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G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
97
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$262k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.4MPhilanthropy$2.6MHealth$1.3MEducation$1.2MHuman Services$941kEnvironment$783kReligion$728kFood & Nutrition$324kOther$0
02FY2024 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k51 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $655k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $774k
  • $250k+2 grants · $522k
$5,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION$261,915
MAYO CLINIC$260,000
CARLETON COLLEGE$237,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY$105,186
KC UNCORNERED$100,400
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$61,000
NEW REFORM TEMPLE$58,743
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY$56,000
KAUFFMAN CENTER OF THE PERFORMING ARTS$55,000
HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH$50,000
HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK$50,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF KANSAS$47,500
GREATER KANSAS CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$45,000
UMKC FOUNDATION$41,000
KANSAS CITY HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE$40,250
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 (FY19–24, $822k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%BOOKS FAIRIES: $250 → 6%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $100k → 11%DEEP ROOTS INC: $250 → 10%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $100k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $100k → 17%THE MISSION PROJECT: $3k → 5%THE MISSION PROJECT: $3k → 5%AMERICAN STROKE FOUNDATION: $150 → 5%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES - PERMANENT ENDOWMENT: $25k → 8%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 5%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES - PERMANENT ENDOWMENT: $10k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES - PERMANENT ENDOWMENT: $5k → 8%MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES - PERMANENT ENDOWMENT: $4k → 8%VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $100k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $100k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $85k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $15k → 5%VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $5k → 5%UNITED INNER CITY SERVICES: $65k → 15%VILLAGE SHALOM INC: $3k → 5%EPSTEN GALLERY AT VILLAGE SHALOM: $250 → 5%EARLYSTART: $15k → 15%EARLYSTART: $10k → 15%EARLYSTART: $5k → 15%HIGH ASPIRATIONS: $5k → 15%HIGH ASPIRATIONS: $1k → 15%PAWSPERITY: $20k → 15%GREATER KANSAS CITY LINC: $1k → 15%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $10k → 15%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
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 98 repeat orgs$773k to everyone else

98 repeat relationships: 71 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
70

Total granted

$7.3M
$633k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+20%

Still filing today

78%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • TN
    THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +38%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $544k · revenue +13%
  • CC
    CARLETON COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2024 · $363k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • CC
    CARLETON COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -19%
  • MT
    MERCY & TRUTH HEALTHCARE MINISTRY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +20%
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
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
2
Kansas City Ballet Association

To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance

Arts & Culture
3
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
4
Kansas Farm Bureau

Kansas farm bureau exists to strengthen agriculture and the lives of kansans through advocacy, education, and service.

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5
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
6
University of Kansas Memorial Corporation

The memorial unions function as a concessionaire to the university of kansas for the purpose of operating various enterprises within the kansas union building, the burge union, the debruce center, residential dining halls, and other…

Education
7
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

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8
Jefferson National Parks Association

Jefferson national parks association provides quality educational products and related services that enhance public understanding and appreciation of america's national parks, public lands and historic places.

Arts & Culture
9
The Kansas University Alumni Association

We build lifelong relationships that strengthen the university of kansas and the legacy of excellence embodied by its students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

Education
10
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
11
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
12
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Umkc Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Obermayer Foundation 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

136 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 136 of the 196 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)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
136/136
Grantees still filing
91/136
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $1,712,820 · Arts & CultureTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATIO…KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $543,500 · Arts & CultureKANSAS CITY SYMPHONYLYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $110,000 · Arts & Culture+25 more: $431,408 · Arts & Culture+25 moreTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $650,250 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYNEW REFORM TEMPLE: $612,743 · OtherNEW REFORM TEMPLEKC UNCORNERED: $300,400 · OtherKC UNCORNEREDJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $183,250 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESKCUR 893: $130,500 · OtherCARLETON COLLEGE: $125,000 · Other+111 more: $1,285,345 · Other+111 moreGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $1,736,250 · PhilanthropyGreater Kansas City Comm…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $837,786 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GRE…+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyCARLETON COLLEGE: $362,500 · EducationCARLETON …THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $144,000 · EducationTHE HARRY…KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $84,100 · EducationKANSAS CI…PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $76,100 · EducationPEMBROKE …UNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $61,500 · EducationUNIVERSIT…KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $57,600 · EducationKANSAS CI…HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $57,500 · EducationHYMAN BRA…UMKC FOUNDATION: $43,650 · Education+11 more: $122,850 · Education+11 moreMAYO CLINIC: $520,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $161,100 · HealthSaint Lukes Foundation: $155,000 · HealthMERCY & TRUTH HEALTHCARE MINISTRY INC: $35,000 · Health+6 more: $7,650 · HealthVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $307,750 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $200,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $100,000 · Human ServicesUNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $51,000 · Human Services+10 more: $68,850 · Human ServicesHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $311,100 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $11,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$2,947,728Other$3,287,488Philanthropy$2,574,136Education$1,009,800Health$878,750Human Services$822,600Food & Nutrition$322,100

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 budgetGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $1,736,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION: $1,712,820 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $837,786 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $650,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $543,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $520,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $362,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $311,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE SHALOM INC: $307,750 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $200,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $161,100 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Lukes Foundation: $155,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: $144,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetUNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION: $90,100 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $84,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $82,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL: $76,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $61,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF KS: $57,750 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $57,600 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetHYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY: $57,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $51,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMUSEUM OF PRAIRIEFIRE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetUMKC FOUNDATION: $43,650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $37,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMERCY & TRUTH HEALTHCARE MINISTRY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $34,150 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetKANSAS CITY REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $33,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $31,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMINDDRIVE INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWECODE KC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTURN THE PAGE KC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFILM FORUM INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS CITY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetArts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City: $24,300 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetOPERATION BREAKTHROUGH INC: $23,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL: $20,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPAWSPERITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC TELEVISION 19 INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMENS EMPLOYMENT NETWORK: $14,500 over 4y, 0.5% 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 Greater Kansas City Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE NELSON GALLERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CARLETON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE SHALOM INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS ↗
  • Who funds Saint Lukes Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY INSTITUTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ↗
  • Who funds UNION STATION KANSAS CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED INNER CITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PEMBROKE HILL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF KS ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREPARATORY ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HYMAN BRAND HEBREW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF PRAIRIEFIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UMKC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION ↗

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.

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas CityKS82.3× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · William T Kemper Foundation Commerce Bank Trustee · The Francis Family Foundation · Copaken Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · The Sosland 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 G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Island Housing Trust Corporation: 1% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Guthrie Center Corp: 1% of income from government
  • New England Conservatory of Music: 1% of income from government
  • Circuit Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
38report 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, 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.
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Find your warmest path to G Kenneth and Ann Baum Philanthropic Fund 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 196 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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