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Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$685k
Granted FY2024still arriving
173
Grants FY2024still arriving
20
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$1.1MArts & Culture$814kHuman Services$597kYouth Development$526kEducation$340kReligion$222kAnimals$207kEnvironment$189kOther$0
02FY2024 · 173 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k153 grants · $270k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $277k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $138k
$1,000
Median grant
20
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Exodus Ensemble$75,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina$62,500
Salvation Army of Cape Fear$30,000
Jewish Family Services - San Diego$25,000
First Presbyterian Church$23,000
Santa Fe Conservation Trust$20,000
Washington Conservatory of Music$20,000
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum$19,500
St James Parish$15,000
La Jolla Playhouse$15,000
Educational Foundation Inc$15,000
Thalian Association Inc$13,000
YWCA - Lower Cape Fear$11,000
One Ministries Inc (Unique Learning Center)$10,500
Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $363k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%San Miguel Community Foundation: $8k → 21%paws4people Inc: $3k → 12%Dillsburg Senior Activity Center: $4k → 9%Dillsburg Senior Activity Center: $2k → 9%Women's Fund of the Blue Ridge: $2k → 21%Dillsburg Senior Activity Center: $2k → 9%Santa Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta: $5k → 12%Women's Fund of the Blue Ridge: $2k → 21%Dillsburg Senior Activity Center: $2k → 9%Western Youth Network: $1k → 21%Women's Fund of the Blue Ridge: $1k → 21%Casa de Ampara: $10k → 11%Western Youth Network: $1k → 21%Casa de Ampara: $10k → 11%Western Youth Network: $1k → 21%Casa de Ampara: $5k → 11%Women's Fund of the Blue Ridge: $1k → 21%Casa de Ampara: $3k → 11%Neighbors in Ministry Inc: $3k → 13%Casa de Ampara: $3k → 11%Neighbors in Ministry Inc: $2k → 13%paws4people Inc: $1k → 12%Western Youth Network: $500 → 21%Neighbors in Ministry Inc: $1k → 13%Jewish Family Services - San Diego: $30k → 11%Jewish Family Services - San Diego: $25k → 11%paws4people Inc: $500 → 12%Jewish Family Services - San Diego: $25k → 11%Jewish Family Services - San Diego: $25k → 11%Jewish Family Services - San Diego: $20k → 11%YWCA - Lower Cape Fear: $102k → 12%YWCA - Lower Cape Fear: $15k → 12%YWCA - Lower Cape Fear: $13k → 12%YWCA - Lower Cape Fear: $12k → 12%YWCA - Lower Cape Fear: $11k → 12%Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program: $2k → 12%Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program: $2k → 12%Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program: $1k → 12%Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program: $1k → 12%Coastal Therapeutic Riding Program: $1k → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $1k → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $1k → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $1k → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $500 → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $500 → 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

WA
MT
MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
MS
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 184 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

184 repeat relationships: 149 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

184
36

Total granted

$3.4M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+62%

Still filing today

72%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • BG
    Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $312k · revenue +524%
  • YO
    YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $153k · revenue +129%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +174%

Funded once

  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -20%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CAMP KIRKWOOD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $160k · revenue +121% · 72% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
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
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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5
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
6
North Carolina Symphony Foundation

To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.

Arts & Culture
7
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
8
Wireless Research Center of North Carolina

The Wireless Research Center is an independent, private nonprofit research center dedicated to applied research and engineering. Located in North Carolina's Research Triangle region, the WRC helps clients from around the world develop…

Science & Tech
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
12
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rocky Point Volunteer Fire Department 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

178 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. 178 of the 247 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)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
174/178
Grantees still filing
130/178
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $311,500 · OtherBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolin…Salvation Army of Cape Fear: $153,000 · OtherSalvation Army of Cape FearTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · OtherBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $71,000 · OtherONE MINSTRIES INC: $67,500 · Other+119 more: $1,339,480 · Other+119 moreFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $1,000,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EA…+4 more: $58,800 · Food & Nutrition+4 moreEXODUS ENSEMBLE: $125,000 · Arts & CultureEXODUS ENSEMBLETHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & ARTS …LOUISE WELLS CAMERON ART MUSEUM: $74,250 · Arts & CultureLOUISE WELLS CA…WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $68,100 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON PERF…San Diego Opera Association: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSan Diego Opera…CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT: $28,000 · Arts & CultureSITAR ARTS CENTER: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON MASTER CHORALE INC: $22,000 · Arts & Culture+24 more: $188,400 · Arts & Culture+24 moreYWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $153,000 · Human ServicesYWCA of th…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $125,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAM…Young Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men'…Casa De Amparo: $31,000 · Human ServicesCasa De Am…ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $25,000 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE…+10 more: $58,600 · Human Services+10 moreTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationCape Fear Academy: $40,000 · EducationCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $19,000 · EducationCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $16,000 · EducationGlobal Center for Cultural Entrepre dba Creative Startups: $15,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationThe Hill School of Wilmington Inc: $7,000 · Education+8 more: $29,162 · EducationSANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $98,211 · AnimalsANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO: $67,500 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $9,000 · Animals+4 more: $19,700 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF CAMP KIRKWOOD INC: $160,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,022,480Food & Nutrition$1,058,800Arts & Culture$650,750Human Services$427,600Education$203,162Animals$194,411Recreation & Sports$160,000

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 budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $311,500 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CAMP KIRKWOOD INC: $160,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetYWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $153,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEXODUS ENSEMBLE: $125,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetSANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $98,211 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $80,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLOUISE WELLS CAMERON ART MUSEUM: $74,250 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $71,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY: $68,100 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO: $67,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetONE MINSTRIES INC: $67,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetSANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST: $58,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVISTA HILL FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCape Fear Academy: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSan Diego Opera Association: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSCRAP EXCHANGE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $31,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCasa De Amparo: $31,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE FEAR COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $30,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMBER DANCE PROJECT: $28,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BREVARD TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $22,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON MASTER CHORALE INC: $22,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetKIDS MAKING IT INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPOST CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE INC: $20,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetSOME INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $19,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetMEALS-ON-WHEELS GREATER SAN DIEGO INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLOWING ROCK ART & HISTORY MUSEUM: $15,800 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Center for Cultural Entrepre dba Creative Startups: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEsperanza Shelter Inc: $13,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 4y, 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.

  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CAMP KIRKWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds EXODUS ENSEMBLE ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LOUISE WELLS CAMERON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL PROTECTION NEW MEXICO ↗
  • Who funds ONE MINSTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE CONSERVATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VISTA HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cape Fear Academy ↗
  • Who funds San Diego Opera Association ↗
  • Who funds SCRAP EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds Casa De Amparo ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BREVARD TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE DOGS OF THE WEST ↗
  • Who funds SITAR ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗

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.

North Carolina Community FoundationNC63.6× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Landfall Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Eshelman Foundation · Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc · The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North · Corning Incorporated Foundation · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas

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 Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts: 6% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
53report 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 Dan Cameron Family 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 247 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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