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Chris T Sullivan 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.

$897k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.8MEducation$1.5MHuman Services$1.4MPhilanthropy$923kArts & Culture$471kYouth Development$320kHousing & Shelter$300kPublic Benefit$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $244k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $333k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$250,000
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION$165,290
ARISE ALLIANCE INSTITUTE$67,500
ELEVATE TAMPA BAY INC$50,000
THINK BIG FOR KIDS INC$50,000
ACADEMY PREP$40,000
STARTING RIGHT NOW$35,000
THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY$28,000
THE PHOENIX$25,000
REBEKAH'S ANGELS FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$19,950
FRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC$19,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$14,420
THE PEPIN ACADEMIES FOUNDATION$12,000
COPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC$10,331
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $14k → 23%VETERAN'S ALTERNATIVE: $233k → 11%HOSPICE CARE PLUS: $200 → 16%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $6k → 23%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $5k → 23%VETERAN'S ALTERNATIVE: $228k → 11%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $5k → 23%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $5k → 23%VETERAN'S ALTERNATIVE: $228k → 11%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $5k → 23%GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $5k → 23%VETERAN'S ALTERNATIVE: $60k → 11%VETERAN'S ALTERNATIVE: $20k → 11%HANDS ACROSS THE BAY: $10k → 12%HANDS ACROSS THE BAY: $10k → 12%HANDS ACROSS THE BAY: $5k → 12%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $3k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $3k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY: $55k → 13%TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YMCA: $33k → 13%THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY: $28k → 13%TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YMCA: $25k → 13%THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY: $17k → 13%TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YMCA: $8k → 13%THE FIRST TEE OF TAMPA BAY: $6k → 13%BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $250k → 13%CREATED WOMEN INC: $15k → 13%CREATED WOMEN INC: $5k → 13%CREATED WOMEN INC: $5k → 13%CREATED WOMEN INC: $5k → 13%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 59 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
37

Total granted

$6.0M
$696k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+16%

Still filing today

83%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k 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
HealthPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • NC
    NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $613k · revenue +73%
  • SR
    STARTING RIGHT NOW
    8× · 2017–2024 · $282k · revenue +6%
  • TM
    TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $172k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • HA
    HORATIO ALGER ENDOWMENT FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $434k · revenue -67%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -95%
  • EU
    ELEVATE USA
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +16%
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
Tampa Bay Partnership Inc

The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.

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2
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
3
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
4
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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5
Tampa Bay Sports Commission Inc

Our mission is to generate social and economic impact throughout the tampa bay region by attracting, promoting and/or organizing youth and amateur sporting events and initiatives.

Recreation & Sports
6
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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7
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
8
The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation Inc

To secure the financial future of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by the arc tampa bay, inc. (continued on schedule o)this mission is accomplished through a comprehensive plan of building…

Human Services
9
Florida Polytechnic University Foundation Inc

Established to help sustain the mission of florida polytechnic university to educate students emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) in an innovative, technology-rich, and interdisciplinary learning environment.

Education
10
Ucf Athletics Association Inc

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

Education
11
The Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast Inc

The mission of suncoast hospice foundation is to advance the understanding, participation, and support of the mission and programs of suncoast hospice and its affilated organizations, honoring the community's sacred trust through sound…

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12
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is James Museum Inc. 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

89 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. 89 of the 104 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
63/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $959,190 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTI…HORATIO ALGER ENDOWMENT FUND: $434,224 · EducationHORATIO ALGER ENDOWMENT FUN…THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA F…+8 more: $171,250 · Education+8 moreWARRIOR WELLNESS PROGRAM INC: $769,627 · Human ServicesWARRIOR WELLNESS PROG…BULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesBULLARD FAMILY FOUNDA…TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $171,934 · Human ServicesTAMPA METROPOLITAN AR…GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $45,000 · Human Services+5 more: $88,200 · Human Services+5 moreSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $282,075 · OtherSTARTING RIGHT NOWIndividual grant recipient: $218,260 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…MOFFITT CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $213,727 · OtherMOFFITT CANCER CENTER F…ACADEMY PREP: $207,300 · OtherACADEMY PREPADVENT-HEALTH FOUNDATION WEST FLORIDA: $102,600 · OtherADVENT-HEALTH FOUNDATIO…SOF MISSIONS: $80,000 · OtherSOF MISSIONSTHE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $50,000 · Other+36 more: $332,200 · Other+36 moreARISE ALLIANCE INSTITUTE INC: $710,302 · HealthARISE ALLIANCE INS…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $127,018 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX …Rebekahs Angels Foundation Inc: $120,000 · HealthRebekahs Angels Fo…PHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $50,000 · HealthNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $49,900 · Health+11 more: $113,850 · Health+11 moreNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $612,561 · PhilanthropyNAPLES CHILDREN F…MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $181,500 · PhilanthropyMONTEREY PENINSUL…THE LEXINGTON CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LEXINGTON CAN…COPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC: $61,341 · PhilanthropyCOPPERHEAD CHARIT…+12 more: $138,793 · Philanthropy+12 moreFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC: $109,150 · Youth DevelopmentELEVATE TAMPA BAY INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHINK BIG FOR KIDS INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC: $45,400 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $16,750 · Youth DevelopmentAWESOME CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF TAMPA INC: $9,010 · Arts & CultureJames Museum Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$1,714,664Human Services$1,324,761Other$1,486,162Health$1,171,070Philanthropy$1,084,195Youth Development$271,300Arts & Culture$59,010

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $959,190 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetWARRIOR WELLNESS PROGRAM INC: $769,627 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetARISE ALLIANCE INSTITUTE INC: $710,302 over 8y, 17% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $612,561 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ENDOWMENT FUND: $434,224 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $282,075 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBULLARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION: $181,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $171,934 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $127,018 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRebekahs Angels Foundation Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 42% of budgetFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC: $109,150 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetTHE LEXINGTON CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCOPPERHEAD CHARITIES INC: $61,341 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetELEVATE TAMPA BAY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELEVATE USA: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHINK BIG FOR KIDS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $49,900 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $46,550 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC: $45,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGENERAL TOMMY FRANKS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM: $45,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetOne Community Now Inc: $42,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetGARY KOCH INVITATIONAL PRO-AM INC: $42,147 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetAWESOME CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAIM Youth Mental Health: $38,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $37,400 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $36,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCREATED WOMEN INC: $30,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBILLY ANDRADE-BRAD FAXON CHARITIES FOR CHILDREN INC: $25,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetChi Chi Rodriguez Youth Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJULIE WEINTRAUB'S HANDS ACROSS THE BAY INC: $25,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $24,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEPIN ACADEMIES FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetA KID'S PLACE OF TAMPA BAY INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC: $17,750 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHISELERS INC: $17,300 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $16,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $15,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPebble Beach Company Foundation: $11,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DANIEL PITINO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $9,800 over 2y, 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Vinik Family Foundati…Debartolo Family Foun…Danker-Basham Foundat…Suncoast Credit Union…Lightning FoundationNew York Yankees Tamp…Publix Super Markets …The Spurlino Foundati…The Yerrid Foundation…Frank E Duckwall Foun…Mary & Bob Sierra Fam…
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL55.3× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Danker-Basham Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Lightning Foundation · New York Yankees Tampa Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Spurlino Foundation · The Yerrid Foundation Inc · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · Mary & Bob Sierra Family 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 Chris T Sullivan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chris T Sullivan Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 400%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Homeless Emergency Project Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Remember Honor Support Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Tampa Metropolitan Area Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • One Community Now Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Tampa Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
40get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Chris T Sullivan 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 104 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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