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Lucky Seven Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
215
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$240k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.5MArts & Culture$1.3MHuman Services$1.3MHealth$999kEnvironment$960kYouth Development$518kPublic Benefit$346kOther$0
02FY2024 · 215 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k167 grants · $346k
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $820k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $655k
$2,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$240,000
COMMON POWER FUTURE$125,000
COMMON POWER FUTURE$125,000
HANFORD CHALLENGE$65,100
ROAD2HOME$50,000
SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION$50,000
SAIL SAND POINT$45,000
INDIGENOUS CREATIVES COLLECTIVE$45,000
REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT$40,500
NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF WOODEN BOAT BUILDING$40,000
SKAGIT PRE-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND RESOURCE CENTER$25,000
HUMMINGBIRD INDIGENOUS FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
RED EAGLE SOARING$25,000
URBAN AMERICAN INDIAN ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION ALLI$25,000
CENTRUM FOUNDATION$23,500
02The need
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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 (FY19–24, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VASHON-MAURY SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 9%REIMAGINE INC: $12k → 10%BETHEL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $10k → 11%COMMUNITY ACTION OF SKAGIT COUNTY: $10k → 11%SHE SHOULD RUN: $10k → 14%EL PROGRAMA HISPANO CATOLICO: $15k → 12%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $20k → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $11k → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $10k → 9%THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $10k → 9%LAKE CITY PARTNERS ENDING HOMELESSNESS: $15k → 9%SUMMIT COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 9%SUMMIT COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $25k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $24k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $20k → 9%DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $20k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $17k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $15k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $15k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $15k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $15k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $15k → 9%CANCER PATHWAYS: $15k → 9%DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $15k → 9%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $20k → 9%UPLIFT NORTHWEST: $15k → 9%HERO HOUSE: $70k → 9%PROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $14k → 9%KENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 9%KENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 9%KENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 9%KENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $13k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $53k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $41k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $40k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $31k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $26k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $16k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $15k → 9%CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $15k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $15k → 9%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SE: $15k → 9%REAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $14k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $20k → 9%DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES (DADS): $15k → 9%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

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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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 6% of Lucky Seven Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Lucky Seven 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 263 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

263 repeat relationships: 129 still active in FY2024, 134 since wound down; 69 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

263
285

Total granted

$8.5M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+21%

Still filing today

89%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $719k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +42%
  • LI
    LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $725k · revenue +153%
  • NS
    Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding
    6× · 2019–2024 · $285k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • LI
    LEE INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $62k · revenue -62%
  • SC
    SUMMIT COMMUNITY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +90%
  • H
    HOMESIGHT
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue -37%
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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Disability Rights Washington

Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.

Human Services
2
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
3
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center

KCSARC is the largest and most comprehensive non-profit provider of sexual assault services in King County and Washington State. Our vision is a community free of sexual violence. Our mission is to: give voice to victims, their families,…

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Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
5
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
6
Seattle Jobs Initiative

Seattle jobs initiative (sji) creates opportunities for people to support themselves and their families through living-wage careers.

Employment
7
Seattle Architectural Foundation

The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…

Arts & Culture
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United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
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Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
10
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
11
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
12
Artist Trust

Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Transitional Resources; the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. 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

567 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. 567 of the 625 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)
128
Early backer (in before they grew)
553/567
Grantees still filing
384/567
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $725,000 · OtherLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTEThe Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas: $189,000 · Other+106 more: $2,765,567 · Other+106 moreCancer Pathways: $233,200 · Human ServicesCancer PathwaysREAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $195,500 · Human ServicesREAL CHANGE HOMELE…HERO HOUSE NW: $111,400 · Human ServicesHERO HOUSE NWOPERATION NIGHTWATCH INC: $109,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION NIGHTWAT…CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $102,000 · Human ServicesCHIEF SEATTLE CLUBKENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $90,000 · Human ServicesKENT YOUTH AND FAM…DADS DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $85,000 · Human ServicesDADS DIVINE ALTERN…DOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $60,000 · Human ServicesUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $59,500 · Human ServicesTHE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $55,500 · Human ServicesYOUTHCARE: $53,750 · Human Services+21 more: $425,000 · Human Services+21 moreWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,145,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE U…FRIENDS OF MEALI INTERNATIONAL INC: $78,000 · EducationHAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL: $51,500 · Education+12 more: $250,750 · Education+12 moreNorthwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding: $285,000 · Arts & CultureNorthwest Sc…Sanctuary Art Center: $281,000 · Arts & CultureSanctuary Ar…Seattle Center Foundation: $105,000 · Arts & CultureSeattle Cent…5TH AVENUE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $90,500 · Arts & Culture5TH AVENUE T…Helping Link: $49,000 · Arts & CultureCENTRUM FOUNDATION: $43,500 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $153,450 · Arts & Culture+11 moreHanford Challenge Corporation: $246,100 · EnvironmentRE SOURCES: $145,000 · EnvironmentWHATCOM LAND TRUST: $62,000 · EnvironmentFuse Innovation Fund: $35,000 · EnvironmentHABITS OF WASTE: $24,000 · Environment350 Seattle: $22,000 · Environment+5 more: $58,050 · EnvironmentMETHOW CONSERVANCY: $252,700 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $142,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRATEGIES FOR YOUTH: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentRISE ABOVE: $20,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $31,251 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMON POWER FUTURE: $250,000 · Civil RightsWORLD WITHOUT HATE INC: $70,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $52,500 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $46,750 · Civil RightsAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $39,500 · Civil RightsThe Washington Bus Education Fund: $26,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $21,000 · Civil RightsROCK THE VOTE: $20,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $17,500 · Civil Rights
Other$3,679,567Human Services$1,580,350Education$1,525,250Arts & Culture$1,007,450Environment$592,150Youth Development$555,951Civil Rights$543,250

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 budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,145,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $725,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNorthwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding: $285,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetSanctuary Art Center: $281,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetMETHOW CONSERVANCY: $252,700 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetCOMMON POWER FUTURE: $250,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetHanford Challenge Corporation: $246,100 over 6y, 13% of budgetCancer Pathways: $233,200 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetREAL CHANGE HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROJECT: $195,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetThe Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas: $189,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetRE SOURCES: $145,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $142,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Roots Housing Foundation: $113,750 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHERO HOUSE NW: $111,400 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetSTRATEGIES FOR YOUTH: $110,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetOPERATION NIGHTWATCH INC: $109,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSeattle Center Foundation: $105,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCHIEF SEATTLE CLUB: $102,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $92,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget5TH AVENUE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $90,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetKENT YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $90,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWe Heart Seattle: $86,203 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetSHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $86,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetDADS DIVINE ALTERNATIVES FOR DADS SERVICES: $85,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MEALI INTERNATIONAL INC: $78,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetWORLD WITHOUT HATE INC: $70,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetINDIGENOUS CREATIVES COLLECTIVE: $65,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFOOD LIFELINE: $63,533 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWHATCOM LAND TRUST: $62,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSOUTHEAST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT: $62,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLEE INITIATIVE INC: $61,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CHAPLAINCY: $60,500 over 5y, 48% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE WOMEN'S NETWORK: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUPLIFT NORTHWEST: $59,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSail Sand Point: $57,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT OF KEY PENINSULA: $55,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTune In To Nature org: $54,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetYOUTHCARE: $53,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSKAGITONIANS TO PRESERVE FARMLAND: $53,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $52,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAMLIN ROBINSON SCHOOL: $51,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFARESTART: $51,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROAD2HOME: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE PRISON SCHOLAR FUND: $49,900 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetHelping Link: $49,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetNAMI Seattle: $47,650 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT NORTHWEST HAWAII ALASKA INDIANA AND KENTUCKY: $46,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $46,750 over 6y, 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.

The Norcliffe FoundationWA180.2× affinity156 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Garneau Nicon Family Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Grousemont Foundation · Fales Foundation Trust · Employees Community Fund of Boeing-Puget Sound · Credit Unions in the State of Washington

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Victory Programs Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Willamette Riverkeeper: 42% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Strategies for Youth: 21% of income from government
  • El Programa Hispano Catolico: 13% of income from government
  • Growing Gardens: 6% of income from government
  • Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mitchell College: 2% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
102report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Lucky Seven Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lucky Seven 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 625 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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