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Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$520k
Granted FY2024still arriving
64
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$571kEducation$551kEnvironment$253kHuman Services$176kFood & Nutrition$172kArts & Culture$165kPhilanthropy$113kYouth Development$104kOther$0
02FY2024 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $149k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $146k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $225k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mass General Hospital$75,000
West Suburban YMCA$50,000
Northeastern University$50,000
Suffolk University$50,000
Boston Arts Academy Foundation$25,000
Global Smile Foundation$21,067
Greater Boston Food Bank$20,000
METCO College Scholarship Fund of Lexington$10,000
West End House Inc$10,000
The Boston Foundation Inc$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Just Zero$10,000
Food Link MA$10,000
The Lexington Observer$10,000
Rosie's Place$10,000
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, $212k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WINDRUSH FARM: $250 → 10%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $3k → 11%Help for Haiti: $5k → 5%Help for Haiti: $5k → 5%THE VALEDICTORIAN PROJECT: $1k → 8%HELP FOR HAITI: $2k → 5%HELP FOR HAITI: $2k → 5%HELP FOR HAITI: $1k → 5%Cradles to Crayons: $3k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $1k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $500 → 8%Pine Street Inn: $4k → 16%Weston METCO Scholarship Fund Inc: $5k → 8%WESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $3k → 8%WESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $3k → 8%Weston METCO Scholarship Fund Inc: $3k → 8%West Suburban YMCA: $50k → 8%WEST SUBURBAN YMCA: $50k → 8%West Suburban YMCA: $50k → 8%WEST SUBURBAN YMCA: $2k → 8%WEST SUBURBAN YMCA: $1k → 8%WEST SUBURBAN YMCA: $500 → 8%LexRAP: $5k → 8%LexRAP: $5k → 8%LEXINGTON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $1k → 16%LEXINGTON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 8%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

ME
VT
NH
MT
MI
NY
MA
CT
MD
DC
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 76 repeat orgs$177k to everyone else

76 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
59

Total granted

$2.4M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+35%

Still filing today

70%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureFood & 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

  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $223k · revenue +110%
  • SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $175k · revenue +9%
  • WS
    WEST SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $154k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DEAN CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • MB
    MASS BUDGET & POLICY CENTER INC (MASSBUDGET)
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • Franciscan Hospital for Childrengraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +68%
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
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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3
Boston Harbor Now Inc

Our mission is to ensure that the people of greater boston benefit from a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive waterfront, harbor, and islands; these spaces are equitable, accessible, and adapted to climate change; and to ensure our public,…

Environment
4
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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5
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

To improve the business, social and civic environment of the greater boston area and to become the leading representative in the boston area in the consideration of local, state and national issues.

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6
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc

We create opportunities for the people of massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

Arts & Culture
7
Bostonian Society Inc

The bostonian society sustains the old state house and its collections to explore the vital debates about self-government that were sparked here during boston's revolutionary era and that still animate our civic life today.

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8
Massachusetts Education & Career Opportunities Inc

Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…

Education
9
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
10
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
11
Boston Public Library Fund Inc

The boston public library fund provides financial support to the boston public library (bpl), ensuring that it remains viable, engaging, accessible, and free to all. the library fund fulfills this mission by working in partnership with…

Education
12
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West End House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

95 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 95 of the 149 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/95
Grantees still filing
71/95
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $145,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALMass General Hospital: $135,000 · OtherMass General HospitalGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $86,800 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCMETCO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF LEXINGTON: $61,000 · OtherMASS BUDGET & POLICY CENTER: $45,000 · OtherWEST END HOUSE INC: $51,000 · OtherROSIE'S PLACE INC: $42,500 · Other+95 more: $670,555 · Other+95 moreNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $222,500 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVER…SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $175,000 · EducationSUFFOLK UNIVERSITYMIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION C/O JACKSON CHEGE: $25,000 · EducationMIDDLESEX COMMUNITY…+8 more: $26,100 · Education+8 moreMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $125,000 · EnvironmentMaine Coa…JUST ZERO: $25,000 · EnvironmentJUST ZEROENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $24,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONME…CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVAT…THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $14,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST…+5 more: $15,000 · Environment+5 moreWEST SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $153,500 · Human ServicesWEST SUBU…HELP FOR HAITI INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesHELP FOR …WESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $12,700 · Human ServicesWESTON ME…LEXRAP CORP: $10,000 · Human Services+6 more: $22,250 · Human Services+6 moreGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $134,442 · InternationalTHE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIONINC: $38,500 · International+2 more: $5,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF HERTER PARK INC: $76,000 · Community ImprovementALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $60,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $3,500 · Community ImprovementBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureLEXINGTON OBSERVER INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureREAGLE MUSIC THEATRE OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $17,900 · Arts & CultureMUSIC WITH HEART: $7,600 · Arts & CultureLEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $8,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,236,855Education$448,600Environment$226,500Human Services$212,450International$178,442Community Improvement$139,500Arts & Culture$130,500

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 budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $222,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSUFFOLK UNIVERSITY: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $153,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $134,442 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $125,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $86,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HERTER PARK INC: $76,000 over 7y, 34% of budgetBOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMETCO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF LEXINGTON: $61,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetWEST END HOUSE INC: $51,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $42,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIONINC: $38,500 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC: $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION C/O JACKSON CHEGE: $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLAZARUS HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUST ZERO: $25,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLEXINGTON INTERFAITH OUTREACH FOOD PANTRY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $24,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEXINGTON OBSERVER INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREAGLE MUSIC THEATRE OF GREATER BOSTON INC: $17,900 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFOOD LINK INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHELP FOR HAITI INC: $14,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLexington Education Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWESTON METCO SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $12,700 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetANNE E BORGHESANI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 4y, 83% of budgetLEXRAP CORP: $10,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetLexington Symphony Inc: $10,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARITANS INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFranciscan Hospital for Children: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANSELM COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON AREA GLEANERS INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWALKBOSTON INC: $8,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBATTLEGREEN RUN FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetMUSIC WITH HEART: $7,600 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIVABLE STREETS TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE OF BOSTON INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLEXINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHARLES RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT BREAD-THE WALK FOR HUNGER INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARY MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND INC: $5,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WEST SUBURBAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Maine Coast Heritage Trust ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HERTER PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds METCO COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF LEXINGTON ↗
  • Who funds ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST END HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION C/O JACKSON CHEGE ↗
  • Who funds LAZARUS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUST ZERO ↗
  • Who funds LEXINGTON INTERFAITH OUTREACH FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LEXINGTON OBSERVER INC ↗
  • Who funds Boston Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds REAGLE MUSIC THEATRE OF GREATER BOSTON INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD LINK INC ↗
  • Who funds Birthday Wishes Inc ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS ↗

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.

Boston Foundation IncEastern Bank Foundati…Community Foundation …Cambridge Savings Cha…Cummings Foundation G…Salem Five Charitable…American Tower Corpor…The Hamilton Company …President and Fellows…Amelia Peabody Charit…Essex County Communit…Combined Jewish Phila…
Boston Foundation IncMA49.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Community Foundation for MetroWest Inc · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Salem Five Charitable Foundation Inc · American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · President and Fellows of Harvard College · Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Trust · Essex County Community Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston 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 Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ciccolo Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 370%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Justice Resource Institute Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Friends of Herter Park Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Samaritans Inc: 31% of income from government
  • International Institute of New England Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Charles River Community Health Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Boston Area Gleaners Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Food Link Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Communities for Restorative Justice Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Steps to Success Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Special Needs Arts Programs Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Supportive Living Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Land's Sake Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • West End House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Lexington Historical Society: 1% of income from government
  • Crossroads for Kids Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
  • Lazarus House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Arts Academy Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
  • West Suburban Young Men's Christian Association: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
37get no government money at all
11report 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.

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 149 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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