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Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fund
0187% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172024.

Education$8.8MHuman Services$5.3MAnimals$2.2MArts & Culture$1.9MHealth$1.9MCrime & Legal$1.2MRecreation & Sports$457kFood & Nutrition$420kYouth Development$398kOther$4.2M
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $653k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KU ENDOWMENT ASSN$500,000
WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$300,000
ORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LTD$250,000
FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC$214,286
EMPOWER EVERGREEN INC$125,000
FIRST TEE-GREATER WICHITA$125,000
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$125,000
STARKEY INC$100,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA$100,000
HUNTER HEALTH CLINIC INC$100,000
NEWTON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION$100,000
FREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$100,000
THE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM$100,000
KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE$100,000
KANSAS HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$100,000
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, $5.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $15k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%HUMANITY HOUSE FOUNDATION: $14k → 16%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $15k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS: $30k → 15%EMBERHOPE YOUTHVILLE: $75k → 9%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%CAMP WOOD YMCA: $50k → 11%EMBERHOPE INC: $40k → 9%KSDS ASSISTANCE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%EMBERHOPE INC: $20k → 9%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $1.7M → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $800k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $50k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $40k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $35k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $26k → 16%SENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA: $25k → 16%EMPOWER EVERGREEN INC: $125k → 16%KETCH: $75k → 16%KETCH INC: $47k → 16%KETCH INC: $28k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $25k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $20k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $20k → 16%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF WICHITA: $20k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $200k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $175k → 16%WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $125k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER WICHITA: $100k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $48k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED: $30k → 16%RAINBOWS UNITED INC: $25k → 16%BREAD OF LIFE DISTRIBUTION CENTER: $17k → 16%THE PANDO INITIATIVE: $30k → 16%WICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK: $21k → 16%THE PANDO INITIATIVE: $20k → 16%ENVISION FOUNDATION: $100k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $352k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $117k → 16%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $117k → 16%STARKEY INC: $100k → 16%STARKEY INC: $75k → 16%STARKEY INC: $100k → 16%SIMPLY HYGIENE INC: $14k → 16%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.

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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$23M · 70 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

70 repeat relationships — 43 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
44

Total granted

$23M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+38%

Still filing today

86%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $972k 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 ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther

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

  • PF
    PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +179% · 41% of their budget
  • SC
    SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2.0M · revenue +75%
  • CA
    CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +379% · 25% of their budget

Funded once

  • E
    EMPOWER
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
  • CP
    CEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • FU
    Friends University
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +4%

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
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
2
Kansas Children's Discovery Center Inc

The kansas children's discovery center enhances the lives of children and enriches the communities it serves.

Arts & Culture
3
Wichita Downtown Development Corporation

The mission of Downtown Wichita is to cultivate opportunities that revitalize and enhance Wichita's urban core.

Community Improvement
4
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

5
Wichita Habitat for Humanity Inc

At wichita habitat for humanity, we believe everyone deserves the strength, stability, and independence that comes with a safe, affordable home. we partner with hardworking individuals and families in our community, empowering them to…

Housing & Shelter
6
Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

To drive economic growth and community advancement in the wichita region.

7
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
8
Kansas Hospital Association

The vision of the Association is optimal health for Kansans. The Association's mission is to be the leading advocate and resource for members.

9
Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum Association

To educate the community and its visitors about local history by collecting, preserving and interpreting materials reflecting the heritage of wichita and sedgwick county

Arts & Culture
10
Kansas Health Institute

Improve the health of all kansans through nonpartisan research, education and engagement that support effective policymaking.

Science & Tech
11
Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Out vision is: all communities across kansas value and support a high-quality early childhood care and education system.

Environment
12
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Services Inc of Wichita and the most unlike its peers is Newman University Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr16%15%10–20yr13%21%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr21%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr16%11%10–20yr13%16%20–35yr14%22%35–55yr21%46%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 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/107
the rest of the field
11%
285/2,499

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

105 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. 105 of the 131 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
104/105
Grantees still filing
71/105
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC — $2,456,212 · EducationPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER …WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — $2,400,000 · EducationWICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCThe Kansas University Endowment Association — $1,134,335 · EducationThe Kansas University Endowment Assoc…WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $995,700 · EducationWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC — $707,000 · EducationNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INCKansas Health Science University Inc — $600,000 · EducationKansas Health Science University Inc+6 more — $468,271 · Education+6 moreSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA — $2,676,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR SERVICES INC OF…THE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME — $586,500 · Human ServicesTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S…WICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER — $500,000 · Human ServicesWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS …STARKEY INC — $275,000 · Human ServicesCAMP WOOD YMCA INC — $220,000 · Human Services+18 more — $1,027,142 · Human Services+18 moreHUNTER HEALTH CLINIC — $400,000 · OtherHUNTER HEALTH CLINICBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC — $296,650 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SO…AMERICAN RED CROSS — $264,284 · OtherEMPOWER — $250,000 · OtherCEREBRAL PALSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $250,000 · OtherLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION — $337,000 · OtherLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATIONKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC — $420,000 · OtherKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOU…CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH INC — $323,200 · OtherCENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL A…Bike Walk Wichita Inc — $251,491 · OtherINTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGIES INC — $200,000 · Other+53 more — $2,503,064 · Other+53 moreSEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $2,000,000 · AnimalsSEDGWICK …KANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS — $101,250 · Animals+2 more — $50,000 · AnimalsKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE — $331,065 · Arts & CultureTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC — $300,000 · Arts & CultureMARK ARTS INC — $285,000 · Arts & CultureORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LTD — $250,000 · Arts & CultureWICHITA SYMPHONY SOCIETY — $172,500 · Arts & CultureDOC'S FRIENDS INC — $120,000 · Arts & CultureWICHITA GRAND OPERA INC — $120,000 · Arts & CultureFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA — $100,000 · Arts & CultureKANSAS AVIATION MUSEUM INC — $65,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $85,500 · Arts & CultureKVC HOSPITALS INC — $500,000 · HealthEPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH — $236,145 · HealthGRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC — $200,000 · HealthFREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC — $175,800 · HealthHEARTSPRING INC — $160,000 · HealthCENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC — $150,000 · HealthKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $117,500 · HealthKVC FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · HealthNEWTON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION — $100,000 · Health+5 more — $135,000 · HealthCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY — $1,200,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $23,500 · Crime & Legal
Education$8,761,518Human Services$5,284,642Other$5,495,689Animals$2,151,250Arts & Culture$1,929,065Health$1,874,445Crime & Legal$1,223,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC OF WICHITA — $2,676,000 over 7y, 28% of budgetPHILLIPS FUNDAMENTAL LEARNING CENTER INC — $2,456,212 over 8y, 41% of budgetWICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC — $2,400,000 over 8y, 55% of budgetSEDGWICK COUNTY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $2,000,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF SEDGWICK COUNTY — $1,200,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association — $1,134,335 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $995,700 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC — $707,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetKansas Health Science University Inc — $600,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetTHE WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME — $586,500 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetKVC HOSPITALS INC — $500,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWICHITA FAMILY CRISIS CENTER — $500,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC — $420,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHUNTER HEALTH CLINIC — $400,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLEAGUE 42 FOUNDATION — $337,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE — $331,065 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL AND ACADEMIC RESEARCH INC — $323,200 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE KANSAS AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM INC — $300,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC — $296,650 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetMARK ARTS INC — $285,000 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetSTARKEY INC — $275,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBike Walk Wichita Inc — $251,491 over 2y, 42% of budgetORPHEUM PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE LTD — $250,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetEPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES INC DBA BREAKTHROUGH — $236,145 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetCAMP WOOD YMCA INC — $220,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetFriends University — $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGRACEMED HEALTH CLINIC INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGIES INC — $200,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetFREEDOM HOOVES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC — $175,800 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetWICHITA SYMPHONY SOCIETY — $172,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetHEARTSPRING INC — $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL PLAINS HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP INC — $150,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetKANSAS ELKS TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED INC — $149,840 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEMBERHOPE INC — $135,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetQUIVIRA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC — $131,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetEMPOWER EVERGREEN INC — $125,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDOC'S FRIENDS INC — $120,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWICHITA GRAND OPERA INC — $120,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetKANSAS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $117,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetUNITED METHODIST OPEN DOOR — $111,161 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCAIRN HEALTH INC — $110,040 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC — $103,302 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS HUMANE SOCIETY OF WICHITA KANSAS — $101,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFLINT HILLS DISCOVERY CENTER FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetBETHEL COLLEGE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSIC THEATRE WICHITA — $100,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY OF WICHITA INC — $100,000 over 1y, 45% 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.

Wichita FoundationKS130× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wichita Foundation · Berry Foundation Inc · United Way of the Plains Inc · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · Kansas Health Foundation · The Fidelity Bank Foundation · Goebel Family-Star Lumber Charitable Trust · Ima Foundation · Belin Foundation · K T Wiedemann Foundation Inc · Daniel J Taylor Family Charitable Foundation

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 Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    43report 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, 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 Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dwane L and Velma Lunt Wallace Charitable 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 131 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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