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Honda of America Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$716k
Granted FY2021
32
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2021.

Human Services$1.1MHousing & Shelter$623kFood & Nutrition$596kHealth$374kReligion$232kYouth Development$188kCivil Rights$187kRecreation & Sports$121kOther$0
02FY2021 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k5 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $409k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $280k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE$60,000
COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD$60,000
OHIO HISPANIC COALITION$60,000
KALEIDOSCOPE$50,000
MID OHIO FOODBANK$50,000
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$40,000
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK$25,000
DAYBREAK INC$25,000
THE FOODBANK INC$25,000
MARYHAVEN INC$24,000
DON M AND MARGARET HILLIKER YMCA$20,000
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES$20,000
ALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER$20,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER DAYTON INC$20,000
CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $25k → 15%CARE TRAIN OF UNION COUNTY: $5k → 5%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 13%THINK TANK INC: $10k → 15%PEOPLE IN NEED: $5k → 5%CARE TRAIN OF UNION COUNTY: $5k → 5%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 13%YWCA COLUMBUS: $225k → 15%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 13%SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY YMCA: $20k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 13%DAYBREAK INC: $25k → 14%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 13%DAYBREAK INC: $20k → 14%SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY: $12k → 9%DAYBREAK INC: $15k → 14%YWCA COLUMBUS: $35k → 15%UNION STATION OF LOGAN COUNTY: $15k → 13%YWCA COLUMBUS: $35k → 15%UNION STATION OF LOGAN COUNTY: $12k → 13%YWCA COLUMBUS: $30k → 15%SAMARITAN WORKS INCORPORATED: $10k → 9%YWCA COLUMBUS: $30k → 15%SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY: $10k → 9%UNITED STATION OF LOGAN COUNTY: $8k → 13%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $25k → 15%SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY: $9k → 9%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $25k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $10k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $8k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $15k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $15k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $15k → 15%OHIO HISPANIC COALITION: $60k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $8k → 15%OHIO HISPANIC COALITION: $47k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $8k → 15%SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS MINISTRIES INC: $8k → 15%CHICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $20k → 15%CHICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $20k → 15%CHICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10k → 15%OHIO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK: $10k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $15k → 15%OHIO HISPANIC COALITION: $30k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 35 repeat orgs$748k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +45% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 28 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
50

Total granted

$3.0M
$705k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+24%

Still filing today

86%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $355k · revenue +118%
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD
    5× · 2017–2021 · $330k · revenue +107%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE
    4× · 2017–2021 · $275k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TP
    TURNING POINT
    one grant, 2017 · $70k
  • CU
    COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +83%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue -2%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
2
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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3
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living

Provide services to people with disabilities. such services include assistance with housing, employment, transportation and recreational issues.

Human Services
6
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
7
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
8
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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9
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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10
Ohio Community Action Training Organization

Training for community action.

Education
11
Cincinnati Works

Cincinnati works brings hope and encouragement to people living in poverty while assisting them in advancing to self-sufficiency through employment. we provide free training and coaching services.

Human Services
12
Pathways of Central Ohio Inc

Pathways is the gateway to services which empower the community.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Directions for Youth and Families Inc and the most unlike its peers is Logan County Homeless Shelter. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Social ServicesCredit Unions & Financial C…Christian Evangelical Minis…Community Health CentersHospital Systems and Networ…Community Development Organ…Affordable Housing Developm…Immigrant & Refugee Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 39 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%16%10–20yr14%22%20–35yr14%36%35–55yr23%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr14%19%20–35yr14%42%35–55yr23%33%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/68
the rest of the field
12%
1,690/14,082

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

67 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 67 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/67
Grantees still filing
54/67
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD — $330,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARDMid-Ohio Foodbank — $225,000 · OtherMid-Ohio FoodbankKALEIDOSCOPE — $123,320 · OtherKALEIDOSCOPEINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK — $105,000 · OtherINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORKALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER — $92,000 · OtherALPHA COMMUNITY CENTERCaring Kitchen Inc — $80,000 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO — $65,000 · Other+42 more — $575,460 · Other+42 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $355,090 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONOHIO HISPANIC COALITION — $137,129 · Human ServicesOHIO HISPANIC COALITIONLutheran Community Services Inc — $105,000 · Human ServicesLutheran Community Services IncCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $95,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INCCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $75,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO…DAYBREAK INC — $60,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO — $60,000 · Human Services+15 more — $261,000 · Human Services+15 moreCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $275,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUN…LIFECARE ALLIANCE — $145,000 · Food & NutritionLIFECARE ALLIA…THE FOODBANK INC — $40,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FOODBANK I…MARYHAVEN INC — $99,800 · HealthTURNING POINT — $70,000 · HealthCOMPASSIONATE CARE OF SHELBY COUNTY INC — $30,000 · HealthResurrecting Lives Foundation — $10,000 · HealthDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthSAVE A WARRIOR INC — $10,000 · HealthEquitas Health Inc — $10,000 · HealthDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC — $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEE KIDS DREAM — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentFLYING HORSE FARMS — $55,000 · Recreation & SportsREBUILDING TOGETHER DAYTON INC — $40,000 · Recreation & SportsDiscovery Riders Inc — $8,208 · Recreation & SportsTHE COLUMBUS COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAI — $40,000 · InternationalOUTREACH INC — $15,000 · International
Other$1,595,780Human Services$1,148,219Food & Nutrition$460,000Health$239,800Youth Development$113,000Recreation & Sports$103,208International$55,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $355,090 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD — $330,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE — $275,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank — $225,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $145,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO HISPANIC COALITION — $137,129 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetLutheran Community Services Inc — $105,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetMARYHAVEN INC — $99,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $95,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER — $92,000 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetCaring Kitchen Inc — $80,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $75,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO — $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDAYBREAK INC — $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO — $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS — $55,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FOODBANK INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT INC — $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAI — $40,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER DAYTON INC — $40,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetLogan County Homeless Shelter — $35,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetUnion Station of Logan County — $35,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetSENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY — $31,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE CARE OF SHELBY COUNTY INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $28,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSimon Kenton Pathfinders — $25,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetCatholic Charities Southwestern Ohio — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARE TRAIN OF UNION COUNTY — $25,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCAPITOL SQUARE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSEE KIDS DREAM — $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY ARC INC — $16,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DELAWARE AND UNION COUNTIES — $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnion County Family YMCA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOUTREACH INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOHIO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NETWORK — $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE IN NEED INC OF DELAWARE COUNTY OHIO — $14,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN WORKS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE FOR RECOVERY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetResurrecting Lives Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE A WARRIOR INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetI KNOW I CAN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Harry C Moores Founda…Columbus FoundationCardinal Health Found…L Brands FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…United Way of Central…Ingram-White Castle F…Siemer Family Foundat…Encova Foundation of …Nisource Charitable F…Safelite FoundationDayton Foundation Dep…
Harry C Moores FoundationOH46.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harry C Moores Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · L Brands Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Safelite Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Honda of America Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Honda of America Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Honda of America 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 89 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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