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John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc

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.

$573k
Granted FY2025still arriving
99
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MPhilanthropy$341kHuman Services$216kEducation$185kEnvironment$88kReligion$88kHealth$69kCommunity Improvement$62kOther$0
02FY2025 · 99 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k85 grants · $197k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $199k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $177k
$1,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$100,000
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$77,000
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S SHELTER$25,000
MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$25,000
DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS)$19,500
AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE$17,500
CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$15,000
OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION$15,000
MADISON ROTARY FOUNDATION$13,500
MADISON COLLEGE FOUNDATION$12,000
THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY$11,000
WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
MADISON LAKEWAY PARTNERS$10,000
CLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE$9,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THE CRADLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%THE CRADLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%THE CRADLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $1k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $1k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $1k → 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

MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CA
CO
VA
NM
TN
TX
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.
$2.2M · 98 repeat orgs$173k to everyone else

98 repeat relationships: 94 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
19

Total granted

$2.2M
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+35%

Still filing today

69%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MY
    MADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $150k · revenue ×14
  • American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $70k · revenue +12%
  • OC
    OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $60k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • WY
    WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS
    one grant, 2022 · $110k
  • D
    DAIS
    one grant, 2022 · $18k
  • IS
    INCITE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY SANTA FEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +32%
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
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
3
Downtown Madison Inc

Make downtown madison an economically strong, equitable, inclusive, and vibrant place to live, work, and visit.

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4
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
5
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc

The museum of wisconsin art celebrates the value, diversity, and uniqueness of the visual arts and artists of wisconsin. this is achieved by collecting, conserving, documenting, exhibiting, and promoting aesthetic understanding of the…

Arts & Culture
6
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
7
Madison Professional Police Officers Association Inc

The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.

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8
Lawrence University of Wisconsin

Lawrence university of wisconsin, through its undergraduate residential college and conservatory of music, educates students in the liberal arts and sciences. the university is devoted to excellence and integrity in all of its activities…

Education
9
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc

Inspiring individuals and communities through exceptional music education, accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
10
Wingra School Inc

In service of learning, we practice responsive and progressive education, and strive for equity. in service of the whole person, we embrace unique gifts, experiences, and relationships. in service of social justice, we foster…

Education
11
University Research Park Incorporated

The organization acquires, holds, administers, and distributes real and personal property for the benefit of the university of wisconsin (uw)-madison.

Education
12
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Overture Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vogel Foundation 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

74 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. 74 of the 120 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
74/74
Grantees still filing
56/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $333,077 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS: $110,000 · OtherWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS): $60,500 · OtherDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS)CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherCHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $50,000 · Other+68 more: $474,500 · Other+68 moreWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $330,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCMADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INCAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc: $70,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin IncMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $68,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCOVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureOVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INCWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INCMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $68,500 · Arts & Culture+11 moreMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $48,000 · EducationMADISON A…MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationMADISON P…BROOKS SCHOOL: $24,000 · EducationBROOKS SC…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $16,000 · EducationAMHERST C…FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $15,000 · EducationFOUNTAIN …MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL: $8,000 · Education+6 more: $20,000 · Education+6 moreCLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $38,000 · EnvironmentOLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM: $8,000 · EnvironmentDRIFTLESS AREA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentNORTHWOODS WILDLIFE CENTER: $4,000 · EnvironmentMADISON ROTARY FOUNDATION: $54,000 · Community ImprovementKENNEDY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · Community ImprovementMADISON NORTHSIDE PLANNING COUNCIL INC: $4,000 · Community ImprovementCANOPY CENTER INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $4,000 · Crime & LegalAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $20,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $4,000 · HealthTHE BEACON OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: $3,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER HOUSTON INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$1,088,077Arts & Culture$876,500Education$189,000Environment$74,000Community Improvement$62,000Crime & Legal$34,000Health$28,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $333,077 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $330,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetMADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC: $150,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $68,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON ROTARY FOUNDATION: $54,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $48,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $38,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCANOPY CENTER INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON OPERA INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cradle Foundation: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMadison LakeWay Partners Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUPSTART CROWS OF SANTE FE: $9,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetWISCONSIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGLACIER'S EDGE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN - BADGERLAND COUNCIL INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM: $8,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetTHE RAINBOW PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINCITE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY SANTA FE: $8,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetWISCONSIN ACADEMY FOR GRADUATE SERVICE DOGS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDRIFTLESS AREA LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKENNEDY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SAND COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ARTS AND LETTERS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING WATERS FOR THE WORLD: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWOODS WILDLIFE CENTER: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetVOGEL FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 1.4% 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 UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc ↗
  • Who funds MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CANOPY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MADISON OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MADISON CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI ↗
  • Who funds THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Cradle Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Madison LakeWay Partners Inc ↗
  • Who funds UPSTART CROWS OF SANTE FE ↗

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.

Madison Community Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…Alliant Energy Founda…The Evjue Foundation …Pleasant T Rowland Fo…United Way of Dane Co…Green Bay Packers Fou…Webcrafters-Frautschi…Endres Manufacturing …Herbert H Kohl Charit…Ascendium Education S…Lau & Bea Christensen…
Madison Community FoundationWI81.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat

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 J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to John J Frautschi Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 120 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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