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Davis Family 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
92
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$817kEducation$406kReligion$276kHealth$194kFood & Nutrition$144kHuman Services$138kYouth Development$85kEnvironment$84kOther$0
02FY2024 · 92 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k81 grants · $226k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $92k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $201k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CITADEL$500,000
GREENWOOD FIRST ARP CHURCH$85,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$66,000
CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME$50,000
MT HOREB CHURCH$24,000
Individual grant recipient$17,500
BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,800
WATER MISSION INTERNATIONAL$10,123
HARRY R E HAMPTON MEMORIAL WILDLIFE FUND INC$10,000
SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC$10,000
THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST HELENA$10,000
SELF REGIONAL MID-WINTER BALL$7,500
MEALS ON WHEELS - PIEDMONT AGENCY ON AGING$7,500
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT$7,500
LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK$6,100
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 (FY18–24, $124k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $3k → 16%LAKELANDS REGION YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1k → 18%MISSION LEXINGTON: $500 → 11%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $3k → 16%LAKELANDS REGION YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $50k → 18%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $3k → 16%LAKELANDS REGION YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1k → 18%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $3k → 16%LAKELANDS REGION YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 18%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%PEP (PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE): $500 → 10%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $700 → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $700 → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $700 → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $700 → 16%EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $3k → 12%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $700 → 16%TRI-COUNTY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $5k → 12%GREENWOOD PROMISE: $3k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $2k → 18%HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $5k → 10%HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $4k → 10%HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $4k → 10%HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $4k → 10%HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $4k → 10%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $2k → 18%HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $4k → 10%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $2k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $2k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $1k → 18%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDRENS HOME: $1k → 18%PROJECT HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 18%WINGS FOR KIDS: $100 → 12%GREENWOOD PROMISE: $3k → 18%GREENWOOD PROMISE: $3k → 18%GREENWOOD PROMISE: $1k → 18%GREENWOOD PROMISE: $1k → 18%GREENWOOD PROMISE: $1k → 18%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
PA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 102 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

102 repeat relationships: 73 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

102
73

Total granted

$2.3M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+33%

Still filing today

60%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • CU
    CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $261k · revenue +118%
  • THE CITADEL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $90k · revenue +89%
  • CM
    Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries
    7× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • AC
    ARP CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • BT
    BATTLEFIELD TRUST
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Greenwood Genetic Center Inc

The greenwood genetic center is a nonprofit institute centered on clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research. with a focus on compassionate patient care and innovative…

Health
2
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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3
Foundation for a Greater Greenwood County Inc

Providing leadership to enhance the quality of life in greenwood through strategic long-term vision and collaborative community development initiatives.

Philanthropy
4
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation
Crime & Legal
5
Charleston Waterkeeper

Charleston waterkeeper's mission it to protect and restore charleston's waterways for our community and future generations. we do that through an effective mix of boots-on-the-water stewardship and data-driven advocacy designed to protect…

Environment
6
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
7
Leadership South Carolina

To provide South Carolinians an opportunity to advance their leadership skills while broadening their understanding of issues and opportunities facing the State.

Education
8
Children's Trust of South Carolina

To strengthen families, organizations, and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Human Services
9
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc

The purpose of the university health systems of eastern carolina foundation (dba ecu health foundation), a non-profit corporation, is to give hope to eastern north carolina and beyond by inspiring philanthropy to improve health, education,…

Health
10
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement
11
South Carolina Business & Industry Political Education Committee

Promoting and protecting the free private and competitive enterprise system through research and education.

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12
Conway Hospital Foundation Inc

The conway hospital foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1988 as a charitable organization to provide support to conway hospital in its effort to fullfill its mission and goals. (see schedule o) description of…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Richland Creek Top Guns. 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

108 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. 108 of the 192 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)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/108
Grantees still filing
75/108
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CITADEL: $560,000 · OtherTHE CITADELGREENWOOD FIRST ARP CHURCH: $181,000 · OtherGREENWOOD FIRST ARP CHURCH+132 more: $1,026,626 · Other+132 moreCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $261,000 · EducationCLEMSON UNIVERSI…THE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $90,000 · EducationTHE CITADEL FOUN…+8 more: $42,500 · Education+8 moreConnie Maxwell Children's Ministries: $59,600 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $22,500 · Human ServicesEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $14,500 · Human ServicesTHE GREENWOOD PROMISE LLC: $11,000 · Human ServicesMEG'S HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesMy Sister's House Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesNeighbors Together Inc: $5,000 · Human Services+10 more: $13,100 · Human ServicesAmerican Battlefield Trust: $45,000 · Arts & CultureGREENWOOD PERFORMING ARTS INC SANDERS: $22,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC: $21,500 · Arts & CultureGREENWOOD COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureHistoric Columbia Foundation: $8,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,250 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,500 · HealthBEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $12,300 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $12,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $11,500 · HealthPrisma Health-Upstate: $11,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF FISHER HOUSE CHARLESTON: $5,750 · HealthSpartanburg Regional Healthcare System Foundation: $4,500 · Health+6 more: $4,000 · HealthHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $19,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC: $19,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF GREENWOOD COUNTY: $14,000 · Food & NutritionEAST COOPER MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $6,000 · Food & NutritionMOBILE MEALS OF SPARTANBURG COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionUPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST: $29,500 · EnvironmentSOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentBEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST: $9,500 · EnvironmentLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $8,500 · EnvironmentSustain South Carolina Intersection of Commerce and Conservation: $5,000 · Environment
Other$1,767,626Education$393,500Human Services$141,700Arts & Culture$118,750Health$81,550Food & Nutrition$63,000Environment$62,500

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 budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $261,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CITADEL FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetConnie Maxwell Children's Ministries: $59,600 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $41,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $37,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST: $29,500 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetHISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $25,723 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE: $22,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetGREENWOOD PERFORMING ARTS INC SANDERS: $22,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC: $21,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetLEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA: $21,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetGREENWOOD COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $21,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC: $20,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHARRY HAMPTON WILDLIFE MEMORIAL FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWOOD PATHWAY HOUSE INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFAITH HOME INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY SC INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $14,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF GREENWOOD COUNTY: $14,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetPIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDA- TION INC: $13,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetDARKNESS TO LIGHT INC: $12,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $12,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWOOD PROMISE LLC: $11,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPrisma Health-Upstate: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPOSITION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEG'S HOUSE: $10,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCAMBRIDGE ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST: $9,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CARE HOUSE OF THE PEE DEE INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Village Group: $8,250 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE LAKELANDS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHistoric Columbia Foundation: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LANDER FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA I-77 ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEYOND ABUSE: $6,100 over 5y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CITADEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries ↗
  • Who funds American Battlefield Trust ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER SAVANNAH LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE HOUSE OF GREENVILLE ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD PERFORMING ARTS INC SANDERS ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM - GREENWOOD SC ↗
  • Who funds LEAD COLLECTIVE INCCHA ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRY HAMPTON WILDLIFE MEMORIAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF GREENVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds One-Eighty Place ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD PATHWAY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY SC INC ↗
  • Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF GREENWOOD COUNTY ↗

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.

Central Carolina Comm…Coastal Community Fou…Countybank FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Duke Energy FoundationSisters of Charity Fo…First Citizens Founda…The Self FoundationThe Leon Levine Found…Henry & Sylvia Yaschi…The Joanna FoundationDabo's All in Team Fo…
Central Carolina Community FoundationSC49.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Countybank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · First Citizens Foundation Inc Co First · The Self Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Dabo's All in Team 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 Davis Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Davis Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
39report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Davis Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Davis 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 192 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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