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Gaston Community Foundation

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$10M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
168
Grants FY2024
153
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$17,307
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,732,500
Organizations funded a year
135 to 165
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$145M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Gaston Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving164$10M18%
FY2023153$7.4M18%
FY2022165$5.8M23%
FY2021154$6.3M31%
FY2020135$4.8M19%
FY2019154$5.8M32%
FY2017145$7.0Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$9.9MReligion$9.8MEducation$6.3MHealth$3.8MYouth Development$2.9MArts & Culture$2.2MEnvironment$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.6MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gaston County Family YMCA$6,120,603714%
First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church$1,902,2294n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gas$1,293,687717%
First Presbyterian Church of Gaston$1,112,1236n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc$1,049,534762%
Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund$963,17176%
Gaston College Foundation$882,575720%
Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc$843,81677%
Crisis Assistance Ministry of Christian & Jews of Grtr Gastonia$728,5647n/a
National Geographic Society$679,62410%
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All grantees of Gaston Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gaston County Family YMCA$6,120,603714%
First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church$1,902,2294n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gas$1,293,687717%
First Presbyterian Church of Gaston$1,112,1236n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc$1,049,534762%
Greater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund$963,17176%
Gaston College Foundation$882,575720%
Daniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc$843,81677%
Crisis Assistance Ministry of Christian & Jews of Grtr Gastonia$728,5647n/a
National Geographic Society$679,62410%
The North Carolina Public Television Foundation Inc$677,124127%
United Way of Gaston County Inc$650,790713%
Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium$639,952722%
Gaston Day School Inc$639,67171%
The Salvation Army$620,8437n/a
Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$609,600314%
Gaston Aquatics Inc$592,284639%
Catawba Lands Conservancy$531,01074%
Dream Center Academy$524,727718%
Holy Angels Inc$508,03171%
Gaston Christian School Inc$441,02074%
Backpack Weekend Food Program Inc$420,755722%
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont Inc$404,07471%
Moments of Hope Church$373,0006n/a
Gaston Literacy Council Inc$343,263723%
Least of These Carolinas$328,959720%
Animal League of Gaston County$317,27475%
Nc State University$289,0697n/a
Crisis Pregnancy Center of Gaston C$286,47478%
Gaston Together Communities of Excellence Inc$273,108733%
Gastonia Potters House Inc$272,526733%
First United Methodist Church$256,3501n/a
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association$250,5001n/a
Project Freedom Carolinas Inc$250,000122%
Belmont Abbey College Inc$237,46170%
Hospice of Gaston County Inc$232,63670%
Heart Society of Gaston County$227,710725%
Off the Streets Program Inc$225,185768%
Gaston School of the Arts$223,678717%
Alternative Community Penalties$221,27772%
Dogwood Classical Academy Inc$217,0002n/a
Smile For A Lifetime Inc$216,000721%
Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry$208,423265%
Peaceful Self Deliverance America$200,0001n/a
Covenant Village Inc$199,93971%
Habitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region$194,50060%
Carolina Thread Trail$186,57449%
Covenant Presbyterian Church$180,0003n/a
Gaston County Education Foundation Inc$171,229734%
Gaston Family Health Services Inc$169,29550%
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc$165,08857%
Davidson United Methodist Church$165,0007n/a
Erskine College and Theological Seminary$163,50050%
Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church$162,9004n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$148,3254n/a
Purehope Coalition$139,50056%
Cancer Services of Gaston Cty Inc$138,38575%
Gardner-Webb University$137,24670%
High Point University$137,00060%
Shining Hope Farms$133,71472%
Victory Farm Inc$124,479724%
Friends of the Gaston Co Public Library$123,564760%
Catherine's House$123,26975%
First Presbyterian Church$122,0941n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc$121,79870%
Family Promise of Gaston County$121,139425%
Carolina Foothills Foundation$120,50071%
Belmont Community Organization$119,380715%
Davidson College$118,79170%
Mount Holly Farmers Market$111,750681%
Tri-County Animal Rescue Inc$108,947710%
Young Life$108,53570%
With Friends Inc$107,73058%
Forest Hill Church$105,0001n/a
Voices for Kids Inc$103,1552n/a
Dallas-High Shoals Christian Social Ministry Inc$100,507712%
Bit of Hope Ranch Inc$98,120711%
Gaston Area Lutheran Foundation Inc$97,194778%
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina$97,1947n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$95,06970%
Camp Sunshine Inc$91,97851%
World Witness the Board of Foreign$91,5004n/a
Gaston Arts Council$90,060717%
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc$85,73440%
Loray Girls Home Inc$84,718513%
Charlotte Rescue Mission$84,25040%
World Population Balance$83,00039%
Pfeiffer University$82,90810%
Gaston Innovation Group Inc$80,000411%
The Flynn Fellowship Home of Gastonia Inc$77,482227%
East Lincoln Historical Society$77,4235n/a
Samaritan's Purse$75,55030%
Climb$75,300443%
Place of Refuge of Gaston County Inc$75,024729%
The Mended Hearts Inc$74,0495n/a
Cherryville Area Ministries & Thrift Shop$73,50465%
Gaston Residential Services Inc$73,30061%
Tarheel Trailblazers$73,040352%
Rotary Foundation of Gaston County$71,750182%
Charlotte Country Day School$70,25050%
Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated$67,86370%
Webb Street School PTO$67,422465%
Serving Our Community With Kindness In Springwood$64,807522%
Gaston County Museum of Art & Histo Ry$63,778671%
Gaston County Schools$63,2002n/a
Randolph-Macon Academy$63,00040%
Now Outreach Inc$61,29551%
Promise for Haiti Inc$61,20026%
Smith Cemetery Historic Preservation Association Inc$59,2766n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$58,40020%
City of Belmont$55,4444n/a
Hope 4 Gaston$55,134259%
Classroom Central Inc$54,79650%
Belmont Historical Society Inc$54,1046n/a
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc$53,50070%
African American Museum of History & Culture at Loray Mill Inc$53,035425%
Alliance for Children and Youth Com$50,50016%
Town of Cramerton$50,0001n/a
General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church$50,0001n/a
The Pines at Davidson Inc$50,00050%
Higher Education Works Foundation$50,0001n/a
The Kings Daughters Ministry$49,01345%
The Rotary Community Garden of Gast$46,875749%
Charlotte Wine & Food Weekend Inc$46,73933%
Lincoln County Historical Association Inc$46,221219%
Interlaken Wildlife Foundation$45,00022%
Links Inc$43,2123n/a
Girls on the Run International Inc$41,46420%
Worldteam USA Inc$40,0004n/a
The Mussar Institute$40,00018%
Ashbrook Foundation Inc$39,6834n/a
First Wesleyan Christian School$39,6157n/a
Southern Wesleyan University$39,24370%
The Baltimore Village School Inc$38,3751n/a
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte$37,75010%
First Presbyterian Church of Stanley Nc Inc$37,0003n/a
Queens University of Charlotte$36,12040%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Foundation$35,00021%
Hearten Haiti Project Inc$35,000212%
First North Carolina$35,00013%
Liberty University Inc$34,85940%
The Arc of Gaston County Inc$33,261322%
Umar Services Inc$32,50020%
Optimist International Foundation$32,07931%
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc$31,66721%
Gaston Dance Inc$31,44844%
Lifeline Children's Services Inc$31,11730%
American Red Cross$30,5003n/a
Community Relief Organization of Mt Holly NC$30,47134%
Lutheran Chapel Evangelical Lutheran Church$30,0001n/a
Davidson Lands Conservancy Inc$30,00021%
Global Cross Ministries Inc$30,000129%
Keep Gastonia Beautiful Inc$29,418428%
Bunny Blessings Inc$28,9152n/a
The Hoyle Family Homestead Association$26,9352n/a
Seal Legacy Foundation Inc$25,50021%
Gaston County Extension and Community Association$25,2702n/a
Rebuilding Paradise$25,00023%
The Relatives Inc$25,00020%
Population Media Center Inc$25,00010%
Bridge The Gap International Inc$25,00013%
Echo Foundation$25,00013%
Blue Ridge Broadcasting Corporation$25,0002n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$24,59120%
Gaston Music Education Foundation Inc$24,2364n/a
Mount Holly Community Garden Inc$24,1113n/a
American Legion$23,2274n/a
Miravia Inc$23,19423%
First Presbyterian Church - Charlotte$22,5002n/a
Bread Inc$22,4603n/a
North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation Inc$22,061213%
Advocates for Healthy Citizens Dba Healthnet Gaston$21,92421%
Arins Good Girl Dog Treats Llc$21,891234%
North Charlotte Rowing Inc dba Belmont Rowing Center$21,44229%
Holy Communion Lutheran Church$20,6221n/a
Covenant Community School Inc$20,47636%
Southminster Presbyterian Church of Gastonia Nc Inc$20,4091n/a
Impact Church-Forest Inc$20,0091n/a
West Blvd Ministry Inc$20,00012%
River Network$20,00020%
Justfaith Ministries Inc$20,00022%
LeTourneau University$20,00020%
Good Friends of Georgetown Inc$20,000210%
Cookies for Kids Cancer a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation$19,00011%
St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church Inc$18,7502n/a
The Howard University$18,75030%
Hope for Haiti Inc$18,63810%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$18,4872n/a
Artpop$18,44322%
Charlotte Master Chorale$17,50027%
The Little Theater of Gastonia Inc$17,43539%
Camp Sertoma of Gaston County Inc$16,8452n/a
Special Olympics North Carolina Inc$16,68930%
OneWorld Health$16,00010%
Gaston Skills Incorporated$15,76530%
Gastonia Police Foundation Inc$15,008223%
Playing For Others$15,00013%
Belmont Trolley Inc$15,0001n/a
Hart Square Foundation Inc$15,00014%
Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Janes Fund$15,00011%
City of Mount Holly$15,0001n/a
Wake Forest University$14,25020%
Union Presbyterian Seminary$14,0002n/a
Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc$13,88020%
Nc Faith and Freedom Coalition$13,52012%
Gaston Hope in Christ Ministries$13,4761n/a
Brevard College Corporation$13,25010%
Ignited Minds Childcare$13,1321n/a
Presbyterian Samaritan Counseling Center$12,90011%
University of Minnesota Foundation$12,50020%
Gaston Community Concert Band$12,3992n/a
Gastonia Sister Cities Inc$12,336213%
Mount Holly Historical Society Inc$12,1561n/a
Learning Together Inc$12,00020%
Montecross Area Chamber Foundation$12,0001n/a
Second Helpings$12,00011%
Dyep$11,5672n/a
Roatan Childrens Fund$11,000250%
Baptist Retirement Homes of North Carolina Incorporated$10,78120%
Highland Community Art Park$10,0001n/a
Next Level Disaster Relief$10,0001n/a
Golden Door Scholars$10,00014%
March Forth With Hope Foundation$10,00019%
Madelyns Fund$10,00012%
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$10,00010%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$10,00010%
Partners for Hope Inc$10,00018%
Lancaster Bible College$10,00010%
Leroy Springs & Company Inc$10,00010%
United Housing Connections$10,00010%
Presbyterian Church USA$10,0001n/a
Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood$10,00010%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$10,00010%
Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity Inc$10,00011%
Advent Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
United Ministries$10,00010%
The Population Institute Inc$10,00010%
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center$10,00010%
The Hopequest Ministry Group Inc$10,00010%
Friends of Crowders Mountain Inc$10,0001n/a
Jb Page Primary School Parent-Teacher Organization$10,0001n/a
Adventures in Missions Inc$10,0001n/a
Boys Club of Wake County Inc$10,00010%
N-Star Events Inc$10,00012%
Unity Classical Charter School a Challenge Foundation Academy$10,0001n/a
The Dry Ridge Historical Museum Inc$10,0001n/a
Port Royal Sound Foundation$10,00010%
Central Presbyterian Church$10,0001n/a
Special Needs Community Initiative$10,0001n/a
Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc$10,00010%
Cultivate Life$10,00017%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$9,50010%
North Carolina a & T State University$9,5001n/a
Cornell University$8,90910%
The Lotus Campaign$8,80012%
Brice Foundation$8,5091n/a
Camp Sertoma of Gaston Co$8,4931n/a
Christ Community Baptist Church$8,1021n/a
Nourish Up$8,00010%
Wingate University$8,00010%
Gaston Humane Society Inc$7,7371n/a
University Radio Foundation Inc$7,65010%
Averett University$7,50010%
Helping Hands of Georgetown Inc$7,50011%
Trustees of Boston University$7,50010%
University of Florida$7,5001n/a
The Carlee Cause Foundation$7,4561n/a
Gaston Choral Society Incorporated$7,2641n/a
House of Mercy Inc$7,16111%
Gaston College$7,0281n/a
Businesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking$7,00011%
Toccoa Falls College Inc$7,00010%
Made4me$7,00013%
Phoenix Counseling Center$6,9021n/a
Junior League of Gaston County Nc Inc$6,6511n/a
Prevent Child Abuse Gaston Inc$6,633111%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$6,20010%
Camp Centurion Inc$6,01814%
Cleveland County Schools$6,0001n/a
Telling the Truth Inc$6,00010%
Kings Mountain Touchdown Club Inc$6,00011%
Mount Holly Community Development Foundation Inc$5,680111%
Roof Above Inc$5,50010%
The McCallie School$5,40010%
Crisis Assistance Ministry$5,25010%
Dickson Animal Clinic$5,1751n/a
North Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc$5,10010%

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gaston Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 26 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGaston County Family YMCA: $6,120,603 over 7y, 14% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gas: $1,293,687 over 7y, 17% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc: $1,049,534 over 7y, 62% of budgetGreater St Louis Boy Scout Trust Fund: $963,171 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetGaston College Foundation: $882,575 over 7y, 20% of budgetDaniel Jonathan Stowe Conservancy Inc: $843,816 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $679,624 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe North Carolina Public Television Foundation Inc: $677,124 over 1y, 27% of budgetUnited Way of Gaston County Inc: $650,790 over 7y, 13% of budgetSchiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium: $639,952 over 7y, 22% of budgetGaston Day School Inc: $639,671 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: $609,600 over 3y, 14% of budgetGaston Aquatics Inc: $592,284 over 6y, 39% of budgetCatawba Lands Conservancy: $531,010 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetDream Center Academy: $524,727 over 7y, 18% of budgetHoly Angels Inc: $508,031 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGaston Christian School Inc: $441,020 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetBackpack Weekend Food Program Inc: $420,755 over 7y, 22% of budgetGirl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont Inc: $404,074 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetGaston Literacy Council Inc: $343,263 over 7y, 23% of budgetLeast of These Carolinas: $328,959 over 7y, 20% of budgetAnimal League of Gaston County: $317,274 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetCrisis Pregnancy Center of Gaston C: $286,474 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetGaston Together Communities of Excellence Inc: $273,108 over 7y, 33% of budgetGastonia Potters House Inc: $272,526 over 7y, 33% of budgetProject Freedom Carolinas Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBelmont Abbey College Inc: $237,461 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Gaston County Inc: $232,636 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHeart Society of Gaston County: $227,710 over 7y, 25% of budgetOff the Streets Program Inc: $225,185 over 7y, 68% of budgetGaston School of the Arts: $223,678 over 7y, 17% of budgetAlternative Community Penalties: $221,277 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSmile For A Lifetime Inc: $216,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetBountiful Blessings Food Pantry: $208,423 over 2y, 65% of budgetCovenant Village Inc: $199,939 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $194,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCarolina Thread Trail: $186,574 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetGaston County Education Foundation Inc: $171,229 over 7y, 34% of budgetGaston Family Health Services Inc: $169,295 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCatawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc: $165,088 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetErskine College and Theological Seminary: $163,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPurehope Coalition: $139,500 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCancer Services of Gaston Cty Inc: $138,385 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetGardner-Webb University: $137,246 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Point University: $137,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetShining Hope Farms: $133,714 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetVictory Farm Inc: $124,479 over 7y, 24% of budgetFriends of the Gaston Co Public Library: $123,564 over 7y, 60% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Carrie E and Lena V Glenn FoundNC87.3× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found · The David Belk Cannon Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Gaston County Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Stowe Foundation Inc · Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Associated Foundation Incorporated · The Howe Foundation Inc · Albemarle 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.

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About Gaston Community Foundation

How much does Gaston Community Foundation give?
Gaston Community Foundation reported 168 grants totaling $10,312,991 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 135 and 165 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gaston Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (21%), Religion (21%), Education (13%).
Who are Gaston Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gaston County Family YMCA ($6.1M), First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church ($1.9M), Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gas ($1.3M).
Does Gaston Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gaston Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found, The David Belk Cannon Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
Where is Gaston Community Foundation based?
Gaston Community Foundation is based in NC.

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 366 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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