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Dunlap Silsby Family Foundation

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.

$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$146kHealth$119kArts & Culture$117kHuman Services$77kCivil Rights$53kHousing & Shelter$49kInternational$48kAnimals$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$2,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELON UNIVERSITY$55,000
STRENGTHENING HEALTH INSTITUTE$7,500
DREAMZ WORK$7,500
CASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC$7,500
TERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVE$7,500
GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC$5,000
YOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON$5,000
ACCELERATE CHANGE INC$5,000
ROSE HAVEN CIC$4,000
PROJECT POOCH$3,000
CAT ADOPTION TEAM$3,000
ROGUE VALLEY FOUNDATION$3,000
BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC$3,000
GLADSTONE CHEERLEADING$2,500
THE GOLISANO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NAPLES INC$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $97k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $4k → 11%DREAMZ WORK: $10k → 13%SHILOH HOME INC: $5k → 7%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $3k → 14%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $3k → 11%DREAMZ WORK: $10k → 13%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $3k → 14%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $3k → 11%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $2k → 14%2000 FEET INC: $3k → 16%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $3k → 11%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $1k → 14%2000 FEET INC: $3k → 16%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $3k → 11%THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS: $1k → 14%2000 FEET INC: $750 → 16%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $2k → 11%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $2k → 11%RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC: $2k → 11%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5k → 10%DREAMZ WORK: $8k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
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CA
CO
NE
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VA
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DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$695k · 46 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +18% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

46 repeat relationships — 26 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
27

Total granted

$695k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+1%

Still filing today

91%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Elon University
    3× · 2022–2024 · $65k · revenue +18%
  • KS
    KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $34k · revenue +78%
  • TF
    TERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $28k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • HC
    HILL CITY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • SH
    SHILOH HOME INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • BELONG Partners
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -24%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
2
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
3
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
4
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
5
Rethink Priorities

Rethink Priorities' mission is to support organizations, researchers, and changemakers in efforts to generate the most significant possible charitable impact for others in the present and the long-term future.

Human Services
6
The Dove Project

The dove project is a domestic violence and sexual assault agency that provides survivor services, prevention education and community programming in an effort to reduce interpersonal harm.

Crime & Legal
7
Every Shelter Inc

Every Shelter's mission is to build a localized refugee-aid ecosystem centered around the needs, preferences, and aspirations of refugees.

Education
8
Options Pregnancy Resource Centers Inc

Empowering life-affirming decisions

Health
9
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
10
Shelter Animal Resource Alliance

Shelter Animal Resource Alliance rescues, assists, and advocates for shelter animals in Lane County by developing and implementing programs designed to increase the number of animals adopted into permanent, loving homes and decrease the…

Animals
11
New Roots Institute

New Roots Institute is a nonprofit empowering the next generation with knowledge and training to end factory farming.

Food & Nutrition
12
Human Rights for Kids

Human Rights for Kids is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights for children. We use an integrated, multi-faceted approach which consists of research & public education, coalition…

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accelerate Change Inc and the most unlike its peers is Xcape Dance Company. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Animal Rescue and ShelterLocal History MuseumsChristian Missionary Organi…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Local Food System Organizat…Lgbtq+ Community SupportCancer Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Banks and PantriesChristian Youth CampsAffordable Housing Developm…Environmental Conservation …Elementary Literacy TutoringDance Arts OrganizationsImmigrant Worker SupportSenior Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr13%9%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr16%43%20–35yr13%6%35–55yr16%18%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/78
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,487

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

72 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 72 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/72
Grantees still filing
45/72
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Elon University — $65,000 · EducationElon UniversityKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $33,500 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVER…THE MALALA FUND — $12,000 · EducationTHE MALALA FUNDROGUE VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL — $7,000 · EducationSPARKS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · EducationMcKendree University — $4,500 · Education+2 more — $6,000 · EducationYOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON — $35,000 · OtherYOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGONROGUE VALLEY FOUNDATION — $23,000 · OtherROGUE VALLEY FOUNDATIONCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA INC — $12,500 · OtherMASLOW PROJECT — $16,000 · OtherUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC — $17,000 · OtherCAT ADOPTION TEAM — $12,500 · OtherTERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVE — $27,500 · OtherTERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVEJUDI'S HOUSE INC — $17,500 · OtherJUDI'S HOUSE INCSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc — $14,000 · OtherPROJECT POOCH — $12,000 · Other+38 more — $137,900 · Other+38 moreDREAMZ WORK INCORPORATED — $27,500 · Human ServicesDREAMZ WORK IN…BUTTERFLY HAVEN INC — $21,000 · Human ServicesBUTTERFLY HAVE…GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesGRACE PLACE FO…THE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS — $9,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG CENT…RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION — $7,500 · Human ServicesRECREATIONAL A…2000 FEET INC — $6,250 · Human Services2000 FEET INCSHILOH HOME INC — $5,000 · Human Services+2 more — $3,500 · Human ServicesSTRENGTHENING HEALTH INSTITUTE — $62,500 · Food & NutritionSTRENGTHEN…KANBE'S MARKETS — $7,500 · Food & NutritionKANBE'S MA…GOLISANO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NAPLES INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureGOLISANO C…NO MANS LAND FILM FESTIVAL — $20,000 · Arts & CultureNO MANS LA…SCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM — $15,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCEWOR…TALENT MAKER CITY — $6,000 · Arts & CultureTALENT MAK…+2 more — $4,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreNick Wilson Charitable Group — $20,500 · HealthROGUE RETREAT — $16,500 · HealthGARDNERS HOUSE INC — $5,000 · HealthRESOURCE CENTER DALLAS FOUNDATION — $1,500 · Health+1 more — $750 · HealthEVON'S HOPE — $37,500 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE — $4,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $2,000 · International
Education$133,000Other$324,900Human Services$100,250Food & Nutrition$70,000Arts & Culture$70,000Health$44,250International$43,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetElon University — $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTRENGTHENING HEALTH INSTITUTE — $62,500 over 8y, 17% of budgetEVON'S HOPE — $37,500 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetYOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON — $35,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $33,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTERRA FIRMA RAINWATER COLLECTIVE — $27,500 over 3y, 23% of budgetDREAMZ WORK INCORPORATED — $27,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetGOLISANO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NAPLES INC — $25,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetROGUE VALLEY FOUNDATION — $23,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetBUTTERFLY HAVEN INC — $21,000 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetNick Wilson Charitable Group — $20,500 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNO MANS LAND FILM FESTIVAL — $20,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetJUDI'S HOUSE INC — $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WE DREAM NETWORK INC — $17,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROGUE RETREAT — $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMASLOW PROJECT — $16,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM — $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc — $14,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCAT ADOPTION TEAM — $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF OMAHA INC — $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MALALA FUND — $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT POOCH — $12,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND — $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC — $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHTS — $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Salina Community Foundation — $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKANBE'S MARKETS — $7,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetROGUE VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL — $7,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budget2000 FEET INC — $6,250 over 3y, 17% of budgetTALENT MAKER CITY — $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMARY'S PLACE INC — $5,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetACCELERATE CHANGE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARDNERS HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSHILOH HOME INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELONG Partners — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPARKS FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMcKendree University — $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S BOOK BANK — $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSLATE GENDER INC — $4,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $2,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community FoundationOR30.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Carpenter Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Carrico Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Quinn Hill Foundation · Joe & Frances Naumes Family Foundation · Raymond Family Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Larson Legacy

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Dunlap Silsby Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 220%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 6%
  • Dreamz Work Incorporated100% of income from government
  • Maslow Project22% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Farm to School17% of income from government
  • Ecotrust14% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc13% of income from government
  • Rogue Retreat12% of income from government
  • Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon6% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland5% of income from government
  • Justice Dance Performance Project Inc2% of income from government
  • Pdx Diaper Bank2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation2% of income from government
  • Scienceworks Hands-On Museum0% of income from government
  • Casa of Jackson County Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Dunlap Silsby Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Dunlap Silsby Family Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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