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JD Finish Line Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
131
Grants FY2024still arriving
28
States reached
$338k
Largest
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Recreation & Sports$3.1MYouth Development$1.4MFood & Nutrition$809kHuman Services$582kCivil Rights$461kEducation$245kPhilanthropy$231kCommunity Improvement$215kOther$0
02FY2024 · 131 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k52 grants · $146k
  • $10k–50k74 grants · $844k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana$338,000
Girls Inc National Resource Center$265,000
100 Black Men of America$250,510
Feeding America$250,000
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc$70,000
100 Black Men of Indianapolis$37,100
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver$30,000
City of Spencer$25,000
Precious Dreams Foundation$17,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis$17,000
Joseph Maley Foundation$16,750
500 Foundation$15,000
Nine13 sports$15,000
Dreambuilders Foundation$15,000
1000 Ties$12,500
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 (FY20–24, $451k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Intermountain Centers: $10k → 15%Fam 1st Family Foundation: $13k → 10%What Makes You Feel Beautiful: $10k → 9%Gambian Youths Organization: $10k → 28%Children & Family Institute: $10k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $5k → 14%Helping Women Period: $10k → 16%Domestic Violence Resource Center Inc: $10k → 8%API Middle Tennessee: $10k → 14%Centro Hispano: $10k → 8%Ser Familia: $25k → 8%Sam's Wish: $10k → 5%Cornerstone Family Programs: $10k → 4%Backpacks of Love Inc: $10k → 6%The Purposeful Unconditional Service to Others Foundation: $5k → 6%Volo Kids Foundation: $10k → 19%Austin Hooper Foundation: $5k → 9%Nevada Blind Children's Foundation: $25k → 13%Phoenix Indian Center: $10k → 11%Latinas In Tech: $5k → 9%Soles4Souls: $25k → 14%Soles4Souls: $10k → 14%America Cares Too: $10k → 14%Covenant House California: $10k → 14%SGA Youth and Family Services: $25k → 14%True Beauty Discovery: $5k → 17%Noble: $3k → 16%100 Black Men of Indianapolis: $37k → 16%Indiana Youth Group: $10k → 16%Firefly Children & Family Alliance: $10k → 16%Paws and Think Inc: $10k → 16%Coburn Place Safehaven II Inc: $25k → 16%Be Nimble Foundation Inc: $3k → 16%Project Free University: $25k → 16%Project Free University: $25k → 16%Project Free University: $1k → 16%Indiana Youth Group: $5k → 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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

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.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 6% of JD Finish Line Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 26% of the giving stays in IN; read by stated purpose it is 21% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

JD Finish Line Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.6M · 46 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

46 repeat relationships — 34 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 92 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
153

Total granted

$4.6M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+11%

Still filing today

85%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEducationArts & CultureHealthOther

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

  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $2.6M · revenue +48%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $499k · revenue +11%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $213k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • KI
    KABOOM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $111k · revenue +72%
  • PL
    Phalen Leadership Academies
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Girls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis

Girls inc.'s mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. in partnership with schools and community organizations, we focus on the development of the whole girl. she learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and…

Youth Development
2
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
3
Future Founders Foundation

Future founders is building the nation's largest inclusive community of intentional young entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial-minded leaders.

Education
4
Female Strong

Female strong is a 501c3 non-profit organization and a community of committed individuals that offer hands-on programs, mentorship, and experiences that build confidence in middle and high school girls. we support the inclusion of all…

Community Improvement
5
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
6
Big Thought

The mission of Big Thought is to make imagination a part of everyday learning. We bring relentless optimism, innovation, and imagination to the biggest problem facing education today: the opportunity gap.

Arts & Culture
7
Enterprise for Youth

Enterprise for youth empowers under-resourced san francisco youths to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences supported by a community of employers, caring adults, and peers.

Youth Development
8
International Youth Foundation

Iyf is a global ngo that prepares young people to be healthy, productive and engaged citizens.

International
9
The Brandon Foundation Incorporated

The brandon foundation is an organization where students are shown the power of their potential through individualized mentoring and family-focused support.

Youth Development
10
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc

Philadelphia youth network (pyn) equips young people to build lifelong skills, pursue meaningful careers, and embrace change with confidence - so they can thrive in the workforce, experience economic mobility, and strengthen their…

Youth Development
11
Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston

The mission of Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

Youth Development
12
Inspirational Workshops

We collaborate with youth of color in their learning and development journey providing experiences and resources for critical thinking, exploring voice, deepening brilliance, and contributing to the health and renewal of their…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sga Youth & Family Services Nfp and the most unlike its peers is Sierra Health Foundation. 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 backsteadyFood Banks and PantriesYouth Development CentersEnvironmental Conservation …Independent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Developm…Christian Youth CampsLgbtq+ Community SupportImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity FoundationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community College Foundatio…Local Food System Organizat…School District FoundationsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Developmental Disabilities …Youth Development ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Youth Mentoring ProgramsPolicy Research and AdvocacyDomestic Violence ServicesYouth Sports Programs
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 15 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%13%<5yr14%23%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%12%35–55yr16%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%7%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%11%20–35yr13%18%35–55yr16%43%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 13% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%5/221
the rest of the field
13%
240,391/1,819,344

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.

05the grantee network

197 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 197 of the 296 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)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
189/197
Grantees still filing
101/197
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $2,554,342 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS INCNINE 13 INC — $115,000 · Recreation & SportsKABOOM INC — $110,750 · Recreation & Sports+12 more — $246,791 · Recreation & Sports+12 moreGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC — $498,525 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INCGirls Inc National Resource Center — $265,000 · OtherGirls Inc National Resource CenterBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC — $212,573 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INCKEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC — $158,895 · Other+105 more — $1,885,325 · Other+105 more100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INC — $250,510 · Youth Development100 BLACK…1000 TIES — $55,225 · Youth Development1000 TIESFIREWORK FOUNDATION — $25,365 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ACCESS FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN PHILLY STYLE — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $25,000 · Youth Development+21 more — $277,950 · Youth Development+21 morePROJECT FREE UNIVERSITY — $51,000 · Human Services100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC — $37,100 · Human ServicesSOLES4SOULS INC — $35,077 · Human ServicesSGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES NFP — $25,000 · Human ServicesCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesSER FAMILIA — $25,000 · Human ServicesNEVADA BLIND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Human ServicesIYG INC — $15,000 · Human Services+20 more — $202,500 · Human ServicesFeeding America — $250,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HELPINGS INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionROOTS RISING INC — $10,000 · Food & NutritionFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $100,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC — $35,000 · Community ImprovementSYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE — $25,000 · Community ImprovementSWEETFEET — $15,000 · Community ImprovementHEY BENJI FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Community ImprovementSide Hustle Economy Co — $10,000 · Community ImprovementThe Educate Me Foundation Inc — $10,000 · Community ImprovementDONORSCHOOSEORG — $47,329 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC — $25,000 · EducationYouth Guidance — $20,000 · EducationPOSITIVE CHARACTER GIRLS INC — $20,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION — $18,250 · EducationTHE DREAMVILLE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EducationWarren Arts and Education Foundation Inc — $12,271 · EducationEducation is Key — $11,000 · EducationPURSUIT TRANSFORMATION COMPANY INC — $10,000 · EducationFATHERS AND FAMILIES RESOURCERESEARCH CENTER INC — $10,000 · EducationCATCH THE STARS FOUNDATION — $9,375 · Education
Recreation & Sports$3,026,883Other$3,020,318Youth Development$684,050Human Services$440,677Food & Nutrition$270,000Community Improvement$205,000Education$198,225

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $2,554,342 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC — $498,525 over 5y, 0.2% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INC — $250,510 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFeeding America — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS INC — $212,573 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetKEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC — $158,895 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNINE 13 INC — $115,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetKABOOM INC — $110,750 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC — $89,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPRECIOUS DREAMS FOUNDATION — $82,500 over 4y, 8.5% of budget1000 TIES — $55,225 over 3y, 31% of budgetLegends Do Live — $52,565 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $47,329 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRACKGIRLZ — $45,150 over 3y, 41% of budgetTOGETHER WE RISE — $43,793 over 3y, 0.3% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC — $37,100 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSOLES4SOULS INC — $35,077 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF THE FAR EASTSIDE INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFORKIDS INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME — $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINDY PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION — $30,801 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIndiana Black Expo Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHAPPY HOLLOW CAMP INC — $28,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFIREWORK FOUNDATION — $25,365 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSGA YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES NFP — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSYLVESTER BROOME EMPOWERMENT VILLAGE — $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTUDENTS RUN PHILLY STYLE — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP RISE ABOVE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRECLAIMED HOPE INITIATIVE — $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTeaching Young Women in Society Truth — $25,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSER FAMILIA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Thinkubator — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNEVADA BLIND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLadies Learning To Lead Inc — $22,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budget5050 FOUNDATION — $20,848 over 2y, 13% of budgetJOSEPH MALEY FOUNDATION INC — $20,250 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTrue Self Foundation Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetGEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOakland Kids First — $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCAFE MOMENTUM — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN57× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc

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 JD Finish Line Foundation Inc 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
202122232425
no gov · 70%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 4%
  • Homefront Inc9% of income from government
  • Roots Rising Inc6% of income from government
  • Cardinal Shehan Center Inc4% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Family Programs3% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
67report 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, FY2025

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 JD Finish Line Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to JD Finish Line Foundation Inc 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 296 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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