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Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc

To improve the quality of life in elkhart county by inspiring generosity

$37M
Granted FY2025still arriving
301
Grants FY2025still arriving
28
States reached
$2.7M
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 2025.

Recreation & Sports$35MHuman Services$35MEducation$35MHealth$24MYouth Development$21MReligion$17MEnvironment$15MArts & Culture$10MOther$0
02FY2025 · 301 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 301 grants below total $35,295,512, the rows itemized in this filing. The $37,256,224 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,960,712 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k49 grants · $354k
  • $10k–50k141 grants · $2.8M
  • $50k–250k80 grants · $8.6M
  • $250k+31 grants · $24M
$25,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$502M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEACON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$2,718,258
BAUGO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS$2,232,046
GOSHEN COLLEGE INC$2,168,078
TOLSON CENTER INC$2,040,324
CHILD AND PARENT SERVICES INC$1,498,418
ELKHART HEALTH FITNESS AND AQUATICS INC$1,261,099
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC$1,020,586
WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC$963,795
RETA INC$851,850
RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$773,962
OAKLAWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER INC$705,900
ELKHART COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$646,000
ULEAD INC$559,750
NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION$500,099
RUTHMERE FOUNDATION INC$457,872
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 (FY17–25, $11.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $33k → 14%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MARTIN - ST LUCIE: $49k → 10%CHAZAK RESCUE: $100k → 9%CARING HANDS SPECIAL NEEDS CARE INC: $50k → 8%WOMEN'S CARE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 13%TOLSON CENTER INC: $2.0M → 13%TOLSON CENTER INC: $2.0M → 13%RETA INC: $852k → 13%RETA INC: $786k → 13%WOMEN'S CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $51k → 13%WOMEN'S CARE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $42k → 13%SPA INC: $310k → 13%OWLS CLUB INC: $133k → 13%SPA INC: $123k → 13%HELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $35k → 13%RETA INC: $121k → 13%HELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $35k → 13%HELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $33k → 13%HELLO GORGEOUS OF HOPE INC: $30k → 13%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $50k → 13%CORVILLA INC: $50k → 13%RETA INC: $84k → 13%THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $62k → 13%THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $61k → 13%THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $51k → 13%OWLS CLUB INC: $45k → 13%SPA INC: $33k → 13%GOSHEN INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK INC DBA FIRST LIGHT MISSION: $208k → 13%DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES OF GOSHEN INC: $126k → 13%GOSHEN INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK INC: $98k → 13%GOSHEN INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK INC DBA FIRST LIGHT MISSION: $55k → 13%FAMILY CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $442k → 13%ADEC INC: $407k → 13%ADEC INC: $256k → 13%ADEC INC: $127k → 13%ADEC INC: $125k → 13%ADEC INC: $124k → 13%ADEC INC: $112k → 13%ADEC INC: $96k → 13%ADEC Inc: $91k → 13%ADEC INC: $91k → 13%Goshen Day Care Board dba Walnut Hill Early Childhood Center: $355k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $81k → 13%Goshen Interfaith Hospitality Network: $80k → 13%GOSHEN DAY CARE BOARD INC AKA WALNUT HILL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $41k → 13%American Red Cross Northern Indiana Chapter: $40k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $40k → 13%GOSHEN DAY CARE BOARD INC AKA WALNUT HILL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $35k → 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

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RI
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VA
MD
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AR
TN
NC
SC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$219M · 350 repeat orgs$7.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

350 repeat relationships: 233 still active in FY2025, 117 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

350
220

Total granted

$219M
$5.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+8%

Still filing today

67%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureReligionYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WB
    WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $13M · revenue +71% · 97% of their budget
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12M · revenue +43% · 35% of their budget
  • GC
    Goshen College Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.5M · revenue +193%

Funded once

  • NP
    NAPPANEE POWER FROM THE PAST INC
    one grant, 2019 · $187k · revenue -29% · 92% of their budget
  • OH
    OneWorld Health
    one grant, 2022 · $184k · revenue +16%
  • MT
    MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $184k · revenue +14%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
5
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
6
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
Lafayette General Foundation Inc

The lafayette general foundation was created to support lafayette general health (lgh), acadiana's only community-owned, nonprofit health system. we exist to help fulfill lgh's mission, to restore, maintain, and improve health. our role is…

Health
8
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
9
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
11
Lafayette General Health System Inc

The organization was organized for the benefit and support of its related 501(c)(3) health care entities which provide medical care to restore, maintain and improve the health of the community in which it serves.

Health
12
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & in; the most unlike its peers is The Dre Project. 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

445 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. 445 of the 639 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.

67
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
107
Early backer (in before they grew)
428/445
Grantees still filing
271/445
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $5,654,070 · OtherELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLSELKHART COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $4,741,477 · OtherCHILD AND PARENT SERVICES INC: $4,866,522 · OtherCHILD AND PARENT SERVICES INCULEAD INC: $3,253,342 · OtherETHOS INC: $3,782,191 · Other+119 more: $68,561,715 · Other+119 moreELKHART HEALTH FITNESS & AQUATICS INC: $29,781,135 · HealthELKHART HEALTH FITNESS & …WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $3,089,966 · HealthWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INCBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $3,051,036 · HealthBeacon Health Foundation …OAKLAWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER INC: $2,160,170 · HealthGoshen Health Foundation Inc: $1,842,658 · Health+18 more: $8,332,181 · Health+18 moreTOLSON CENTER INC: $13,146,356 · Human ServicesTOLSON CENT…Bashor Home of The United Methodist Church Inc: $1,965,151 · Human ServicesBashor Home…RETA INC: $1,894,840 · Human ServicesRETA INCADEC INC: $1,428,046 · Human ServicesADEC INC+11 more: $3,520,622 · Human Services+11 moreGoshen College Inc: $5,464,510 · EducationGoshen Co…HORIZON EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC: $4,365,164 · EducationHORIZON E…Indiana University Foundation: $1,297,564 · EducationIndiana U…SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $1,108,322 · EducationSCHOLARSH…HOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC: $966,159 · EducationDePauw University: $700,500 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $668,679 · EducationELKHART EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $648,565 · Education+12 more: $3,122,848 · Education+12 moreWELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $12,727,852 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF PUMPKINVINE NATURE TRAIL INC: $596,725 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $11,655,577 · Youth DevelopmentElkhart County 4-H & Agri Expo Inc: $486,643 · Youth Development+3 more: $533,060 · Youth DevelopmentGOSHEN THEATER INC: $2,970,798 · Arts & CultureThe Ruthmere Foundation: $2,283,819 · Arts & CulturePremier Arts Inc: $1,435,711 · Arts & CultureMIDWEST MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART FOUNDATION INC: $599,651 · Arts & CultureHistoric Elkhart River Queen Inc: $483,137 · Arts & CultureMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $372,239 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $897,882 · Arts & Culture
Other$90,859,317Health$48,257,146Human Services$21,955,015Education$18,342,311Environment$13,324,577Youth Development$12,675,280Arts & Culture$9,043,237

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 budgetELKHART HEALTH FITNESS & AQUATICS INC: $29,781,135 over 8y, 53% of budgetTOLSON CENTER INC: $13,146,356 over 4y, 85% of budgetWELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $12,727,852 over 9y, 97% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $11,655,577 over 9y, 35% of budgetGoshen College Inc: $5,464,510 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetCHILD AND PARENT SERVICES INC: $4,866,522 over 9y, 20% of budgetELKHART COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $4,741,477 over 9y, 46% of budgetHORIZON EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC: $4,365,164 over 9y, 43% of budgetETHOS INC: $3,782,191 over 9y, 30% of budgetULEAD INC: $3,253,342 over 9y, 95% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $3,089,966 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $3,051,036 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetGOSHEN THEATER INC: $2,970,798 over 9y, 72% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $2,927,758 over 9y, 62% of budgetThe Ruthmere Foundation: $2,283,819 over 9y, 36% of budgetOAKLAWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER INC: $2,160,170 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ELKHART COU: $2,060,395 over 9y, 13% of budgetBashor Home of The United Methodist Church Inc: $1,965,151 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $1,930,127 over 8y, 17% of budgetRETA INC: $1,894,840 over 9y, 29% of budgetGoshen Health Foundation Inc: $1,842,658 over 9y, 55% of budgetMAPLE CITY HEALTH CARE CENTER INC: $1,702,646 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetGoshen Hospital Association Inc: $1,515,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Inc: $1,511,474 over 9y, 28% of budgetLACASA OF GOSHEN INC: $1,439,329 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetPremier Arts Inc: $1,435,711 over 9y, 30% of budgetADEC INC: $1,428,046 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetWAKARUSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC: $1,376,742 over 3y, 31% of budgetSOUTH BEND ELKHART REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,300,000 over 7y, 41% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,297,564 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH MISSION OF ELKHART INC: $1,226,433 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetCROSSROADS UNITED WAY INC: $1,199,465 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $1,108,322 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION: $1,100,298 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $1,076,887 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $1,011,471 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $1,008,081 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY CORP OF ELKHART COU: $997,249 over 7y, 31% of budgetELKHART COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITOR BUREAU INC: $971,750 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetHOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC: $966,159 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetRYANS PLACE INC: $958,420 over 9y, 40% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $940,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetENFOCUS INC: $931,323 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetOAKLAWN FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN: $927,603 over 8y, 33% of budgetSAMARITAN HEALTH & LIVING CENTER INC: $906,561 over 8y, 19% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $881,289 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $864,390 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetAMERICAN RECREATION COALITION: $805,000 over 3y, 32% 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 ELKHART HEALTH FITNESS & AQUATICS INC ↗
  • Who funds TOLSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Goshen College Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND PARENT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ELKHART COUNTY YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC ↗
  • Who funds HORIZON EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ETHOS INC ↗
  • Who funds ULEAD INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Beacon Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GOSHEN THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Ruthmere Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAWN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ELKHART COU ↗
  • Who funds Bashor Home of The United Methodist Church Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds RETA INC ↗
  • Who funds Goshen Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAPLE CITY HEALTH CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Goshen Hospital Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Inc ↗
  • Who funds LACASA OF GOSHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Premier Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds ADEC INC ↗
  • Who funds WAKARUSA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH BEND ELKHART REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAITH MISSION OF ELKHART INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS UNITED WAY INC ↗

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 of St Joseph County IncIN82.4× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Crossroads United Way Inc · Bill Deputy Foundation · Welter Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Irions Foundation Inc · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Elkhart General Hospital Inc · Asante 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 Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    47report 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 639 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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