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John L Santikos Charitable Foundation at a glance

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John L Santikos Charitable Foundation

The principle purposes of the john l.

$8.3M
Granted FY2020
76
Grants FY2020
4
States reached
$2.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

77% of John L Santikos Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to San Antonio Area Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year John L Santikos Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 73 organizations, $8M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

124
’18
104
’19
73
’20
18
’21
19
’22
10
’23
6
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$25MInternational$11MEducation$5.6MHuman Services$3.7MFood & Nutrition$3.0MArts & Culture$2.6MYouth Development$2.4MHealth$1.6MOther$0
02FY2020 · 76 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k10 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $954k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+4 grants · $5.5M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$488M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION$2,092,260
CITY EDUCATION PARTNERS$2,000,000
INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC$825,331
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$604,200
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC (DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA)$221,131
TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO$187,500
SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC$125,000
FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE$100,000
ROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC$63,757
SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK$56,250
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SAN ANTONIO$50,000
ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER$50,000
AMERICAN GATEWAYS$50,000
MERCED HOUSING TEXAS$50,000
RESTORE EDUCATION$50,000
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 (FY18–24, $3.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%KENDALL COUNTY WOMEN'S SHELTER: $50k → 7%COMAL COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $49k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $40k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $750k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $53k → 16%SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS: $25k → 16%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $140k → 16%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $50k → 16%AMERICAN INDIANS IN TEXAS - AT THE SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS: $41k → 16%AMERICAN INDIANS IN TEXAS - AT THE SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS: $25k → 16%GUADALUPE COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 16%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $25k → 16%AMERICAN INDIANS IN TEXAS - AT THE SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS: $25k → 16%THRIVE YOUTH CENTER INC: $25k → 16%MADONNA CENTER INCORPORATED: $125k → 16%YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION YWCA - SAN ANTONIO: $125k → 16%MADONNA CENTER INCORPORATED: $125k → 16%YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION YWCA - SAN ANTONIO: $63k → 16%MADONNA CENTER INC: $50k → 16%MADONNA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 16%MADONNA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $45k → 16%BOYSVILLE INC: $33k → 16%GREATER RANDOLPH AREA SERVICE PROGRAMS INC: $25k → 16%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO (GIRLS INC): $75k → 16%GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO (GIRLS INC): $75k → 16%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $36k → 16%WEST AVENUE COMPASSION: $31k → 16%CHILDSAFE: $50k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $57k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION: $50k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $50k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO INC: $41k → 16%CHILDREN'S BEREAVEMENT CENTER OF SOUTH TEXAS: $35k → 16%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO: $25k → 16%PUTTING AN END TO ABUSE THROUGH COMMUNITY EFFORTS INITIATIVE: $300k → 16%PRESA COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $50k → 16%PUTTING AN END TO ABUSE THROUGH COMMUNITY EFFORTS INITIATIVE: $25k → 16%YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $105k → 16%YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $49k → 16%LATCHED SUPPORT INC: $25k → 16%SA HEALS: $25k → 16%BLACK OUTSIDE INC: $25k → 16%SAN ANTONIO NONPROFIT COUNCIL: $75k → 16%EL CENTRO DEL BARRIO: $50k → 16%EL CENTRO DEL BARRIO: $50k → 16%SOUTHWEST OUTREACH FOR OLDER PEOPLE: $30k → 16%SOUTHWEST OUTREACH FOR OLDER PEOPLE: $25k → 16%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.
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 80 repeat orgs$7.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

80 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2020, 29 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
103

Total granted

$27M
$5.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+39%

Still filing today

91%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity 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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $5.7M · revenue +89%
  • AC
    ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $700k · revenue +558%
  • HC
    HILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD
    3× · 2018–2023 · $502k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CH
    CULINARY HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FAMILIES
    one grant, 2019 · $2.0M
  • YO
    YES OUR KIDS CAN
    one grant, 2018 · $250k
  • LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $225k · revenue +80%
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.

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Greater Satx

The mission of greater:satx is to lead the developemnt and diversification of san antonio regional economy through the recruitment and expansion of qualify employers and job producing investments.

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2
San Antonio Report

Publishing a local online news source. We believe a well informed and connected community is essential to making San Antonio a better place to live, work and play.

Arts & Culture
3
Sa Talent Inc Sa Works

The mission of sa talent, inc. is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local…

Education
4
San Antonio Foster Care and Adoption and Services

San antonio foster care and adoption services inc. is a licensed child placement agency in the state of texas. the organization cares for children placed in foster care by the state of texas.

Human Services
5
San Antonio Automobile Dealers Association Foundation Inc
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6
San Antonio Council On Alcohol and Drug Awareness

To provide alcohol and drug use prevention, intervention and recovery services to children, youth and adults in the community.

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7
Tennis Officials of San Antonio Association
Recreation & Sports
8
San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Inc

The mission of the san antonio hispanic chamber of commerce is to advocate in building a better san antonio through the growth and prosperity of hispanic, small minority, women-owned businesses, and hispanic professional and trade…

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9
San Antonio Medical Foundation

The mission of the san antonio medical foundation is to improvehealth care, advance biomedical science, and enhance communitywell-being by providing leadership & active stewardship of our landand other assets.

Health
10
Advocates Social Services of San Antonio Texas

To educate qualified individuals of public benefits that they may be entitled to. we accomplish this by working with local city, state, and federal agencies for the purpose of outreach and verification work. recently we have focused mainly…

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11
San Antonio Christian School

Partner with families to provide students a christ-centered education while fostering a life of faith and service. the school desires to associate with like-minded teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and students to communicate the…

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12
Community Action Corporation of South Texas

To continuously improve the lives of South Texans by providing high quality health care, education, housing and economic opportunities to reduce poverty through services and partnerships.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Area Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Trl Productions. 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

195 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. 195 of the 222 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
72
Early backer (in before they grew)
190/195
Grantees still filing
146/195
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $24,809,408 · PhilanthropySAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION+4 more: $375,645 · PhilanthropyINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $5,717,410 · InternationalINT'L ORTHODOX CHRIST…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,717,410 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $4,200,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATIO…CULINARY HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FAMILIES: $2,000,000 · OtherCULINARY HEALTH EDUCATION …SAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $530,000 · OtherHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD: $502,355 · Other+100 more: $6,584,552 · Other+100 moreTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $812,500 · Human ServicesMadonna Center Incorporated: $395,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $341,378 · Human ServicesPUTTING AN END TO ABUSE THROUGH COMMUNITY EFFORTS: $325,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $290,000 · Human ServicesFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc: $197,065 · Human Services+39 more: $1,501,458 · Human ServicesTEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $850,000 · Arts & CultureMCNAY ART MUSEUM: $200,000 · Arts & CultureARTPACE INC (AUDIT): $114,876 · Arts & CultureALAMEDA THEATER CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS: $90,000 · Arts & CultureLUMINARIA: $90,000 · Arts & CultureCentro Cultural Aztlan Inc: $75,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $556,069 · Arts & CultureALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 · EducationP16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc: $250,000 · EducationTexas A&M San Antonio Foundation: $110,000 · EducationWellmed Charitable Foundation: $50,907 · EducationRESTORE EDUCATION INC: $50,000 · Education+7 more: $154,580 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO: $570,808 · Youth DevelopmentSAY SI: $350,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $58,031 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSA YOUTH: $42,750 · Youth Development+4 more: $100,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$25,185,053International$11,434,820Other$13,816,907Human Services$3,862,401Arts & Culture$2,175,945Education$1,315,487Youth Development$1,171,589

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $24,809,408 over 7y, 10% of budgetINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $5,717,410 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,717,410 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: $850,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $812,500 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO: $570,808 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetSAN ANTONIO BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $530,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetHILL COUNTRY DAILY BREAD: $502,355 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetMadonna Center Incorporated: $395,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetAVANCE INC: $361,655 over 2y, 12% of budgetSAY SI: $350,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $341,378 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetPUTTING AN END TO ABUSE THROUGH COMMUNITY EFFORTS: $325,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $303,016 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SAN ANTONIO: $290,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER: $278,500 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSan Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetP16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $225,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSA2020: $201,500 over 1y, 43% of budgetMCNAY ART MUSEUM: $200,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc: $197,065 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $181,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO: $175,233 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC: $175,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $158,152 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAN ANTONIO SPORTS FOUNDATION: $137,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Gateways: $129,338 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCARVER DEVELOPMENT BOARD: $124,200 over 3y, 19% of budgetMERCED HOUSING TEXAS: $115,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetARTPACE INC (AUDIT): $114,876 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetEMPOWER HOUSE SA: $110,394 over 2y, 15% of budgetTexas A&M San Antonio Foundation: $110,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSYMPHONY SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO: $103,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALAMEDA THEATER CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS AND CULTURE: $100,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetCHRYSALIS MINISTRIES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetBEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetEL CENTRO DEL BARRIO INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $97,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetLIFTFUND INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions: $91,297 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCLARITY CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $90,479 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS: $90,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetLUMINARIA: $90,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATES SAN ANTONIO: $89,104 over 2y, 1.2% 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.

San Antonio Area Foun…Harvey E Najim Charit…United Way of San Ant…Faye L & William L Co…Nancy Smith Hurd Foun…Elizabeth Huth Coates…St Luke's Lutheran He…Methodist Healthcare …Pryor Myra Stafford C…The Charity Ball Asso…The Texas Cavaliers C…Marcia & Otto Koehler…
San Antonio Area FoundationTX255.2× affinity159 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: San Antonio Area Foundation · Harvey E Najim Charitable Foundation · United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · St Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Inc · Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas Inc · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · The Charity Ball Association of San Antonio Inc · The Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler 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 L Santikos Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John L Santikos Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
72report 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
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 222 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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