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John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation at a glance

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John Henry Eldred Jr 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
147
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$230k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.4MHuman Services$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.1MCommunity Improvement$868kFood & Nutrition$700kYouth Development$410kArts & Culture$337kHealth$267kOther$0
02FY2025 · 147 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k61 grants · $266k
  • $10k–50k72 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.5M
$12,900
Median grant
14
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE$230,000
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION$225,000
MAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$176,000
DAY 52 INC DBA ART TATUM ZONE$130,000
FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIE OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC DBA THE FAIR HOUSING CENT$130,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO CO ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER$107,500
LUCAS COUNTY LAND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION DBA LUCAS COUNTY LAND BANK$105,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
CONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS$60,775
EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER$60,000
TUTORSMART GREATER TOLEDO$60,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$60,000
TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$55,000
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$50,000
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER TOLEDO DBA YMCA OF GREATER TOL$42,500
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 (FY18–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE FARM LINK PROJECT: $5k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%SO ALL MAY EAT: $30k → 12%NORTHWESTERN OHIO COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $30k → 11%GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $30k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF LIMA ALLEN COUNTY: $30k → 13%BEATITUDES COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 15%MOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $25k → 18%OPEN DOOR OF DELTA: $68k → 8%CHILDREN'S LANTERN: $25k → 11%MOMS HOUSE: $10k → 18%OPEN DORR OF DELTA: $15k → 8%MOMS HOUSE: $6k → 18%CENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY: $3k → 14%OPEN DOOR OF DELTA: $10k → 8%OPEN DOOR OF DELTA: $8k → 8%BROWN BAG FOOD PROJECT: $30k → 12%COCOON SHELTER: $28k → 12%COCOON SHELTER: $28k → 12%MOM'S HOUSE: $2k → 18%CENTER OF HOPE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25k → 18%BEACH HOUSE INC DBA LEADING FAMILIES HOME: $30k → 18%BEACH HOUSE INC: $7k → 18%BEACH HOUSE: $5k → 18%LOTT INDUSTRIES: $25k → 18%FOOD FOR THOUGHT TOLEDO: $20k → 18%FOOD FOR THOUGHT TOLEDO: $20k → 18%OPEN ARMS TRANSFORMATION LIVING: $30k → 18%EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER: $60k → 18%EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER: $25k → 18%BABY UNIVERSITY: $30k → 18%BABY UNIVERSITY: $25k → 18%BABY UNIVERSITY: $20k → 18%DAY 52 INC DBA ART TATUM ZONE: $130k → 18%ST PAULS COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 18%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY: $30k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $30k → 18%EQUALITY TOLEDO: $30k → 18%EQUALITY TOLEDO: $25k → 18%TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY HOMELESSNESS BOARD: $25k → 18%DAY 52 INC DBA ART TATUM ZONE: $25k → 18%INCLUSIVE FOR WOMEN INC DBA WOMEN OF TOLEDO: $25k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $25k → 18%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY: $20k → 18%YWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $16k → 18%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY: $10k → 18%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY: $5k → 18%ST PAULS COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 18%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
IL
MI
NY
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 100% of John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 74% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 0%.

John Henry Eldred Jr Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
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 funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 78 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

78 repeat relationships: 54 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 91 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
372

Total granted

$4.5M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+6%

Still filing today

65%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HS
    HISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $295k · revenue +67%
  • CS
    CHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES
    7× · 2018–2025 · $166k · revenue +7%
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO
    4× · 2022–2025 · $143k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • Y
    YWCA
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • CH
    Compassion Health Toledo
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -26%
  • TS
    TOLEDO SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Lansing Community Library

Public library

Education
2
Wayne County Public Library Inc

Public lending library

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3
Library Association of Sandusky Ohio

Giving all people opportunities to enrich their lives.

Education
4
Butler Area Public Library

To provide the citizens of butler county with various library services, including lending books, research information, public use of periodicals, and computer services.

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5
Hamlin Community Library

Public lending library

Education
6
South Butler Community Library

Identify, prioritize, provide and continually improve services, educational, self-improvement, leisure opportunities, literary materials, facilities, professional, voluntary and charitable leadership and support.

Education
7
Onondaga Free Library

The mission of onondaga free library is to provide access to all for lifelong learning, innovative programs and services, and to promote the literacy and well being of the community.

Education
8
Locust Valley Library

Provide library services

Education
9
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
10
Penn Hills Library

A welcoming community center that provides information and equitable access to space, collections, materials, programs and services that enrich the quality of life and facilitate lifelong learning.

Education
11
Elyria Public Library

The elyria public library system will always offer free resources with unlimited possibilities for every person in the community it serves. library resources in all formats will be readily and equitably accessible to all library users. the…

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12
Stark County District Library

Stark County District Library is an award winning library that consists of Main Library, nine branch libraries and five (5) mobile units that serve over 189,000 cardholders. The Library provides programs and classes for adults, teens and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mobile Meals of Toledo Inc; the most unlike its peers is 577 Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

178 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. 178 of the 543 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
171/178
Grantees still filing
89/178
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $221,000 · OtherMAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITYBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO CO ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER: $132,500 · OtherFAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIE OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC DBA THE FAIR HOUSING CENT: $130,000 · OtherLUCAS COUNTY LAND REVITALIZATION CORPORATION DBA LUCAS COUNTY LAND BANK: $130,000 · Other+134 more: $2,953,753 · Other+134 moreDAY52 INC: $155,000 · Human ServicesDAY52 INCTHE OPEN DOOR OF DELTA: $100,500 · Human ServicesTHE OPEN DOOR OF D…EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesEAST TOLEDO FAMILY…BABY UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · Human ServicesBABY UNIVERSITYAO ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC: $68,000 · Human ServicesAO ADVOCATING OPPO…EQUALITY TOLEDO INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE COCOON SHELTER: $55,000 · Human ServicesTOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $55,000 · Human ServicesST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $44,000 · Human ServicesBEACH HOUSE INC: $43,500 · Human ServicesMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $42,500 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THOUGHT TOLEDO INC: $40,000 · Human Services+12 more: $321,000 · Human Services+12 moreLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $325,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIA…HISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE: $295,000 · Community ImprovementHISTORIC SOU…LEIPSIC COMMUNITY CENTER: $41,000 · Community ImprovementLEIPSIC COMM…PERRYSBURG HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementTOLEDO DESIGN COLLECTIVE 1 SEAGATE: $30,000 · Community ImprovementJUNCTION COALITION: $25,000 · Community ImprovementPARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO: $143,000 · EducationPARTNERS …THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationTHE UNIVE…TOLEDO TOMORROW: $80,000 · EducationTOLEDO TO…HOPE TOLEDO SERVICES: $80,000 · EducationHOPE TOLE…AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · EducationAMERICAN …PATHWAY INC: $30,000 · EducationAUTISM MODEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $25,000 · Education+6 more: $46,000 · Education+6 moreCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $166,033 · Housing & ShelterAURORA PROJECT INC: $55,000 · Housing & ShelterLUCAS HOUSING SERVICES CORPORATION: $55,000 · Housing & ShelterSANDUSKY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterLiberty Center of Sandusky County: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterFINDLAY HOPE HOUSE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterBethany House Services Inc: $27,650 · Housing & ShelterCONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC: $170,775 · Food & NutritionMOBILE MEALS OF TOLEDO INC: $80,000 · Food & NutritionURBAN WHOLISTICS: $55,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $80,000 · HealthOTTAWA COUNTY FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $54,800 · HealthCompassion Health Toledo: $50,000 · HealthHARBOR INC: $26,200 · HealthCOURAGEOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $12,500 · HealthPhilio Inc dba New Concepts: $12,400 · HealthChildrens Developmental Center of Lima: $10,000 · Health
Other$3,567,253Human Services$1,139,500Community Improvement$746,000Education$564,000Housing & Shelter$393,683Food & Nutrition$330,775Health$245,900

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $325,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE: $295,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $221,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC: $170,775 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $166,033 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetDAY52 INC: $155,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO: $143,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR OF DELTA: $100,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetTOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetEAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF TOLEDO INC: $80,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTOLEDO TOMORROW: $80,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetHOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE TOLEDO SERVICES: $80,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetToledo GROWs Inc: $76,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetBABY UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetAO ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC: $68,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTHE CITY MISSION OF FINDLAY OHIO: $57,700 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN WHOLISTICS: $55,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetEQUALITY TOLEDO INC: $55,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetTHE COCOON SHELTER: $55,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAURORA PROJECT INC: $55,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetLUCAS HOUSING SERVICES CORPORATION: $55,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $55,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO: $55,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetOTTAWA COUNTY FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $54,800 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO I: $51,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS OHIO: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCompassion Health Toledo: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $44,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBEACH HOUSE INC: $43,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $42,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetFOOD FOR THOUGHT TOLEDO INC: $40,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WOOD COUNTY: $37,900 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetGRACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $34,500 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO: $32,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBELIEVE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSANDUSKY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSOFIA QUINTERO ART AND CULTURAL CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPERRYSBURG HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBROWN BAG FOOD PROJECT: $30,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetGREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetLiberty Center of Sandusky County: $30,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetHOSPICE OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Toledo Community Foun…United Way of Greater…The O-I Charities Fou…The Stranahan Support…The Andersons Fund Su…Bon Secours Mercy Hea…Promedica Health Syst…Toledo Classic IncThe Oswald Supporting…Robert C and Susan M …Premier Bank Foundati…Toledo Community Foun…
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH154× affinity91 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Toledo · The O-I Charities Foundation · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · Toledo Classic Inc · The Oswald Supporting Organization · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund

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 Henry Eldred Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • Center for Hope and Safety: 68% of income from government
  • 211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Dora Public Library: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
67report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 543 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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