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Jackson Community Foundation

We connect people and resources to causes that strengthen and build our community for Jackson for good forever.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$500k
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.

Recreation & Sports$3.7MEducation$2.4MEmployment$1.9MHuman Services$1.0MEnvironment$855kHealth$528kCommunity Improvement$456kScience & Tech$415kOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 46 grants below total $1,872,494 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,546,942 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $674,448 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $665k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $656k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST in Michigan$500,000
Dahlem Conservancy$221,241
The Shop Rat Foundation Inc$150,000
228 Michigan Ave LLC$105,110
FIRST$100,000
College and Career Access Center$80,000
Center for Family Health Inc$36,687
Jackson Interfaith Shelter$36,334
Hanover-Horton School District$35,377
South Michigan Food Bank$34,297
Jackson Community Foundation$31,856
MyPlace Inc$31,341
St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church$26,002
Individual grant recipient$25,000
Hope Kitchen$25,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WAVE: $20k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $20k → 14%CAMP LIBERTY: $10k → 13%REGION II AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $7k → 13%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $40k → 13%SAVE OUR YOUTHHELP THEM PROSPER: $27k → 13%Community Action Agency: $20k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $60k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $35k → 13%SAVE OUR YOUTHHELP THEM PROSPER: $18k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $31k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $30k → 13%SAVE OUR YOUTHHELP THEM PROSPER: $16k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $25k → 13%Residents in Action: $15k → 13%WELCOME HOME ORGANIZATION: $20k → 13%RESIDENTS IN ACTION: $12k → 13%WELCOME HOME ORGANIZATION: $13k → 13%John George Home: $11k → 13%SAVE OUR YOUTHHELP THEM PROSPER: $9k → 13%JACKSON MI GIVING BACK TO THE COMMU: $10k → 13%NONPROFIT NETWORK: $8k → 13%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $7k → 13%SAVE OUR YOUTHHELP THEM PROSPER: $6k → 13%Welcome Home Organization: $6k → 13%Catholic Charities of Jackson Lenawee & Hillsdale Counties: $5k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $230k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $149k → 13%Jackson YMCA: $25k → 13%Nonprofit Network: $21k → 13%Jackson YMCA: $20k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN DISPUTE RESOLUTION: $15k → 13%AWARE INC: $15k → 13%AWARE INC: $15k → 13%Nonprofit Network: $14k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN DISPUTE RESOLUTION: $13k → 13%Southeastern Dispute Resolution Services: $13k → 13%Southeastern Dispute Resolution Services: $11k → 13%AWARE INC: $10k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $10k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $8k → 13%COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON: $7k → 13%JACKSON YMCA: $5k → 13%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$11M · 74 repeat orgs$2.1M 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 0% for the ones you funded once.

74 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
30

Total granted

$11M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
0%

Still filing today

59%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $301k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther

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

  • FI
    FIRST IN MICHIGAN
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +43%
  • TD
    THE DAHLEM CONSERVANCY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $845k · revenue +5% · 34% of their budget
  • TS
    THE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $707k · revenue +864% · 53% of their budget

Funded once

  • TE
    THE ENTERPRISE GROUP COMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $1.4M · revenue -21%
  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • AA
    ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE OF
    one grant, 2022 · $50k

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
Jackson Community Ambulance

The mission of jackson community ambulance is to provide high-quality out-of-hospital care and transportation services to the communities we serve.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Jackson Resource Center

To be a multifaceted housing organization devoted to catalyzing intentional on and off site collaborative partnerships that reduces homelessness and creates sustainable communities through affordable quality housing continued education job…

Education
3
Jackson County Chamber of Commerce

To be a leading driver and advocate for community and economic development in jackson county.

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4
The Enterprise Group of Jackson Inc

The enterprise group will build and sustain a vibrant, diversified econocy, thereby improving jackson's quality of life. the enterprise group's mission is to help entrepreneuers and businesses break ground in jackson county on a new…

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5
Jackson Community Development Corp

Our vision is to seek the wholistic wellbeing of the Jackson neighborhood, where residents are known, valued, and empowered to collaborate for the thriving of its people and place.

Community Improvement
6
The Jackson County United Way Inc

Jackson county united way assesses needs, secures resources and strategically invests those resources to create lasting, measurable change in the areas of education, health and financial stability for all people in jackson county.

Philanthropy
7
Jackson County Industrial Development Corporation

Assist in the development of projects in cooperation with the local government and civic bodies that secure additional employment opportunities and facilities in jackson county indiana.

Community Improvement
8
Jackson County Community Services Consortium

Enhance delivery of quality, integrated, accessible services

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9
Jackson Family Childcare

To provide high quality, comprehensive child development and after school care to ensure that children can reach their highest potential

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10
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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11
Jackson Electric Membership Corporation

To provide the best possible electric service to all who desire it within the system area at a reasonable cost consistent with the highest standards of service.

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12
Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition

Works to end environmental injustice by empowering communities at the grassroots level.the corporation is organzied exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including for such purposes, the makeing of…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jackson School of the Arts Assoc and the most unlike its peers is Shalom Center. 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 number22%5%<5yr13%13%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr14%21%35–55yr15%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr13%4%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr15%16%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%4/116
the rest of the field
12%
566/4,830

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

72 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. 72 of the 119 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/72
Grantees still filing
45/72
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COUNTY OF JACKSON MICHIGAN DEPT ON AGING — $984,684 · OtherCOUNTY OF JACKSON MICHIGAN DEPT ON AGINGJACKSON COLLEGE — $302,100 · OtherJACKSON COLLEGEHANOVER HORTON SCHOOLS — $279,428 · OtherJACKSON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT — $203,595 · OtherFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) — $400,000 · OtherFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science a…+78 more — $3,159,458 · Other+78 moreFIRST IN MICHIGAN — $2,627,906 · Recreation & SportsFIRST IN MICHIGAN+1 more — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC — $706,936 · EducationTHE SHOP RAT …COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON — $479,785 · EducationCOLLEGE AND C…Spring Arbor University — $89,950 · EducationSpring Arbor …FOUNDATION FOR MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $60,000 · EducationMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK — $55,000 · Education+6 more — $166,500 · Education+6 moreTHE ENTERPRISE GROUP COMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION — $1,388,108 · Community ImprovementTHE ENTERPR…Jackson YMCA Inc — $429,657 · Human ServicesJackson YM…NONPROFIT NETWORK — $273,617 · Human ServicesNONPROFIT …SAVE OUR YOUTH HELP THEM PROSPER — $76,582 · Human ServicesSAVE OUR Y…COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $67,141 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY …Aware Inc — $59,660 · Human ServicesSOUTHEASTERN DISPUTE RESOLUTION SER — $52,563 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of Jackson — $50,183 · Human Services+10 more — $187,260 · Human Services+10 moreTHE DAHLEM CONSERVANCY — $845,060 · EnvironmentCenter for Family Health — $281,308 · HealthWA FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $153,467 · HealthUMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Health+1 more — $8,000 · Health
Other$5,329,265Recreation & Sports$2,647,906Education$1,558,171Community Improvement$1,388,108Human Services$1,196,663Environment$845,060Health$462,775

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 budgetFIRST IN MICHIGAN — $2,627,906 over 6y, 18% of budgetTHE DAHLEM CONSERVANCY — $845,060 over 4y, 34% of budgetTHE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC — $706,936 over 6y, 53% of budgetCOLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON — $479,785 over 6y, 27% of budgetJackson YMCA Inc — $429,657 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) — $400,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Family Health — $281,308 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNONPROFIT NETWORK — $273,617 over 9y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY — $163,773 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWA FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL — $153,467 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Interfaith Shelter — $150,341 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetFamily Service and Childrens Aid — $143,960 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetJACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC — $108,335 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program — $103,068 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSpring Arbor University — $89,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Jackson Habitat for Humanity — $80,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetSAVE OUR YOUTH HELP THEM PROSPER — $76,582 over 5y, 27% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY INC — $74,907 over 6y, 15% of budgetJackson School of the Arts Assoc — $68,405 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetTHE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME — $68,068 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $67,141 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMYPLACE INC — $63,662 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $60,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetAware Inc — $59,660 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetELLA SHARP MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF JACKSON — $59,397 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetMICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK — $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN DISPUTE RESOLUTION SER — $52,563 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetGROW JACKSON — $51,440 over 3y, 18% of budgetCatholic Charities of Jackson — $50,183 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWELCOME HOME ORGANIZATION — $38,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK — $34,297 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN — $33,224 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY CENTER OF MICHIGAN INC — $32,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetJackson Community Foundation — $31,856 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE & JUST MICHIGAN — $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetShalom Center — $30,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetRESIDENTS IN ACTION LLC — $26,584 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetHOPE KITCHEN — $25,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES OF JACKSON COUNTY — $24,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetERACCE — $23,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF JACKSON CNTY — $22,804 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetChild Care Network — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLILY MISSIONS CENTER — $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPLAY RIGHT SPORTS ACADEMY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetUMRC-PORTER HILLS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds FIRST IN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds THE ENTERPRISE GROUP COMMUNITY VENTURES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DAHLEM CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE SHOP RAT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE AND CAREER ACCESS CENTER OF JACKSON ↗
  • Who funds Jackson YMCA Inc ↗
  • Who funds For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ↗
  • Who funds Center for Family Health ↗
  • Who funds NONPROFIT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds WA FOOTE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Jackson Interfaith Shelter ↗
  • Who funds Family Service and Childrens Aid ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Advocacy Program ↗
  • Who funds Spring Arbor University ↗
  • Who funds Greater Jackson Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR YOUTH HELP THEM PROSPER ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Jackson School of the Arts Assoc ↗
  • Who funds THE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds MYPLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Aware Inc ↗
  • Who funds ELLA SHARP MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF JACKSON ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN DISPUTE RESOLUTION SER ↗
  • Who funds GROW JACKSON ↗

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.

The Alvin L Glick Fou…Consumers Energy Foun…John George Jr Paragr…Lavery FoundationWa Foote Memorial Hos…Phil & Pat Willis Fou…Speckhard-Knight Char…United Way of South C…United Way of Jackson…The Hurst FoundationAddison P Cook III Fo…Louis Glick Memorial …
The Alvin L Glick FoundationMI70.2× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Lavery Foundation · Wa Foote Memorial Hospital · Phil & Pat Willis Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · United Way of Jackson County · The Hurst Foundation · Addison P Cook III Foundation · Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable Trust

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 Jackson Community 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 · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
25report 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 119 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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