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East Missouri Foundation

TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZED AS EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3), WITH A FOCUS ON THOSE CHARITIES THAT ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION FOR SENIORS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, LOW INCOME PERSONS, SINGLE PARENTS, CHILDREN OR THE HOMELESS.

$545k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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.

Human Services$1.8MHealth$1.0MFood & Nutrition$805kHousing & Shelter$422kYouth Development$324kPhilanthropy$55kCommunity Improvement$44kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $496k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EYE THRIVE$25,000
FOOD OUTREACH$20,000
LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES$20,000
ST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED$20,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER$20,000
ASTHMA & ALLERGY FOUNDATION$20,000
BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP$20,000
FEED MY PEOPLE$20,000
VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF STL$15,000
NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICE CENTER$15,000
THE COVERING HOUSE$15,000
OPERATION FOOD SEARCH$15,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES$15,000
ARNOLD FOOD PANTRY$15,000
ST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$15,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%EVANGELICAL CHILDREN'S HOME: $20k → 11%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $15k → 21%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSN: $30k → 21%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSN: $23k → 21%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSN: $20k → 21%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICE CENTER: $15k → 21%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $15k → 21%HOME SWEET HOME: $20k → 11%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $20k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI: $15k → 21%THE COVERING HOUSE: $20k → 11%HOME SWEET HOME: $18k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%THE COVERING HOUSE: $15k → 11%LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES: $15k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $28k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $20k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $20k → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $20k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $25k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $20k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $20k → 11%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $15k → 11%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $20k → 21%EYE THRIVE: $30k → 11%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $20k → 21%EYE THRIVE: $26k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $25k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $20k → 11%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $18k → 21%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $15k → 21%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $20k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $15k → 11%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 21%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $20k → 21%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $15k → 11%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $18k → 21%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 21%WESLEY HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $15k → 21%LOAVES & FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $27k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MO: $20k → 11%LOAVES & FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $20k → 11%LOAVES & FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC: $15k → 11%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.7M · 63 repeat orgs$866k to everyone else

63 repeat relationships — 37 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
48

Total granted

$3.7M
$822k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+24%

Still filing today

65%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentReligionCrime & LegalOther

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

  • ET
    EYE THRIVE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $111k · revenue +136%
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $95k · revenue +43%
  • WH
    Wesley House Association
    5× · 2020–2024 · $93k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • WH
    WESLEY HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • NY
    NORTHSIDE YOUTH & SENIOR SERVICES
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • LB
    LESSIE BATES DAVIS HOUSE
    one grant, 2018 · $50k

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
Sts Joachim and Ann Care Service

To provide integrated services such as financial assistance, case management, and referrals to families and individuals of all ages to reduce the propensity for homelessness, abuse and neglect, and to provide the tools to achieve…

2
Good Shepherd Children & Family Services

Connecting children with families and keeping families connected by providing pregnancy and parenting support, foster care programs and adoption services.

3
Magdala House

To provide outpatient and residential rehabilitative services to individuals and families referred by various government agencies. these individuals include substance abusers, intellectually disabled, developmentally disabled, and abused…

Health
4
Peter & Paul Community Services Inc

We walk with people facing homelessness on their journey to lifelong stability.

Housing & Shelter
5
Mary Ryder Home

To serve st. louis' most vulnerable senior women, nourishing their social, physical and emotional needs, and enhancing their quality of life through compassionate care.

Housing & Shelter
6
Hope House Stl

To provide supportive housing and child development services to help homeless citizens of the city of st. louis, missouri exit the condition of homelessness and regain independence in the community

7
Larche St Louis

High quality, 24/7 support in neighborhood homes for persons with intellectual disabilities. inclusive educational opportunities for people in st. louis. changing the way persons with disabilities are seen and highlighting their…

Health
8
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
9
Family Self Help Center Inc

A sanctuary for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and substance use disorders.

10
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Louis

To bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate, caring presence. our values are dignity, hospitality, service, excellence, compassion, and joy.

Human Services
11
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Inc

A faith-based organization providing compassionaite, quality social services to the vulnerable.

Human Services
12
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Crisis Nursery and the most unlike its peers is Community Council of St Charles County. 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 44 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr17%23%35–55yr19%40%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr16%17%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr17%25%35–55yr19%45%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% 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 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/64
the rest of the field
14%
1,453/10,093

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

63 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. 63 of the 116 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/63
Grantees still filing
40/63
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REBUILDING TOGETHER — $130,000 · OtherEMMAUS HOUSE — $100,000 · OtherCIRCLE OF CONCERN — $100,000 · Other+69 more — $2,332,300 · Other+69 moreEYE THRIVE — $111,000 · Human ServicesEYE THRIVELUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES — $95,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICESWesley House Association — $93,200 · Human ServicesWesley House AssociationFEED MY PEOPLE — $88,200 · Human ServicesFEED MY PEOPLEGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION — $87,500 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASS…LOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC — $87,200 · Human ServicesLOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUI…BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INCJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS — $78,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST …THE COVERING HOUSE — $75,000 · Human ServicesTHE COVERING HOUSEUNLEASHING POTENTIAL — $73,000 · Human ServicesUNLEASHING POTENTIALHOME SWEET HOME — $65,000 · Human ServicesHOME SWEET HOMECHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $60,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI — $48,000 · Human Services+13 more — $162,000 · Human Services+13 moreCARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES — $87,500 · HealthST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND — $65,000 · HealthProvident Inc — $50,000 · HealthMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS — $37,500 · HealthUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY HEARTLAND — $35,000 · HealthINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS — $20,000 · HealthHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS — $20,000 · HealthCHADS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH — $15,000 · HealthCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $15,000 · Health+2 more — $13,000 · HealthFOOD OUTREACH INC — $103,200 · Food & NutritionOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC — $76,200 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $5,000 · Food & NutritionKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL — $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentMIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES CORP — $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $55,000 · PhilanthropyDEACONESS FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE MINS INC — $45,200 · Religion
Other$2,662,300Human Services$1,203,100Health$358,000Food & Nutrition$184,400Youth Development$67,000Philanthropy$55,000Religion$45,200

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 budgetEYE THRIVE — $111,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFOOD OUTREACH INC — $103,200 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES — $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWesley House Association — $93,200 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE — $88,200 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION — $87,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES — $87,500 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC — $87,200 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetBETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC — $80,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS — $78,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $76,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC — $76,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COVERING HOUSE — $75,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetUNLEASHING POTENTIAL — $73,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetARNOLD FOOD PANTRY — $72,200 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC — $67,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRoom at the Inn — $67,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND — $65,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetHOME SWEET HOME — $65,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY — $65,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetEMMAUS HOMES INC — $62,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS — $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetProvident Inc — $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE MISSOURI — $48,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDEACONESS FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE MINS INC — $45,200 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL — $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER — $40,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS — $37,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY HEARTLAND — $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAlmost Home — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetEvangelical Children's Home — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE CONNECTIONS — $27,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OPPORTUNITIES CORP — $22,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S SAFE HOUSE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSAINT LOUIS COUNSELING INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINTERFAITH RESIDENCE D/B/A DOORWAYS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS — $20,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetST PATRICK CENTER — $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICE CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHADS COALITION FOR MENTAL HEALTH — $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Council of St Charles County — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTHSIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER — $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARCHCITY DEFENDERS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUTTERFLY HAVEN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $10,000 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.

  • Who funds EYE THRIVE
  • Who funds FOOD OUTREACH INC
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SENIOR SERVICES
  • Who funds Wesley House Association
  • Who funds FEED MY PEOPLE
  • Who funds GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES
  • Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES FOR ST LOUIS INC
  • Who funds BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP INC
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS
  • Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC
  • Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC
  • Who funds THE COVERING HOUSE
  • Who funds UNLEASHING POTENTIAL
  • Who funds ARNOLD FOOD PANTRY
  • Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES INC
  • Who funds Room at the Inn
  • Who funds ST LOUIS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
  • Who funds HOME SWEET HOME
  • Who funds ST LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
  • Who funds EMMAUS HOMES INC
  • Who funds VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
  • Who funds ST ANDREWS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Provident Inc

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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO93.6× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Pott Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Norman J Stupp Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Jefferson Foundation · Tsf · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Youthbridge Community 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 East Missouri 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%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to East Missouri Foundation?

Find your warmest path to East Missouri 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 116 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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