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Ernst & Young Foundation

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$19M
Granted FY2025still arriving
637
Grants FY2025still arriving
47
States reached
$316k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$116MPhilanthropy$8.4MReligion$6.6MHealth$5.3MYouth Development$5.0MArts & Culture$3.2MCivil Rights$3.0MInternational$2.6MOther$0
02FY2025 · 637 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 637 grants below total $16,718,637, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,821,818 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,103,181 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k126 grants · $905k
  • $10k–50k424 grants · $7.7M
  • $50k–250k83 grants · $7.0M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.1M
$13,525
Median grant
47
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF MICHIGAN$316,005
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$289,883
HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL INC$252,250
AMERICAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION$250,000
GREATER HORIZONS$241,406
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY$225,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$207,164
COLLEGE POSSIBLE$200,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$185,102
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$170,198
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$164,574
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$164,500
BOSTON COLLEGE TRUSTEES$164,494
NATIONAL CASA$150,000
NOMI NETWORK INC$150,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIGHT TO BE: $50k → 20%COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 13%YMCA CAMP CONISTON: $60k → 10%NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $50k → 14%YMCA Camp Coniston: $50k → 10%National Urban League Inc: $1.0M → 17%GLEN ELLYN CHILDREN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $44k → 7%GLEN ELLYN CHILDREN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 7%GLEN ELLYN CHILDREN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 7%GLEN ELLYN CHILDREN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 7%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS: $285k → 13%NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS: $60k → 13%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $32k → 17%Good Shepherd Services: $40k → 17%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

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$128M · 721 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

721 repeat relationships: 454 still active in FY2025, 267 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

721
415

Total granted

$128M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +213%
  • University of Illinois Foundation
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +127%
  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • NU
    NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -19%
  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -61%
  • CO
    CHALICE OF MERCY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $375k · revenue -71% · 27% of their budget
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
9
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
12
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sacred Heart University Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Wadhwani Charitable Foundation. 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

1004 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. 1004 of the 1,241 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
83
Early backer (in before they grew)
986/1004
Grantees still filing
743/1004
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,911,786 · Education+137 more: $70,281,313 · Education+137 moreREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $2,899,930 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY O…YOUTH EDUCATION FUND: $2,456,000 · OtherYOUTH EDUCATION FUNDAmerican Accounting Association: $2,123,208 · OtherAmerican Accounting Associa…THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,105,139 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOU…BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $1,601,299 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $1,343,481 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,077,237 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $926,795 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $1,000,000 · Other+35 more: $11,664,091 · Other+35 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,991,064 · Community ImprovementAscend Foundation Inc: $646,913 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITY: $369,802 · Community ImprovementDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,670,062 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $1,195,735 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $332,735 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $275,350 · PhilanthropyGreater Horizons: $241,406 · PhilanthropyCAL STATE FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $201,753 · PhilanthropyTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $692,300 · InternationalCHALICE OF MERCY INC: $375,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC: $375,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINE: $250,000 · InternationalCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $935,000 · Arts & CultureGREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC: $269,250 · Arts & CultureTHE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $265,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $345,000 · Human Services
Education$73,193,099Other$27,197,180Community Improvement$4,007,779Philanthropy$3,917,041International$1,692,300Arts & Culture$1,469,250Human Services$1,345,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,991,064 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,911,786 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Accounting Association: $2,123,208 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,105,139 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,670,062 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $1,625,316 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1,524,464 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $1,464,152 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $1,423,722 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,221,538 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $1,195,735 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $1,194,431 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1,182,538 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL INC: $1,179,350 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $1,138,592 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $1,111,059 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $1,096,051 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $1,082,329 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,036,215 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,027,287 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSpelman College: $1,026,070 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $1,019,228 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $935,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $912,711 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $905,842 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $898,206 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $886,615 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $842,064 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMiami University Foundation: $805,545 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $790,930 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam & Mary Business School Foundation: $772,238 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $768,375 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $755,510 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $734,853 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $734,409 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $733,645 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $726,780 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $717,759 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBowling Green State University Foundation Inc: $711,028 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $707,285 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $705,543 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $692,300 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $679,185 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON INC: $654,923 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $654,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAscend Foundation Inc: $646,913 over 9y, 14% 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds American Accounting Association ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMPTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Miami University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds William & Mary Business School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗

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.

Deloitte FoundationKpmg US Foundation IncCouncil of Independen…National Collegiate A…Ibm International Fou…Charles Koch Foundati…American Chemical Soc…Rsm US FoundationUnited Way of Bergen …The Presser FoundationGrant Thornton Founda…Fidelity Foundation
Deloitte FoundationCT79.7× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Deloitte Foundation · Kpmg US Foundation Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Ibm International Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · American Chemical Society · Rsm US Foundation · United Way of Bergen County · The Presser Foundation · Grant Thornton Foundation · Fidelity 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 Ernst & Young Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ernst & Young Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Postpartum Support International: 43% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Loyola University Maryland Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Babson College: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Suffolk University: 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • Bentley University: 1% of income from government
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 Ernst & Young Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ernst & Young 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1241 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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