATO INSTITUTE — $200,250 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE+1 more — $8,060 · Public BenefitFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $76,000 · OtherPIONEER THEATER — $72,800 · OtherFREEDOM FOUNDATION — $64,480 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAH — $61,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND — $55,800 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CHIEF SEATTLE — $51,300 · OtherWSU COUGAR ATHLETIC FUND — $50,100 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON — $76,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON — $71,300 · OtherJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITYINC — $57,000 · Other+44 more — $823,570 · Other+44 moreUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA — $234,500 · Arts & CultureUTAH SYMPHONY…MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION — $148,700 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FLI…NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $42,360 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOU…MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER — $40,300 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARC…+6 more — $43,100 · Arts & Culture+6 moreUTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER — $72,000 · AnimalsPET PARTNERS — $48,300 · AnimalsWENATCHEE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $42,200 · AnimalsMORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $36,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY — $31,800 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $12,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY — $12,000 · Animals+1 more — $5,500 · AnimalsWASHINGTON POLICY CENTER — $239,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $200,250 · Social ScienceABILITY FOUND CORPORATION — $73,000 · Human ServicesCrossroads Urban Center — $51,800 · Human ServicesHOPELINK — $16,100 · Human ServicesUPLIFT NORTHWEST — $9,300 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $8,060 · Human Services+1 more — $2,000 · Human Services
Public Benefit$1,299,310Other$1,459,850Arts & Culture$508,960Animals$259,800Civil Rights$239,500Social Science$200,250Human Services$160,260

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 budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $1,091,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON POLICY CENTER — $239,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetUTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA — $234,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE — $200,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $200,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION — $148,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON — $76,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetABILITY FOUND CORPORATION — $73,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER — $72,000 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON — $71,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITYINC — $57,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND — $55,800 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCrossroads Urban Center — $51,800 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPET PARTNERS — $48,300 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $48,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION NW — $45,400 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $42,360 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWENATCHEE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $42,200 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER — $40,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HELP — $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ORCHESTRA OF SOUTHERN UTAH — $39,200 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION — $37,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $36,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY — $31,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $25,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Utah & Idaho — $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJubilee REACH — $23,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIdaho Trails Association — $19,700 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetHOPELINK — $16,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPICKFORD FILM CENTER — $12,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRide 2 Recovery dba Project Hero — $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY — $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT NORTHWEST — $9,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE OPERA — $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC — $8,060 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OUR ARMED FORCES WALT VANBENTHYSEN — $8,060 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $8,060 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMISUNDERSTOOD MUTTS RESCUE — $5,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ASSOCIATION — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH PET PARTNERS — $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSammamish Rowing Association — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELLEVUE ART MUSEUM — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UTAH SYMPHONY & OPERA ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY FOUND CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UTAH ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SALT LAKE CITYINC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds Crossroads Urban Center ↗
  • Who funds PET PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION NW ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WENATCHEE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HELP ↗
  • Who funds THE ORCHESTRA OF SOUTHERN UTAH ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY ↗
  • Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Utah & Idaho ↗
  • Who funds Jubilee REACH ↗

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.

George S and Dolores …M J Murdock Charitabl…United Way of King Co…Seattle FoundationSorenson Legacy Found…The Norcliffe Foundat…Lawrence & Janet Dee …Puget Sound Energy Fo…Castle Foundation Co …Henry W & Leslie M Es…Kennecott Utah Copper…Cross Charitable Foun…
George S and Dolores Dore Eccles FoundationUT25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · United Way of King County · Seattle Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Castle Foundation Co Greg Phillips · Henry W & Leslie M Eskuche Charitable Foundation · Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark

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 M & Gloria Parrish Foundation 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 83 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.

    Source object · view filing

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