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Frankel Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$313k
Granted FY2025still arriving
49
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$478kRecreation & Sports$283kPublic Benefit$193kPhilanthropy$157kReligion$119kHuman Services$112kCivil Rights$92kYouth Development$83kOther$0
02FY2025 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $187k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOTER PARTCIPATION CENTER$25,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION$25,000
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA$20,000
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET$20,000
KQED$20,000
CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING$15,000
CPMC FOUNDATION$12,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD BANK$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO$10,000
SMUIN BALLET$10,000
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL$7,500
SUN VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL$6,000
MISSION GRADUATES$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%MONUMENT CRISIS CENTER: $500 → 9%WHAT IF FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%THE FLOURISH FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1k → 10%ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 10%CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO: $3k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $2k → 10%LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 10%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

VT
ID
MN
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 67 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

67 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
31

Total granted

$1.6M
$121k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+47%

Still filing today

67%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • TJ
    TAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $278k · revenue +59%
  • KI
    KQED INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $95k · revenue +35%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $85k · revenue +218%

Funded once

  • OA
    OUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $55k · revenue -13%
  • VR
    VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +47%
  • TA
    TURNOUT ACTIVISM INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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
Sf Partnership

SF Partnership is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco. Through education, advocacy, and research,…

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2
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
3
San Francisco Public Press

The mission of the San Francisco Public Press is to enrich civic life by publishing investigative and solutions journalism that engages diverse audiences and promotes public accountability. The San Francisco Public Press…

Education
4
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
5
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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6
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
7
Advance Sf

Advance SF is an organization comprised of SF's leading employers dedicated to supporting an equitable, resilient, and vibrant economy shared by all people working and living in San Francisco through education, advocacy, and research. The…

Human Services
8
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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9
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
10
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
11
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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12
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Community Center of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International. 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

70 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. 70 of the 106 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/70
Grantees still filing
44/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOTER PARTCIPATION CENTER: $110,000 · OtherVOTER PARTCIPATION CENTERTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $85,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATIONCONGREGATION EMANU-EL: $78,500 · OtherCONGREGATION EMANU-ELIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $30,000 · OtherACT: $30,000 · OtherKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International: $54,000 · OtherKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International+65 more: $388,510 · Other+65 moreKQED INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INCSmuin Ballet: $74,000 · Arts & CultureSmuin BalletSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA AS…SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $42,500 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO BALLET A…CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATION OF THE FIN…SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMP…THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $17,100 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $36,500 · Arts & Culture+7 moreTAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $278,000 · ReligionTAWONGA JEWISH CO…J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $22,000 · ReligionJ STREET EDUCATIO…JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $105,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH CO…UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…OUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Civil RightsVOTEORG: $35,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $11,000 · Civil RightsTURNOUT ACTIVISM INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $21,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $16,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $13,000 · Human ServicesLarkin Street Youth Services: $6,000 · Human Services+4 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $70,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$836,010Arts & Culture$384,100Religion$300,000Philanthropy$155,000Civil Rights$121,000Human Services$76,000Food & Nutrition$70,000

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 budgetTAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $278,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC: $95,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSmuin Ballet: $74,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International: $54,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $50,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION: $42,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVOTEORG: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $26,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $22,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $21,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $19,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM: $17,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS FAMILY SERVICES: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Architectural Heritage: $10,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTURNOUT ACTIVISM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION GRADUATES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORATORIUM: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD RUNNERS: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 TAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Smuin Ballet ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds OUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds VOTEORG ↗
  • Who funds VOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds J STREET EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC SAN FRANCISCO ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗

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.

The San Francisco Fou…Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…McNabb FoundationGordon E and Betty I …East Bay Community Fo…Swig FoundationKaiser Foundation Hos…ImpactassetsincSalesforce FoundationThe William & Flora H…
The San Francisco FoundationCA28.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Swig Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Impactassetsinc · Salesforce Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett 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 Frankel Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frankel Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% 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
⤢ 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.

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 106 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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