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Child's Play

CHILD'S PLAY seeks to improve the lives of children and teens in pediatric hospitals and other child welfare facilities through the kindness and generosity of the gamer community and the power of play.

$2.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
102
Itemized grants FY2025
89
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$9,921
Largest grant, FY2025
$209,700
Organizations funded a year
30 to 92
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
38
Total assets, FY2025
$16M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Child's Play funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving97$1.8M9%
FY202489$1.8M21%
FY202369$1.6M20%
FY202264$1.9M25%
FY202192$1.7M40%
FY202030$1.7M17%
FY201939$2.4M23%
FY201889$2.1M30%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$12MInternational$2.6MEducation$381kHuman Services$317kArts & Culture$252kYouth Development$235kPublic Safety & Disaster$126kScience & Tech$67kOther$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 267 grantees
All grantees of Child's Play by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bungie Foundation$2,510,000243%
Gamechanger Charity$710,000324%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$651,67750%
The Nemours Foundation$465,66260%
Seattle Children's Foundation$379,15070%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$370,22070%
INTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc$300,17361%
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego$277,47660%
Riley Cheer Guild Inc$267,00086%
St Elizabeth Seton Children's Foundation Ltd$245,300215%
Children's Hospital Foundation$238,10050%
Texas Children's Hospital$238,06390%
Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc$234,700227%
Random Acts Inc$228,86029%
Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc$227,23560%
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc$227,00050%
Children's Hospital Inc$212,27060%
The Nebraska Medical Center$203,64430%
Dell Children's Foundation$201,97080%
Atrium Health Foundation$199,81530%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$197,73880%
Blue Bird Auxiliary$195,463423%
AdventHealth Foundation Inc$178,84060%
Yale New Haven Hospital$169,42070%
Fairview Health Services$169,12520%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$162,07730%
Long Island Jewish Medical Center$158,51010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$158,0005n/a
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation$155,63050%
Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation$150,62452%
University of Kentucky$150,0054n/a
Seattle Children's Hospital (Dba Luma Guild)$150,000326%
Children's Hospital Corporation$147,50080%
Children's Hospital Colorado$135,11230%
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc$134,5006n/a
Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center$131,90040%
Rio Grande Valley Gme Consortium$129,3362n/a
Children's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn$128,00050%
Child Life Disaster Relief Inc$126,100368%
Northwell Health Foundation$123,43950%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$123,00040%
Intermountain Healthcare Foundation Inc$118,50050%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$114,50080%
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation$109,00070%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$102,76020%
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$101,50080%
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters$101,10160%
The Children's Hospital Volunteers$98,00036%
Children's Health Care Foundation$95,30080%
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron$94,37770%
St Joseph's Hospital Inc$92,00020%
Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Inc$89,76040%
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation$85,30040%
West Virginia University Hospitals Inc$83,67630%
University of Chicago Medical Center$82,00020%
The Johns Hopkins Hospital$81,99580%
Carilion Clinic Foundation$81,70011%
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$77,71950%
Gift of Gaming$77,7001n/a
University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc$74,90030%
Ou Medicine Inc$73,6214n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$72,30510%
Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation$71,00040%
Valley Children's Healthcare Foundation$70,50060%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas Inc$69,60023%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of St Louis$68,00021%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$67,09010%
The Rwj University Hospital Foundation Inc$64,85350%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$64,00080%
University of Mississippi Foundation$63,95010%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$62,60050%
Game to Grow$62,22026%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$61,45030%
Misameach Inc$60,000118%
The Children's Hospital Foundation Inc$58,00070%
The Children's Hospital of Alabama$57,00060%
Baptist Health System Foundation Inc$54,46050%
Choc Foundation$54,00050%
Community Hospitals of Central California Foundation$50,60010%
Ronald McDonald House of Scranton Inc$50,40024%
Sacred Heart Health System Inc$50,00020%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation$49,70010%
Banner Health Foundation$49,50050%
JENNIFER ANN CRECENTE MEMORIAL GROUP aka Jennifer Ann's Group$49,000239%
Arkansas Children's Foundation$49,00050%
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation$48,28050%
Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc$48,00040%
Montefiore Medical Center$47,96060%
Memorial Medical Center Foundation$47,77750%
Children's Medical Center Foundation$47,50040%
Texas Children's Hospital Foundation$46,95010%
Corewell Health$46,80010%
Christus Children's Foundation$45,93830%
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc$45,0602n/a
Kapi'olani Health Foundation$44,50050%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Southwest Inc$44,25021%
Children's Hospital$43,28010%
Duke University Health System Inc$42,78040%
The Children's Mercy Hospital$42,00050%
Phoenix Children's Hospital$41,00020%
The Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation$40,50050%
Providence Inland Northwest Foundation$40,10050%
WI Cook Foundation Inc$38,90040%
State University of Iowa Foundation$38,50060%
Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation$37,80030%
Banner Diamond Children's Medical Center$37,5003n/a
Valleywise Health Foundation$37,30220%
Orlando Health Foundation Inc$35,64050%
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return$35,00020%
Racingawarenesscom$34,800163%
Monroe Carell Jr Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt$34,7502n/a
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$34,50030%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona Inc$33,60021%
University of Chicago$33,50040%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc$32,60020%
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc$32,50040%
Hennepin Health Foundation$31,55010%
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc$31,5002n/a
Iowa Health Foundation$31,10030%
Children's Health System of Texas$30,00020%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$29,50040%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$27,86420%
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc$27,50020%
Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Inc$27,45920%
Medical University of South Carolina Foundation$26,00040%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$25,95410%
University Hospital & Clinics Inc$25,92010%
Edward Foundation$25,92020%
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC$25,63512%
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc$25,6351n/a
University Health Foundation$25,00040%
Rwj Barnabas Health Inc$24,8102n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida Inc$24,45011%
North Broward Hospital District Charitable Foundation Inc$24,0002n/a
Dynamic Object Language Labs Inc$24,0002n/a
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital$24,0002n/a
Dayton Children's Hospital$24,00030%
Primary Children's Cancer$24,0002n/a
Ingenium Inc$23,6392n/a
Nyu Langone Hospitals$22,61040%
Baystate Health Foundation Inc$22,23520%
Benefis Health System Inc$22,00010%
Baptist Hospital of Miami Inc$22,00010%
World Eye Cancer Hope$21,8391n/a
St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc$21,44920%
The University of Vermont Medical Center$21,00010%
Hackensack Meridian Health Inc$20,7002n/a
Our Lady of the Lake Foundation$20,64030%
Young Audiences of Indiana Inc$20,20012%
Wake Forest University Health Sciences$20,00040%
Miami Children's Health System Inc$20,00020%
Dayton Children's Hospital Foundation$19,50030%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$19,4502n/a
Mercy Health Foundation Springfield$19,29231%
Christus Santa Rosa Health Care Corporation$19,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois$18,91621%
Medical University Hospital Authority$18,6661n/a
Sutter Health Pacific$18,50020%
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation$18,41410%
Inova Health System Foundation$17,5002n/a
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center$17,40020%
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals$17,28010%
Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Pediatrics$17,2801n/a
Mercy Health Foundation St Louis$17,01610%
Rady Children's Health$17,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$17,00020%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$17,00030%
Prisma Health-Midlands$17,00020%
Carilion Medical Center$17,00020%
The Brooklyn Hospital Foundation Inc$16,69821%
Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc$16,50030%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc$16,30020%
Ochsner Lsu Health System - St Mary Medical Center LLC$15,3502n/a
Alabama Children's Hospital Foundation$15,00020%
Loudoun Hospital Center Dba Inova Loudoun Hospital$14,70010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas Inc$14,70020%
California Healthcare Foundation$14,70010%
Children's Inn at Nih Inc$14,70010%
Augusta University Foundation Inc$14,50030%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$14,50030%
Valley Presbyterian Hospital$14,30010%
Covenant Health System Foundation$14,00020%
The Ranken-Jordan Home For Convalescent Crippled Children$14,00020%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$13,45010%
Highline Schools Foundation for Excellence$13,09421%
New York University$13,00020%
University of Virginia Alumni Association$13,00020%
Children's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation$13,00020%
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan$13,00020%
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc$12,96010%
Pediatric Oncology Support Team Inc$12,96012%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville Inc$12,95010%
Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida Inc$12,95010%
All Children's Health System Inc$12,52011%
Sanford Health Foundation$12,00030%
University of Virginia Health Foundation$12,00020%
Legacy Health Foundation$11,90010%
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children$11,50020%
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health$11,50010%
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation$11,40010%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$11,40010%
Newyork-Presbyterianqueens$11,40010%
Augusta University Real Estate Foundation Inc$11,00020%
CHRISTUS HEALTH FOUNDATION OF Southeast Texas$10,52811%
Lee Memorial Health System$10,5002n/a
MaineHealth$10,50030%
Geisinger Health$10,47910%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$10,40020%
Family House Inc$10,25610%
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland$10,00010%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center$10,00010%
OSF Healthcare Foundation$9,00010%
Sacred Heart Foundation Inc$9,00020%
Newyork-Presbyterianbrooklyn Methodist$8,72410%
Rhode Island Hospital$8,50020%
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center$8,50020%
University of Texas$8,1501n/a
The Livestrong Foundation$8,15010%
Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey$8,15010%
Rmh of Akroninc$8,15010%
Arkansas Children's Hospital$8,00010%
Crozer-Chester Medical Center$8,0001n/a
Crozer-Keystone Health System$8,0001n/a
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$7,88810%
Rush University Medical Center$7,76410%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$7,5001n/a
Presbyterian Hospital Foundation$7,50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Ch$7,35010%
Tufts Medical Center Physicians Organization Inc$7,35010%
Auxiliary of John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County$7,29016%
Los Angeles County Usc Medical Center Auxiliary$7,24810%
Valerie Fund Children's Center - Newark Beth Israel Hospital$7,0001n/a
The Children's Hospital Foundation at Saint Francis$7,0001n/a
Banner Health$7,00010%
Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County Florida$7,0001n/a
Tmc Health Foundation$7,00010%
Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation Inc$7,00010%
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center$6,55410%
Ryther Child Center League$6,35512%
United Way of Palm Beach$6,3201n/a
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation$6,00010%
Childrens Medical Research Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
The Permanente Medical Group Inc$6,0001n/a
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Bellin Memorial Hospital Inc$6,00010%
BronxCare Health Systems$6,00010%
Wakemed$6,0001n/a
Mission Hospital Inc$6,00010%
Providence Alaska Foundation$6,00010%
The Priyanka Foundation (For Manipal Hospital Bangalore)$6,0001n/a
University of Utah$5,7001n/a
East Alabama Medical Center Foundation$5,70010%
St Cloud Hospital$5,49510%
Prisma Health Midlands Foundation F/K/A Palmetto Health Foundation$5,00010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$5,00010%
Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Duke University$5,00010%
Umc Foundation$4,5001n/a
Erlanger Foundation$4,00010%
Coxhealth Foundation$3,89010%
St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd$3,50010%
Jackson Health Foundation Inc$3,50020%
Seattle Children's Hospital$3,00010%
Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Gateway Woods Family Services Inc$2,48010%
University of Washington Foundation$1,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Child's Play supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 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 budgetThe Bungie Foundation: $2,510,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetGamechanger Charity: $710,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $651,677 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Nemours Foundation: $465,662 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Foundation: $379,150 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $370,220 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $300,173 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetRady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego: $277,476 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRiley Cheer Guild Inc: $267,000 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetSt Elizabeth Seton Children's Foundation Ltd: $245,300 over 2y, 15% of budgetChildren's Hospital Foundation: $238,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $238,063 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGamers Outreach Foundation Inc: $234,700 over 2y, 27% of budgetRandom Acts Inc: $228,860 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetConnecticut Children's Foundation Inc: $227,235 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJohns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc: $227,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Inc: $212,270 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nebraska Medical Center: $203,644 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDell Children's Foundation: $201,970 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAtrium Health Foundation: $199,815 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $197,738 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Bird Auxiliary: $195,463 over 4y, 23% of budgetAdventHealth Foundation Inc: $178,840 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYale New Haven Hospital: $169,420 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Health Services: $169,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $162,077 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLong Island Jewish Medical Center: $158,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation: $155,630 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation: $150,624 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSeattle Children's Hospital (Dba Luma Guild): $150,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $147,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado: $135,112 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElizabeth Seton Pediatric Center: $131,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital & Research Cntr Fndn: $128,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChild Life Disaster Relief Inc: $126,100 over 3y, 68% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $123,439 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation: $123,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIntermountain Healthcare Foundation Inc: $118,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $114,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Michigan Foundation: $109,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMary Bridge Children's Foundation: $102,760 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt Louis Children's Hospital Foundation: $101,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $101,101 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital Volunteers: $98,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $95,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center of Akron: $94,377 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Joseph's Hospital Inc: $92,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJoe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Inc: $89,760 over 4y, 0.3% 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.

Gamers Outreach Foundation IncMI61.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc · American Cancer Society Inc · Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc · Ronald McDonald House Global · Driven Brands Charitable Foundation · Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Hyundai Hope on Wheels · Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Encourage Kids Foundation · The Toy 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.

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How do I get to Child's Play?

Find your warmest path to Child's Play 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 Child's Play

How much does Child's Play give?
Child's Play reported 102 itemized grants totaling $1,831,308, out of $2,922,378 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 92 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Child's Play fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (75%), International (16%), Education (2%).
Who are Child's Play's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Bungie Foundation ($2.5M), Gamechanger Charity ($710k), Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ($652k).
Does Child's Play fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Child's Play?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc, American Cancer Society Inc, Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc.
Where is Child's Play based?
Child's Play is based in WA.

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 270 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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