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Lenawee Community Foundation

We connect people who care with causes that matter, bringing health, happiness, and hope to our community, now and forever.

$6.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5.3M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Employment$8.3MHuman Services$1.5MPublic Benefit$1.3MEducation$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MYouth Development$690kHealth$646kFood & Nutrition$557kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $96k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $385k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $568k
  • $250k+1 grant · $5.3M
$11,060
Median grant
3
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALIGN CENTER FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPM$5,274,235
CITY OF TECUMSEH$241,200
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE$226,551
CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE$100,600
HOSPICE OF LENAWEE$30,831
DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION$27,486
LENAWEE COUNTY EDUCATION FND$26,897
LENAWEE HUMANE SOCIETY$24,845
HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER$24,323
SHELBY COUNTY UNITED FUND$22,920
DAILY BREAD OF LENAWEE$21,852
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE CO$21,500
SHARE THE WARMTH$20,550
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$20,493
HOUSING HELP OF LENAWEE$20,255
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $17k → 13%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $13k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $10k → 14%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $7k → 14%COMMUNITY LEARNING CONNECTIONS: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY LEARNING CONNECTIONS: $24k → 12%COMMUNITY LEARNING CONNECTIONS: $22k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE: $54k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE: $46k → 12%LAUNCH LENAWEE: $43k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE CO: $36k → 12%FCCS CATHERINE COBB SAFEHOUSE: $36k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE: $34k → 12%FAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDRENS SER: $34k → 12%FAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDRENS SERV: $32k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE: $30k → 12%FCCSCATHERINE COBB SAFE HOUSE: $29k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $28k → 12%FAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDRENS SER: $28k → 12%NEIGHBORS OF HOPE: $27k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE: $26k → 12%FCCSCATHERINE COBB SAFE HOUSE: $23k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE CO: $23k → 12%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $23k → 12%CATHERINE COBB SAFE HOUSE: $22k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LENAWEE CO: $22k → 12%ADRIAN ARMORY COMMUNICTY CENTER: $22k → 12%FAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDRENS SER: $21k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $19k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $18k → 12%LENAWEE COUNTY MISSION: $17k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $17k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $17k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $16k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $16k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $15k → 12%NEIGHBORS OF HOPE: $13k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $13k → 12%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $12k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $12k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $11k → 12%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $11k → 12%NEIGHBORS OF HOPE: $10k → 12%NEIGHBORS OF HOPE: $10k → 12%CHILD CARE NETWORK: $10k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES: $9k → 12%LENAWEE COUNTY MISSION: $9k → 12%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE: $7k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$16M · 57 repeat orgs$611k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

57 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
37

Total granted

$16M
$588k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+5%

Still filing today

72%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $677k · revenue +100%
  • CO
    CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $664k · revenue +62%
  • CC
    Catholic Charities of Jackson
    9× · 2017–2025 · $290k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • TF
    TOURNAMENTS FOR CHARITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $65k · revenue +67%
  • AA
    ADRIAN ARMORY COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $65k · revenue -20% · 25% of their budget
  • HM
    HERRICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUND
    one grant, 2017 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Visit Lenawee

To promote lenawee county as a destination providing contemporary amenities to transient guests in a historical and cultural setting for the economic benefit of the community.

2
Lenawee Economic Development Corp

to stimulate economic development, attract new businesses, grow established businesses and support entrepreneurial endeavors in Lenawee County

3
Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce

To promote lenawee area businesses

4
Lapeer County Community Foundation

To provide grants to individuals and organizations of lapeer county for the purpose of enhancing the quality of life

Philanthropy
5
Montessori Childrens House of Lenawee Inc

Education of young people in the Montessori method

Human Services
6
ShareCare of Leelanau Inc

To facilitate connecting the Leelanau county community of seniors with services and activities that promote a healthy independent and fulfilled lifestyle while aging.

Human Services
7
Leelanau Conservancy

To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.

Environment
8
Agricultural Society of Lenawee County

Conduct the lenawee county fair to promote agricultural and horticultural activities in lenawee county. this associations only activity with the exception of off season rentals and storage revenue.

Arts & Culture
9
Lapeer Area Chamber of Commerce

The lapeer area chamber of commerce is committed to continiously promoting & fostering the business climate to enhance the quality of life in our community.

10
Shared Pregnancy Womens Center

To offer education, assistance and resources to women and families in the greater lansing area.

Civil Rights
11
Mi Lewis Social Services

Emergency assistance in the form of food, utilities, rent, etc.

12
Lenawee County Farm Bureau

Form 990, Part III, Line 1 Organizations MissionFarm Bureau is a free independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization of farm families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lenawee Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Safelite Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%9%<5yr13%7%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr17%17%20–35yr14%28%35–55yr16%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%44%<5yr13%3%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr17%11%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr16%15%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 44% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/96
the rest of the field
11%
531/4,740

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

63 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 63 of the 100 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/63
Grantees still filing
40/63
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ALIGN CENTER FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INC — $6,326,634 · EmploymentALIGN CENTER FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN…CITY OF TECUMSEH — $1,202,146 · OtherCITY OF TECUMSEHHOSPICE OF LENAWEE — $279,288 · OtherHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $268,178 · OtherADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $256,329 · OtherSHELBY COUNTY UNITED FUND INC — $254,749 · OtherMSU - HIDDEN LAKE GARDENS — $241,775 · OtherEmma L Bixby Hospital Auxiliary — $235,316 · Other+66 more — $3,191,038 · Other+66 moreLENAWEE CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $1,860,110 · PhilanthropyLENAWEE CHAMB…LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $80,420 · Philanthropy+5 more — $113,767 · Philanthropy+5 moreCatholic Charities of Jackson — $289,513 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF LENAWEE COUNTY — $224,706 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE COUNTY — $137,902 · Human ServicesLENAWEE COUNTY MISSION — $98,146 · Human ServicesChild Care Network — $84,612 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LEARNING CONNECTIONS INC — $77,575 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $69,411 · Human ServicesADRIAN ARMORY COMMUNITY CENTER — $64,500 · Human ServicesCROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION — $664,145 · Arts & CultureLENAWEE COUNCIL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $45,400 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC — $677,035 · Youth DevelopmentADRIAN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL — $113,672 · EducationBLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE — $78,618 · EducationSIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY — $53,517 · EducationADRIAN COLLEGE — $48,125 · EducationADRIAN REA LITERACY CENTER — $20,061 · Education
Employment$6,326,634Other$5,928,819Philanthropy$2,054,297Human Services$1,046,365Arts & Culture$739,545Youth Development$677,035Education$313,993

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetALIGN CENTER FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INC — $6,326,634 over 2y, 24% of budgetLENAWEE CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $1,860,110 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC — $677,035 over 9y, 14% of budgetCROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION — $664,145 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Jackson — $289,513 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF LENAWEE — $279,288 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $268,178 over 9y, 11% of budgetADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $256,329 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY UNITED FUND INC — $254,749 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetEmma L Bixby Hospital Auxiliary — $235,316 over 4y, 49% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF LENAWEE COUNTY — $224,706 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetLENAWEE EMERGENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORP — $189,655 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetLENAWEE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $186,154 over 7y, 14% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION — $172,854 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Lenawee County — $161,894 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA EPSILON SOCIETY — $157,765 over 3y, 99% of budgetLENAWEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $153,418 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetLenawee Humane Society — $145,221 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetDAILY BREAD OF LENAWEE INC — $141,564 over 8y, 20% of budgetASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE COUNTY — $137,902 over 9y, 20% of budgetSHARE THE WARMTH — $136,566 over 8y, 6.6% of budgetSAFELITE FOUNDATION — $130,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Lenawee County — $125,461 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetADRIAN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL — $113,672 over 7y, 24% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC — $100,556 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLENAWEE COUNTY MISSION — $98,146 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetChild Care Network — $84,612 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $80,420 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEARNING CONNECTIONS INC — $77,575 over 4y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — $69,411 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTOURNAMENTS FOR CHARITY — $65,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetADRIAN ARMORY COMMUNITY CENTER — $64,500 over 1y, 25% of budgetSIENA HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY — $53,517 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADRIAN COLLEGE — $48,125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTECUMSEH SERVICE CLUB INC — $40,238 over 4y, 27% of budgetLIVING WATER WORKS INC — $39,884 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program — $30,947 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLENAWEE COUNCIL FOR THE VISUAL ARTS — $30,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetDOMINICAN REA LITERACY CORPORATION — $29,872 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetI-92 MINISTRIES — $27,282 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetOn Eagles Wings Ministry — $27,238 over 3y, 12% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ST JOSEPH — $23,920 over 4y, 11% of budgetADRIAN REA LITERACY CENTER — $20,061 over 2y, 11% of budgetTRI-COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC — $20,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetGLEANER LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLENAWEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $15,400 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION — $10,473 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAM BEAUFORD WOODWORKING INST — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ALIGN CENTER FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INC
  • Who funds LENAWEE CHAMBER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC
  • Who funds CROSWELL OPERA HOUSE & FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds Catholic Charities of Jackson
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF LENAWEE
  • Who funds HOPE COMMUNITY CENTER INC
  • Who funds ADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY UNITED FUND INC
  • Who funds Emma L Bixby Hospital Auxiliary
  • Who funds FAMILY COUNSELING & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF LENAWEE COUNTY
  • Who funds LENAWEE EMERGENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORP
  • Who funds LENAWEE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Lenawee County
  • Who funds KAPPA KAPPA EPSILON SOCIETY
  • Who funds LENAWEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
  • Who funds Lenawee Humane Society
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD OF LENAWEE INC
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE COUNTY
  • Who funds SHARE THE WARMTH
  • Who funds SAFELITE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association of Lenawee County
  • Who funds ADRIAN COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC
  • Who funds LENAWEE COUNTY MISSION
  • Who funds Child Care Network
  • Who funds LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BLISSFIELD FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEARNING CONNECTIONS INC
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
  • Who funds TOURNAMENTS FOR CHARITY
  • Who funds ADRIAN ARMORY COMMUNITY CENTER

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Farver FoundationMI38.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Farver Foundation · Maurice&Dorothy Stubnitz Foundation · Tlc Community Credit Union · Douglas and Mary Kapnick Family Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · The S L Hickman Family Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Sage Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Adrian 2396 · Bell Trust · The Murray Family Foundation · Knapp Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lenawee Community Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 100 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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