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Ella Fitzgerald Charitable 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
127
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.6MEducation$1.8MHealth$1.1MHuman Services$604kFood & Nutrition$432kYouth Development$347kCivil Rights$247kCommunity Improvement$153kOther$0
02FY2024 · 127 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k64 grants · $321k
  • $10k–50k61 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $111k
$9,888
Median grant
22
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VAR CHARITABLE ORGS 3500 BOOKS$60,452
NCUU FOUNDATION INC$50,649
SALVATION ARMY VARCENTERSPGMS$35,985
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$34,559
MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION$31,626
EISNER HEALTH PEDIATRIC MED CTR$30,413
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC -EARLY HEAD ST$30,020
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER$30,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$30,000
SPREAD THE WORD NV$28,634
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FNDN$25,750
CSU LONG BEACH FOUNDATION$25,000
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER$25,000
SMITHSONIAN -NATL MUSEUM AMER HISTO$25,000
SABAN COMMUNITY CLINIC$24,924
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 (FY17–24, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES: $4k → 8%CASA DE AMPARO: $2k → 11%CASA DE AMPARO: $2k → 11%CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 14%CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $2k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%JR BLIND OF AMERICA: $25k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICE: $13k → 14%WAYFUNDER FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 14%SPECIAL NEEDS NETWORK: $5k → 14%JR BLIND OF AMERICA: $4k → 14%JR BLIND OF AMERICA: $4k → 14%JR BLIND OF AMERICA: $4k → 14%JR BLIND OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%JR BLIND OF AMERICA: $3k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 14%WAYFINDER FAMILY SERVICE: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $15k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $14k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $14k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $11k → 14%SOUTH BAY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER: $2k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $9k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $8k → 14%PARA LOS NINOS: $8k → 14%A CAPELLA ACADEMY: $6k → 14%A CAPELLA ACADEMY: $5k → 14%A CAPELLA ACADEMY: $5k → 14%A CAPELLA ACADEMY: $4k → 14%A CAPELLA ACADEMY: $4k → 14%A CAPELLA ACADEMY: $4k → 14%MEND: $3k → 14%MEND: $3k → 14%MEND: $2k → 14%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 185 repeat orgs$917k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

185 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2024, 89 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

185
131

Total granted

$7.4M
$578k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+35%

Still filing today

49%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CS
    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $201k · revenue +25%
  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +18%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $192k · revenue +315%

Funded once

  • EU
    EVOLUTION USA LLC
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • SA
    SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $56k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
2
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society Inc

The orchestra pursues its mission, "to enrich and connect our community through intimate and transformative musical experiences which exemplify and foster artistic excellence, education and innovation," through the blend of traditional…

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
4
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
5
Ojai Festivals Ltd

The ojai music festival serves as a creative music laboratory for pioneering new works,championing adventurous programming, and working with today's emerging artists with events during the year and the ojai music festival serves as a…

Arts & Culture
6
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
7
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
8
The Pasadena Symphony Association

The mission of the pasadena symphony association (psa) is to provide musical concerts of the highest quality raning from orchestral performances to world-renowned artists in recital, and to provide the broadest access to youth education…

Arts & Culture
9
Music Institute of Chicago

The music institute of chicago ("music institute") leads people toward a lifelong engagement with music, by providing widely accessible resources for high quality music teaching, performing, and service activities.

Arts & Culture
10
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Deeply rooted in our local beverly hills community and influenced by cultural change, the wallis annenberg center for the performing arts, a public-private partnership with the city of beverly hills, strives to be a site for the…

Arts & Culture
11
The Fresno Philharmonic Association

The mission of the Fresno Philharmonic is to enrich the lives of Central San Joaquin Valley residents through inspiring performances of orchestral music. We are an essential and collaborative member of a vibrant arts scene which unites,…

Arts & Culture
12
Menlo School

Menlo school's mission is to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for success in college, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Para Los Ninos; the most unlike its peers is We Always Swing 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 143 of the 348 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
139/143
Grantees still filing
112/143
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $318,635 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFSMITHSONIAN -NATL MUSEUM AMER HISTO: $254,308 · OtherSMITHSONIAN -NATL MUSEUM AMER HISTOSALVATION ARMY VARCENTERSPGMS: $242,648 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $192,100 · Other+126 more: $3,612,485 · Other+126 moreJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENT…GRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $150,220 · Arts & CultureGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDA…SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $132,600 · Arts & CultureSKIRBALL CULTURAL CE…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $120,480 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUT…YOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: $120,449 · Arts & CultureYOUNG MUSICIANS FOUN…APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $118,725 · Arts & CultureAPOLLO THEATER FOUND…THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC: $92,550 · Arts & CultureTHE GREAT AMERICAN S…NEW YORK POPS INC: $84,490 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK POPS INCSYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA: $52,291 · Arts & CultureCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $49,520 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $345,179 · Arts & Culture+19 moreVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $179,771 · HealthVENICE FAM…PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $126,176 · HealthPLANNED PA…THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $122,875 · HealthTHE LOS AN…WESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $93,887 · HealthWESTSIDE F…American Heart Association Inc: $85,453 · HealthAmerican H…SOUTH CENTRAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $79,346 · HealthSOUTH CENT…+7 more: $52,807 · Health+7 moreCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $201,048 · EducationCALIFORNI…Harmony Project: $128,023 · EducationHarmony P…LA'S BEST: $100,000 · EducationLA'S BESTUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $55,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…READING TO KIDS: $34,880 · EducationREADING T…MY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION: $31,626 · EducationBOOKS BETWEEN KIDS INC: $21,474 · Education+6 more: $70,664 · Education+6 morePARA LOS NINOS: $78,424 · Human ServicesWayfinder Family Services: $67,062 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $45,962 · Human ServicesA CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC: $28,497 · Human ServicesFARMLINK PROJECT: $25,300 · Human ServicesCONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $23,479 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $17,645 · Human Services+3 more: $20,753 · Human ServicesHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $86,715 · Youth DevelopmentWISE READERS TO LEADERS: $20,959 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $16,772 · Youth DevelopmentBRILLIANT DETROIT: $7,622 · Youth DevelopmentANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $110,782 · Civil Rights
Other$4,620,176Arts & Culture$1,466,504Health$740,315Education$642,715Human Services$307,122Youth Development$132,068Civil Rights$110,782

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $201,048 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $192,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $179,771 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $150,220 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $139,486 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $132,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHarmony Project: $128,023 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES: $126,176 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC: $122,875 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $120,480 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: $120,449 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $118,725 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $110,782 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLA'S BEST: $100,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $93,887 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC: $92,550 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $86,715 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $85,453 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK POPS INC: $84,490 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Society Inc: $80,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $79,346 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $78,424 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $75,737 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWayfinder Family Services: $67,062 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $58,520 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTeach Democracy: $56,627 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA: $52,291 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $49,520 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $49,387 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $45,962 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Jazz Philharmonic: $43,412 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetLEVINE MUSIC INC: $43,112 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $41,589 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $40,207 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPasadena Conservatory of Music: $37,541 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $35,095 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetREADING TO KIDS: $34,880 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetMY STUFF BAGS FOUNDATION: $31,626 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTREEPEOPLE INC: $31,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPICO UNION PROJECT: $29,473 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetA CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC: $28,497 over 6y, 11% of budgetLONG ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $26,764 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFARMLINK PROJECT: $25,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN: $23,479 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ EDUCATION NETWORK: $22,658 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBOOKS BETWEEN KIDS INC: $21,474 over 6y, 0.3% 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 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds GRAMMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Harmony Project ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds LA'S BEST ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK POPS INC ↗
  • Who funds The Carnegie Hall Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PARA LOS NINOS ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE BAY ↗
  • Who funds Wayfinder Family Services ↗

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.

California Community FoundationCA41.8× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Johnny Carson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · D'Addario Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Sempra Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · QueensCare

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 Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Miami Music Project Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
58report 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, 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.

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 348 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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