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Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne 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.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fund
0185% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20222024.

Environment$7.2MHousing & Shelter$3.6MArts & Culture$1.3MCommunity Improvement$1.0MFood & Nutrition$1.0MHuman Services$780kCrime & Legal$770kCivil Rights$750kHealth$675kOther$4.6M
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $322k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.7M
$85,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$164M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INCORPORATED$500,000
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$500,000
SNOWCHANGE COOPERATIVE (LUMIMUUTOS OSUUSKUNTA)$500,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$400,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$400,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE (DAF)$400,000
WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES$350,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION$350,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST$300,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$200,000
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC$200,000
THE CONSERVATION FUND$180,000
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN$150,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$150,000
WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC$150,000
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 (FY22–24, $680k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50k → 11%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $75k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON INC: $50k → 11%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $75k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON INC: $50k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50k → 11%FAMILIES FIRST INC: $30k → 11%FAMILIES FIRST INC: $30k → 11%NIDO DE ESPERANZA CHARITABLE SOCIETY: $20k → 17%NIDO DE ESPERANZA CHARITABLE SOCIETY: $15k → 17%LEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC (LVCC): $100k → 11%SIGHT FOR HOPE (FKA CENTER FOR VISION LOSS INC): $50k → 11%SIGHT FOR HOPE (FKA CENTER FOR VISION LOSS INC): $35k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA

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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 50 repeat orgs$6.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +15% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

50 repeat relationships — 42 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
16

Total granted

$15M
$5.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+2%

Still filing today

90%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.4M · revenue +24%
  • FM
    FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +4%
  • LT
    LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • MH
    MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING INVESTMENT CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3.0M · revenue +41%
  • American Forestsgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +47%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +1%

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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
3
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
4
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
5
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
6
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
7
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

8
Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Dba Nj League of Cons Voters

New jersey lcv is the statewide political voice for the environment. working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies, support our environmental justice partners in pursuing more equitable policies,…

9
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

11
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
12
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lehigh Conference of Churches and the most unlike its peers is Riegelsville Public Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsLocal History MuseumsPolicy Research and AdvocacyPregnancy Support ServicesImmigrant Worker SupportVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Public Library OperationsDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity Arts CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Food Banks and Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%44%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%46%35–55yr16%25%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 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/63
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,502

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 71 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
63/63
Grantees still filing
45/63
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $3,380,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT COR…LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC — $1,000,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INCNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $800,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST — $600,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER O…CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $400,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INCAmerican Forests — $300,000 · Environment+5 more — $680,000 · Environment+5 moreMASSACHUSETTS HOUSING INVESTMENT CORPORATION — $3,000,000 · Housing & ShelterMASSACHUSETTS HOUS…URBAN PEAK DENVER — $300,000 · Housing & ShelterURBAN PEAK DENVERTHE DELORES PROJECT — $200,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE DELORES PROJEC…+1 more — $110,000 · Housing & ShelterSNOWCHANGE COOPERATIVE (LUMIMUUTOS OSUUSKUNTA) — $500,000 · OtherSNOWCHANGE COOPERATIVE (LUMIMUUTOS …FIDELITY CHARITABLE (DAF) — $400,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE (DAF)SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $400,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $300,000 · OtherWestern Resource Advocates — $700,000 · OtherWestern Resource AdvocatesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $650,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUN…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $400,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $450,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc — $240,000 · Other+26 more — $2,761,000 · Other+26 moreFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $1,100,000 · Arts & CulturePENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $100,000 · Arts & CultureStoryCenter — $52,200 · Arts & CultureFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $465,000 · Community ImprovementBLACK FARMER FUND INC — $237,500 · Community ImprovementPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $140,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $120,000 · Community ImprovementRIPPLE COMMUNITY INC — $75,000 · Community ImprovementSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI — $450,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $250,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $200,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST — $100,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $25,000 · Food & NutritionNORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER — $150,000 · Human ServicesPINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS — $150,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT OF EASTON INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN — $100,000 · Human ServicesLEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesSIGHTS FOR HOPE — $85,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesNIDO DE ESPERANZA CHARITABLE SOCIETY — $35,000 · Human Services
Environment$7,160,000Housing & Shelter$3,610,000Other$6,801,000Arts & Culture$1,252,200Community Improvement$1,037,500Food & Nutrition$1,025,000Human Services$780,000

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 budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $3,380,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HOUSING INVESTMENT CORPORATION — $3,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC — $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $800,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates — $700,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $650,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST — $600,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $465,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI — $450,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $400,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Forests — $300,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetURBAN PEAK DENVER — $300,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $300,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $250,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc — $240,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetBLACK FARMER FUND INC — $237,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetGATHERING WATERS INC — $200,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLand is Life Inc — $200,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE DELORES PROJECT — $200,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNEW BETHANY INC — $175,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE — $160,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER — $150,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetPINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS — $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART — $140,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $120,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCASA GUADALUPE CENTER — $115,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $110,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY — $100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC — $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $100,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy — $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT OF EASTON INC — $100,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN — $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSIGHTS FOR HOPE — $85,000 over 2y, 3.1% 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.

United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyPA39.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Frank E Payne & Seba B Payne Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Charitable Trust · The Century Fund Trust · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Ppl Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation · Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker 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 Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne 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 · 20%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 8%
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc22% of income from government
  • Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc11% of income from government
  • Women's Lunch Place Inc8% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc3% of income from government
  • American Littoral Society1% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
20report 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.

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How do I get to Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne 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 71 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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