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Federation of State Humanities Councils

The federation advocates for increased investment in and engagement with the national network of humanities councils.

$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
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 FY2017–2024.

Public Benefit$2.9MArts & Culture$2.1MPhilanthropy$35k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 5 grants below total $138,111 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $167,011 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $28,900 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$26,928
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARIZONA HUMANITIES COUNCIL$30,000
ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL$30,000
OREGON HUMANITIES$26,928
INDIANA HUMANITIES$26,275
PENNSYLVANIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL$24,908
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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARIZONA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 11%MASSACHUSETTS HUMANITIES: $50k → 12%IDAHO HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 8%MINNESOTA HUMANITIES CENTER: $50k → 14%HUMANITIES MONTANA: $45k → 9%CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES: $50k → 10%HAWAI'I COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES: $50k → 9%NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES: $50k → 17%NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 14%OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $37k → 16%HUMANITIES DC: $36k → 14%MICHIGAN HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 16%KANSAS HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 14%MISSOURI HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $47k → 21%WISCONSIN HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 10%OREGON HUMANITIES: $50k → 12%CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES: $50k → 7%RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES: $50k → 14%UTAH HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 8%GEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 13%OHIO HUMANITIES: $36k → 15%HUMANITIES WASHINGTON: $50k → 9%ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM: $50k → 10%ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $48k → 14%MISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 23%NEW JERSEY COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES: $43k → 11%VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES: $50k → 8%WYOMING HUMANITIES: $50k → 17%SOUTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 13%NEVADA HUMANITIES COMMITTEE: $50k → 13%VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 9%LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: $36k → 23%MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 19%NEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 7%KENTUCKY HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 15%MAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 7%PENNSYLVANIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $50k → 22%CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES: $36k → 10%OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 16%MISSOURI HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 21%OREGON HUMANITIES: $36k → 12%HUMANITIES WASHINGTON: $36k → 9%ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 14%VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES: $36k → 8%WYOMING HUMANITIES: $36k → 17%SOUTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $36k → 13%NEVADA HUMANITIES COMMITTEE: $36k → 13%LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES: $50k → 23%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

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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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.8M · 49 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

49 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
5

Total granted

$4.8M
$176k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+103%

Still filing today

96%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’22’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

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

  • IH
    ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $149k · revenue +56%
  • PH
    Pennsylvania Humanities Council
    4× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +108%
  • VH
    VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL
    4× · 2017–2022 · $127k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • AS
    AMERIKA SAMOA HUMANITIES COUNCIL
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • FP
    FUNDACION PUERTORRIQUEA DE LAS HUMANIDADES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +253%
  • NM
    Northern Marianas Humanities Council
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue -15%

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.

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Federation of State Humanities Councils

The federation advocates for increased investment in and engagement with the national network of humanities councils. we support, connect, and amplify the work and voices of our members, demonstrating councils' value for communities and…

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2
Chicago Humanities Festival

To promote public appreciation, understanding and support of the humanities through festivals and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
3
National Humanities Center

The national humanities center is the world's only independent institute dedicated exclusively to advanced study in all areas of the humanities. through its residential fellowship program, the center provides scholars with the resources…

Arts & Culture
4
The American Humanist Association

We strive to bring about a progressive society where being good without a god is an accepted and respected way to live life. we are accomplishing this through our defense of civil liberties and secular governance, by our outreach to the…

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5
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
6
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
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Holocaust Center for Humanity

The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity, and take action.

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National Humanities Alliance Foundation

To advance the cause of the humanities through, but not limited to, conducting and supporting research, and disseminating information about the contribution of the humanities and of humanities scholars to society, and about the state of…

Arts & Culture
9
Howard County Historical Society

To collect, preserve and share the diverse history of all the peoples of howard county

Arts & Culture
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Missouri Historical Society

The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…

Arts & Culture
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Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers Inc

To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.

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12
The National Humanities Alliance

To advance the cause of the humanities through, but not limited to, conducting and supporting research, and disseminating information about the contribution of the humanities and of humanities scholars to society, and about the state of…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connecticut Humanities Council Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pennsylvania Humanities Council. 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 48 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%4%20–35yr13%94%35–55yr16%2%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%3%20–35yr13%94%35–55yr16%3%55yr+

The field is 22% 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 — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/55
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,510

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

52 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 55 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
44/52
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $148,666 · Arts & CulturePennsylvania Humanities Council — $145,394 · Arts & CultureARIZONA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $122,942 · Arts & CultureHUMANITIES WASHINGTON — $120,486 · Arts & CultureWyoming Humanities Council — $120,486 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA HUMANITIES — $120,486 · Arts & CultureLOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES — $120,065 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $119,793 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $118,793 · Arts & CultureMASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES & PUBLIC POLICY INC — $117,050 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES — $116,793 · Arts & CultureMISSOURI HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $112,693 · Arts & CultureIDAHO HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $110,000 · Arts & CultureMISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $109,000 · Arts & CultureOklahoma Humanities Council Inc — $107,486 · Arts & CultureGuam Humanities Council — $105,566 · Arts & CultureALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM — $105,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $104,793 · Arts & Culture+13 more — $963,784 · Arts & Culture+13 moreVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $126,686 · OtherVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCILNEVADA HUMANITIES INC — $120,486 · OtherNEVADA HUMANITIES INCOREGON HUMANITIES — $120,486 · OtherOREGON HUMANITIESRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — $120,408 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIR…RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES — $119,793 · OtherRHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIESKentucky Humanities Council Inc — $117,793 · OtherKentucky Humanities Council IncHumanities Montana — $109,293 · OtherHumanities MontanaINDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $94,275 · OtherALABAMA HUMANITIES ALLIANCE — $89,082 · OtherOHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $87,118 · OtherNEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $85,486 · OtherNORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $84,793 · OtherNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $84,793 · OtherHAWAII COUNCIL FOR HUMANITIES — $80,000 · OtherMinnesota Humanities Center — $80,000 · OtherDELAWARE HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $72,500 · OtherNEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $70,486 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $69,793 · Other+5 more — $153,321 · Other+5 moreHUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC — $70,486 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$3,089,276Other$1,886,592Philanthropy$70,486

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $148,666 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPennsylvania Humanities Council — $145,394 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetVERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $126,686 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetARIZONA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $122,942 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetNEVADA HUMANITIES INC — $120,486 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetHUMANITIES WASHINGTON — $120,486 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetWyoming Humanities Council — $120,486 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA HUMANITIES — $120,486 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES — $120,065 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES — $119,793 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $119,793 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $118,793 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetKentucky Humanities Council Inc — $117,793 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES & PUBLIC POLICY INC — $117,050 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetNEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES — $116,793 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMISSOURI HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $112,693 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetIDAHO HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $110,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetHumanities Montana — $109,293 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $109,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetOklahoma Humanities Council Inc — $107,486 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM — $105,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $104,793 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $100,693 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetINDIANA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $94,275 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetNew Jersey Council For The Humanities — $92,125 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetALABAMA HUMANITIES ALLIANCE — $89,082 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetOHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $87,118 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetMaryland Humanities Council Inc — $85,693 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $85,486 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $85,486 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetHUMANITIES KANSAS INC — $84,893 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $84,793 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $84,793 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $84,793 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHAWAII COUNCIL FOR HUMANITIES — $80,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetMinnesota Humanities Center — $80,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFLORIDA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $74,543 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetDELAWARE HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $72,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetHUMANITIES COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON DC — $70,486 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMAINE HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $70,486 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $70,486 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $69,793 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHUMANITIES TEXAS — $69,793 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHUMANITIES IOWA — $63,793 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetHUMANITIES TENNESSEE — $59,793 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetUTAH HUMANITIES COUNCIL — $41,693 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC — $33,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOREGON COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES — $26,928 over 1y, 1.1% 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 Academy of Americ…The Andrew W Mellon F…Network for GoodJpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile FoundationAmerican Online Givin…
The Academy of American Poets IncNY17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Academy of American Poets Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Federation of State Humanities Councils 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.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 91%
  • Florida Humanities Council Inc — 100% of income from government
  • New Jersey Council for the Humanities — 100% of income from government
  • Delaware Humanities Council — 100% of income from government
  • Connecticut Humanities Council Inc — 96% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Humanities Council Inc — 91% of income from government
  • Vermont Humanities Council — 67% of income from government
  • Maryland Humanities Council Inc — 60% of income from government
  • Oregon Council for the Humanities — 55% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities & Public Policy Inc — 45% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
8rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

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 55 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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