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Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation

The walter family foundation is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation.

$7.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2018–2024.

Education$28MHealth$4.3MReligion$3.8MPhilanthropy$3.3MHuman Services$1.9MHousing & Shelter$1.3MArts & Culture$1.1MCommunity Improvement$986kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k18 grants · $403k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $875k
  • $250k+6 grants · $5.7M
$45,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$119M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST CHARLES PREPARATORY SCHOOL$3,048,000
STAR HOUSE$1,000,000
ST MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH$625,000
MEUSE FAMILY FOUNDATION$525,000
HARMONY PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC$300,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$250,000
HOME FOR FAMILIES$160,000
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL WELLNESS$125,000
FLYING HORSE FARMS$125,000
COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$100,000
ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION$80,000
MARY'S MEALS USA INC$75,000
LAWRENCE CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF LAWRENCE MASSACHUSETTS$60,000
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE$50,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $500 → 12%ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION: $250k → 5%ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION: $80k → 5%VITA NOVA MATERNITY COMMUNITY: $25k → 12%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $150k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $50k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $11k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $10k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $8k → 15%KINDWAY: $15k → 15%REEB COMMUNITY CENTER: $250k → 15%REEB COMMUNITY CENTER: $53k → 15%REEB COMMUNITY CENTER: $18k → 15%REEB COMMUNITY CENTER: $18k → 15%REEB AVENUE CENTER: $15k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $250k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $250k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $375k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $23k → 15%HOME FOR FAMILIES: $160k → 15%COMMUNITY FINANCIAL WELLNESS: $125k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $50k → 15%SANCTUARY NIGHT: $38k → 15%NNEMAP INC: $20k → 15%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

IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
NE
KY
TN
DC
OK
GA
FL

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$36M · 46 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

46 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
51

Total granted

$36M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+18%

Still filing today

83%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • The Ohio University Foundation
    4× · 2018–2021 · $4.0M · revenue +97%
  • US
    UNITED SCHOOLS
    3× · 2020–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +62% · 96% of their budget
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • ME
    METRO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $750k · revenue +26%
  • EH
    ENTITLEMENTS HOW INC
    one grant, 2022 · $450k · revenue -17%
  • DF
    DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -10%

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.

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Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
3
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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4
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
5
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Columbus Medical Association Foundation Unlimited

To provide health and wellness services without geographic restriction.

International
8
Columbus Center for Human Services Inc

Inspiring life journeys

Human Services
9
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
10
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
11
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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12
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Faith Mission Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mary's Meals Usa Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsJewish Community Organizati…Senior Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Sports ProgramsHealth Access Advocacy and …Food Banks and PantriesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Military Veterans SupportAffordable Housing Developm…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Community Arts CentersAnimal Rescue and ShelterCancer Support ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentEnvironmental Conservation …Dance Arts OrganizationsLocal History MuseumsSchool District FoundationsCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%5%<5yr12%9%5–10yr21%19%10–20yr14%8%20–35yr16%32%35–55yr20%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%2%<5yr12%3%5–10yr21%18%10–20yr14%11%20–35yr16%19%35–55yr20%48%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 2% 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%0/110
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,196

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

94 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 94 of the 110 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
94/94
Grantees still filing
62/94
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST CHARLES PREPARATORY SCHOOL — $9,714,200 · OtherST CHARLES PREPARATORY SCHOOLCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS — $3,000,500 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUSNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC — $2,600,000 · OtherNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INCSAINT MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH — $1,831,250 · OtherSAINT MARY CATHOLIC CHURCHLAWRENCE CATHOLIC ACADEMY OF LAWRENCE MASSACHUSETTS INC — $1,085,000 · Other+45 more — $2,151,700 · Other+45 moreThe Ohio University Foundation — $4,016,000 · EducationThe Ohio University FoundationUNITED SCHOOLS — $2,652,375 · EducationUNITED SCHOOLSOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,037,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO…CHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC — $858,601 · EducationCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INCTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY — $825,000 · EducationTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMYMETRO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL — $750,000 · EducationMETRO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $524,550 · EducationENTITLEMENTS HOW INC — $450,000 · Education+12 more — $807,000 · Education+12 moreCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $5,334,550 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATIO…STAR HOUSE — $1,000,000 · PhilanthropySTAR HOUSEMEUSE FAMILY FOUNDATION — $535,000 · PhilanthropyMEUSE FAMILY FOUND…+8 more — $669,800 · Philanthropy+8 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — $500,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $397,840 · Human ServicesREEB AVENUE CENTER — $352,500 · Human ServicesADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER — $330,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $185,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $150,000 · Human ServicesKINDWAY — $130,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FINANCIAL WELLNESS — $125,000 · Human Services+6 more — $211,500 · Human ServicesTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS — $2,000,000 · ReligionBISHOP GRIFFIN RESOURCE CENTER SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL — $70,000 · Religion+1 more — $30,000 · ReligionCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $551,800 · Arts & CultureHARMONY PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC — $400,000 · Arts & CultureMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC — $70,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET METROPOLITAN INC — $61,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more — $13,000 · Arts & CultureDAMASCUS INC — $575,000 · Youth DevelopmentDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC — $200,000 · Youth Development+2 more — $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$20,382,650Education$12,920,526Philanthropy$7,539,350Human Services$2,381,840Religion$2,100,000Arts & Culture$1,095,800Youth Development$805,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $5,334,550 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation — $4,016,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetUNITED SCHOOLS — $2,652,375 over 3y, 96% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,037,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS — $2,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSTAR HOUSE — $1,000,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC — $858,601 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY — $825,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMETRO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL — $750,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetDAMASCUS INC — $575,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $551,800 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetMEUSE FAMILY FOUNDATION — $535,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetCATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $524,550 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — $500,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetENTITLEMENTS HOW INC — $450,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHARMONY PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC — $400,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $397,840 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetKENYA WORKS INC — $383,100 over 4y, 18% of budgetREEB AVENUE CENTER — $352,500 over 4y, 24% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER — $330,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS — $295,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION — $217,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC — $200,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC — $200,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $185,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $150,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetKINDWAY — $130,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FINANCIAL WELLNESS — $125,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetGROUNDWORK GROUP — $115,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank — $111,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetI KNOW I CAN — $110,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CORPORATION — $107,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMary's Meals USA Inc — $100,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHNHF Realty Collaborative co Luke Brown — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBASIC NEEDS GIVING PARTNERSHIP INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSAVE A WARRIOR INC — $90,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO — $78,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetManhattan University — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALARIA NO MORE FUND — $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC — $70,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetBISHOP GRIFFIN RESOURCE CENTER SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL — $70,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetBALLET METROPOLITAN INC — $61,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetScott & Kim Verplank Foundation — $60,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC — $54,800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Columbus FoundationIngram-White Castle F…United Way of Central…American Electric Pow…Siemer Family Foundat…Harry C Moores Founda…Cardinal Health Found…L Brands FoundationMeuse Family Foundati…Encova Foundation of …The Foundation of the…Columbus Jewish Found…
Columbus FoundationOH84.7× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Meuse Family Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Columbus Jewish 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 Margaret and Robert Walter 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
  • Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc — 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Margaret and Robert Walter 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 110 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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