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Kazrus Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$809k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.5MReligion$1.5MInternational$1.4MHealth$1.0MHousing & Shelter$547kYouth Development$520kHuman Services$509kPublic Safety & Disaster$156kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $750k
$100,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL$200,000
NORTH POINT MINISTRIES$175,000
MERCY SHIPS$100,000
COVENANT HOUSE$100,000
LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY$100,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$75,000
AKROTECH HIGH SCHOOL$40,309
ADRIAN COLLEGE$10,000
ONE BISTRO INC$5,000
SILVER LAKE CONFERENCE CENTER$4,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $150k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%MI WORK MATTERS: $8k → 21%CHOOSE MENTAL HEALTH: $5k → 8%FAMILY PROMISE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $10k → 4%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION: $121k → 6%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $65k → 14%FILL THIS HOUSE: $33k → 17%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $10k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $100k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%MI WORK MATTERS: $8k → 21%CHOOSE MENTAL HEALTH: $5k → 8%FAMILY PROMISE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $10k → 4%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION: $71k → 6%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $50k → 14%FILL THIS HOUSE: $33k → 17%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $5k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $100k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%MI WORK MATTERS: $5k → 21%FAMILY PROMISE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $10k → 4%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%FILL THIS HOUSE: $8k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%MI WORK MATTERS: $5k → 21%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%FILL THIS HOUSE: $8k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%FILL THIS HOUSE: $8k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%FILL THIS HOUSE: $8k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE: $8k → 17%CARING FOR KIDS: $35k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS: $25k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS: $5k → 13%CHRIS 180 INC: $25k → 14%CHRIS 180 INC: $25k → 14%CARING FOR KIDS: $3k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS: $3k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS: $3k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS: $3k → 13%ODYSSEY FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER CORPORATION: $10k → 13%INDIA GOSPEL LEAGUE INC NORTH AMERICA: $10k → 13%ODYSSEY FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER CORPORATION: $10k → 13%INDIA GOSPEL LEAGUE INC NORTH AMERICA: $10k → 13%SHINE COMMUNITY INC: $5k → 13%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

IL
MI
NY
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 61 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
15

Total granted

$7.3M
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+18%

Still filing today

84%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalReligionOther
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

  • KI
    KIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $637k · revenue +112%
  • LM
    LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $413k · revenue +30%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $406k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • NP
    NORTH POINT PRODUCTIONS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -44%
  • VP
    VILLAGE PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • BB
    BUDDY BASEBALL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -17%
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
Covenant House Illinois Inc

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
2
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
3
Covenant House Michigan

Covenant house michigan is a sanctuary for homeless and at-risk young people, ages 18-24 who have nowhere to go. it is our mission to serve these children with respect and love.covenant house michigan builds bridges to hope for young…

Human Services
4
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
5
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
6
House of New Hope Inc

It is our mission to demonstrate the love and compassion of jesus christ by protecting and enhancing the safety and well-being of persons from all backgrounds and across the continuum of life through the effective integration of the…

Human Services
7
Heaven's Family

Heaven's family's mission is to advance the kingdom of the lord jesus christ. we do that by strategically linking kingdom needs and opportunities with resources that the lord has entrusted to those who love him. through god-given…

Religion
8
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
9
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter
10
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
11
The Miracle Foundation Inc

A family for every child in our lifetime.

Health
12
Hope and Home

Hope & home creates ways for amazing people to change the lives of children in foster care. as a nondenominational christian charity, hope & home trains, certifies, and actively supports foster families across the state of colorado.…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is Certsgroup Foundation. 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

66 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. 66 of the 78 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/66
Grantees still filing
52/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Akrotech High School: $460,309 · EducationAkrotech High SchoolAkros Middle School: $323,000 · EducationAkros Middle SchoolEdge Learning Inc: $290,000 · EducationEdge Learning IncADRIAN COLLEGE: $130,000 · EducationADRIAN COLLEGEFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDA…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $65,000 · EducationNATIONAL MUSEUM OF EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC: $60,000 · EducationNORTH POINT MINISTRIES INC: $602,000 · OtherNORTH POINT MINISTRIES INCStandUp for Kids: $159,650 · OtherStandUp for KidsCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $125,000 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INCDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $100,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION …NORTH POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH: $89,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA: $80,000 · OtherThe Drake House Inc: $64,000 · Other+25 more: $530,150 · Other+25 moreCOVENANT HOUSE: $350,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSEGOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 · Human ServicesGOSHEN VALLEY FOUN…Must Ministries Inc: $151,500 · Human ServicesMust Ministries In…ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesELIZABETH'S NEW LI…FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $102,500 · Human ServicesFILL THIS HOUSE IN…CARING FOR KIDS INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesCARING FOR KIDS IN…CHRIS 180 INC: $50,000 · Human Services+8 more: $157,000 · Human Services+8 moreKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $637,200 · InternationalKIDSAVE INTERNATI…Mercy Ships International: $300,000 · InternationalMercy Ships Inter…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $140,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KIT…Mercury One Inc: $50,000 · International+2 more: $35,000 · InternationalLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $413,000 · ReligionLUTHERAN METRO…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $406,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PU…Wellspring Living Inc: $100,000 · ReligionWellspring Liv…NORTH POINT PRODUCTIONS INC: $50,000 · ReligionST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $239,000 · HealthST JUDE CHI…NO LONGER BOUND INC: $192,000 · HealthNO LONGER B…EAGLE RANCH INC: $110,000 · HealthEAGLE RANCH…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $95,000 · HealthSHRINERS HO…Cure Childhood Cancer Inc: $86,000 · HealthCure Childh…+3 more: $40,000 · HealthSHEPHERDS HILL ACADEMY INC: $112,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $53,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $30,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBUDDY BASEBALL INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSisters of the Skies Inc: $10,000 · Youth Development
Education$1,453,309Other$1,749,800Human Services$1,208,000International$1,162,200Religion$969,000Health$762,000Youth Development$235,500

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 budgetKIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $637,200 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetAkrotech High School: $460,309 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $413,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $406,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $350,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAkros Middle School: $323,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMercy Ships International: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEdge Learning Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $239,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNO LONGER BOUND INC: $192,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetStandUp for Kids: $159,650 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $151,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADRIAN COLLEGE: $130,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $115,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSHEPHERDS HILL ACADEMY INC: $112,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFILL THIS HOUSE INC: $102,500 over 7y, 26% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $100,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $95,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc: $86,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA: $80,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCARING FOR KIDS INC: $77,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Drake House Inc: $64,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC: $60,000 over 4y, 57% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $55,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $53,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN VISION: $52,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCHRIS 180 INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercury One Inc: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VILLAGE NETWORK: $47,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDAYTON WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS: $45,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $30,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetMI WORK MATTERS: $25,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $25,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetONE BISTRO INC: $20,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetODYSSEY FAMILY COUNSELING CENTERIN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINDIA GOSPEL LEAGUE INC N AMERICA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF AKRON INC: $19,000 over 3y, 4.5% 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 KIDSAVE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Akrotech High School ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Akros Middle School ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds Edge Learning Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds GOSHEN VALLEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NO LONGER BOUND INC ↗
  • Who funds StandUp for Kids ↗
  • Who funds Must Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ADRIAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS HILL ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds FILL THIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Wellspring Living Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Cure Childhood Cancer Inc ↗
  • Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA ↗
  • Who funds CARING FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The Drake House Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP FOR AMERICAS FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VISION ↗
  • Who funds CHRIS 180 INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH POINT PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercury One Inc ↗

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.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA17.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Akron Community Foundation · The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation) · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Christ Foundation · Assurant Foundation · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Cleveland Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Kimberly Home: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Kazrus Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kazrus Foundation 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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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