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John H Grace Foundation at a glance

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John H Grace Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$820k
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MYouth Development$1.0MRecreation & Sports$848kHealth$804kHuman Services$514kPhilanthropy$494kCommunity Improvement$217kArts & Culture$188kOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $331k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLOCK FULLERTON'S LOVE OF ORANGE COUNTY KIDS$100,000
LOVE 2 YEU$100,000
CAL STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION$75,000
CDA FUTBOL CLUB$75,000
ST JUDE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$50,000
TARA'S CHANCE$40,000
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY$28,500
MAKE A SMILE FOUNDATION$27,500
CHP 1199 FOUNDATION$25,000
VOLAR SPORT INC$25,000
CHOC FOUNDATION$25,000
THE CHALLENGE CENTER$15,000
BOY'S & GIRL'S CLUB OF LA HABRA$15,000
FRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLEGE$15,000
VITUITY CARES FOUNDATION INC$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $431k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION: $50k → 13%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $6k → 7%NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $5k → 7%FRIENDS OF CASA HOGAR: $10k → 13%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $5k → 7%MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN: $5k → 11%NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $2k → 7%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $6k → 10%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANAHEIM: $5k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANAHEIM: $5k → 10%NO LIMITS LEARNING CENTER: $5k → 10%ANAHEIM FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 10%NO LIMITS LEARNING CENTER: $5k → 10%ORANGE COUNTY JAPENESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $12k → 10%ANGELS OF LOVE: $5k → 10%ANGELS OF LOVE: $5k → 10%ANGELS OF LOVE: $5k → 10%YWCA OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY: $8k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $29k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $22k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $22k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $15k → 10%YWCA OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY: $5k → 10%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $10k → 10%OC UNITED TOGETHER MINISTRIES: $5k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
NY
MA
NV
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
HI
OK
MS
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 88 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

88 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 53 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
51

Total granted

$5.3M
$334k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+26%

Still filing today

64%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CF
    CDA FUTBOL CLUB
    8× · 2018–2025 · $575k · revenue +40%
  • EM
    ELK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY
    5× · 2018–2022 · $223k · revenue +665%
  • ND
    NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $200k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • LM
    LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • YO
    YMCA OF NORTH ORANGE COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
3
Union of Pan Asian Communities

To improve the general well-being and education of the asian, pacific islander and other ethnic communities of san diego county. upac recognizes the diverse ethnic and cultural identities and strengths of these communities and their need…

Human Services
4
Foundation for California Community Colleges

The foundation's mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the california community college system.

Education
5
Nami Orange County

The mission of nami orange county is to provide emotional support, education and resources for families, and those affected by mental illness. in collaboration with the entire community, we advocate for a life of quality and dignity, one…

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6
Orange County Community Foundation

Transforming our community's heartfelt intention into greater impact for good.

Philanthropy
7
Laguna Beach Community Clinic

The mission of laguna beach community clinic (lbcc) is to provide excellent medical care regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
8
Catholic Charities of Orange County Inc

The mission of catholic charities of orange county is to provide service to people in need, promote their voice in society, and to call the church and all people to do the same."

Human Services
9
California Healthcare Foundation

Chcf is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of california, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the…

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10
Children's Hospital of Orange County

To nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children.

Health
11
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
12
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oneoc; the most unlike its peers is Volar Sport 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

90 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 90 of the 150 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/90
Grantees still filing
66/90
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLOCK FULLERTON'S LOVE OF ORANGE COUNTY KIDS: $567,500 · OtherFLOCK FULLERTON'S LOVE OF ORANGE COUNTY KIDSCAL STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $456,500 · OtherCAL STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONST JUDE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $425,000 · OtherST JUDE MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONO KAU KAKOU: $160,000 · OtherMAKE A SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $133,500 · Other+90 more: $1,594,780 · Other+90 moreCDA FUTBOL CLUB: $575,000 · Recreation & SportsCDA FUTBOL CL…Volar Sport Inc: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsVolar Sport I…+5 more: $42,500 · Recreation & Sports+5 moreNEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesNEW DIRECTIO…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $116,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S …COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $60,000 · Human ServicesCOACHELLA VA…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDAT ATTN MICHELLE WULFESTIEG: $55,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN CAL…FAMILY PROMISE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $48,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMI…Florence Crittenton Services of Orance County Inc: $21,000 · Human Services+10 more: $119,000 · Human Services+10 moreELK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY: $222,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLEGE: $65,000 · EducationLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationThe Troy Support Organization: $28,000 · EducationHOPE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationKAPAA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+6 more: $25,000 · EducationCHOC FOUNDATION: $110,000 · HealthVITUITY CARES FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · HealthTARAS CHANCE: $50,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $40,000 · HealthNOROOZ CLINIC FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthKEIRO SERVICES: $32,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthSACRED HEARTS: $15,000 · Health+4 more: $17,000 · HealthLOVE 2 YEU: $145,000 · InternationalI PADRINI DI ANTONELLOS: $55,000 · PhilanthropyONEOC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyARTISTS FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION INTL: $5,000 · PhilanthropyROOSTERS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $4,240 · Philanthropy+2 more: $3,000 · Philanthropy
Other$3,337,280Recreation & Sports$697,500Human Services$619,500Education$435,500Health$419,500International$145,000Philanthropy$87,240

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCDA FUTBOL CLUB: $575,000 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetELK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY: $222,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetLOVE 2 YEU: $145,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $116,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHERAPY CENTER INC DBA CHALLENGE CENTER: $85,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetVolar Sport Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 77% of budgetVITUITY CARES FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLEGE: $65,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $60,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetI PADRINI DI ANTONELLOS: $55,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDAT ATTN MICHELLE WULFESTIEG: $55,000 over 8y, 53% of budgetTARAS CHANCE: $50,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEsperanza Entertainment Boosters: $48,500 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $48,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNOROOZ CLINIC FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetFullerton Rotary Foundation: $35,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetIRVINE 2-11 MARINE ADOPTION COMMITEE INC: $33,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetKEIRO SERVICES: $32,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAHA HUI E KALA DBA LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $30,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetORANGE COUNTY ADULT ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DBA MY DAY COUNTS: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFULLERTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetThe Troy Support Organization: $28,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetLAFC SPORTS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHope For Lebanon Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Services of Orance County Inc: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKAPAA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetONEOC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetORANGEWOOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $19,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA HABRA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIAMOND BAR WOMAN'S CLUB INC: $15,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetSACRED HEARTS: $15,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetMERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANGELS OF LOVE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetLET'S TALK USA: $15,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY AND THE INLAND EMPIRE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 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 CDA FUTBOL CLUB ↗
  • Who funds ELK MOUNTAIN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NEW DIRECTIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE 2 YEU ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THERAPY CENTER INC DBA CHALLENGE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Volar Sport Inc ↗
  • Who funds VITUITY CARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FULLERTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds I PADRINI DI ANTONELLOS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOSPICE FOUNDAT ATTN MICHELLE WULFESTIEG ↗
  • Who funds TARAS CHANCE ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Esperanza Entertainment Boosters ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds NOROOZ CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Fullerton Rotary Foundation ↗
  • Who funds IRVINE 2-11 MARINE ADOPTION COMMITEE INC ↗
  • Who funds KEIRO SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds AHA HUI E KALA DBA LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY ADULT ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DBA MY DAY COUNTS ↗

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.

Orange County Communi…O L Halsell FoundationThe Crean FoundationSempra FoundationOrange County's Unite…Sisters of St Joseph …Farmers & Merchants B…Hoag Memorial Hospita…Argyros Family Founda…Samueli FoundationEdwards Lifesciences …Wilson W Phelps Found…
Orange County Community FoundationCA36.2× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · The Crean Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Argyros Family Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Wilson W Phelps 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 John H Grace Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John H Grace Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    17report 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 150 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-PF 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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