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Community Foundation Boulder County

Cfbc nurtures and activates the ideas, generosity, and leadership of the community to galvanize resources and support equitable solutions for all who live/work in boulder county.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
281
Grants FY2024still arriving
26
States reached
$5.3M
Largest
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.

Public Safety & Disaster$31MHuman Services$7.5MEducation$6.8MEnvironment$6.2MHealth$4.6MArts & Culture$3.9MPhilanthropy$3.7MFood & Nutrition$3.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 281 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 281 grants below total $14,082,609, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,074,135 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $991,526 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k60 grants · $428k
  • $10k–50k174 grants · $3.7M
  • $50k–250k44 grants · $3.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $6.1M
$16,480
Median grant
26
States reached
$96M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND$5,275,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO$461,080
BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION$406,500
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEUR$225,000
THORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE$209,740
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$184,357
ROCKY MOUNTAIN EQUALITY$163,280
EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIA$160,469
CLINICA CAMPESINA FAMILY HEALTH SER$126,330
BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT$116,317
IMPACT ON EDUCATION$116,096
UNITED POLICYHOLDERS$115,000
MACKINTOSH ACADEMY BOULDER$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - AUSTIN$100,000
GLOBAL PARKS INC$100,000
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 (FY19–24, $8.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A Precious Child Inc: $73k → 5%VIGILANT TORCH: $50k → 19%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $72k → 5%A Precious Child Inc: $70k → 5%A Precious Child: $60k → 5%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $51k → 5%FreeFrom (Kay Tita): $61k → 14%TIDES CENTER: $50k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $790k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $518k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO: $461k → 12%Jewish Family Service of Colorado: $130k → 12%Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance: $991k → 12%HOPE--Homeless Outreach Providing Encouragement: $65k → 12%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $100k → 12%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER: $149k → 12%Sister Carmen Community Center Inc: $105k → 12%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER: $81k → 12%Sister Carmen Community Center Inc: $81k → 12%IMAGINE: $72k → 12%Early Childhood Council of Boulder County: $50k → 12%Bridge House: $93k → 12%Bridge House: $84k → 12%Bridge House: $80k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $76k → 12%BRIDGE HOUSE: $63k → 12%ATTENTION INC: $108k → 12%Attention Inc dba TGTHR: $95k → 12%Attention Inc: $81k → 12%ATTENTION INC: $75k → 12%ATTENTION INC: $69k → 12%El Centro Amistad: $60k → 12%Attention Inc: $51k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA): $368k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA): $215k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIA: $160k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIA: $137k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIA: $129k → 12%SAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR: $97k → 12%Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence: $87k → 12%Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence: $54k → 12%Emergency Family Assistance Association (EFAA): $51k → 12%INTERCAMBIO UNITING COMMUNITIES: $146k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $143k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $109k → 12%Intercambio Uniting Communities: $86k → 12%INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $79k → 12%VIA MOBILITY SERVICES: $48k → 12%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

AK
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MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$69M · 344 repeat orgs$9.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

344 repeat relationships: 190 still active in FY2024, 154 since wound down; 77 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

344
301

Total granted

$69M
$7.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+12%

Still filing today

92%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthInternationalOther
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

  • ID
    IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND
    3× · 2022–2024 · $23M · revenue +680% · 93% of their budget
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +88%
  • EF
    EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • CO
    COLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIMS'S ASSISTANCE
    one grant, 2021 · $991k · revenue -39%
  • CS
    COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $781k · revenue +85%
  • AI
    ALLFED INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $721k · revenue -80% · 28% of their budget
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
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
2
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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3
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
4
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
5
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
6
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
7
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
8
The Attainment Network

The attainment network builds networks that transform education-to-workforce systems, erase persistent and pervasive equity gaps, expand opportunities for learners, and meet the economic demands for a highly skilled and educated workforce.

Education
9
Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence

The mission of the center for legal inclusiveness (cli) is to advance diversity in the legal profession by actively educating and supporting private and public sector legal organizations in their individual campaigns to create cultures of…

Civil Rights
10
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
11
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
12
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Raabe Family Dentistry Charitable 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

695 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. 695 of the 757 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.

30
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
152
Early backer (in before they grew)
672/695
Grantees still filing
450/695
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND: $22,910,250 · Housing & ShelterIMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND+3 more: $609,703 · Housing & ShelterBOULDER COUNTY: $5,595,750 · OtherBOULDER COUNTYBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $871,833 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $857,947 · Other+103 more: $17,847,407 · Other+103 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,915,236 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $1,071,193 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY FA…COLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIMS'S ASSISTANCE: $990,745 · Human ServicesCOLORADO ORG…INTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $609,785 · Human ServicesINTERCAMBIO …SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $487,669 · Human ServicesSISTER CARME…ATTENTION INC: $477,937 · Human ServicesATTENTION IN…Bridge House: $422,964 · Human ServicesSAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $333,991 · Human ServicesA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $325,448 · Human Services+13 more: $1,569,844 · Human Services+13 moreCONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND: $718,279 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $630,000 · EnvironmentTHORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $615,758 · EnvironmentRESOURCE CENTRAL: $568,550 · EnvironmentCal-Wood Education Center: $258,688 · EnvironmentThe Alliance For Collective Action: $245,706 · EnvironmentPEOPLE AND POLLINATORS ACTION NETWORK: $225,948 · EnvironmentSAVE THE WORLDS RIVERS FKA SAVE THE COLORADO: $193,000 · EnvironmentECO-CYCLE INC: $167,097 · Environment+7 more: $670,941 · EnvironmentCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $780,898 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $695,060 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $407,100 · EducationROOM TO READ: $385,365 · EducationI Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County: $283,981 · EducationMACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $230,000 · EducationGREAT EDUCATION COLORADO: $146,500 · EducationFRIENDS SCHOOL INC: $144,725 · Education+10 more: $899,880 · EducationTHE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $906,503 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $520,003 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $493,949 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION: $264,959 · PhilanthropyOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $241,516 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $184,357 · PhilanthropyTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $139,125 · PhilanthropyWOMEN DONORS NETWORK: $136,000 · Philanthropy+10 more: $847,766 · PhilanthropyBOULDER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $490,018 · Arts & CultureBOULDER COMMUNITY BROADCAST ASSOC INC: $389,097 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL & CENTER FOR MUSICAL ARTS: $268,129 · Arts & CultureBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $267,100 · Arts & CultureTHE DAIRY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $192,274 · Arts & CultureROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO FILM SOCIETY FYE 531: $171,650 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMOTUS THEATER: $141,408 · Arts & CultureOASIS UNITED INC FKA INSTITUTE FOR THE DIFFUSION OF SUFI IDEAS: $138,000 · Arts & CultureGROUNDWORKS ART LAB INC: $136,150 · Arts & CultureBOULDER MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $125,450 · Arts & CultureBOULDER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: $117,108 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $101,914 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $148,140 · Arts & Culture
Housing & Shelter$23,519,953Other$25,172,937Human Services$8,204,812Environment$4,293,967Education$3,973,509Philanthropy$3,734,178Arts & Culture$3,011,438

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetIMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND: $22,910,250 over 3y, 93% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,915,236 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $1,071,193 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetCOLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIMS'S ASSISTANCE: $990,745 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $906,503 over 4y, 16% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $871,833 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $857,947 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCOLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION: $780,898 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetALLFED INSTITUTE: $721,066 over 1y, 28% of budgetCONSERVATION COLORADO EDUCATION FUND: $718,279 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $695,060 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER PRIDE: $683,318 over 6y, 12% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $630,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $615,758 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC: $609,938 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetINTERCAMBIO DE COMUNIDADES: $609,785 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $582,828 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetRESOURCE CENTRAL: $568,550 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetBOULDER VALLEY WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER INC: $537,824 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetUnited Policyholders: $530,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $520,003 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $493,949 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER COUNTY ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $490,018 over 6y, 33% of budgetSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $487,669 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetATTENTION INC: $477,937 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF BOULDER COUNTY INC: $466,600 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetOUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC: $464,531 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $425,083 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBridge House: $422,964 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $407,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY BROADCAST ASSOC INC: $389,097 over 4y, 12% of budgetROOM TO READ: $385,365 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $380,878 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCLINICA CAMPESINA FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES: $365,515 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $336,115 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $335,094 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $333,991 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetWatson Institute: $329,200 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetA PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $325,448 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HELP INC FUND: $307,461 over 5y, 56% of budgetENGAGED LATINO PARENTS ADVANCING STUDENT OUTCOMES: $297,801 over 4y, 18% of budgetI Have A Dream Foundation Of Boulder County: $283,981 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetLEFTHAND WATERSHED OVERSIGHT GROUP: $274,180 over 1y, 26% of budgetNew Era Colorado Foundation: $269,455 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetCOLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL & CENTER FOR MUSICAL ARTS: $268,129 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $267,100 over 5y, 14% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $264,959 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCal-Wood Education Center: $258,688 over 6y, 8.2% 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.

The Longmont Community FoundationCO115.8× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Longmont Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · AEC Trust · Emsa Fund Inc · The Women's Foundation of Colorado Inc · Brett Family Foundation · Collins Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · Caring for Colorado Foundation

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 Community Foundation Boulder County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation Boulder County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Entrepreneurship for All Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
73report 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 757 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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