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Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, Highmark Health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$500k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$17MEducation$4.0MPhilanthropy$3.2MHuman Services$1.3MReligion$888kFood & Nutrition$716kArts & Culture$692kHousing & Shelter$443kOther$0
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 48 grants below total $2,640,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,817,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $177,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k36 grants · $540k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $695k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$15,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$677M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY$500,000
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK$385,000
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$270,000
COUNTY OF CATTARAUGUS$250,000
AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$140,000
COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS & GENESEE$125,000
RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE$125,000
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$100,000
JDRF INTERNATIONAL$55,000
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA$50,000
TREE OF LIFE CONGREGATION$50,000
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$50,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER$45,000
WILL ALLEN FOUNDATION$40,000
PITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC$30,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS & GENESEE: $125k → 11%BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $100k → 12%COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $25k → 17%StVincent De Paul Society Naples District Council Inc: $30k → 10%FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $10k → 13%WICHITA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 16%Washington City Mission: $10k → 12%COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $20k → 17%LIGHTHOUSE OF COLLIER INC: $10k → 10%Florida Keys Children's Shelter Inc: $10k → 13%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $10k → 12%COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $20k → 17%STVINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY NAPLES DISTRICT COUNCIL INC: $10k → 10%Florida Keys Children's Shelter Inc: $10k → 13%BEVERLYS BIRTHDAY: $10k → 10%Washington City Mission: $10k → 12%THE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTWEST PA: $10k → 15%MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE PROJECT INC: $200k → 13%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $125k → 11%THE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTHWEST PA: $10k → 15%BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $250k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $25k → 11%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $35k → 12%RURAL OUTREACH CENTER: $88k → 13%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $25k → 12%Little Sisters Of The Poor Washington DC Inc: $15k → 14%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $20k → 12%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $20k → 12%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $15k → 12%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $15k → 12%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $10k → 12%THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $10k → 12%MT ARARAT COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER INC: $10k → 11%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $13k → 11%CENTER OF LIFE: $30k → 11%WOMENS CENTER & SHELTER OF GRTR PGH: $20k → 11%CENTER OF LIFE: $20k → 11%CENTER OF LIFE: $20k → 11%HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $60k → 11%THE CENTER THAT CARES: $25k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $120k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PGH INC: $40k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PGH INC: $20k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PGH INC: $20k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PGH INC: $20k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PGH INC: $20k → 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

IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MD
DE
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
FL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 81 repeat orgs$7.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
91

Total granted

$19M
$7.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+26%

Still filing today

81%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $615k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $350k · revenue +62%
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +50%
  • SC
    STEELWORKERS CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $210k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • EC
    ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORP
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M
  • BC
    Buffalo Center For Health EquityInc
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • BUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -36%
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
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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5
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
6
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
7
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
8
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
9
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
10
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
11
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Medical Oncology Associates Prescription Assistance Fund. 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

161 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. 161 of the 190 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
159/161
Grantees still filing
108/161
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIGHMARK HEALTH: $11,342,000 · OtherHIGHMARK HEALTHERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORP: $2,000,000 · OtherERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER CORPTHE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $717,500 · Other+73 more: $4,238,450 · Other+73 moreCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY CO…VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $275,000 · EducationVILLANOVA UN…CARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC: $175,000 · EducationCARSON SCHOL…DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $155,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $155,000 · EducationTROCAIRE COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $125,000 · Education+20 more: $704,725 · Education+20 moreBuffalo Center For Health EquityInc: $1,000,000 · HealthBuffalo Cen…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $350,000 · HealthTHE CLEVELA…WESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $200,000 · HealthWESTERN NEW…NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH CARE MGMT RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $157,000 · HealthTHE JACOBS INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 · HealthTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $135,000 · HealthBLACK NURSES COALITION: $100,000 · HealthARDENT SOLUTIONS INC: $100,000 · HealthPrimary Care Health Services Inc: $100,000 · HealthIOTA ETA ETA INC: $100,000 · Health+19 more: $552,500 · Health+19 moreTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,757,500 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTS…THE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $205,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTS…OLEAN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $200,000 · PhilanthropyOLEAN GEN…+7 more: $291,250 · Philanthropy+7 moreBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesMassachusetts Avenue Project Inc: $200,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $170,000 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $150,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesSouth End Childrens Cafe Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH: $120,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $88,155 · Human ServicesHOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $70,000 · Human ServicesCENTER OF LIFE: $70,000 · Human Services+19 more: $415,000 · Human ServicesPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $120,000 · Arts & CultureCLEMENTE COLLECTION AT ENGINE HOUSE 25: $112,000 · Arts & CultureWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $105,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $95,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $45,000 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLIFE IMPACT INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $78,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $50,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+3 more: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$18,297,950Education$3,239,725Health$2,944,500Philanthropy$2,453,750Human Services$2,008,155Arts & Culture$582,000Food & Nutrition$553,000

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 budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,757,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,500,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $717,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $275,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO URBAN LEAGUE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetSTEELWORKERS CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION: $210,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $205,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLIFE IMPACT INC: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMassachusetts Avenue Project Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWESTERN NEW YORK INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOLEAN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC: $175,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $170,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $160,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH CARE MGMT RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $157,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $155,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $155,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetTROCAIRE COLLEGE: $150,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JACOBS INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $150,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $135,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF ORLEANS AND GENESEE INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSouth End Childrens Cafe Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $120,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH: $120,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCLEMENTE COLLECTION AT ENGINE HOUSE 25: $112,000 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $110,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $105,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLACK NURSES COALITION: $100,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetARDENT SOLUTIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetResource Council of WNY Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetPrimary Care Health Services Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBACK TO BASICS OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetNATURAL HERITAGE TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLITERACY NEW YORK BUFFALO-NIAGARA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $95,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $95,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rural Outreach Center Inc: $88,155 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION: $81,250 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

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 Pittsburgh FoundationPA73.5× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Upmc Group · Hillman Family Foundations · The Heinz Endowments · Poise Foundation · The Grable Foundation · McAuley Ministries · Eqt Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins 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 Highmark Health funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Highmark Health. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Freedom House Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
60report 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.

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 190 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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