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Girard 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
49
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$558k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$8.5MHuman Services$1.5MInternational$732kPublic Benefit$525kArts & Culture$455kYouth Development$353kCommunity Improvement$299kEmployment$192kOther$0
02FY2025 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $330k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $692k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$7,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCSD FOUNDATION$558,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO INC$250,000
TRANSCEND INC$250,000
YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY$186,712
CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION$100,000
DIGITAL PROMISE$90,000
MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY$75,000
PARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC$70,000
PROJECT NEXT$65,000
ELEVATE SCHOOL$55,000
JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH$50,000
VOICE OF SAN DIEGO$42,000
ELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$35,000
URBAN DISCOVERY ACADEMY$35,000
EJE ACADEMIES$31,825
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 (FY17–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $50k → 11%RWANDA GIRLS INITIATIVE: $1k → 9%REALIZE IMPACT: $50k → 10%CASA DE AMISTAD: $2k → 8%CHILDREN NOW: $3k → 10%THE CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $49k → 11%REALIZE IMPACT: $25k → 10%CHILDREN NOW: $2k → 10%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $25k → 10%UNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES: $1k → 11%OLIVEWOOD GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $1k → 11%OLIVEWOOD GARDENS & LEARNING CENTER INC: $500 → 11%DEL MAR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $2k → 11%SERVING SENIORS: $2k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD: $21k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD: $2k → 11%CASA DE AMISTAD: $1k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $338k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $229k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $225k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $187k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $142k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $54k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $38k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $38k → 11%YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $38k → 11%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
CA
VA
DE
DC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 87 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

87 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

87
78

Total granted

$12M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+16%

Still filing today

85%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • YO
    YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +103%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $675k · revenue +31%
  • US
    UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2025 · $583k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • TE
    THRIVE EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • BV
    BAY VISTA METHODIST HEIGHTS-3C4SD CREATING CODE CAREERS FOR SAN DIEGANS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $190k
  • NS
    NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue -4%
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
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
2
Pacific Coast Academy

Provide a high standard of education to students through comprehensive curriculum supported by energetic, dynamic, and caring teachers.

Education
3
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
4
Elite Public Schools

To ensure students reach their fullest potential through access to learning spaces that honor and celebrate students' rich cultural heritage and challenge them with rigorous and relevant learning experiences designed to make them active…

Education
5
The Language Academy of Sacramento

The las mission is to create a learning community where students: utilize bilingualism and biliteracy (spanish and english) to achieve academic excellence and apply skills in real-world situations and diverse settings; develop and exhibit…

Education
6
Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative Charter School

The mission of tlc is to educate diverse students through a rigorous, standards-based, collegepreparatory program to become conscientious, caring, and responsible 21st century citizens. tlc is grounded in an inclusive vision of teaching…

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7
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
8
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.

—
9
Cabrillo Point Academy

Provide a high standard of education to students through comprehensive curriculum supported by energetic, dynamic, and caring teachers.

Education
10
Pacific Collegiate School

Pacific collegiate school's mission is to provide exemplary, standards based college preparatory and fine arts education for public middle and high school students of santa cruz county and bordering areas.

Education
11
San Diego French-American School

San diego french-american school offers an exceptional bilingual education within a vibrant international community, preparing students to become confident, responsible and engaged global citizens.

—
12
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ck-12 Foundation. 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

144 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. 144 of the 177 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
138/144
Grantees still filing
102/144
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $740,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATIONUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $582,500 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONTRANSCEND INC: $575,000 · EducationTRANSCEND INCEJE ACADEMIES: $409,325 · EducationEJE ACADEMIESSUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $330,000 · EducationSUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLSNorth County Education Foundation Inc: $287,750 · EducationURBAN DISCOVERY SCHOOLS: $275,000 · EducationTHRIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL: $262,500 · EducationKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $252,850 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $215,000 · EducationHAWKING STEAM CHARTER SCHOOLS: $194,500 · Education+53 more: $1,582,756 · Education+53 moreSILICON SCHOOLS: $700,000 · OtherSILICON SCHOOLSUC REGENTS: $532,400 · OtherUC REGENTSDIGITAL PROMISE: $495,000 · OtherDIGITAL PROMISEOCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOL: $297,396 · OtherOCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOLTHRIVE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherTHRIVE EDUCATION FOUNDATIONKIPP SAN DIEGO: $191,000 · OtherBAY VISTA METHODIST HEIGHTS-3C4SD CREATING CODE CAREERS FOR SAN DIEGANS INC: $190,000 · OtherPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $165,000 · OtherPARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC: $155,000 · OtherSUMMIT SPRINGS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $153,034 · OtherCENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EDUCATION OUTCOMES: $150,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Other+60 more: $878,825 · Other+60 moreYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,286,212 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SAN …CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO: $99,088 · Human ServicesCHICANO FEDE…Realize Impact: $75,000 · Human Services+9 more: $62,000 · Human ServicesVOICE OF SAN DIEGO: $518,600 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $165,000 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM: $155,000 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $92,250 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $675,000 · International+2 more: $31,750 · InternationalNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $114,724 · PhilanthropyCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $78,900 · Philanthropy+5 more: $19,500 · PhilanthropyELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $195,000 · Science & Tech
Education$5,707,181Other$4,307,655Human Services$1,522,300Arts & Culture$930,850International$706,750Philanthropy$363,124Science & Tech$195,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $1,286,212 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $740,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $675,000 over 6y, 6.8% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $582,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTRANSCEND INC: $575,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVOICE OF SAN DIEGO: $518,600 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetEJE ACADEMIES: $409,325 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $330,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNorth County Education Foundation Inc: $287,750 over 5y, 27% of budgetURBAN DISCOVERY SCHOOLS: $275,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHRIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL: $262,500 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetKIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $252,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $215,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $195,000 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetHAWKING STEAM CHARTER SCHOOLS: $194,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetKIPP SAN DIEGO: $191,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $165,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $165,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC: $155,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetSAN DIEGO AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM: $155,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetVERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES INC: $150,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetBELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $114,724 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHARRIET TUBMAN VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL: $112,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $106,766 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $104,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SAN MARCOS PROMISE: $102,460 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetCHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO: $99,088 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $92,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP PREP CHARTER SCHOOL: $87,750 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $78,900 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetRealize Impact: $75,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN COLLEGE SUCCESS: $73,500 over 4y, 29% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING WORKS: $71,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetELEVATE SCHOOL: $58,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDARNALL CHARTER SCHOOL: $56,450 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEmpower Charter School: $48,730 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBARRIO LOGAN COLLEGE INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetREADING LEGACIES: $40,500 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetE3 CIVIC HIGH: $37,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCANAL ALLIANCE: $31,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $30,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OFARRELL CHARTER SCHOOLS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetESCONDIDO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGUAJOME PARK ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 93% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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 YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRANSCEND INC ↗
  • Who funds VOICE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds EJE ACADEMIES ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds North County Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds URBAN DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds KIPP SOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds ELEMENTARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds HAWKING STEAM CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIPP SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARENT INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VERTEX PARTNERSHIP ACADEMIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE ↗
  • Who funds HARRIET TUBMAN VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HELIX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds THE SAN MARCOS PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America 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 Conrad Prebys Fou…The San Diego Foundat…Price Philanthropies …The Parker FoundationJewish Community Foun…David C Copley Founda…Rancho Santa Fe Found…The Cushman FoundationWalter J & Betty C Za…Sempra FoundationThe Nordson Corporati…Samuel I & John Henry…
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA87.9× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · David C Copley Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox 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 Girard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Girard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    70report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Girard Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Girard 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 177 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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    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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