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M3 Insurance Foundation Inc

(see schedule o)the foundation was organized to promote the charitable attitudes of the employees at m3 solutions, inc.

$444k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$130k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$554kYouth Development$252kHuman Services$247kHealth$236kEducation$192kArts & Culture$171kFood & Nutrition$87kHousing & Shelter$72kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $360,260, the rows itemized in this filing. The $443,580 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $83,320 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $87k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $130k
$9,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$735k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$129,770
FORK FARMS FOUNDATION$25,000
THE PLAYING FIELD$25,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF KENOSHA$21,000
UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND$15,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN - NORTHEAST REGION$12,000
LIFESTRIDERS INC$10,000
ALL-IN-MILWAUKEE INC$10,000
OBJECTIVE VETERANS SMILE$9,000
COMMUNITY SMILES DENTAL$9,000
ST MONICA'S SENIOR LIVING$9,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY$9,000
OPERATION FRESH START$7,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS - WISCONSIN REGION$7,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $348k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 5%BENEVOLENT CORPORATION CEDAR COMMUNITY: $9k → 6%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $9k → 7%BETHESDA LUTHERAN COMMUNITIES INC: $10k → 8%MARQUART VILLAGE: $9k → 9%UNITED LUTHERAN PROGRAM FOR THE AGING INC: $15k → 17%COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $35k → 15%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 5%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS: $6k → 10%UNITED LUTHERAN PROGRAM FOR THE AGING INC: $9k → 17%MR BOB'S UNDER THE BRIDGE INC: $500 → 6%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 17%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 17%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN OF GREATER MILWAUKEE: $3k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WISCONSIN REGION: $8k → 10%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WISCONSIN REGION: $7k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WISCONSIN REGION: $8k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS - WISCONSIN REGION: $5k → 10%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 17%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS): $10k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS): $7k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS): $5k → 10%SECUREFUTURES: $6k → 17%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES (DAIS): $5k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 10%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE: $2k → 17%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $20k → 17%WDA FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%THE ROAD HOME OF DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%THE ROAD HOME OF DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $3k → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $3k → 10%REACH-A-CHILD: $6k → 10%REACH-A-CHILD: $1k → 10%GILDA'S CLUB MADISON: $3k → 10%GILDA'S CLUB MADISON: $3k → 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.
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.
$1.5M · 40 repeat orgs$397k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
50

Total granted

$1.5M
$262k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+15%

Still filing today

98%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k 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 ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $115k · revenue +66%
  • LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $80k · revenue +35%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI
    5× · 2019–2023 · $50k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DANE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $38k · revenue -83%
  • CC
    COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue -31%
  • LH
    LUTHERAN HOME FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · 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.

1
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
2
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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3
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
4
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
5
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
6
Goodwill Manufacturing Inc

Goodwill manufacturing, inc. ("goodwill manufacturing") is a nonstock, not-for-profit wisconsin corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock, not-for-profit…

Employment
7
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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8
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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9
Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Reedsburg area medical center, always there, going beyond the expected to provide compassionate, quality, and efficient health care.

Health
10
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
11
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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12
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Center for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reach a Child 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

98 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. 98 of the 107 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/98
Grantees still filing
67/98
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $444,411 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $50,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISTARTINGBLOCK MADISON INC: $30,000 · Other+41 more: $250,990 · Other+41 moreLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERV…MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR…COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUN…DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $27,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE INTER…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Re…UNITED LUTHERAN PROGRAM FOR THE AGING INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesUNITED LUTHERAN PROG…+17 more: $95,000 · Human Services+17 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $115,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIR…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WAUSAU AREA INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DANE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS…+3 more: $16,000 · Youth Development+3 moreMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $66,000 · EducationMADISON AR…EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $35,000 · EducationEDGEWOOD U…THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $33,333 · EducationTHE PLAYIN…ALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC: $25,000 · EducationALL-IN MIL…MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · EducationMADISON PU…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationCENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $133,333 · Arts & CultureCENTER FO…CHILDREN'S IMAGINARIUM INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'…UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PE…+3 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $40,100 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $27,500 · HealthWISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF HOMES FOR AGING & EDUCATION CORP: $10,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthRISE WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 · HealthWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $10,000 · HealthLIFESTRIDERS INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE LUTHERAN HOME INC: $9,000 · HealthCHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $6,000 · Health+3 more: $9,500 · HealthEAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MARATHON COUNTY INC: $28,000 · PhilanthropyMARSHFIELD AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $7,500 · Philanthropy+4 more: $5,500 · Philanthropy
Other$775,401Human Services$347,500Youth Development$209,000Education$186,833Arts & Culture$166,333Health$142,100Philanthropy$114,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $444,411 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $133,333 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $66,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC: $40,100 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WAUSAU AREA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DANE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $38,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $33,333 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSTARTINGBLOCK MADISON INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetEAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARATHON COUNTY INC: $28,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $27,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED LUTHERAN PROGRAM FOR THE AGING INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF KENOSHA INC: $21,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLUTHERAN HOME FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S IMAGINARIUM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMARSHFIELD AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATIONS HEALTH & WHOLENESS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIFESTRIDERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetABLELIGHT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN HOME INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEVOLENT CORPORATION CEDAR COMMUNITY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARQUARDT VILLAGE INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST MONICA'S SENIOR LIVING INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FRESH START INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReach A Child Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 8.0% 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.

Green Bay Packers FoundationWI75.1× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

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 M3 Insurance Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M3 Insurance Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    42report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 M3 Insurance Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to M3 Insurance 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 107 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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