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Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies

The ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES (association) is a not-for-profit organization which serves as a network for illinois not-for-profit corporations and units of government which strive to raise the health, education, and economic standards of illinois' citizens living at the lower socio-economic margins.

$6.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$640k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Employment$7.6MHousing & Shelter$6.9MCommunity Improvement$3.8MHuman Services$1.4MEducation$88k
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $4,193,222, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,388,094 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,194,872 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $142k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.2M
$118,103
Median grant
1
States reached
$10.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY$639,523
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION$626,151
CEDA OF COOK COUNTY INC$330,301
TRI COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL$316,761
WILL COUNTY FOR COMMUNITY CONCERN$284,450
WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$213,489
CITY OF ROCKFORD HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT$201,250
ST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$198,617
TWO RIVERS HEAD START AGENCY$179,192
TAZWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$178,461
ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$141,170
TWO RIVERS REGIONAL COUNCIL$127,749
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION$118,103
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY$108,779
BCMW COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$95,130
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%TAZWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $178k → 9%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $234k → 9%ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $141k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $5k → 14%NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION: $28k → 14%WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $214k → 15%PROJECT NOW: $92k → 15%DECATUR MACON COUNTIES OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $12k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $68k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $207k → 9%ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $46k → 12%NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION: $24k → 14%WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $187k → 15%PROJECT NOW: $83k → 15%MACON COUNTY OP: $9k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $68k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $194k → 9%ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $37k → 12%NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION: $23k → 14%WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $92k → 15%PROJECT NOW: $80k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $67k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $185k → 9%ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20k → 12%NORTHWESTERN IL COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $14k → 14%WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $30k → 15%PROJECT NOW: $72k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $54k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $180k → 9%ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $18k → 12%NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION: $14k → 14%WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $4k → 15%PROJECT NOW: $60k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $50k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $167k → 9%NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION: $10k → 14%PROJECT NOW: $44k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $49k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $131k → 9%NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $6k → 14%PROJECT NOW: $8k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $36k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $104k → 9%PROJECT NOW: $8k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $25k → 15%CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $36k → 9%PROJECT NOW: $7k → 15%SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $7k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 31 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
3

Total granted

$24M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+77%

Still filing today

74%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k 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
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • CA
    COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.6M · revenue +50%
  • ER
    EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +61%
  • TO
    TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • CC
    CROSSWALK COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +77%
  • SC
    SANGAMON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMM RES
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +39%
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
Community Action for Improvement Inc

The mission of community action for improvement, inc. is to build sustainable communities with partners by providing services and resources utilizing the whole family approach with low-income households to help reduce the burdens of…

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2
West Central Community Action

In partnership with state and federal government, our mission is to administer programs designed to help residents in our 10-county region of southwest iowa achieve self-sufficiency.

Human Services
3
Community Council of South Central Texas Inc

To be the service delivery agent to the poor. the agency will identify needs and prioritize them and promote, secure, and use all available resources to alleviate poverty. our intent is to enable low-income individuals and families to…

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4
Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency Inc

The agency provides health education, utilities assistance, and other social servics to low income families and senior citizens of bell & whitley counties, kentucky.

Human Services
5
South Central Community Action Partnership Inc

To provide a wide range of services in an effort to help improve the quality of life for people with an economic disadvantage.

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6
West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc

Empowering people while providing services and resources that impact individuals and communities.

Community Improvement
7
Worcester Community Action Council Inc

The mission of the worcester community action council, inc. is helping people move to economic self-sufficiency through programs, partnerships, and advocacy.

Human Services
8
Community Action of Eastern Iowa

Community action of eastern iowa respectfully partners with people to improve their health, finances, and education.

Community Improvement
9
Community Action of Southeast Iowa

The organization is dedicated to alleviating the conditions and causes of poverty by building partnerships and strengthening people through quality services. community action of southeast iowa administers programs funded or supported by…

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10
South Central Iowa Community Action Program

To address the causes and conditions of poverty through community engagement, economic support, education and cognitive development, family support, health and welfare, housing stabilization, any other activities which secure opportunities…

Community Improvement
11
Community Action Agency of Northwest Alabama Inc

Our mission is to reduce the causes and adverse consequences of poverty and to empower low-income individuals, families and communities to achieve self-sufficiency through advocacy, resource utilization and service delivery.

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12
Tri-County Community Action Agency

To empower and create opportunities for vulnerable individuals and families in our community to become socially and economically self sufficient through integrated social, educational, health, prevention, and other basic services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is East Central Illinois Community Action Agency Inc; the most unlike its peers is Western Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council 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

26 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. 26 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY INC: $4,623,390 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COU…EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC: $2,876,335 · Community ImprovementEMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INCTRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL: $2,120,377 · Community ImprovementTRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCILWILL COUNTY CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS: $1,322,695 · Community ImprovementWILL COUNTY CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNSST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $949,431 · Community ImprovementST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCYBCMW COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $623,245 · Community Improvement+1 more: $27,169 · Community ImprovementEAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $1,678,635 · OtherEAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMM…ROCKFORD HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: $1,010,105 · OtherROCKFORD HUMAN SERVICES DE…TWO RIVERS HEAD START AGENCY: $643,899 · OtherTWO RIVERS HEAD START AGEN…PEORIA CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $520,799 · OtherPEORIA CITIZENS COMMITTEE …FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY INC: $322,856 · OtherFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF D…DUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES: $299,127 · OtherDUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT O…CHAMPAIGN COUNTY CLERK: $295,474 · OtherWINNEBAGO COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY: $240,656 · OtherKendall County Forest Preserve District: $210,795 · Other+6 more: $349,150 · Other+6 moreCEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $1,436,952 · Human ServicesCEFS ECONOMIC OP…WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $531,154 · Human ServicesWESTERN EGYPTIAN…PROJECT NOW INC: $452,365 · Human ServicesPROJECT NOW INCSHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $424,895 · Human ServicesSHAWNEE DEVELOPM…ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $266,853 · Human ServicesILLINOIS VALLEY …TAZWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $178,461 · Human ServicesNORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $120,035 · Human Services+2 more: $25,731 · Human ServicesTHE TWO RIVERS COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $1,810,161 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY CONTACTS INC: $69,212 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LAKE COUNTY: $332,709 · EducationWABASH AREA DEVELOPMENT INC: $331,127 · Education
Community Improvement$12,542,642Other$5,571,496Human Services$3,436,446Housing & Shelter$1,879,373Education$663,836

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 budgetCOMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY INC: $4,623,390 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetEMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC: $2,876,335 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetTRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL: $2,120,377 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetTHE TWO RIVERS COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $1,810,161 over 9y, 95% of budgetEAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $1,678,635 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetCEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $1,436,952 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetWILL COUNTY CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS: $1,322,695 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $949,431 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetTWO RIVERS HEAD START AGENCY: $643,899 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetBCMW COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $623,245 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetWESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $531,154 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetPEORIA CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $520,799 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPROJECT NOW INC: $452,365 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetSHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $424,895 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LAKE COUNTY: $332,709 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetWABASH AREA DEVELOPMENT INC: $331,127 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY INC: $322,856 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $266,853 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTAZWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $178,461 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $120,035 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMID CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $104,280 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetKANKAKEE COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $27,169 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDECATUR-MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORP: $20,731 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds EMBARRAS RIVER BASIN AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE TWO RIVERS COUNCIL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CEFS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WILL COUNTY CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS ↗
  • Who funds ST CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds TWO RIVERS HEAD START AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds BCMW COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN EGYPTIAN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds PEORIA CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAWNEE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LAKE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WABASH AREA DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS VALLEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TAZWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds MID CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CONTACTS INC ↗
  • Who funds KANKAKEE COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR-MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORP ↗
  • Who funds CROSSWALK COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS 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.

Housing Action Illino…Northern Illinois Foo…Midland States Bank F…Meals on Wheels Ameri…Charities Aid Foundat…Amazonsmile Foundation
Housing Action IllinoisIL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Housing Action Illinois · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Midland States Bank Foundation · Meals on Wheels America · Charities Aid Foundation America · Amazonsmile 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 Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 35 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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