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Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$444k
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$831kHealth$785kEducation$476kYouth Development$383kCrime & Legal$355kArts & Culture$277kHousing & Shelter$253kFood & Nutrition$105kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $349k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROKIDS$30,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI$30,000
CHILDREN INCORPORATED$20,000
DCCH CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES$20,000
CENTRAL CLINIC$20,000
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN$20,000
LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$15,000
STEPPING STONES INC$15,000
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF CINCINNATI$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$15,000
CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL$15,000
BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER$12,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES$12,000
INTERPARISH MINISTRY FOOD PANTRY$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $780k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LIFE LEARNING CENTER INC: $20k → 11%FOCUS ON YOUTH INC: $15k → 12%FOCUS ON YOUTH INC: $15k → 12%FOCUS ON YOUTH INC: $10k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $25k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $20k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $20k → 16%GIVE LIKE A MOTHER: $8k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $20k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $20k → 16%Childrens Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $8k → 11%THE FIRST STEP HOME: $15k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $10k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $8k → 16%CHILDRENS HOME OF CINCINNATI: $20k → 16%CHILDRENS HOME OF CINCINNATI: $14k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $20k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHI: $15k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%CWFF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $30k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $30k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $15k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $10k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $10k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $15k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $15k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $12k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $10k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $8k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $15k → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $11k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $10k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $10k → 16%North Fairmount Community Center: $8k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $17k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $15k → 16%EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $15k → 16%EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 16%EMMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 16%CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $10k → 16%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.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
OH
KY
VA
MD
DC
GA

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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.4M · 105 repeat orgs$552k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +8% for the ones you funded once.

105 repeat relationships — 31 still active in FY2025, 74 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

105
58

Total granted

$3.4M
$479k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+8%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

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

  • P
    ProKids
    5× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +210%
  • BH
    Bethany House Services Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $80k · revenue +158%
  • LA
    Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati
    3× · 2021–2025 · $80k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • HS
    HEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER OF GREA
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +1%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL PARTICULAR
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • LL
    Life Learning Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +941%

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
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
2
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
3
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
4
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center

Unlocking the self-worth and potential of at-risk teens through the transformative power of art, a first-class environment and a character-building culture. Equipping at-risk teens with skills, credentials and pathways to employment.…

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5
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
6
Cincinnati Aquatic Club

To offer children and young adults a top quality program that develops, trains and competes as competitive swimmers year-round in a supportive and motivating enviroment that respects, challenges and nurtures them as athletes, students, and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
8
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
9
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…

Arts & Culture
10
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
11
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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12
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citylink Center and the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%2%<5yr15%6%5–10yr18%16%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr15%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%1%<5yr15%3%5–10yr18%11%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr15%28%35–55yr15%36%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%1/127
the rest of the field
13%
808/6,132

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

121 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. 121 of the 170 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/121
Grantees still filing
89/121
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati — $80,000 · OtherProKids — $130,000 · OtherProKids+89 more — $1,997,950 · Other+89 moreSTEPPING STONES INC — $95,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INCSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $70,000 · Human ServicesSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY …LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $65,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVI…BEECH ACRES — $60,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRESCincinnati Union Bethel — $50,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati Union Bethe…FOCUS ON YOUTH INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired — $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy — $35,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio — $33,784 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK — $30,000 · Human ServicesStrategies to End Homelessness Inc — $30,000 · Human Services+18 more — $196,400 · Human Services+18 moreRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc — $65,000 · HealthMAY WE HELP INC — $40,000 · HealthTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION — $32,000 · HealthHEALTH CARE ACCESS NOW — $22,500 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc — $20,000 · HealthMILESTONES INC — $20,000 · HealthNAMI OF SOUTHWEST OHIO — $14,988 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · HealthHEALTHY HUMOR INC — $10,000 · Health+2 more — $13,000 · HealthUPSPRING — $57,000 · Youth DevelopmentENVISION CHILDREN — $40,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN — $36,830 · Youth DevelopmentFound Village — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentAxis Teen Centers — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentSURVIVE & THRIVE FOUNDATION INC — $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEAD TRAINING — $12,000 · Youth Development+3 more — $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentCincinnati Youth Collaborative — $35,000 · EducationOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $35,000 · EducationPARTNERSHIP FOR INNOVATION IN EDUCATION — $30,000 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER — $20,000 · EducationMindPeace Cincinnati — $15,000 · EducationAUBREY ROSE FOUNDATION — $13,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc — $10,000 · EducationWordplay Cincy — $7,000 · Education+2 more — $10,000 · EducationBethany House Services Inc — $80,000 · Housing & ShelterWELCOME HOUSE INC — $45,500 · Housing & ShelterPRICE HILL WILL — $25,000 · Housing & ShelterOVER THE RHINE COMMUNITY HOUSING — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc — $30,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY — $17,500 · Arts & CultureCorryville Suzuki Project — $15,000 · Arts & CultureVisionaries and Voices — $14,500 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSIC & WELLNESS COALITION — $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Contemporary Arts Center — $9,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $8,000 · Arts & CultureART OPPORTUNITIES INC — $7,500 · Arts & CultureBlack Art Speaks — $7,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Opera Association Inc — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park — $5,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER — $5,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT YOGA INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,207,950Human Services$780,184Health$247,488Youth Development$215,330Education$175,000Housing & Shelter$158,000Arts & Culture$143,500

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 budgetProKids — $130,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC — $95,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBethany House Services Inc — $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati — $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJoy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc — $70,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC — $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $70,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc — $65,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES — $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP — $65,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetBEECH ACRES — $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUPSPRING — $57,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetCincinnati Union Bethel — $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBrighton Center Inc — $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC — $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDRENS LAW CENTER INC — $47,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC — $45,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetElementz — $42,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBreakthrough Cincinnati Inc — $41,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetENVISION CHILDREN — $40,500 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetMAY WE HELP INC — $40,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetFOCUS ON YOUTH INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSt Rita School For The Deaf — $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFamily Nurturing Center of Kentucky — $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDIOCESAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S HOME INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGlad House Inc — $37,035 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCITYLINK CENTER — $37,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN — $36,830 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative — $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy — $35,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetOHIO VALLEY VOICES — $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio — $33,784 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION — $32,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK — $30,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetStrategies to End Homelessness Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNOVATION IN EDUCATION — $30,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Aloysius Orphanage — $25,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICE OF THE OHIO HUMANE SOCIETY DBA FAMILIESFORWARD — $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFound Village — $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHEARING SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER OF GREA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPRICE HILL WILL — $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHEALTH CARE ACCESS NOW — $22,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEPILEPSY ALLIANCE OHIO — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

Andrew Jergens Founda…Pfau Charitable Found…John a Schroth Family…Charles H Dater Found…The Greater Cincinnat…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…Sutphin Family Founda…Josephine S Russell C…Carol Ann and Ralph V…United Way of Greater…
Andrew Jergens FoundationOH150.4× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Andrew Jergens Foundation · Pfau Charitable Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati

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 Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust 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.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    42report 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

    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.

    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 170 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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